Cover songs! I love them! I need them!
June 14, 2015 8:20 AM

i have been in withdrawal since the demise of Copy Comma Right years ago. please recommend to me your very most favorite cover songs - any genre, any song. i want it allllllll!
posted by megan_magnolia to Media & Arts (74 answers total) 53 users marked this as a favorite
R.E.M. "King Of The Road"
posted by thelonius at 8:35 AM on June 14, 2015


Have you heard of The Covers Project?

Also, if you have a Spotify account, here is a link to my small playlist of covers.
posted by sproggie at 8:39 AM on June 14, 2015


Man I love covers! Off the top of my head:

I enjoyed The Wind and The Wave's recent Covers One EP.

Tashaki Miyaki have two albums of covers, both available via their Bandcamp page.

One of my all-time favorites is Headless Heroes' cover of Just Like Honey. Check out the whole album for more (lesser known, at least to me) covers.

Taken By Trees' Sweet Child of Mine is pretty fun.

Camera Obscura did ABBA's Super Trouper, and is fantastic.

Last but not least, I love love love Arcade Fire's cover of the Magnetic Fields song Born on a Train.

Enjoy! I know there are others, so if you wanna talk more covers, just MeMail me!
posted by mrhaydel at 8:51 AM on June 14, 2015


Love Canon is great if you're into bluegrass covers of 80s music.
posted by emelenjr at 8:58 AM on June 14, 2015






You might enjoy browsing AVClub Undercover.
posted by Boxenmacher at 9:13 AM on June 14, 2015


You might want to give this album by Brian Ferry a listen. All of them are covers and all of them are good.
posted by Too-Ticky at 9:15 AM on June 14, 2015


Japan - I Second That Emotion
posted by paulash at 9:18 AM on June 14, 2015


Richard Thompson made Oops, I Did it Again worth listening to and I love chococat's cover of Fame.
posted by she's not there at 9:20 AM on June 14, 2015




A classic is Devo's cover of Satisfaction which I sincerely believe improves on the original.

And in case you aren't already familiar with them and yet have this never-before-suspected yearning for '80s punk and new wave music done basso-nova style, then there is Nouvelle Vague who is about 100x better than you'd think possible given the description.
posted by bfootdav at 9:38 AM on June 14, 2015


My absolute favorite is TV on the Radio - Mr. Grieves. But since I think I first listened to that on Copy Comma Right, how about Elliott Smith - Because or The White Stripes' heartfelt Jolene? Also Josh Ritter - Chelsea Hotel #2. On MeFi Music, I really like chococat's cover of TMBG's Dead.

For jazz, Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson have great versions of the Disney song "Someday My Prince Will Come." Cannonball Adderley did a fantastic album of Fiddler on the Roof. btw, did you ever see The Temptations do a Fiddler medley? And of course John Coltrane's cover of "My Favorite Things."

For fun/novelty cross-genre covers, I second Nouvelle Vague. There's also Max Raabe and the classic Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. On YouTube, user The Synthetic Orchestra does fun covers of TV and video game stuff, and Andy Rehfeldt does creative re-arrangements.
posted by knuckle tattoos at 9:52 AM on June 14, 2015


I forgot to link Covers Project as a site to tinker around in to find more covers! On preview, it's already in the thread. Oops. It's not exhaustive, but it reminded me that Pixies - Head On is a Jesus and Mary Chain cover.
posted by knuckle tattoos at 10:06 AM on June 14, 2015


My all time favorite is Sid Vicious' s cover of My Way. I understand that Pia Zadora used to cover it live but I've never been able to find a recording.
posted by janey47 at 10:24 AM on June 14, 2015


A few of my favorites:

Talking Heads, Take Me To The River (Al Green)
The English Beat, Tears of a Clown (Smokey Robinson)
Emmylou Harris, Wrecking Ball (Neil Young)

You might also enjoy Annie Lennox's cover album, Medusa.
posted by JonathanB at 10:30 AM on June 14, 2015


Anything by Pentatonix.
posted by frizz at 10:38 AM on June 14, 2015




AV Undercover will surely have something for you. TMBG's Chumbawamba cover is a delight.
posted by clavicle at 11:15 AM on June 14, 2015


Cover Lay Down is a blog with folk covers.

Coverville is a podcast dedicated to covers.

