Anil DashI can’t think of anything less necessary than Phil Collins doing a cover of “Can’t Hurry Love”.
ZacHow about almost every cover of Last Christmas?
Rob Pegoraro@anildash And now that song's stuck in my head. Thanks, man!
mhoye@anildash I see you and raise you the cursed knowledge that Limp Bizkit's career broke out on their cover of George Michael's "Faith".
Jason St-Cyr 
@anildash Not necessary, agreed. But I will give you this as a much less necessary contribution: William Shatner covers 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'
William Shatner - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Ethan Jacobs@jasonstcyr @anildash Came here to mention his cover of Common People.
BoredomFestival@ethanjacobslaw @jasonstcyr @anildash pfft, his cover is better than the original, not even kidding. Ben Folds should have won an all-time Grammy for producing it
jwz@ethanjacobslaw @jasonstcyr @anildash His cover of Common People is brilliant and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise
@ethanjacobslaw @jasonstcyr @anildash Perfect music video, no notes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI3UfxyIdgs
"Fan" Star Trek Original Series Clip to "Common People" by William Shatner
Star Trek the Original Series Clip to the music of "Common People" by William Shatner from his album "Has Been".NOTE: This clip was made purely for personal ...
Mike Rose@jwz it's so good
Jeremy Bornstein
dharris@jwz @ethanjacobslaw @jasonstcyr @anildash he had help on that from Ben Folds and Joe Jackson, but Shatner still rocks it!
Jack Coates 🐀@anildash how about Cheap Trick covering Don’t Be Cruel?
Blaise@anildash I think you're forgetting that Phish covered “Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It”...
Phillip Winn
Joshua, at Lincolnite@anildash My first job in high school was working at K-Mart and this song played on the in-house music eight times a day. We kept track.
jrm4@anildash For sure.
The counterpoint is, including and especially this original -- I pretty much love literally EVERY version of
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love (VN Project edited video)
"Tainted Love" is a song composed by Ed Cobb, formerly of American group the Four Preps, which was originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1964.Video taken fr...
Michael C. Bazarewsky@anildash no, you'll just have to wait
Adam Hall
Pomegranate County Irregulars@anildash Well, I imagine you’ve been too busy to really plumb the depths of whatever category this falls under. For instance, I predict the rewrite of House of the Rising Sun we made (Rising Sun Blues) would get more votes in an one on one why-why-why-off.
But, as to these things existing, I think some suggest that unnecessary is the starting point of art. (Did I get that from Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics?) It’s fun to do something useless.
But, as to these things existing, I think some suggest that unnecessary is the starting point of art. (Did I get that from Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics?) It’s fun to do something useless.
Scott Wright 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️@anildash grumpy old dude here. If you don’t have adistinctly new take / arrangement STFU (or save it for live shows)
Great covers:
Jonathan Coultan Baby Got Back
Rufus Wainright Hallelujah
Uninteresting covers:
Black Crowes Hard to Handle
David Lee Roth California Girls
Great covers:
Jonathan Coultan Baby Got Back
Rufus Wainright Hallelujah
Uninteresting covers:
Black Crowes Hard to Handle
David Lee Roth California Girls
acm@anildash you mean a new one, or the original 1980s version? because the latter was a theme song of my highschool years! (and the actual original was slow and dull by comparison!)
Fediverse Frank 
@anildash aw he was just paying tribute to Diana Ross for being one of his musical influences
@anildash sounds like someone has never heard Celine Dion's cover of "You Shook Me All Night Long"
@BoredomFestival @anildash I see that and raise you "I Love Rock and Roll" by Britney Spears
zeruch@anildash living colour doing a cover of "back in black"?
@anildash oh wait, you said "less necessary"....in which case I nominate Celine Dion doing "you shook me all night long" done without a single sense of irony.
tveskov@anildash Agreed 100%, BUT his down-tempo cover of Sonny and Cher was 🔥 - better than the original imo https://youtu.be/HsC_SARyPzk
Phil Collins - A Groovy Kind Of Love (Official Music Video)
jakobdorof@anildash the chorus sounds so good, unfortunately