Okay, list a song in music, covered in a different genre, but still rocks.........

[Royal_Coaster]

Here's the original of a song that people are more familiar with one cover or another.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

Pink....'Bohemian Rhapsody'....

 

[Royal_Coaster]

Who cares about the genre? Just watch the ruffles move.

 

[Mixolydian]

I seem to love this tune no matter what genre or who covers it. SRV, Clapton/Winwood, Laurence Juber, Ottmar Liebert, etc.

Maybe it's the haunting chord progression of Jimi or maybe it's this haunting Corrs sister lead singer's beauty?....

 

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[lionroar88]

Volbeat - I Only Wanna Be With You


Volbeat - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

 

[lionroar88]

Our Last Night - Blank Space

 

[lionroar88]

Our Last Night - With or With You. (this is actually a really good cover of U2 - which is really difficult to pull off!)

 

[lionroar88]

The Devil's Daughters - Pass That Bottle

 

[Still in State College]

 

[LaJolla Lion]

Picks up around 3 minutes in.

 

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I will see your Social Distortion and raise you a Blondie.....back when Debbie Harry was my fantasy cougar....back when I was 15 years old...

 

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Blondie doing David Bowie's Heroes

 

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Peter Gabriel doing a version of Bowie's "Heroes".



Sinead O'Connor's version of House of the Rising Sun.

 

[psuro]

Chris Cornell doing "One".....U2 Music with the Metallica lyrics. He tells a nice story of how he stumbled upon doing this version.

 

[psuro]

May have been posted before, but very well done.

 

[psuro]

Love this version of Little Wing tied in with Yellow Ledbetter.

 

[Mixolydian]

Love the Pearl Jam mash up. Not to turn this into a Little Wing fest, but damn there are so many good covers of it...

 

[Tri-Power65]

Thin Lizzy's version of an old Irish traditional song.....



Metallica's quaint version...

 

[Tri-Power65]

The Marcels - Blue Moon

 

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That's surprisingly good.

 

[Mufasa2]

There's a lot of good stuff in here! basically a playlist for the next time I'm in my theater/man cave room..

I LOVE this version of "Sound of Silence":

 

[Royal_Coaster]

 

[Royal_Coaster]

Tons of examples from these guys updating classical or symphonic pieces to rock anthems.

 

[LafayetteBear]

I agree with the poll. CCR did it better than Marvin.

http://www.cover-vs-original.com/song-113.html

 

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or

 

[Manxome_Lion]

So how about a Chinese folk tune performed with the banjo in a bluegrass/quartet format? Abigail Washburn is impressive.

 

[rudedude]

Not a different genre but still a great cover

 

[katchthis]

I knew of the original, but didn't know it was recorded by the Crickets sans Buddy Holly. Love the energy of both tunes.

 

[Nit Nolte]

This is possibly my favorite cover of all time:

 

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[uhlerlion]

seems like this thread morphed into just covers and not what the OP intended. I thought Different Genre was the operative term here

just my Monday morning QB'ing for the week

 

[Nittanyplayer#12]

A very clever album by Umphrey's McGee where they mashup several songs at once for some interesting jams. The album is called Zonkey.

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The Marley/Talking Heads and the Radiohead/Beck mashups are awesome too.