And don’t get cute and do songs people don’t know are covers like I Will Always Love You or Torn

    • ZeroCool@piefed.caEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Orgy - Blue Monday

      Hell yeah, I loved Orgy. Still do, but I used to too. That cover of Blue Monday got heavy rotation in middle school. Their first two albums, ‘Candyass’ and ‘Vapor Transmission’ still hold up. At least much better than some of the rubbish that got lumped into nü metal by proximity back then.

    • sik0fewl@lemmy.ca
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      5 months ago

      I like Sinead O’Connor’s version, but it still counts because it’s also a cover.

  • ZeroCool@piefed.caEnglish
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    5 months ago

    It may be a trite answer for this question, but I still gotta go with Gary Jules’ cover of Mad World by Tears for Fears from the Donnie Darko soundtrack. I appreciate both versions, but the cover is truly haunting. I also heard that version first, and I was at the right age when Donnie Darko came out for it to make a lasting impression on me.

    • 0ops@piefed.zipEnglish
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      5 months ago

      That whole album is full of contenders. I love minor threat’s “in my eyes”, but honestly I think rage’s cover just edges it out for me. Zach just goes all in on the vocals and it’s so good.

    • OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip
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      5 months ago

      Didn’t know that was a cover, but also recently found out that Ghost of Tom Joad was a cover too. That’s the one I came to post.

  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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    5 months ago

    Remixes are bit of weird thing, because depending on the genre the original release might already include remixes. See here: https://basskruit.bandcamp.com/album/kopstoot-ep

    (“Ketel (Requake Remix)” is my favourite on that EP)

    I do enjoy it when the remix or cover completely changes the song’s genre. Anyone up for metal remixes of pop songs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jfpsiLx21k&list=RD8jfpsiLx21k

    Skream’s remix of La Roux’s “In for the kill” is a true classic IMO. Hey, that’s the second La Roux remix in this thread!

    • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwan is one of my favorite songs and I wasn’t really a fan of this version. A translation of the original lyrics feels a lot better than the adaptation here.

      • nightlily@leminal.spaceEnglish
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        5 months ago

        But would have a straight translation had the ridiculous levels of sapphic tension and awkward early-00s aesthetic?

  • SatyrSack@quokk.auEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I mostly listen to electronic music, where remix culture is huge. There are countless examples of remixes that I prefer to the original mix. Some of these examples, I dislike the original mix but do like a particular remix. And sometimes, I do like the original mix but like a remix even more .

      • SatyrSack@quokk.auEnglish
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        5 months ago

        This is a pretty arbitrary non-exhaustive list, but here are some remixes that I have posted to !trap@lemmy.world recently:

        • Jay Z - Dirt Off Your Shoulder (Brillz & Z Trip Remix) (2013)
        • X&G - Whiplash (ft. Josh Pan) (um… Remix) (2016)
        • Dabow - Ya Booty (DMVU Remix) (2022)
        • Galantis - Hunter (NGHTMRE & Rickyxsan Remix) (2018)
        • What So Not - Touched (Slumberjack Edit) (2014)
        • RL Grime - Core (TYNAN Flip) (2017)
        • Migos - Bad and Boujee (OFFICIAL RL Grime Edit) ft. Lil Uzi Vert (2017)
        • HARDWELL - Spaceman (Carnage Festival Trap Remix) (2012)
        • Flosstradamus, FKi 1st, graves - Came Up (ft. Post Malone & Key!) (Casper and B. Remix) (2017)
        • Flosstradamus - Rollup (Baauer Remix) (2012)
        • Flosstradamus - Mosh Pit (Meaux Green & Party Favor Remix) (2014)
        • Carnage - I Like Tuh Feat. ILoveMakonnen (Lil Wayne & G-Eazy Remix) (2015)
        • AFK & Carbin - Boss (ft. Cody Ray) (G-Buck Remix) (2018)
        • CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share (Vanic Remix) (2014)
        • Don Toliver - FWU (NXSTY remix) (2025)
        • The Game - El Chapo (feat. Skrillex) (QUIX & THIEVES Remix) (2015)
        • €URO TRA$H - B€NZ (Dysomia Remix) (feat. Syaqish) (2022)
        • Travis Scott - Goosebumps (NGHTMRE Remix) (2017)
        • billie eilish - copycat (um… remix) (2017)
        • MEDASIN & X&G - The Zoo (feat. josh pan) (um… Remix) (2017)
        • SOPHIE - HARD (Revazz Remix) (2017)
          • SatyrSack@quokk.auEnglish
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            5 months ago

            Random: I remember seeing um… mention that they regret choosing a name that has punctuation in it because it makes things worse for search engine optimization reasons, but that it was all worth it anyway to hear the mass confusion around staff members at a music festival talking to each other over their walkie talkies about the artists “um…” and “sumthin sumthin”.

            Imagine something like:

            STAFF 1: Who’s next on the main stage?
            STAFF 2: Uh… um…
            STAFF 1: …um what?
            STAFF 2: And then it’s… sumthin sumthin.
            STAFF 1: Wait, who???

  • backalleycoyote@lemmy.today
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    5 months ago

    Norther - Final Countdown

    Ramones - Do You Wanna Dance

    Kill Your Idols - Goodbye to You

    Judas Priest - Green Manalishi

    AFI - Hanging Garden

    Joan Jett - Love Hurts

    Against All Authority - Centerfold

    Fear Factory - Cars

    and while not “better”, Cradle of Filth’s - Hallowed Be Thy Name is so over the top it circles back to entertaining.

    • Mirror Giraffe@piefed.socialEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I’m pretty sure it was pretty big by Cohen and Cales version (the one Jeff would use) and I don’t think it was before Jeff’s death his version really exploded and then subsequently through Shrek did it become everyone’s song.

      But Jeff really revitalised the song with hiss masterful voice. Leonard was a master in many areas but his voice wasn’t his big strength.

      Fun trivia: In the movie it’s Cales version but on the official soundtrack it’s Rufus Wainwright performing it, who happens to have a child with Cohen’s daughter.

  • IWW4@lemmy.zip
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    5 months ago
    • Jimi Hendrix – "All Along the Watchtower”

    Johnny Cash – "Hurt”

    Aretha Franklin – “Respect”

    Joe Cocker – “With A Little Help From My Friends”

    Jeff Beck - “Morning Dew”

    Glen Campbell- “Wichita Lineman”

    Bruce Springsteen - “Trapped”

    Janis Joplin - “Me and Bobby McGee”

    Talking Heads - “Take Me To The River”

    • RecursiveParadox@piefed.socialEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Slight thing, Campbell didn’t write Withita Lineman, but it was written for him.

      Fun fact, Jimmy Webb, who wrote it, hated the “And I need you more than want you / And I want you for all time” line and begged the producers to change it when that plus the ambiguity of the key its in are arguably what make the song.