r/Alternativerock • u/Tartelfa • 1d ago

Discussion Favorite Covers?

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u/DommeLash 1d ago

the smashing pumkins covering landslide still hits different every time

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u/Sybertron 1d ago

Drain covering good good things by Descendants 

https://youtu.be/ERrV9srm980?is=LP5_lCMUjY3BmnW_

Joe P covering Going to California by Led Zeppelin 

https://youtu.be/Y3LU_CH_1XQ?is=dedEe7qb_7KO_F2s

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u/Substantial_Cold2385 1d ago

Damn! I lost all train of thought when you mentioned Placebo's Kate Bush cover! 0_o Can it get better than that??

Maybe some of my other favorites? ....

Jeff Buckley - Lilac Wine (Nina Simone) or Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)

Johnny Cash - Hurt (Nine Inch Nails)

Rammstein- Stripped (Depeche Mode)

The Fugees - Killing Me Softly (Roberta Flack)

Power Station - Get It On...Bang A Gong (T-Rex)

Amy Winehouse - Valerie (The Zutons)

Urge Overkill - Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond)

Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane (Velvet Underground)

and.....

Janice Joplin - Summertime (Billie Holiday) !

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u/Old_Sweet2408 1d ago

Seether’s cover of Careless Whisper

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u/therealpopkiller 1d ago

Sonic Youth, “Superstar” (Carpenters, sort of)
Stavesacre, “Fascination Street” (The Cure)
White Zombie, “I’m Your Boogeyman” (KC & the Sunshine Band)
Pixies, “Head On” (Jesus & Mary Chain)
Hole, “Gold Dust Woman” (Fleetwood Mac)
Phantom Planet, “Somebody’s Baby” (Jackson Browne)
Smoking Popes, “Pure Imagination” (Willy Wonka)

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u/Y4123 1d ago

Local H's cover of Lorde's Team

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u/eekavan 1d ago

Cinnamon Girl - Killdozer

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u/kimfair 6h ago

The entirety of Killdozer's album For The Ladies is cover 🔥.

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u/Salty-Ad-4693 1d ago

Heard it through the Grapevine- The Slits.

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u/Ill-Yak4181 1d ago

Mona Lisa -- Willie Nelson. Heard it at a Little Big Town concert right before they took the stage. Just stunning. Does justice to Nat King Cole original.

Tears of a Clown -- English Beat. Innovative cover of Smoky Robinson original. Really captures the "clown" part.

Danny's Song -- Anne Murray cover of Loggins & Messina

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u/shypop1 1d ago

Ryan Adams- Wonderwall

Angel Olsen- Eyes Without a Face

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u/Chaos-Boss-45 1d ago

Violent Femmes does a cool cover of Crazy by Gnarls Barkley

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u/kimfair 6h ago

And Gnarls Barkley did a great cover of The Violent Femmes Gone Daddy Gone.

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u/Chaos-Boss-45 5h ago

Oh yeah, they did! I love to see that mutual respect between artists

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u/NoPlanetB1970 18h ago

A Perfect Circle - Fiddle and the Drum