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    18. What are the best cover songs that reinterpret the original into a different genre, style, or mood?

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      Inspiration came when I was listening to Busy Signal - One More Night, a half-cover of the Phil Collins original. Reggae and dancehall have a lot of examples like this but it's usually...

      Inspiration came when I was listening to Busy Signal - One More Night, a half-cover of the Phil Collins original. Reggae and dancehall have a lot of examples like this but it's usually interpolating or covering the chorus rather than the entire song.

      So, which do you know? If you could post links for both the cover and the original, that'd be ace. I'd say sampling in hip-hop usually doesn't qualify here, unless there's clear conceptual connection to the original song beyond just the beat.

      Also, if anyone suggests the Chet Faker version of No Diggity, I will start a riot in here.

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    37. There are a lot of versions of "Hound Dog" before Elvis Presley did his

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      The original version of this thread was going to be a list of songs sung by Elvis, along with versions that were released by other people before him. For example: Burning Love Arthur Alexander...

      The original version of this thread was going to be a list of songs sung by Elvis, along with versions that were released by other people before him. For example:

      Burning Love

      Arthur Alexander 1971 YouTube

      Elvis Presley 1972
      YouTube

      Nice and simple. Not to say "this is great, this is terrible", or "look, he stole it", but just because it's interesting to compare versions.

      But then I looked at Hound Dog and wow there are a lot of covers. I got most of these from the Wikipedia article, which is pretty in-depth about this song: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hound_Dog_(song)

      So, here's a short list. I'd be interested to know what you think - I love Big Mama Thornton's version, I love Elvis's version, but I'm not that keen on any of the others here.

      Hound Dog

      Big Mama Thornton 1952 YouTube

      Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (date uncertain) []YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJQ-fDb4M4s)

      Elvis Presley 1956 YouTube

      And here's a bunch more before Elvis did his version:

      Little Esther 1953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVUQ_lmoyJ4

      Jack Turner and his Granger County Gang 1953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AbAotf6ac0

      Billy Star 195X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuDuuPWVL0s

      Betsy Gay 1953 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNG-0L-mldc

      Eddie Hazlewood 1954 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN23peWBe3g

      11 votes

    38. Haunting covers, or something like that

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      Hey folks, A few years ago I went in to the basement room where the cool kids hung out while they did video conversions and such. They had a playlist in the background of "Haunting Covers" or...

      Hey folks,

      A few years ago I went in to the basement room where the cool kids hung out while they did video conversions and such. They had a playlist in the background of "Haunting Covers" or something like that. It was a take on all different music, but played in a really chilled, gothic style and by a mix of un/lesser-known artists.

      Does anyone have some recommendations? To give you an idea, one of the more known tracks I heard while I was there was Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit but covered by Tori Amos.

      Thanks.

      10 votes