The remix, cover and anti music snob thread

[mixmastermo]

Long story short I am very open minded when it comes to music. I have some friends that have some very strong opinions on covers and remixes- they basically hate them or outright refuse to listen to them out of principle.

I'm more of the mindset that good music is good music.

FOR EXAMPLE today I discovered Pendulum covered a Taylor Swift song. Now I love metal and I love drum and bass so naturally I love Pendulum. I can get into some pop music, but it's not really my genre, although there are exceptions.

Some people I know won't listen to anything associated with pop music, and it's annoying as hell when I try to share something I discovered that I think they'll actually like.

Here's the song I am currently obsessed with



About a year ago I discovered a dnb remix of an Ed Sheeran song. I don't really like Ed Sheeran and I think the original version of this song is crap.. but THIS IS AWESOME

 

[mixmastermo]

Other notable examples

 

[mixmastermo]

Keep thinking about great examples

 

[Sweater of AV]

One of the greatest remixes of a cover.

 

[Jackonfire]

I remember buying this cd single and ended up liking this remix more than the original cover version

 

[MRT]

Long story short I am very open minded when it comes to music. I have some friends that have some very strong opinions on covers and remixes- they basically hate them or outright refuse to listen to them out of principle.

I'm more of the mindset that good music is good music.

FOR EXAMPLE today I discovered Pendulum covered a Taylor Swift song. Now I love metal and I love drum and bass so naturally I love Pendulum. I can get into some pop music, but it's not really my genre, although there are exceptions.

Some people I know won't listen to anything associated with pop music, and it's annoying as hell when I try to share something I discovered that I think they'll actually like.

Here's the song I am currently obsessed with



About a year ago I discovered a dnb remix of an Ed Sheeran song. I don't really like Ed Sheeran and I think the original version of this song is crap.. but THIS IS AWESOME

Netsky is great...I like some of Pendulum's stuff as well. The UKF channels are my 'go to' for drum and bass. I have very eclectic tastes in music too, so I can certainly appreciate *good* pop music (tbh, a favourite album from last year was Lana Del Rey's latest lol).

Since you're a d'n'b fan, a few remixes off the top of my head of pop, R&B/soul, and orchestral tracks:

I've posted this before...but IMHO, it may be the finest d'n'b remix of all time (and it took almost 10 years, but it finally got licensed last year)...Birdy - Wings (Nu:Logic remix):



A very chill d'n'b remix of Bobby Womack's Across 110th Street (people may remember the 1973 original from Jackie Brown and American Gangster):




S.P.Y. - By Your Side...intertwines Danny Elfman - Salvation (from Terminator Salvation) and Annette Taylor - Faith:




And of course High Contrast has done a ton of d'n'b remixes of pop and dance stuff over the years (Adele - Hometown Glory...London Grammar - Strong...Utah Saints - Something Good...Duke Dumont - I Got U...Laidback Luke and Robyn S - Show Me Love...Basement Jaxx - Hey U...and many more).

Outside of d'n'b, we could have another monster thread of covers...Johnny Cash's cover of NIN - Hurt is probably one of the bet...in terms of a departure from the original, BiGod 20's cover of Madonna - Like A Prayer always comes to mind.

 

[mixmastermo]

Netsky is great...I like some of Pendulum's stuff as well. The UKF channels are my 'go to' for drum and bass. I have very eclectic tastes in music too, so I can certainly appreciate *good* pop music (tbh, a favourite album from last year was Lana Del Rey's latest lol).

Since you're a d'n'b fan, a few remixes off the top of my head of pop, R&B/soul, and orchestral tracks:

I've posted this before...but IMHO, it may be the finest d'n'b remix of all time (and it took almost 10 years, but it finally got licensed last year)...Birdy - Wings (Nu:Logic remix):



A very chill d'n'b remix of Bobby Womack's Across 110th Street (people may remember the 1973 original from Jackie Brown and American Gangster):




S.P.Y. - By Your Side...intertwines Danny Elfman - Salvation (from Terminator Salvation) and Annette Taylor - Faith:




And of course High Contrast has done a ton of d'n'b remixes of pop and dance stuff over the years (Adele - Hometown Glory...London Grammar - Strong...Utah Saints - Something Good...Duke Dumont - I Got U...Laidback Luke and Robyn S - Show Me Love...Basement Jaxx - Hey U...and many more).

Outside of d'n'b, we could have another monster thread of covers...Johnny Cash's cover of NIN - Hurt is probably one of the bet...in terms of a departure from the original, BiGod 20's cover of Madonna - Like A Prayer always comes to mind.

Thanks for sharing! I had actually heard the first and 3rd track you posted, not the 2nd.

Did you check out that weeknd remix I put in my 2nd post? It doesn't have an official release, but I heard Fred V drop it during one of his sets and it was just too perfect.

And uh... this is the monster cover thread. Not limited to dnb. I already posted some other stuff.

You might appreciate this



Then there's always the iconic...



These guys made a career out of punk covers of popular music

 

[Fedorgasm]

One time I heard an awesome remix of Madonna's fever, but I've never been able to find it online. There's a ton of remixes to that song out there but none of them are the one I liked.

 

[emefer]

I remember buying this cd single and ended up liking this remix more than the original cover version