One of my favorites so far, and I've heard maybe 10% of them, is Sharon Van Etten and Shearwater covering "Stop Dragging My Heart Around".
They don't stray from the original very far stylistically, but the vocals are awesome.
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
The Cardigans, “Lovefool”
Blind Melon, “No Rain”
Beastie Boys, “Sabotage”
The Strokes, “Reptilia”
Crowded House, “Don’t Dream It’s Over”
Cyndi Lauper, “She Bop”
Oasis, “Rock N Roll Star”
The Runaways, “Cherry Bomb”
Howard Jones, “Things Can Only Get Better”
Phil Collins, “In The Air Tonight”
Destiny’s Child, “Bills, Bills, Bills”
The Velvet Underground, “She’s My Best Friend”
Europe, “The Final Countdown”
Gillian Welch, “Everything Is Free”
James, “Laid”
Styx, “Renegade”
Patsy Cline, “Walkin’ After Midnight”
Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, “Say Say Say”
The Fixx, “One Thing Leads To Another”
Peter Gabriel, “Shock The Monkey”
Slayer, “Raining Blood”
GWAR, any song
Mighty Mighty Bosstones, “The Impression That I Get”
Electric Light Orchestra, “Don’t Bring Me Down”
Stealers Wheel, “Stuck In The Middle With You”
Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”
The Crystals, “He’s A Rebel”
Joy Division, “Transmission”
Toadies, “Possum Kingdom”
Enya, “Orinoco Flow”
Yo La Tengo’s mostly-covers album Stuff Like That There comes out next month, and it includes the band’s takes on songs from Hank Williams, the Lovin’ Spoonful, and, um, Yo La Tengo. (We posted their revamped version of their own song “Deeper Into Movies.”) But the song from the album that we were most excited to hear was the Yo La Tengo version of the Cure’s iconic 1992 hit “Friday I’m In Love.”
If this thread id open to non-AV Club covers ... local Calgary band covers The Police:
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
Another year of Undercover has come to a close, and with that means it’s time to open the polls and let you all vote for your favorite of this season. Here’s how voting will work: Because we know how painful it will be to choose just one favorite, you’ll pick three. Your top choice will get three points, your second choice two points, and your third choice one point. If you vote more than once, all of your votes will be thrown out, so choose carefully. There are 30 episodes to choose from. Voting will end Wednesday, December 2. The winner will be announced the following day and will receive nothing but bragging rights.
Tacocat covered Katy Perry’s “Roar” Eric Bachmann covered David Bowie’s “Heroes” The Killers, “When You Were Young”
Thin Lizzy, “The Boys Are Back In Town”
Adam & The Ants, “Goody Two Shoes”
Bauhaus, “Kick In The Eye”
Glenn Frey, “The Heat Is On”
Wye Oak, “Holy Holy”
Miley Cyrus, “Wrecking Ball”
Goo Goo Dolls, “Name” or “Iris” or a medley of the two
Men At Work, “Overkill”
The National, “Mistaken For Strangers”
Built To Spill, “Big Dipper”
Counting Crows, “Mr. Jones”
Ginuwine, “Pony”
Motorhead, “Killed By Death”
Nena, “99 Red Balloons”
Pearl Jam, “Corduroy”
Death Cab For Cutie, “Photo Booth”
Erasure, “A Little Respect”
Georgia Satellites, “Keep Your Hands To Yourself”
Sum 41, “Fatlip”
The Left Banke, “Walk Away Renee”
The Misfits, “Skulls”
Van Halen, “Why Can’t This Be Love?”
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I like this - The Minneapolis sound was known for taking the horns out of the rock/funk songs, and replacing it with a fat synth sound. Here, Har Mar puts the horns back, which I always thought some Big Bands should try doing.