Obscure cover versions of famous songs!!!

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  Lucy Van Pelt Posts: 11,643

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  03/01/15 - 19:31 #2

  Here's Vapeur Mauve a cover Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze done in French by the fantastic but little known 60s Canadian band The Haunted
  
  Pardon quand j'embrasse le ciel :cool:
  
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GvrLcQaRa8

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  barbeler Posts: 23,827

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  03/01/15 - 19:49 #3

  Wire's Map Ref 41°N 93°W was covered by My Bloody Valentine. That's fairly obscure.

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  03/01/15 - 21:11 #4

  xiu xiu's rihanna cover is pretty strange :cool:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tap5nf3GQEY

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  SweetHeartHolly Posts: 1,566

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  04/01/15 - 02:41 #5

  Go here to listen to my most favorite singer James Otto covering "Into The Mystic" from Van Morrison.
  
  God bless you and James always!!!
  
  Holly

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  Lucy Van Pelt Posts: 11,643

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  04/01/15 - 15:00 #6

  Nothing can top the original, but I really like The Flamin' Groovies take on River Deep Mountain High
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nElDEDRR0xQ

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  04/01/15 - 15:03 #7

  Gwyneth Herbert.
  
  
  "Only Love Can Break Your Heart."
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeUKmG0TBN8

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  04/01/15 - 15:56 #8

  The Amazing Rabbis
  
  Hotel California!
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaIgyVqUGIE
  
  John Otway:
  
  House of the Rising Sun
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK7m4hlLPv4
  
  I will survive (sung in the style of Bob Dylan)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_cE6I5V-bY
  
  Mariachi Cabos
  
  Beat it
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCM1X8YgZLE
  
  The Wall
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOwf3TDygkM

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  corkdood Posts: 47

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  04/01/15 - 19:27 #9

  I'm quite fond of this brave cover by The Braids.
  
  http://youtu.be/d9DJkopkDOg

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  barbeler Posts: 23,827

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  04/01/15 - 21:14 #10

  yorkieUK wrote: »

  John Otway:
  
  House of the Rising Sun
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK7m4hlLPv4
  
  I will survive (sung in the style of Bob Dylan)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_cE6I5V-bY

  
  Not forgetting www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPPm7CVP6Bk
  
  Although I've seen him do it better

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  04/01/15 - 22:46 #11

  Allison Williams of "Girls" fame hung out with Youtube stars Sam Tsui and Kurt Hugo Schneider whilst studying at Yale. One of her more unusual covers is Tik Tok sung Disney style!
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al9FOtZcadQ
  
  Talking of Sam Tsui, here are a couple of his covers:
  
  Hold it Against Me
  
  Just a Dream

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  Lucy Van Pelt Posts: 11,643

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  05/01/15 - 16:51 #12

  the violent femmes doing culture club's do you really want to hurt me
  
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmsj67QpYZI
  
  US 80s new wave inde band The Swans doing Love Will Tear us Apart
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp017Crrx7I
  
  billy joel's the longest time by novelty band me first and the gimme gimmes
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4xFkcjMamU
  
  half man half biscuit;s take on bob dylan's with god on our side
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAuiWmVHd8M

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  06/01/15 - 14:56 #13

  Happy Mondays covered Staying alive by the Bee Gees. A great version, but i'd say quite obscure. It was recorded for Malcolm McClaren's 'The Ghosts Of Oxford Street' film.
  
  Also, anything from the Acid Brass album - brass band covers of old rave hits like What Time Is Love.
  
  And, an album called Acoustica, which is a chamber group called Alarm Will Sound performing aoustic, classical versions of Aphex Twin tunes.
  
  My favourite obscure cover has to be Philip Glass' cover of Icct Hedral by Aphex Twin.

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  Electra Posts: 55,660

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  06/01/15 - 16:30 #14

  The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun, by Swedish rock/metal band Ghost BC
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OUWgxu7xng

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  eugenespeed Posts: 66,695

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  06/01/15 - 18:57 #15

  Lancashire Hotpots covering Killing In The Name
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mZwxBf5EL8

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  06/01/15 - 19:07 #16

  Straight Outta Compton - Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt)
  
  NSFW Obviously contains liberal swearing and n-word.
  
  http://youtu.be/NG2EGOB9-lc

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  06/01/15 - 19:15 #17

  Here's a few Stairway to heaven covers
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeBNYaCUhhU#t=208
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKn5lydAZ6k
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHCKtPafA0A&index=6&list=PLB51C97ADB8ED0B89

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  06/01/15 - 20:13 #18

  Cloudbusting - Gemma Hayes cover.
  
  Is That All There Is - PJ Harvey cover.
  
  Eight Miles High - Leo Kotke cover.

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  06/01/15 - 20:22 #19

  Bonnie Pink - I'm In The Mood For Dancing
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ShrpDN5JF0

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  Kel Varnson Posts: 86

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  06/01/15 - 20:46 #20

  80's French band Polyphonic Size's cover of the Rolling Stones' "Mother's Little Helper".
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IK1_d-mPGc

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  06/01/15 - 21:20 #21

  Ben Folds - Bitches aint Sh*t (originally by Dr Dre) - Contains very bad language!
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3C4N6p78io
  
  Eels - Get Your Freak On (originally by Missy Elliott)
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIeqZ3qPFWs
  
  Yellow Melodies - The Sun Always Shines on TV (originally by Aha)
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBKQUh7CZzs
  
  The Yellow Melodies have actually done three albums of cover versions, called Fan #1, 2 and 3

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  06/01/15 - 21:58 #22

  Paul Anka doing Oasis' Wonderwall:
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4e0RtIz9zk

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  06/01/15 - 22:29 #23

  I always enjoy strange covers.
  
  Here are some of the more interesting ones in my collection, each from a different genre:
  
  Hi-STANDARD - California Dreamin; (hilarious cover by a japanese punk band)
  
  Los Pericos - Darkness (amazing reggae cover of the Police song)
  
  Long Beach Dub Allstars - Take Warning (ska cover of Operation Ivy)
  
  The Cure - World in My Eyes (The Cure covering Depeche Mode? Yes!)
  
  Bjorn Again - Girls on Film (an ABBA tribute band covering Duran Duran... that 80s synthbass is amazing)

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  07/01/15 - 15:53 #24

  Suzanne - Françoise Hardy. She sounds like your big sister warning you to be careful who you go with.

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  08/01/15 - 01:28 #25

  Shy Guy by Diana King was covered by Aswad and Easther Bennett from Eternal in 2002. Fell way below the radar.

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  09/01/15 - 09:49 #26

  Alex Parks version of Mad World originally by Tears for Fears
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABFQOLZlfGU
  
  Hurts version of Locked out of heaven. Beautiful version which is so different from Bruno Mars version. It would have been even better if Theo hadn't had a cold.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIOlI8qBLSw

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