For the fourth instalment of this playlist series, I would like to take a break from artists performing their original pieces and take a look at artists covering songs by other artists. I don’t know about you, but I love when I like a cover even better than the original.
1. Iris – Sleeping With Sirens (Covering The Goo Goo Dolls)
This is without a doubt my favourite cover of all time. Kellin Quinn’s voice fits the song perfectly and helps provide a beautiful rendition of what is one of The Goo Goo Dolls greatest hits.
2. Bad Romance – Halestorm (Covering Lady Gaga)
When I first listened to this cover, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I’m not a huge fan of Bad Romance, but I held out hope that Halestorm could maybe change my mind. Long story short, this is one of my current favourite songs, period.
3. Drops Of Jupiter – The Latency (Covering Train)
Although their music was short lived, The Latency’s cover of Drops Of Jupiter nearly makes up for the fact that they only released one studio album.
4. Everlong – The Color Morale (Covering Foo Fighters)
Fearless Records has put together countless cover albums that are very well put together. The Color Morale’s cover of Everlong is off of Punk Goes 90s, Vol. 2 and is, in my opinion, one of the best covers from the album.
5. Fix You – Boyce Avenue feat. Tyler Ward (Covering Coldplay)
I think I may have found this one on a Songza playlist a while back and it’s one of the only reasons I still use Songza.
6. Dream On – Blessthefall (Covering Aerosmith)
Another cover from a Fearless Records album, Blessthefall offer up a stunning rendition of Dream On. Beau Bokan may have Steven Tyler on those high notes.
7. St. Jimmy – Bowling For Soup (Covering Green Day)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkETtWJZhm0
When Kerrang! magazine decided to amass a pile of artists and have them cover Green Day’s iconic album American Idiot, little did they know that it would be a massive flop. That said, Bowling For Soup still produced a rather appealing cover of St. Jimmy. Honorable mention to 5 Seconds Of Summer for not completely butchering the title track.
8. Little Lion Man – Tonight Alive (Covering Mumford and Sons)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCyxbf85SXY
Who knew that a pop punk cover of this indie folk track could be so drastically different yet so great at the same time? Jenna McDougall, I applaud your vocals.