I'll have to think about my list of personal faves and come back to this.
posted by zorseshoes at 11:59 AM on June 14, 2015


Here are some of my favourites, mainly industrial electro kind of stuff:

Deathboy - Single (Everything But The Girl cover)
Leaether Strip - In My Room (Yazoo cover)
Carter USM - Rent (Pet Shop Boys cover - all of Carter's cover versions are amazing, imo).
Boom Operators - Nutbush City Limits (industrial Tina Turner cover. Has to be heard to be believed. My mother is a big Tina Turner fan and refused to believe this is the same song).
Mesh - Nothing Ever Happens (Del Amitri cover)
posted by intensitymultiply at 12:03 PM on June 14, 2015


How about this dude who made an punk cover of "I Love It," and made it into almost an entirely great song?
posted by General Malaise at 12:25 PM on June 14, 2015


The Nightingales - I Just Want Someone to Fall in Love With
The Fall - Mr Pharmacist
King Creosote - Forever and Ever
Anna Calvi ft. David Byrne - Strange Weather
The Pogues - The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, Dirty Old Town
The Bad Plus - Heart of Glass
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World, Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Tricky - Black Steel
posted by misteraitch at 12:40 PM on June 14, 2015


Cocaine Blues By Dave Van Ronk. Or you could just go down the rabbit hole with the Wikipedia page about the song(s).
posted by lollymccatburglar at 12:57 PM on June 14, 2015




Love Diana Krall's version of Temptation by Tom Waits (original here).

Also not bad, Brandi Carlile's take on Creep by Radiohead (original here).

And of course, Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen (original here).
posted by belau at 1:06 PM on June 14, 2015




Siouxie and the Banshees' cover album Through the Looking Glass is frowned upon by die-hard fans but it's my favorite cover album ever. My favorites:

Trust in Me - Disney's Jungle Book
The Passenger - Iggy Pop
This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us - Sparks
posted by JoeZydeco at 3:06 PM on June 14, 2015


I love Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, I think all they play is covers.
posted by bendy at 3:35 PM on June 14, 2015


Transformed from something completely unlistenable to something charming and beautiful...


Cher - Believe (In Life After Love) - Pomplamoose

posted by Exchequer at 3:58 PM on June 14, 2015


Malalako by Tarika - English/French/Malagasy cover of Be My Baby.

Since U Been Gone - Robyn

Shine - Dolly Parton
posted by Gin and Broadband at 4:24 PM on June 14, 2015


A classic is Devo's cover of Satisfaction which I sincerely believe improves on the original.

And let's not forget Devo's version of Secret Agent Man.
I completely agree about Satisfaction.
posted by Thorzdad at 4:39 PM on June 14, 2015


Stevie Nicks covers Free Fallin (originally by Tom Petty)
The entire I am Sam soundtrack album (link to Wikipedia) is full of covers of the Beatles.
A Perfect Circle covers Imagine (originally by John Lennon)
Liz Phair covers Turning Japanese
Liz Phair covers Mother's Little Helper (originally by the Stones)
Aretha Franklin covers Bridge over Troubled Water (original by Simon & Garfunkel)
The Lemonheads cover Mrs. Robinson (original by Simon & Garfunkel)
The Civil Wars cover Billy Jean (original by Michael Jackson)


I think my absolute favorite is Over the Rainbow by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole
posted by hydra77 at 5:55 PM on June 14, 2015


Have a bunch of covers done in totally different styles from the originals:

Postmodern Jukebox covers mostly contemporary pop songs in earlier styles.

"Tik Tok," covered by Doll & the Kicks.
"I Wan'na Be Like You (Monkey Song)," covered by Lucy Woodward.
"Lithium," covered by the Polyphonic Spree.
"The Fox," covered by Stephen Limbaugh ft. Katie Welch.
posted by Shmuel510 at 5:59 PM on June 14, 2015


Lust for Life covered by Bad Livers
I Wanna Be Your Dog covered by Uncle Tupelo
ooh, edited to add
Daydream Believer by Mr. Paul Westerberg
posted by WesterbergHigh at 6:13 PM on June 14, 2015


