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Awesome Covers

Walking on the Moon on Harpejji

Walking on the Moon on Harpejji

Musicians Mathieu Terrade and Tom Drevet perform a great cover version of The Police track “Walking on the Moon,” highlighted by the use of the Harpejji K24, a unique 24-string, 12-fret instrument with an impressive 5-octave range.

Bad Bluegrass

Bad Bluegrass

YouTube channel There I Ruined It is in the business of messing with popular songs and, well, ruining them by covering them in a totally inappropriate style. Their bluegrass reworking of Michael Jackson’s “Bad” is so wrong that it’s right. We also chuckled at their swing version of Nirvana’s “Come As You Are.”

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DuckTales for 8 Cellos

DuckTales for 8 Cellos

Musician Samara Ginsberg might solve a mystery, or rewrite history as she plays a layered, 8-cello arrangement of the theme from the Disney classic cartoon DuckTales. We like to imagine Scrooge McDuck swimming in a giant pool of money as this plays in the background.

Pomplamoose: Instant Crush

Pomplamoose: Instant Crush

Occasionally we ask ourselves if we’ve posted too much from Pomplamoose, but then can you really have too much of a good thing? Crank up your headphones and enjoy a mid-day serenade from Nataly Dawn and company as they absolutely crush a cover of the Daft Punk and Julian Casablancas track Instant Crush.

Imperial Medieval March

Imperial Medieval March

No, I am Thy Father. Musician Samuel Kim has been building a library of Star Wars tracks reimagined in a medieval style. Among the collection is this version of John Williams’ Imperial March that feels right at home among the knights and castles.

Mozart Fingerstyle

Mozart Fingerstyle

Musician Luca Stricagnoli proves once again that guitars know no genre bounds. Listen and watch as his fingers fly across the fretboard as he performs an acoustic cover of Mozart’s “Rondo Alla Turca” (Turkish March), a tune typically performed on a piano, harpsichord, or clavichord.

Metal Supergroup Covers RUSH

Metal Supergroup Covers RUSH

Two Minutes to Late Night’s Mutoid Man managed to gather members of Coheed and Cambria, Mastodon, Primus, and Tool to record a totally badass work from home cover of the 1975 RUSH track Anthem, layered thick with guitar distortion, power bass, and impassioned vocals that would make Geddy Lee proud.

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Can’t Stop on Piano

Can’t Stop on Piano

In the words of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: “Choose not a life of imitation.” Musician Gamazda offers up a great piano cover version of RHCP’s 2002 hit “Can’t Stop” that’s so good that it even managed to score two thumbs up from the band that created it.

Puddles Pity Party: Smile

Puddles Pity Party: Smile

The sad clown with the golden voice might need to take his own lyrical advice after singing this silky smooth, but sorrowful rendition of Nat King Cole’s “Smile” that first appeared as an instrumental in the Charlie Chaplin film Modern Times way back in 1936.

U Can’t Touch This Fingerstyle

U Can’t Touch This Fingerstyle

Stop. Hammer Time. Musician Alexandr Misko gives the 1990 MC Hammer hit U Can’t Touch This a completely new sound, performing the rhythms of the track on his acoustic guitar. Alexandr’s Russian-accented rap flow brings it all together.

Pure Imagination on Cello

Pure Imagination on Cello

If we had to pick three movie songs that gave us the most feels, it would be Jiminy Cricket’s When You Wish Upon a Star, Dorothy’s Somewhere Over the Rainbow, and Willy Wonka’s Pure Imagination. Brendan Finucane played a heartwarming cover of the track to celebrate the Chicago Waldorf School’s 8th Grade Class of 2020.

Michael Jackson Fingerstyle

Michael Jackson Fingerstyle

Musician Kent Nishimura shows off his impressive acoustic guitar chops once more, with a couple of great fingerstyle covers of two very different Michael Jackson tunes, Human Nature, Thriller, Rock with You, and the Justin Timberlake collab Love Never Felt So Good.

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Marc Martel + UQC: Under Pressure

Marc Martel + UQC: Under Pressure

Musician Marc Martel is joined by the members of The Ultimate Queen Celebration for an awesome “work from home” cover version of the 1981 track Under Pressure. Martel channels Freddie Mercury brilliantly as always, while guitarist Tristan Avakian brings his own flair to Bowie’s vocals.

40 Fingers: Back in Black

40 Fingers: Back in Black

The members of Italian guitar ensemble 40 Fingers perform an outstanding acoustic cover version of the AC/DC classic Back in Black unlike any we’ve heard before. It has every bit of energy of the original, but with a totally different vibe.

Puddles: Stairway to Gilligan’s Island

Puddles: Stairway to Gilligan’s Island

Back in 1978, Little Roger and the Goosebumps figured out that the lyrics to the theme from Gilligan’s Island lined up perfectly with Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven. While we loved the novelty of the classic mashup, Puddles Pity Party really ramped up the vocals and theatricality. Oh, and on a related note…

Linger on Cello

Linger on Cello

Cellist Helen Newby has posted a handful of great multi-track performances on her YouTube channel, and our favorite so far has to be this enveloping cover of one of the best songs ever, The Cranberries’ soul-stirring track Linger. It’s a beautiful arrangement, and a loving tribute to the late Dolores O’Riordan.

The Fresh Prince of Ireland

The Fresh Prince of Ireland

We’re used to hearing the theme from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as a hip hop song. But musician Stefan Murphy of The Mighty Stef gave it a whole different sound, as a solemn Irish folk song that will have you weeping into your glass of Jameson’s by the time it’s over.

Buddhist Monk Covers Judas Priest

Buddhist Monk Covers Judas Priest

Kossan has the unique distinction of being a Buddhist monk and a rock musician. He recently performed a buzzworthy cover version of the 1980 Judas Priest classic Breaking the Law that we will now start using as the backing track for our daily mindful meditation.

Ace Of Spades on Stylophone

Ace Of Spades on Stylophone

maromaro1337 is a master of the stylophone, having rocked out covers like Black Sabbath’s Paranoid, AC/DC’s Thunderstruck, and Metallica’s Master of Puppets. Here’s another hard rock classic, Motörhead’s Ace of Spades, played energetically on the simple electronic instruments. Don’t forget the Joker!

Arthur: Synthwave Edition

Arthur: Synthwave Edition

Hey! What a wonderful kind of day! Hot Dad turns the theme song from the PBS Kids show Arthur on its ear, replacing the warm reggae riddims of Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers’ original with a moody 1980s synthwave sound. It shouldn’t work, but somehow it does.

Metal Peaches

Metal Peaches

Peaches come in a can. They were put there by a man, in a factory downtown. Leo Moracchioli dusts of the 1995 Presidents of the U.S.A. hit Peaches, replacing the twangy alt-pop sounds of the original with angry electric guitar, and energetic screams about nature’s candy and some not-so-thinly-veiled sexual innuendo.

Insanely Difficult William Tell Overture

Insanely Difficult William Tell Overture

Jacob Koller goes by the nickname “The Mad Arranger” because he loves to take relatively straightforward pieces of music and amp up the difficulty to 9000. Here, he takes Rossini’s familiar William Tell Overture and turns it into a supremely tricky jazz version. His arrangement of Mission Impossible is worth a listen too.

The Love Cats: Ukulele Edition

The Love Cats: Ukulele Edition

Despite being under lockdown, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain has been keeping us entertained with a steady series of work from home performances, this time offering up a playful and jaunty cover of The Cure’s 1983 track The Love Cats, with smooth vocals by Laura Currie, who also served as the video’s editor.

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