[30 Day Song Challenge: Alternative Nation Edition] Day 15 - An alternative song you like that's a COVER of another artist. -- WITH YOUTUBE PLAYLIST!

ren (a they/them)@lemmy.worldmod to Alternative Nation: The Fediverse's Alternative and Indie Music Community@lemmy.world – 34 points –

DAY 14 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!

Who doesn't love a cover song??? Especially when it's BETTER than the original?

This one should be real good today - time to fire up the Spotify! Can not WAIT to see what y'all got. The hard part is picking just one or two!

UPDATE - Started a Youtube Playlist of your picks!!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSLYrsBpwHJTuRTcZmG05m1FZR2say-14

Each day I’ll post the challenge and you share some of your favorite alternative & indie songs that meet the challenge!

43

I would never claim that this is better than the original, but for me at least, Primal Scream's version of the 13th floor elevators song Slip Inside This House is the perfect cover because it retains the psychedelic 60's summer of love spirit of the original song while making it utterly contemporary (for the time it was released anyway, although to me it still sounds pretty fresh).

Original version: https://youtu.be/nwSA0Tckwbk?si=xGk5bIaVtU_ZVqHF

Did someone say bluegrass Radiohead covers? Chris Thile/The Punch Brothers have you covered. Here's a few selections. They have more if you dive into youtube.

2+2=5

Paranoid Android

Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box

nice! I added the Paranoid Android to the playlist - since it had the best sound recording

Possession - Evan’s Blue (Cover of Sarah McLachlan)

In the Air Tonight - Nonpoint (cover of Phil Collins)

Ooo, never heard of these! will check them out. LOVE covers.

@ren Brian Ibbot over at coverville.com has been doing a covers podcast for years. Excellent stuff

hanne hukkelberg covering break my body (pixies)

Mike Ness - Don't Think Twice

Now look, I love the original. Freewheelin' is a great album and Don't Think Twice is a fantastic song. But 9 times out of 10, I'm choosing the Ness version because musically it matches the mood of the lyrics so much better.

Here is one I was recently exposed through from Henry Rollins show on KCRW.

The Casual Dots - Bumblebee

A cover of a Lavern Baker song.

From their Bandcamp page

The Casual Dots are a trio formed in Washington, DC in 2002, featuring Christina Billotte (Slant 6, Quixotic, Autoclave) on vocals and guitar, Kathi Wilcox (Bikini Kill, Frumpies) on guitar and backing vocals, and Steve Dore (Snoozers, Deep Lust) on drums.

It's hard to beat Big Black's version "The Model" in this regard, but award for the most esoteric would have to be Atom and His Package covering The Mountain Goats "Going to Georgia", both great and totally different songs.

https://youtu.be/JuUYLhz3tvY?si=NQOQpuF3BGLmdDtc

While this may be a bit out of left field for most, I post this to commemorate the reaction that Goober and the Boys got from my friends and I the first time we heard it. We were loving the show already, but we all just burst out laughing, hooting and singing along when the boys started “Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zeppelin. Dan and the boys always put on an awesome show.