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

  • Basic Glitch@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    5 天前

    There used to be this guy who would always do these really unique remixes and mashups of different songs that you would never think would work, but they were always really amazing.

    He would upload them to his YouTube account during the 2010s, but he seems to have disappeared. I’m pretty sure he went by Tae-K and his account was something like TKRmx?

    The most memorable ones for me were a mashup of Wale with the 90’s X-men theme song and Ella Fitzgerald with Wiz Khalifa.

    Edit: Oh shit NVM, found it!: X-men+Wale

    There was this other guy who made an 8-bit remix of Danger Mouse’s Grey album, but I can’t remember his name. It also seems to have disappeared.

  • tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    2·
    7 天前

    • Gimme More (SID) [Machinae Supremacy covering Britney Spears]. MaSu’s vibe strips away the hyperclean polish to deliver something much closer to the raunchy, voyeuristic feel of the song’s lyrics. The fact that they’re a really good band also helps.

    • F*ck Tha Police [Dope covering NWA]. I’ll admit, this one is just personal preference. Please don’t crucify me.

    • Battle Hymn [Beast in Black covering Manowar].

    • Down with the Sickness [Ai Mori & Violet Orlandi covering Disturbed].

    • Army of the Night [Amaranthe covering Powerwolf].

    • Ballroom Blitz [3TEETH covering The Sweet].

    • Got The Time [Anthrax covering Joe Jackson].

    • Bring The Noise [Anthrax on the track with Public Enemy]. Going back to the original is like driving a Ford Model T.

    It comes close:

    • Breaking the Law [Fightstar covering Judas Priest]. Halford is too iconic to beat, but Fightstar’s apocalyptic world-weariness lends itself well to their take on the song, as opposed to the original’s unserious attitude.
  • Mesa@programming.dev
    1·
    7 天前

    Almost every VOCALOID / vocal synth cover, as long as the tuning / overall quality is good.

    • SatyrSack@quokk.auEnglish
      151·
      9 天前

      Good for anyone who likes that version, but I could never get into it. It is okay, but will always pale in comparison to the raw emotions of the original, in my opinion.

      • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
        25·
        9 天前

        I dunno, I think Cash is just as rawly emotional, it’s just a different expression of a slightly different emotion. Reznor is expressing bleak despair in the midst of a Downward Spiral of self abuse, Cash is expressing bleak regret bearing the weight of decades of decisions.

        Maybe it’s just because I have a soft spot for old, tough men expressing vulnerability, but

        Beneath the stains of time

        The feelings disappear

        You are someone else

        I am still right here

        .

        What have I become?

        My sweetest friend

        Everyone I know

        Goes away in the end

        hits way more raw coming from an old guy.

    • farmgineer@nord.pubEnglish
      8·
      9 天前

      I think it’s differently good but still prefer the original. I think there’s something more compelling in the arrangement and orchestration of the original.

      • glimse@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 天前

        Yeah…but only because he’s Johnny Cash. No way the cover was getting radio play if it was just some random old guy who recorded it

      • Mirror Giraffe@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        9 天前

        Mercy seat and In my life are masterpieces in the original but his renditions are immaculate. It’s something about his low emotion, speaking from a position of looking back at the events rather than being emotional and in them like the originals.

    • glimse@lemmy.world
      71·
      8 天前

      I’m not saying you’re wrong but I do think the love of this cover is one of the most insane popular opinions in all of music. I will die on the hill that if it was anyone other than the man in black, everyone would agree.

      It sounds so, so bad to me. People say you can really hear the hurt in his voice but he sounds no different than any old man who used to sing but hasn’t kept up the practice. It’s warbly and honestly sounds like shit. The instrumentation is equally boring

      People (not you) say there’s more emotion than the original but Trent Reznor sounds like he’s actively going through withdrawals, expressing several different emotions as the song evolves.

      Sorry for the rant. I’ll cap it off by saying it’s equally dumb to me that the song is about pain and regret but Cash’s music video just…aggrandizes his life with a montage of classic Johnny Cash moments.

      • lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world
        3·
        8 天前

        You’ve just said what I’ve been thinking all these years. Except the video. I think that might be why people praised it. They knew he didn’t have long to live and the video is pretty heartbreaking when you think he might have chose the song because he was bitter about losing everything he ever worked for.

        IMHO, the cover sucked but I do think it was from the heart.

        • glimse@lemmy.world
          2·
          8 天前

          I went back and watched the video and ehhh I dunno, it’s footage of old shows and concerts mixed with some really on-the-nose imagery. Though I don’t disagree with your final point.

          I haven’t listened to it in awhile and I forgot the mix is pretty bad, too lol

  • ZeroCool@piefed.caEnglish
    42·
    9 天前

    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.

    • BJW@lemmus.orgEnglish
      13·
      9 天前

      This was my introduction to this song, and for the longest time I thought it was original content.

    • Mirror Giraffe@piefed.socialEnglish
      9·
      9 天前

      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.

    • 0ops@piefed.zipEnglish
      5·
      9 天前

      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
      2·
      9 天前

      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.

      • 0ops@piefed.zipEnglish
        1·
        9 天前

        That part goes so hard

        Then he fights you

        every time

        you slam the door!

    • RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      9 天前

      Ballad of a Thin Man is one of Dylanz edgiest, least-pleasant songs. Bob cant keep his voice straight singing it. Kula Shaker does it justice.

    • ZeroCool@piefed.caEnglish
      4·
      9 天前

      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
      2·
      8 天前

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