Okay, list a song in music, covered in a different genre, but still rocks.........

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[Knight57]

The cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "America" by Yes.

 

[roarnittanylions]

Carrie Underwood covering GNR Paradise City.

 

[psuro]

Booker T. does a great job with this....and he is working with ?uestlove and the Roots, I believe.

 

[psuro]

This is interesting....

 

[Judge Smails]

 

[EdH85]

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Pink Floyds Have a Cigar covered by the Foo Fighters.

 

[91Joe95]

Pretty much anything off of the album Saturday Morning Cartoons Greatest Hits, a 90's remake of cartoon songs. Here's an example from the album, Liz Phair performing the Tra La La song because, well, she's Liz Phair.



The Ramones covering Spiderman



Sublime performing Hong Kong Phooey



Drew Barrymore enjoying the album.

 

[Eurotrash1]

I'm not sure you would call it a different genre but easily my favorite cover. Willy Waldman kills it.

 

[Cowbell Man]

Back in Black done by Santana and Nas is a clash of Latin Rock and Hip Hop. Wicked good.

 

[PSUAlum91]

Heard this on Pandora the other day and thought it was great...

 

[MtNittany]

As far as GC covering songs - he covered every song because he couldn't read/write music.

This song was a hit for Linda (another Jimmy Webb song). I'd say this is a good cover. No GC guitar needed. Just some really good singin'.



Another good one - especially for the Scots.

 

[91Joe95]

Not quite Annette Funicello

 

[Jakey_John]

Thin Lizzy's version of an old Irish traditional song.....

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Metallica's quaint version...

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Metallica also covered The Ecstasy of Gold because they use it to open their concerts and it's fabulous. WITJ is so heavy because at the time James Hetfield was a raging alcoholic.

 

[PSU95alum]

A very clever album by Umphrey's McGee where they mashup several songs at once for some interesting jams. The album is called Zonkey.

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Zonkey is one of my go-to albums right now. Phenomenal!

 

[PSU95alum]

In keeping with the OP's request of different genre, I present to you what is a very intense and emotional industrial version (think NIN) of Stand By Me, by Ki:Theory. It appeared on a recent episode of Fear The Walking Dead.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

Jason and the Scorchers tear up this Dylan classic:

 

[Chickenman Testa]

Aerosmith hard rock version of a Sesame Street classic:

 

[NovaPSULuvr]

Moon River by Beru Revue (band from Philadelphia)

 

[Obliviax]

• Just a little pin prick
• Easy Like Sunday Morning
• Early morning, April four
  Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
  Free at last, they took your life
  They could not take your pride
  
• Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
• Never be your beast of burden
• Nobody knows what its like to be the bad man, behind blue eyes
• I call that a bargain, best I ever had
• You say that's all right, hold tight
  Well I don't even know if I'm doin' this right
  Well all right, hold tight
  We can stay out all day or we can run around all night
  Well all night, all night
  Well it's time to go home
  And I ain't even done with the night
  
• Please allow me to introduce myself
  I'm a man of wealth and taste
  
• Blackbird singing in the dead of night. Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
  
• And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make
  
• There are places I remember all my life, though some have changed. Some forever, not for better, some have gone and some remain
  
• will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm 64?
• 'Cause Tramps Like Us; Baby We Were Born to Run
• I'm bringin sexy back
• In your eyes
  The light the heat
  In your eyes
  I am complete
  In your eyes
  I see the doorway to a thousand churches
  In your eyes
  The resolution of all the fruitless searches

 

[psuro]

• Just a little pin prick
• Easy Like Sunday Morning
• Early morning, April four
  Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
  Free at last, they took your life
  They could not take your pride
  
• Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
• Never be your beast of burden
• Nobody knows what its like to be the bad man, behind blue eyes
• I call that a bargain, best I ever had
• You say that's all right, hold tight
  Well I don't even know if I'm doin' this right
  Well all right, hold tight
  We can stay out all day or we can run around all night
  Well all night, all night
  Well it's time to go home
  And I ain't even done with the night
  
• Please allow me to introduce myself
  I'm a man of wealth and taste
  
• Blackbird singing in the dead of night. Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
  
• And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make
  
• There are places I remember all my life, though some have changed. Some forever, not for better, some have gone and some remain
  
• will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm 64?
• 'Cause Tramps Like Us; Baby We Were Born to Run
• I'm bringin sexy back
• In your eyes
  The light the heat
  In your eyes
  I am complete
  In your eyes
  I see the doorway to a thousand churches
  In your eyes
  The resolution of all the fruitless searches

I don't understand this list in context of the theme of the thread.

 

[KnightSlayer]

Dread Zeppelin. Heartbreaker... At The End Of Lonely Street.

Led Zepplin with a reggae tilt sung by an Elvis impersonator.