Covers and re-imaginings of songs that you like!

Guitar only Manic Monday.

Bridgerton popularized them, but I've really enjoyed string quartet versions of various songs. 2 Cellos also does some good versions of songs.

I can imagine a couple dancing their first dance at a wedding to this.

Jackie De Shannon’s pairing of Little Anthony and the Imperials’ Hurt So Bad in a medley with the Supremes’ You Keep Me Hangin’ On, turning the latter from bouncy to outright tormented, far more in line with the lyrics.

Tori Amos reimagined several of her songs with a string octet in 2012 (ten frigging years ago! How?), and "Hey Jupiter" is my favourite. I remember listening to this on repeat on my way home from work.

This is one of my favorites of all time. Aurora is so incredibly weird and wonderful.

Another good one from Aurora, covering "Life on Mars"

Ana Silvera's cover of Bjork's "Hyperballad":

I have 2 "reimagined" faves, the U2 version of "Night and Day" from 1990...back when U2 was still excellent...haunting, sexy cover

And David Bowie and Angelo Badlamenti's absolutely beautiful retelling of "A Foggy Day in London Town"...Bowie sings beautifully and that orchestration...always makes me tear up in the end

Bowie

Chrissie Hynde’s lo-fi album of Bob Dylan covers is exquisite. She focuses more on forgotten gems from lesser-known periods like his much-maligned Christian record rather than doing a zillionth version of the usual classics.

Chvrches covered Timberlake's "Cry Me a River" and it's great.

E.G. Daily's cover of Trying by Lifehouse

BBC has some of the best music stuff.

The White Stripes - Jolene

This great feminine version made me wonder what a studio track would sound like =

Lucy Ellis’s stripped-down, sweet cover of the great Just the Two of Us by Grover Washington, Jr and Bill Withers.

To offset the gloss and pomp and empty celebrity of r13.

I really likes this Riverdale remake of the old Cole Porter song.

It’s my fave Go-Go’s song but I actually like this a bit better.

Yes, R8, the entire 'Red, Hot + Blue' AIDS fundraiser record is very fun. I bought it as a twink, on cassette! But have since bought digital versions.

Speaking of fundraisers; not very different than the original, but a fave:

While on the tangent of arena rock:

I always thought Peter Gabriel’s version of Bowie’s Heroes was far superior. It has a sadness to it that’s not captured by Bowie or the Wallflowers.

And Disturbed does a version of Sound of Silence that conveys an intensity that is missing Simon and Garfunkel’s version.

Just as good as the original.

Best ever.

Sweet Siouxsie:

Anna Calvi’s cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “Fire”—I thought her downbeat take was kind of sexy. Also, Hole’s cover of “Gold Dust Woman” is phenomenal.

No, no, no. Hey, hey, hey!

An unlikely cover that works

Haunting, released at the onset of the AIDS pandemic...

Any versions of songs made upbeat and dynamic would be good.

I’m tired of cover versions made low-fi and downbeat.

^Add some, hon.

Sexton Blake's cover of rod Stewart's Young Turks.

It has a retro Beck sound.

Better version of Harry Styles.

Sugababes - Red Dress (2022 Tour Version).

Devo's version of "Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones (approved by Mick Jagger).

Quoting the top comment at youtube:

[quote] Unless you saw this live in 1978 you can't possibly know just how mind bending this moment was. Nobody had ever heard or seen anything like this on national TV and it left viewers as stunned as it left them hungry for more. DEVO was so far ahead of their time that in 2078 they'll STILL be ahead of their time. 'Epic' doesn't cover this performance.

R19 = Alexandra Patsavas

(The Roxy Music) Bryan Ferry version of the Neil Young & Crazy Horse song "Like A Hurricane."

Rebecca Loebe’s version of Come As You Are, by Nirvana. I find it interesting. Reminds me of Tori Amos’ version of Smells Like Teen Spirit.

the Glee version of "Teenage Dream"

Does anyone actually listen to the songs linked above? Or do you just read the titles?

I also like some of the mashups that became popular.

Annie and Bowie - how could you not love it.

one of my favorite songs period

and this one is quite fun

This take on the Burt Bacharach/Dionne Warwick song is one of my favorites.

My favorite version of the much-covered "Money" - done here by The Flying Lizards.

r47 reminds me that the Box Tops did my favorite version of "Trains and Boats and Planes."

Siouxsie & the Banshees The Thorn EP

from the wikipedia page:

[quote] The purpose of the EP was three-fold: Siouxsie stated that she wanted to induct new guitarist John Valentine Carruthers into the Banshees, to try out some string arrangements, and to simply re-record tracks that had evolved on tour.[1]

[quote] The Thorn features four of the band's tracks recorded with orchestral instrumentation: "Overground" originally appeared on the Banshees' debut album The Scream; "Placebo Effect" was a song from their second album Join Hands, while "Voices" and "Red Over White" were previously released as B-sides from the singles "Hong Kong Garden" and "Israel", respectively.

Speaking of Siouxsie, I never paid much attention to Bob Dylan's "This Wheel's on Fire," but I absolutely love this version.

I love just about anything performed by The Pretenders or Everything But The Girl, and this rendition of the former’s “Kid” by EBTG is haunting and lovely. Great videos from both groups.

The re-imagining of Blondie's "Heart of Glass" by Philip Glass (Crabtree Remix). It uses Debbie's vocals but the tempo is slowed and it's basically strings.