Unusual covers -

[CapricornusRex]

Paranoid, the Day Tripper Medley to close out World Coming Down. They also did the original intro music for Kane, but WWF decided to mimic it in house once it was made. Prime example of don't trust Vince McMahon.

 

[Islamic Creampie]

Just remembered this one. Yes turning Simon and Garfunkel's America into a 10 minute prog epic.

 

[Pee Cola]

Oh man... I could sperg over cover versions all day. Says the dude with multiple Nouvelle Vague and Richard Cheese CDs in music collection

Flying Lizards - "Money (That's What I Want)" (originally by The Beatles)

Soft Cell - "Tainted Love" (originally by Gloria Jones)

Machine Gun Fellatio - "Physical" (originally by Olivia Newton-John)

Seu Jorge - "Life On Mars?" (originally by David Bowie)

 

[Battlecruiser3000ad]

(Zager & Evans - In the year 2525)

(Bino - Mama Leone)

 

[Oddjob OTP]

There's an awful lot of Bluegrass covers out there, for my money Iron Horse does the best ones.

 

[wolfpac92]

Pretty much all of Negative XPs covers are weird but I like most more than the originals.

Obligatory

 

[SuzukiToyota]

Have to add Darcy Clay's version of Jolene

He killed himself a few days before he was meant to headline as anti-suicide benefit concert

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Snoop Dogg covered Red Right Hand.

There's a Christmas album where Christian metal bands cover classics like Mary Did You Know. That's the least odd one since it's just standard goth metal. Here's Kekel's cover of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. Ever wanted a song about comfort and joy with shrieking?

Here's a death metal cover of Little Drummer Boy.

Akira Yamaoka covered Time to Make History.

Some Japanese punk band covered the tumbling down song.

There's two awful punk covers of Awesome God. The Christian punk and metal scenes of the 90's and 2000's were full of these illfitting covers of songs the members heard in church.

 

[Ciscoipphone]

 

[SuzukiToyota]

 

[Tarnished Fraggle]

Cradle of Filth’s cover of Stay by Shakespeare’s Sister is one of the more unusual covers that I absolutely adore.

 

[Kosher Dill]

The entire soundtrack of "Conan the Barbarian" transcribed for organ:

 

[Spooky Bones]

 

[Mal0]

I unironically play this from time to time.

 

[NashaWriter]

I always thought this cover of the Zeppelin song was really interesting. Hootie and them adding a country 'twang' to it, to me, was creative.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

It's not half bad, really.

 

[Positron]

Beatles's "Across the Universe" with Celtic harp and string orchestra . I've long frustrated by the unavailability of this on Youtube, because I think it is far more evocative than the original and I long to show it to people.

The entire soundtrack of "Conan the Barbarian" transcribed for organ:

Holst's Planet Suite transcribed for organ:

Hansjörg Albrecht transcribed lots of famous classical pieces for organ, including Mussorgsky's Pictures from an Exhibition and excerpts from Wagner's Ring.

 

[Road Work Ahead]

Children of Bodom's cover of "Oops I did it again"

 

[Cyclonus]

This surprisingly awesome cheerful version of the Imperial March played in major key:

 

[Poppavalyim Andropoff]

https://youtu.be/J06yQb4lbPk