There are tons of covers out there; but the best are usually how the artist plays around it, find a way to make the song his own and perform it differently but still in respect to the original. Here are some of the most interesting ones:
Tributes for Michael Jackson:
- The Weeknd – Dirty Diana
- Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal
- Sungha Jung – Beat it
- Dolapdere Big Gang – Billie Jean
Tributes for The Beatles:
- Michael Jackson – Come Together
- Jim Sturgess – Revolution
- Doxology – Eleanor Rigby
Tributes for Metallica:
- Apocalyptica – Nothing Else Matters
- Avril Lavigne – Fuel
- Acid Drinkers – Seek And Destroy
- The Sins of Thy Beloved – The Thing that Should Not Be
- Van Canto – Battery
- Miss Elena House – Nothing Else Matters
Tributes for Bob Dylan:
- Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower
- Guns N Roses – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Tributes for Black Sabbath:
- Pantera – Planet Caravan
- Megadeth – Paranoid
Tributes for Deep Purple:
- Opeth – Soldier of Fortune
- Throne of Chaos – Smoke On The Water
Tributes for Pink Floyd:
- AndromidA – Another Brick In The wall I & II
- AndromidA – Another Brick In The wall III
- Korn – Another Brick In The Wall
Trubutes for Nina Simone:
- Joe Bonamassa – Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter
- Dolapdere big Gang – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
Tributes for Eric Clapton:
- Lefay – Cocaine
- Ozzy Osbourne and others – Tears in Heaven
Tributes for Queen:
- Valensia – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Never Shout Never – Bohemian Rhapsody
Tributes for Led Zeppelin:
- Dark Angel – Immigrant Song
- Angra – Kashmir
- Dread Zeppelin – Black Dog
Tributes for Iron Maiden:
- Children of Bodom – Aces High
- Graveworm – Fear of The Dark
Random cover songs:
- Skid Row – Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix cover)
- Alaa Wardi – Royals (Lorde cover)
- Justin Murphy – Losing My Religion (R.E.M cover)
- Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (Leonard Cohan cover)
- Kyle Jordan Mueller and Cece – Marry the Night (Lady GaGa cover)
- Incubus – Stand by Me (Ben E. King cover)
- Travis Ratledge – Someone Like You (Adele cover)
- Linkin’ Park – Rolling in the Deep (Adele cover)
- Brandon Ummel Band – Moves Like Jagger (Maroon 5 cover)
- Future Idiots – Bad Romance (Lady GaGa cover)
- Green Day – Working Class Hero (John Lennon cover)
- Five Finger Death Punch – Bad Company (Bad Company cover)
- Breaking Benjamin – Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode cover)
- Walk off the Earth – Somebody That I Used to Know (Gotye cover)
- Shinedown – Simple Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)
- Ryan Lewis – Wonderwall (Oasis cover)
- HIM – Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover)
- John Mayer – Free Fallin’ (Tom Petty cover)
Stay tuned for the next part…
Shereen G and Mena Ezzat