In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Holland, 1945, Ghost, Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two - from a Youtube account, keep meaning to send them a message to ask who did these wonderful NMH covers
Tell Her This - Julia Nunes
Toxic - Molly Lewis
My Favorite Things - Pomplamoose
Ricochet In Time - Mary Lou Lord
These Foolish Things - Bryan Ferry, from the album Too-Ticky mentioned
Revelator - Ryan Adams
The Book of Love - Rose Cousins and Rose Polenzani
I Love How You Love Me - Jeff Mangum
Sound and Vision - Los Hermanos McKenzie
And of course, Common People - William Shatner/Ben Folds
posted by catchingsignals at 6:43 PM on June 14, 2015


Mavis Staples, "Can You Get to That"
posted by MonkeyToes at 6:45 PM on June 14, 2015


The Staple Singers - Slippery People
Neko Case - Madonna Of The Wasps
Kelly Hogan - Papa Was a Rodeo
Luna - Indian Summer
Galaxie 500 - Ceremony, Don't Let Our Youth Go to Waste
Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
Tortoise and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Thunder Road
Beck - Michelangelo Antonioni, True Love Will Find You in the End
Andrew Bird - Don't Be Scared
Joel Gibb - That’s Us/Wild Combination
posted by hydrophonic at 8:06 PM on June 14, 2015


Cardigans - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Iron Man

Mike Flowers Pops (I'm most familiar with Wonderwall)

The Ramones did a cover album. I was of an age that I wasn't so familiar with many of the original pieces, and consequently think most of them are just not as good as the versions I know. I also always liked their versions of Do you wanna dance? and Needles and Pins.

Rollins Band - Ghostrider

Pet Shop Boys - You were always on my mind
UB40 - Can't help falling in love
(Both from, as far as I can tell, a TV tribute commemorating Elvis' demise, but which themselves remain a couple of my favorite songs. I can't remember anything else from the tribute but the internet says it was called "Love Me Tender" and aired on ITV (UK) in 1987.)

Erasure - Abbaesque (ABBA Tribute Album)

Can't believe no one has mentioned Spaced Out: The Very Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner (on which they sing covers and... stuff) (or, I suppose, any of the original albums from which that comp was drawn).
posted by Hal Mumkin at 8:48 PM on June 14, 2015


Calamity Jane - I've just seen a face (took me a while to figure out what this was and find it, I remember seeing the video endlessly mornings before school on brand-new MTV when I was a kid)
posted by Hal Mumkin at 9:08 PM on June 14, 2015


The Saints - River Deep Mountain High
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - every song on Kicking Against the Pricks

And for the full Australian cover version experience browse the extensive archives of Triple J's Like A Version segment, 10 years of live in-studio covers.
posted by N-stoff at 10:25 PM on June 14, 2015


Peter Gabriel did an album of covers about five years ago called Scratch My Back, covering a pretty wide range of artists. Some very different takes. Part of the theory was that the artists whose songs he covered would return the favour and cover one of his songs in the companion album, And I'll Scratch Yours. (That playlist misses out one of the best covers, Elbow's version of Mercy Street - I swear Guy Garvey sounds almost exactly like Peter Gabriel.)

More cover albums: Tori Amos's Strange Little Girls (and also the Zep's Thank You and Smells Like Teen Spirit; Tori likes her covers so there are HEAPS of them).

kd lang did one called Drag, for which no satisfying playlist exists on Youtube, and also Hymns of the 49th Parallel.

Also if you are a fan of the Bowie song "Heroes", there was an FPP with more covers than you can shake a stick at. Though I am not sure why you would want to shake a stick at them anyway.
posted by Athanassiel at 11:02 PM on June 14, 2015


The entire album of Bruce Springstten's, We Shall Overcome: the Pete Seeger Sessions. Bruce Springsteen et al. covering Pete Seeger.

Cake covering both I Will Survive and War Pigs.
posted by cmoj at 11:45 PM on June 14, 2015


I really love the Capital Children's Choir covering Untrust Us by Crystal Castles, and if you're wondering how on earth can a children's choir, of all things, cover Crystal Castles?, the answer is really surprisingly well. They also have a lovely cover of Shake It Out by Florence and the Machine.

Also a slightly improbable cover by a choir, but I quite like Scala's cover of Radiohead's Creep.

The Like a Version archives were already mentioned, but I think that Owl Eyes covering Pumped Up Kicks is pretty great, as is San Cisco doing Get Lucky.

