Covers Versions that are outrageously creative/inventive.

Love this.

 

I get a kick out of this one also:

 

This could be outrageously creative / inventive, or it could just be outrageously over the top -

1969, Mitch Ryder, What Now My Love:

 

I've said it before, I will say it again...

 

posted this one in another thread , but i love it , especially the horn section
Black Joe Lewis- Since I Met You Baby

 

Bizarro cover of Marty Robbins' "Singing the Blues". It would be a pretty normal rendition if not for the out-there guitar overdubs.

 

Luther Wright & The Wrongs - Rebuild The Wall is a blue-grass cover of the entire album by Pink Floyd. The Residents (as has been mentioned, I know) of course did many cover versions that are very different from the originals. Their album The Third Reich 'n Roll while not a direct cover of any particular song quotes close to 30 hits from the 1960s. Oh, and Ryan Adams covered Taylor Swift very famously very recently.

 

Oh, and also Neil Young covered himself with Buffalo Springfield in a very different way with his vocoder re-recording of Mr. Soul on his 1982 album Trans.

 

Eric Clapton kinda covering himself with Wyclef Jean......

 

Ok, one last "oh also" : The Dub Side Of The Moon is a reggae tribute to the self evident album in question. In fact tribute albums are an entire category for those so inclined to pursue.

 

Steven 'n' Seagulls have made many unique covers of popular hard rock songs. Here is the version of Iron Maiden's Aces High.

 

Nazareth: This Flight Tonight

 

I’ve always loved what Manfred Mann did with Springsteen’s “Blinded by the Light.”

 

An updated cover of "Kiss" from Tom Jones....

 

Lou Reed - "This Magic Moment"
Richard Thompson - "oops, I Did It Again".

 

Awesome!

 

Alone again or - UFO
Hello Hurray-ACG
She Said She Said-Lone Star
America - YES
Toccata-ELP

 

If not mentioned previously, The Breeder's unique and catchy take on Happiness Is A Warm Gun

 

For me, 'tis easy.
From Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney
Films:

"Heigh Ho (The Dwarf's Marching Song)" - Tom Waits, from Snow White
and The Seven Dwarves.

 

Tommy Emmanuel - Daytripper / Lady Madonna

 

Those are all great.

 

Rolf Harris's "Stairway To Heaven"

 

Chaka sings Joni