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What are your top five song covers done in a different genre than the original?
And by this I mean songs done in a completely different genre. Like Punk Goes Pop, not thrash metal covering heavy metal.
Personally, my five are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tJ8jGndviI The Busters - We are the Champions (Queen) - Rock to third wave ska
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic85cGnXuoc Rest Among Ruins - Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles) - pop/rock to metalcore/post-hardcore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMq7gR0DU80 The Dust Bowl Cavaliers - F*ck Her Gently (Tenacious D) - Hard rock to bluegrass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdkBs0VCSX0 - Scala and Kolacny Brothers - Hier Kommt Alex (Die Toten Hosen) - Punk to woman's choir
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5pY-_e8znE - Sonata Arctica - Wind Beneath My Wings (Roger Whittaker) - Easy listening to power metal
BQ: Opinions?
BQ2: Of the covers you post, which is your favourite original song?
I honestly could have made this list up with solely bluegrass or ska covers, they are my absolute favourites, but that would be boring.
5 Answers
- RubyfjordLv 68 years agoFavorite Answer
These are my top 6:
Oratory - Eternal Flame from The Bangles (Pop to Power Metal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaTgTL13Hg8
Gamma Ray - It's A Sin from The Pet Shop Boys (Pop to Power Metal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsfHFy30CuM
Realm - Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles (Beat Rock to Thrash/Speed Metal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9XNoU3tHqU
After Hours - Paint it Black by The Rolling Stones (Beat Rock to AOR)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_m9cWk8bvc
Edenbridge - For Your Eyes Only (Pop/Soundtrack to Metal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWcAweMXWAU
Leaves' Eyes - Krakevisa (Norwegian Folk Song to Folk Metal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Eu7DX1s2c
Tradtional Version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHRBcfosqO8
- MetricusLv 58 years ago
Easy - Faith No More (originally by Lionel Richie)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-qX8QRMIN0
Went from Soul to weird Alternative Metal.
Hurt - Johnny Cash (originally by the Nine Inch Nails. If you don't believe me look it up.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aF9AJm0RFc
Went from Industrial Metal to Country.
Call Me the Breeze - Lynyrd Slynyrd (Originally by JJ Cale)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsIqEq9OFxE
Went from Tulsa Blues to Southern Rock
Hard to Handle - the Black Crowes (Originally by Otis Redding)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft-J72YnMFI
Went from Soul to Southern Rock
I Shot the Sheriff - Eric Clapton (Originally by Bob Marley)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77uTu451Y0w
Went from Reggae to Blues Rock
BQ: I'm familiar with some of your originals, but I can't say I've heard any of the covers
BQ2: Definitely Hurt, but I still prefer the Cash version and that's saying a lot since NIN is one of my favorite bands.
- rockmanLv 78 years ago
Just My Imagination
from Temptations motown to
Rolling Stones r&b/rock
Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You
from Joan Baez needle folk to
Led Zeppelin acoustic/hard rock
Ooh, Baby Baby
from Smokey Robinson motown to
lovely Linda Ronstadt soulful slow jam
(which oozes with a sensuality to be heard!)
*honestly, was mulling the Otis-Crowes one.
Country Honk > Honky Tonk Women
Stones again
from silly poke at Country w/ annoying fiddle
to a drenching Blues mastery which remains
to this day one of the greatest Rock pieces ever.
Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Temptations to Stones, see "Imagination" details.
I Can't Quit You, Baby
from Otis Rush straightforward, subdued Blues
to Zeppelin coming that close to Hendrixifying it.
Look into both their BBCRecordings versions
& the one off Coda for its astronomic energizing.
bq...of the bunch, tied between ICQYB (off LZ I)
& the longer vers. off BBC.
Source(s): *shakes fist at m'self for not thinking of Easy (Like Sunday Morning), both versions of which are welcome any time. - How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
- That GirlLv 48 years ago
umbrella - all time low (original rihanna)
I wanna love you - the maine (original akon)
volare - vitamin c (original gypsy kings)
can't take my eyes off you - muse (original Frankie Valli)
can't take my eyes off you - Lauryn hill ^
no particular order