There's also the BBC's Live Lounge covers, which are often pretty great--Taylor Swift doing Vance Joy's Riptide was a recent(ish) standout for me.
posted by MeghanC at 12:13 AM on June 15, 2015


The German power metal band Blind Guardian have done a couple of really fun ones, notably Mr. Sandman and Surfin' USA.
posted by jbickers at 3:27 AM on June 15, 2015


The Bird and the Bee did an entire album of Hall and Oates covers.
posted by fiercecupcake at 7:19 AM on June 15, 2015


Hard rock/metal/industrial:

The Absence: "Into the Pit" by Testament

Anthrax: "Bring Tha Noize" by Public Enemy

Cronic Disorder: "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash

Dillinger Escape Plan: "Jesus Christ Pose" by Soundgarden

Exodus: "Low Rider" by War

Faith No More: "Easy (Like Sunday Morning)" by The Commodores

Faith No More: "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath

Fear Factory: "Cars" by Gary Neuman

Fear Factory: "I Will Follow" by U2

Fear Factory: "School" by Nirvana

Ill Niño: "Zombie Eaters" by Faith No More

Ministry: "Lay Lady Lay" by Bob Dylan

Ministry: "Roadhouse Blues" by The Doors

Nine Inch Nails: "Get Down Make Love" by Queen

Shades Apart: "20 Eyes" by Misfits

Spineshank: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles

Vital Remains: "Disciples of Hell" by Yngwie Malmsteen
posted by xiix at 8:05 AM on June 15, 2015


Macromantics - Jump [Kriss Kross]
Cibo Matto - About A Girl [Nirvana]
Joan Osborne - I'll Be Around [The Spinners]
Avril Lavigne - Fuel [Metallica]
Pharoahe Monch - Welcome To The Terrordome [Public Enemy]
posted by cashman at 9:47 AM on June 15, 2015


I believe this was featured on the blue at some point: Puddles Pitty Party - Royals (originally Lorde)
posted by cmoj at 9:50 AM on June 15, 2015


Here in no particular order are some unusual ones that I like. You'll have to find 'em yourself, I'm working. MeMail me if -- after trying -- you still can't find one that intrigues:
  • Like A Rolling Stone (Dylan) -- Jimi Hendrix
  • Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (Dylan) -- Jimi Hendrix
  • Sgt Pepper's Loney Hearts Club Band (The Beatles) -- Jimi Hendrix
  • Manic Depression (Hendrix) -- Jeff Beck and Seal
  • Jumping Jack Flash (Rolling Stones)/ Youngblood (Coasters) -- Leon Russell et al, medley from The Concert for Bangladesh
  • Tales of Brave Ulysses (Cream) -- Rotary Connection (featuring Minnie Riperton)
  • Lady Jane (Rolling Stones) -- Rotary Connection
  • Like a Rolling Stone (Dylan) -- Rotary Connection
  • The Weight (The Band) -- Rotary Connection
  • Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk) -- Dirty Dozen Brass Band
  • It's All Over Now (Bobby Womack) -- Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Dr. John
  • Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones) -- Blood Sweat & Tears
  • American (Leonard Bernstein) -- The Nice
  • My Back Pages (Bob Dylan) -- The Nice
  • Stairway to Heaven (Lthieving Zmagpies)-- Frank Zappa
  • A Day in the Life (The Beatles) -- Jeff Beck
  • Blackbird (The Beatles) -- Bobby McFerrin
  • Wild Horses (Rolling Stones) -- Old and In The Way
  • Heart Full of Soul (Yardbirds) -- Chris Isaak
  • Summertime Blues (Eddie Cockrane) -- Blue Cheer
  • Crazy Train (Ozzy Osborne) -- Yonder Mountain String Band
  • Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield (Neil Young)) -- The Everly Brothers
  • Castles Made of Sand/ Little Wing (Hendrix) -- Tuck & Patti
  • Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles (McCartney) -- Stanley Jordan
  • Purple Haze (Hendrix) -- Kronos Quartet
  • Crossroads (R. Johnson, but this is a cover of the Cream arr.) -- Turtle Island String Quartet
  • Drive My Car (The Beatles) -- Bobby McFerrin
  • Sunshine of Your Love (Cream) -- Bobby McFerrin
  • She’s a Woman (The Beatles) -- Jeff Beck

posted by Herodios at 10:39 AM on June 15, 2015


Previously: Five or six generations of "Train Kept a-Rollin'".

