Nightmare Revisited

a whole cover ALBUM of songs from the The Nightmare Before Christmas.

for example:

DeVotchKa

and:

Amy Lee

and:

Marilyn Manson

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

“Umbrella” (Rihanna ft. Jay-Z) COVERED BY Mandy Moore

it IS very melodic mandy. nice work.



Only downside: no Jay-Z

music video for "montana" by youth lagoon

oh! this video is beautiful. and sad. and sooooo perfectly matched with this song. ahh.


Youth Lagoon - Montana from Tyler T Williams on Vimeo.

i can't make you love me

what a phenomenal cover.  the piano! ah!
bon iver!!

the original "heartless"

just 'cause it's such a rad video and a rad song:

i can't stop listening to feist's new album

listened to this one on repeat a whole bunch of times....

irreplaceable

an old favorite

a short live performance by laura marling

what a sound!


Laura Marling from Benjamin Williams on Vimeo.

girls

from lower frequencies:

 "...we have a true rock album that reminds us of The Beatles (compare “Love Like a River” with Oh Darling), Deep Purple, Paul Simon and more. This is not something we are able to say everyday while listening to music."

yep. this is a "cool" song. 

everything's amazing and nobody's happy

okay, this is not music... but it is HILARIOUS.

ghost train

another by typhoon. i think it's rad how they use vocals to make the sound of a train. and i love how it all  crescendos then decrescendos. so cool.

beach house

i haven't fallen in love with them the way many of my friends have... but i am kinda crazy about this song:

"the bad in each other" is my favorite song off of Feist's new album

so i follow another music blog (much like mine) called "lower frequencies" and i have reposted a few things from there so i thought it was about time to give credit where credit was due!

THANKS L.F.

...especially for reminding me about feist's new album and letting me hear this amazing song!

neon trees cover of who?

as you can maybe tell, i'm running high on covers these days.

here's a justin bieber cover by those provo kids, neon trees.

"Why Don't You Love Me" (Beyonce) COVERED BY Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

AMAZING cover:


GAH!

(the original IF you're interested)

“Single Ladies” (Beyoncé) COVERED BY Sara Bareilles

beyonce is one of my favorites. i've said it before, no surprise here. so, of course, beyonce covers hook me every time:

"Uprising" - Nikki & Rich (Muse cover)

yep. i discovered billboard.com covers. so here's another i really like:

mr. little jeans cover of the suburbs (arcade fire)

okay, so while finding all those rap covers for last week i found a bunch of other covers. so.... more cover songs this week guys! GET STOKED!

have you ever heard an arcade fire like this? neither have i.



thanks l.f.

piano guys do rolling in the deep

SO ima do another week of covers. not rap covers this time. just random covers i like. lemme know if you're into this! 

i've always like classical-styled covers of pop songs. (it's the only way i'd listen to linkn park haha)

so this is a cool one of a favorite by adele - it was already an epic song, this makes it even more so (in my opinion)

RAD covers of RAP songs - “Hey Ya” (OutKast) – Obidiah Parker

okay, so hey ya isn't really a RAP song... but it's pretty cool how different sounding this one is. and how it totally works. so i'm counting it. and it's the last one of the week.  DID YA ENJOY RAD RAP COVERS? i did.

RAD covers of RAP songs - "All Of The Lights" (Kanye West) -- Hooray For Earth

another kanye cover. it says something about the guy that he gets picked for covers so often.

RAD covers of RAP songs - “Whatever You Like” (T.I.) – Anya Marina

i still remember listening the T.I. version w/my brothers in the car, and 14 year old Jamal (who LOVED this song) over and over.

i like how different this pop-y LADY VERSION is:

RAD covers of RAP songs - “No Diggity” BlackStreet – Klaxons

you remember no diggity right?
gotta what?

RAD covers of RAP songs - "Gin and Juice" (Snoop Dogg) -- The Gourds

be wary. no editing of foul snoop content here. but the way it's sung you almost don't hear it. it's weird.



***the MOST AMAZING comment on the youtube video:
when you listen to this you realize there's no difference between hillbillys and Gangsters

RAD covers of RAP songs - "Heartless" (Kanye West) -- Jason Derulo

so, peoples just love covering this song by kanye.
loves it.

RAD covers of RAP songs - “Heartless” (Kanye West) – the Fray

so... the fray... okay... whatever... IT'S A NEAT COVER
(and it's of a kanye song so it's written flawlessly)

RAD covers of RAP songs - “Hot In Herre” (Nelly) – Jenny Owen Youngs

SO, to celebrate October we are going to spend a week enjoying RAD covers of RAP songs. i mean, i love me a good cover and a good rap cover just hooks me every dang time.


ahhhhh irony in a cover.



kinda funny watching those lyrics come out of her mouth huh?