The "Amazing Cover Songs" Thread

Discussion in 'Other Music' started by Agent, Apr 21, 2012.

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    Agent

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    Pretty self explanatory. Could be covers by professional artists or just people on YouTube. Doesn't matter, just post.

    I'll start with Yuna's AMAZING cover of Come As You Are by Nirvana:

    [video=youtube;C0dwfRt8LcI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0dwfRt8LcI&ob=av3e[/video]
     
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    minuteforce

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    Umm ... here are a couple of live radio covers:

    Ellie Goulding performing "Heartbeat" by The Knife @ Radio 1's Live Lounge (no video recording)

    [YOUTUBE]wU_TxQrK370[/YOUTUBE]

    Eskimo Joe performing "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye :) @ Triple J's Like A Version

    [YOUTUBE]W4d_kEutIrU[/YOUTUBE]
     
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    Rob Zombie ft. Lionel Richie & Trina - Brick House (The Commodores Cover)

    [youtube]gAQCbczCt8s[/youtube]

    The studio version is better though.
     
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    Nightwish's cover of Gary Moore's Over the Hills and Far Away
    [youtube]6UztEfwHt14[/youtube]
    Tarja's voice adds so much energy and zing to the song. Simply amazing!
     
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    Deftones - Drive

    [video=youtube;UG4dE9-g_FM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG4dE9-g_FM[/video]

    Foo Fighters feat. Joan Jett - Bad Reputation

    [video=youtube;XJARlX5vAZM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJARlX5vAZM[/video]
     
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    Lostpropehts // Cry Me A River [Justin Timberlake Cover]

    [youtube]W5yQhJCanB4[/youtube]
     
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    Seether - Careless Whisper
     
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    [YOUTUBE]aSO-0-R0d5E[/YOUTUBE]
     
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    [video=youtube;m6VojYGrnpg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6VojYGrnpg[/video]

    [video=youtube;yO-w34gRZwg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO-w34gRZwg[/video]

    [video=youtube;fuJ9ogYxcFE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuJ9ogYxcFE[/video]

    [video=youtube;X2P_1EcndW4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2P_1EcndW4[/video]

    [video=youtube;4602ld2Ym9E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4602ld2Ym9E[/video]
     
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    [youtube]Bp4UI_FxGLE[/youtube]

    Johnny Cash didn't just cover this song, he stole it and made it his.
     
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    The majority of mine will be "youtube artists" covering songs. I'm limiting myself to 2 per post, otherwise this post would be fucking huge.

    Boyce Avenue covering It Will Rain (Bruno Mars)
    [youtube]wIJyYjaYcVo[/youtube]

    Clara C covering I Won't Give Up (Jason Mraz)
    [youtube]oKHX1a2vcXo[/youtube]
     
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    I'm probably the only person that wasn't a fan of the Johnny Cash cover.
     
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    Nope! As much as I love Johnny Cash, I honestly don't really like his cover much.
     
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    Same here. Partly because so many Cash simply forget that T-Rez wrote and originally performed the song
     
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    i think lp's my own summer live cover is awesome.
    [video=youtube;XjmXWwqO4pQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjmXWwqO4pQ[/video]
     
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    I don't even like the original Hurt that much.


    This guy is nuts. Makes songs with just his voice.

    [youtube]Qt74jX2C1m0[/youtube]

    [youtube]-v42pkodIlw[/youtube]
     
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    Aqua's cover of Turn Back Time.
    [youtube]F-ALQyVDJM4[/youtube]

    Manson's Tainted Love.
    [youtube]_-0MXklxHlQ[/youtube]
     
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    [video=youtube;5nlVAbVAUF8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nlVAbVAUF8[/video]

    [video=youtube;DnU5ryajwQY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnU5ryajwQY[/video]

    Oh, and is it just me or are Linkin Park songs extremely hard to cover?
     
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    [video=youtube;deGWcu35GMY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deGWcu35GMY[/video]
    That guy made the 18-seconds scream in Given Up..so yeah.
     
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    [video=youtube;WgG_4Akt9vM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgG_4Akt9vM[/video]

    [video=youtube;ZzQkABoQ_G4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzQkABoQ_G4[/video]

    [video=youtube;Z5JUsf9ZncM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5JUsf9ZncM[/video]
     

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