But wait! There's more! I've since learned that Tiny Bradshaw lifted much of the original "Train Kept a-Rollin'" from another song, Cow Cow Boogie, sung by Ella Mae Morse in 1942. It was written for the Abbott & Costello film Ride 'Em Cowboy. Ella Fitzgerald sang it for the film soundtrack, but it was cut from the theatrical release, and Morse's -- er, cover -- became a hit. More (WP).

So that's like eight generations of "truckin' down that old fair way".
 
posted by Herodios at 11:03 AM on June 15, 2015


Vinyl Tap had a couple of programs recently (the last 2 weekends) where they played songs and their covers back to back. The criteria for selecting the covers was whatever the host (Randy Bachman of BTO fame) liked. I can't find any links for the audio show on the CBC website but they at least have a broadcast log giving all the recording information for each song.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 11:20 AM on June 15, 2015


The Afghan Whigs (and related band The Twilight Singers) have done dozens of covers.

I think my favorite is Marie Queenie Lyons' See and Don't See.

Be aware that there's some NSFW language right at the beginning of that video. The link I put here starts after the language.
posted by cnc at 12:30 PM on June 15, 2015


Love covers and sure most anything I would think of will be covered here, currently liking:

Odetta Sings Dylan
Times Achanging West Dylan Thordson Foxcatcher (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Any of the Iron Horse cover albums
Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes (Deluxe Edition)

I made a compilation of coves a number of years ago for a music sharing group that I am pretty proud of, here is the list. If you cannot find something on it please let me know.

I Will Survive / Cake
Start Me Up / The Folksmen
These Boots Are Made For Walkin` / Sam Phillips
You Can Close Your Eyes / Richie Havens
California Dreamin’ / Eddie Hazel
Bad Moon Risin’/ 16 Horsepower
Crosseyed & Painless / Brazilian Girls & Kevin Johansen
Ruby Tuesday/ Franco Battiato
To Sir With Love / Al Green
Walk Away Rene / Rickie Lee Jones
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding/ The Wallflowers
The Man Who Sold The World (Live) / Nirvana
Downtown / Björk with The Brodsky Quartet
Red, Red Wine / Neil Diamond
Old Man / Lizz Wright
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds / William Shatner
Stairway To Heaven / Dolly Parton
Somewhere (From West Side Story) / Tom Waits
Don`t Let Me Be Misunderstood / Yusuf Islam
Knockin` On Heaven`s Door / Warren Zevon

If you travel in ROIS, you may really enjoy the Nobody Plays Dylan like Dylan covers project, it is currently at volume 38 (I think) just people covering Dylan live, there are some wonderful covers to be found there for sure.
posted by silsurf at 2:37 PM on June 15, 2015


Yeah, I'm painfully late to the party, but for future reference, Wilson Pickett (& Duane Allman!) Hey Jude gives me shivers & tears every. Gotdam. Time.
posted by JulesER at 4:42 PM on June 15, 2015


Fiona Apple Across the Universe
posted by Thorzdad at 6:02 PM on June 15, 2015


Ooh, I have a playlist for cover songs. It's up to about 200 by now- here's some of my favorites.

London Grammar - Devil Inside

Amy Winehouse - Valerie

First Aid Kit - America

James Blake - A Case of You

Jose Gonzalez - Teardrop

Feist and Ben Gibbard - Train Song

James Vincent McMorrow - Higher Love

My Brightest Diamond - Feeling Good

Young Buffalo - Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl

The Shins - We Will Become Silhouettes

Record Club - Never Tear Us Apart

Gabrielle Aplin - Best Song Ever
posted by mollywas at 1:02 AM on June 16, 2015


Here's a link to Triple J's 'Like a Version' playlist. There's 253 videos listed there so lots to choose from and just about every genre is covered.
posted by h00py at 5:43 AM on June 16, 2015


Coverville has been my go-to for covers for years now. The Best of Coverville playlist on Spotify is a great place to start.
posted by knile at 6:41 AM on June 17, 2015


Bon Iver - I Can't Make You Love Me/Nick of Time and If Hollywood Don't Need You

First Aid Kit - America (paul simon)
posted by dismas at 6:48 AM on June 17, 2015


Star Witness - Kate and Janelle
posted by h00py at 6:51 AM on June 17, 2015


Elbow, "Back to Black" (Amy Winehouse)
posted by MonkeyToes at 7:01 AM on June 17, 2015


