Unusual and GOOD cover versions

[The_Reverend_M]

Let's start with...

 

[The_Reverend_M]

Salsa!

 

[The_Reverend_M]

 

[bi0boy]

 

[Orang Utan]

Rudy - White Room (LP Version) - YouTube

 

[cuppa tee]

 

[Saul Goodman]

 

[Sweet FA]

Love this...

 

[Sweet FA]

Awesomeness

 

[Sweet FA]

 

[Wookey]

On my mobile so sod linking!

But Google your way to:

Sound of Silence by Disturbed

Let's Dance by M Ward... Just awezome

Don't Think Twice Its Alright by John Mayer...

I have a huge soft spot for great covers! I've got a Spotify list just of groovy/unexpected/fucked about with covers...

 

[Sweet FA]

Gorgeous video too

 

[DexterTCN]

Dunno. These days most of the covers are slowed-down accoustics.

How about this.

 

[The_Reverend_M]

It's hard to cover Bowie well - these folks nail it

 

[Kaka Tim]

 

[marty21]

 

[nogojones]

 

[nogojones]

 

[nogojones]

 

[danski]

 

[fishfinger]

 

[fishfinger]

 

[JimW]

Though there's a few bluegrass versions, so maybe not that unusual.

 

[AverageJoe]

Billy Paul (Me and Mrs Jones) takes Elton John's 'your song' and turns it into 6 minutes of Northern Soulish joy.

 

[Saul Goodman]

 

[JimW]

 

[JimW]

 

[billy_bob]

 

[billy_bob]

 

[billy_bob]

This one's not so unusual. More like further down the road travelled by the original (by Michael Hurley). But I love it: