Run for Cover!

In any music store today you'll get bombarded with albums like Bump Volume 523 or BOOM! Volume 524. Now I have to admit that I did buy my fair share of Bump albums back in the day but these days they are rife with Europop covers of Sweet Dreams, Girls just wanna have fun and every Depeche Mode song ever made. But I do believe that there are still some covers that are just as good if not better than the original and I thought I would share my top 5 with you. Now most of these are pretty hardcore but just sit back and enjoy.

1. Toxic - Static Lullaby
Never has a Britney Spears song sounded this edgy and hardcore whilst still keeping the lyrics quite relevant.

2. Just don't know what to do with myself - The White Stripes
Great song, great cover version, great music video. I still want this on Vinyl!

3. Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson
Now I've never been a fan of Manson, and no I'm not gonna start a religious debate. This is just a rocking cover of the 80's hit Tainted Love. And it was the soundtrack to the best spoof movie ever, Not Another Teen Movie.

4.Shout - Disturbed
This song was originally made by Tears for Fears, and recently Danny K and a bunch of SA musicians covered it and used it for an anti-crime initiative. The cover was bad. Some rapping, Steve Hofmeyr and celebs singing together? Not good. Disturbed did this a lot better and it makes you wanna shout the lyrics!

5. Kaptein - Straatligkinders
Surely you didn't think I wasn't going to drop an Afrikaans song on the list? First listen to the original, if you can make it halfway you've do well...

And now the awesome cover done by Straatligkinders...

Hope the bit of musical inspiration got your Thursday going!!!

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