Awesome Covers

Guitarist Luca Stricagnoli impresses yet again with a fantastic fingerstyle trio of tracks by the godfathers of rave music The Prodigy: Invaders Must Die, Omen, and Voodoo People, performed while he wanders through seemingly endless stacks of freight containers.

It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights… Heavy metal musician Leo Moracchioli takes on the theme song from The Muppet Show in the best possible way, with a puppet-filled music video, and a growly interpretation of the tune that would make Animal proud.

Metaphump performs jazzy funk covers of rock and metal tunes. Here, they turn in an excellent rendition of Rage Against the Machine’s Killing in the Name, with a groovy bassline and vibrant horn section. Their Metallica and Megadeth covers are worth a listen too.

Put on your leg warmers, and pour a bucket of water on yourself! Electro-rock act Carpenter Brut is here to light up the place with a fantastic live performance of Michael Sembello’s hit Maniac from the 1983 film Flashdance. The track is available for download on their live album.

Musician Dammien Alexander turns in a cover version of Prince’s When Doves Cry unlike any we’ve heard. First, he lays down all of the rhythms and backing vocals using a Boss V-5 looper, then overlays them with the lead vocals.

Gud Nuse everyone! Gud Nuse is back with another overly-dramatic cover version of a pop song, this time taking on Portugal. The Man’s megahit Feel It Still, performed on his grand piano in his church.

You’ve come a long way to the 31st Century, baby. SquidPhysics put together this fun mashup of Fatboy Slim’s 1998 hit Praise You and the chime-heavy theme song from Futurama. They meld together so seamlessly, they might as well have been the same song.

We love discovering new talent, and musician Briony Frater is a true diamond in the rough. Hit the play button and enjoy as this young woman performs a wonderfully warm acoustic version of Arctic Monkeys’ hit Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?

(PG-13: Language) Sit down and enjoy a delicious serving of mom’s spaghetti, courtesy of vocalist Robyn Adele Anderson, as she and six talented jazz musicians turn in a totally unconventional take on Eminem’s 2002 classic Lose Yourself.

Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder? Paweł Zadrożniak’s electronic orchestra cranks out a fun cover version of Men at Work’s unofficial Australian national anthem. The scanner handles the flute duties quite brilliantly.

Les Covers de Persiflette performs Parisian style covers of all kinds of popular songs on his accordion. Here, he cranks through one of our favorites – Alan Silvestri’s theme from Back to the Future. Be sure to check his YouTube channel for lots more great covers.

Musician Amy Turk turns in two excellent covers of Muse tracks, the powerful Plug in Baby and the emotional Falling Away with You, beautifully rendered on her harp. Be sure to check out her YouTube channel for more great performances.

Musician Billie Eilish applies her resounding jazz vocals to Michael Jackson’s 1987 hit Bad, with this smooth and soulful reinterpretation. We have little doubt that this will turn up in a movie trailer as some character walks away from a giant explosion or some other badass move.

Mathieu Terrade performs a wonderful cover of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here on a pair of unusual string instruments, the Marcodi Harpejji G16 and K24. His performances of Bohemian Rhapsody and While My Guitar Gently Weeps are worth a listen too.

Puddles Pity Party belts out another couple of soul-stirring covers, this time performing a smoosh-up of the Styx classic Come Sail Away and Let It Go from the Disney animated flick Frozen. Crank the volume up to 11 for this one.

The Who’s 1971 classic Baba O’Riley has one of the most memorable synthesizer riffs of all time. Here, the guys from Those Darn Accordions! turn in a fun cover version of the track with the synths replaced by accordions. They need to do a version of Squeeze Box now.

Musician Luke T Duffy aka “Microrator” presents a dialed-down, yet powerful arrangement of A-ha’s upbeat pop hit Take on Me. It’s amazing how different the song feels when played as an elegant and emotive ballad.

Leo Moracchioli’s latest heavy metal cover takes 4 Non Blonde’s 1992 quirky pop hit What’s Up? and sharpens its edge on his grinding stone. Though we kind of miss Johnette Napolitano’s distinctive yodel. Her hat, not so much.

Bluegrass musicians Iron Horse performa a decidedly more upbeat version of Nirvana’s classic All Apologies than we’re used to hearing, applying their jangly country sounds to the 1993 grunge rock track. One of 11 great covers from their album Pickin’ on Nirvana.

During their 2017 world tour, Rivers Cuomo and the gang shook it like a Polaroid picture, performing one of the more unlikely cover versions we’ve heard – a garage surfpunk rendition of Outkast’s 2003 hit Hey Ya! His haircut can’t keep up with André 3000’s though.

Davie504 continues to fill out his overly literal music series, this time taking on the ABBA tune Dancing Queen with his acoustic bass guitar strings tuned to ABBA. The end result is quite a wonderful arrangement of the Swedes’ 1974 disco classic.

The Melodicka Bros turn in a sweet cover version of System of a Down’s classic B.Y.O.B., performed entirely on a pair of ukuleles. Just because they’re playing tiny musical instruments doesn’t mean they can’t shred with the best of ’em.

We’ve heard a few interesting cover versions of Toto’s Africa, but we’re particularly enamored of the jangly and twangy country sounds of Doug and Cletus as their band turns in a catchy bluegrass arrangement of the 1982 pop hit.