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Here are a few to get things started:

Don Henley's The Boys of Summer as an 80s synth tune

Bossa nova version of Crowded House's Don't Dream It's Over

Reggae-ish version of Aretha Franklin's Respect

A capella men's ensemble version of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

This is a banger

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Imho, Leo is so overrated. All he does is change the instruments used to play the song, and everything else remains the same, including his voice, tempo, lyrics, style, etc.
Now this guy here, is actually impressive, and delivers the cover in different styles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm sorry, why has nobody mentioned the Jeff Buckley cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah yet? Bunch of heathens 🙂

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Holy Holy's cover of Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3-yr9xKTcjg

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Billie Jean - Chris Cornell

Hauntingly beautiful.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I love Thank You Scientist’s cover of Party All the Time, they’re such a cool band!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

UMC are doing metal cover versions of quite some songs, Captain Jack as an example.

Van Canto are an a capella band (with drums) doing also a lot of covers. Battery by Metallica

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Don't know about creative. Sometimes a minor change makes a big difference.

I can't find my other favs right now

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Clams casino’s version of Imogen heaps “I’m god” is great. It got tied up in legal limbo for a really long time.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=RiZVjfjgNyY

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Amber Mark's cover of Heart Shaped Box.

I'm a die hard nirvana fan. I think she took what Kurt wrote and made it totally her own and so, so beautiful.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm currently re-ripping my entire CD collection, and when I came to Revelations by Fields of the Nephilim, I realized that one of the tracks is their cover of "In the Year 2525" 🤣 It's not even that bad, either!

I just started the rip of Dimmu Borgir's Enthrone Darkness Triumphant... And the next disk in the stack is Hanson. Yes, that Hanson. I'm not entirely sure if the correct term for my taste is "eclectic" or "insane" 😅

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

That's a good reason to alphabetize by artist (chronological by release).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

`````Perpetuum Jazzile's Acapella cover of Toto's` Africa' is pretty neat. It's with it for the simulated rain sound at the start alone (and the beatboxing):

https://youtu.be/yjbpwlqp5Qw

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Type O Negative- Cinnamon Girl Nine Inch Nails - Metal

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[–] bionicjoey 1 points 2 years ago

The Interrupters - Bad Guy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The acoustic and sad version of Take On Me from The Magicians TV show is quite beautiful

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

the Gourd's cover of Gin and Juice by Snoop Dogg

(Apparently many people thought it was Phish who performed this cover, it was shared and torrented a lot as a Phish cover)

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