Just off the top of my head (and lazily not checking the above)

Sroeng Santi - Kuen Kuen Lueng Lueng (Black Sabba…: https://youtu.be/At8Zwo2myZc

Kuedo - Flight Path (Severant,2011): https://youtu.be/2N-esR8BAOo

Anna Calvi - Lady Grinning Soul (David Bowie cove…: https://youtu.be/X62xRWRWREc

Magic Drum Orchestra - Drop It Like It's Hot: https://youtu.be/W-nrHptw4Ow

Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto - Autobahn (Cumbia Me…: https://youtu.be/f93_ReIuBYw
(Check out the album)

Speedometer - Happy [Freestyle Records]: https://youtu.be/eQxulHjE0jc
posted by Erberus at 7:53 AM on June 17, 2015


Oh! One last (weird) one.

Bruce Dickinson (from Iron Maiden) sings Tom Jones' Delilah on a game show.

It is fucking DELIGHTFUL.
posted by bibliogrrl at 8:56 AM on June 17, 2015


Here's some I like:

Shonen Knife: I'm On Top of the World (The Carpenters)
Tom Waits: Somewhere (Westside Story)
Seu Jorge: Oh You Pretty Things (Bowie)
David Bowie: America (Simon and Garfunkel)
Camper Van Beethoven: Pictures of Matchstick Men (Status Quo)
Heather Nova: I'm On Fire (Springsteen)
The Bees: A Minha Menina (Os Mutantes)
Katie Tunstall: I Want You Back: (The Jacksons)
Psapp: Everybody Wants to be a Cat (Disney)
Fiona Apple: I Want You (Elvis Costello)
Fiest and Constantines: Islands in the Stream (Kenny Rogers)
The Cramps: Shortening Bread (The Andrews Sisters)
Grant Lee Philips: Age of Consent (New Order)
posted by rongorongo at 10:01 AM on June 17, 2015


I'm old.

These Boots are Made For Walking covered by the Humans featuring Robert Fripp.
White Light, White Heat covered by David Bowie.
House of the Rising Sun covered by Frijid Pink.
Nights in White Satin covered by The Dickies.
posted by marxchivist at 1:09 PM on June 17, 2015


Bruce Dickinson (from Iron Maiden) sings Tom Jones' Delilah on a game show.

It is fucking DELIGHTFUL.

Yes. Yes it is. Thanks!
posted by MonkeyToes at 3:46 PM on June 17, 2015


Guano Apes: Big in Japan (Alphaville)
Ben Folds & Rufus Wainwright: Careless Whisper (live) (Geogre Michael)
Robyn Hitchcock: The Ghost in You (Psychedelic Furs)
Bongwater: The Porpoise Song (Monkees)
Anthrax: London (Smiths)
Johnny Cash: The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds)
Alison Krauss & Union Station: Baby, Now That I've Found You (live) (Foundations)
Bruce Hornsby & Ricky Skaggs: Superfreak (Rick James)
Ben Lee: Girls Talk (Dave Edmunds)
Chris Whitley: Crystal Ship (Doors)
posted by obloquy at 2:53 AM on June 19, 2015


Johnny Cash: One (U2), I See A Darkness (Bonnie Prince Billy)
k.d. lang: Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
SO good.
posted by Otto the Magnificent at 4:29 AM on June 19, 2015




Meridian Brothers - Purple Haze (champeta style)
posted by hydrophonic at 5:08 AM on June 22, 2015


Bobby Bare Jr. - What Difference Does It Make?
Caetano Veloso - Let It Bleed, Nothing But Flowers
Milton Nascimento - Norwegian Wood
posted by hydrophonic at 7:05 PM on June 22, 2015


Little known Ukrainian band Los Colorados got their 15 minutes of international fame when their cover of Katy Perry's Hot & Cold went viral.

They've gone on to cover a slew of other songs, including Rammstein's Du Hast and Reel to Real's I Like To Move It, to varying degrees of success.

If you're yelling "NEEDS MORE ACCORDION!" (because I know you are), I invite you take a trip back to the dying days of the USSR to hear another Ukrainian band, Vopli Vidopliasova, give the squeeze-box treatment to AC/DC's Highway to Hell.
posted by Kabanos at 12:38 PM on August 14, 2015


St Vincent's Dig a Pony
posted by moonmilk at 7:27 PM on August 14, 2015


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