“Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” Covers

“Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” was originally released in 1963 by Bob Dylan.

Since then, the song has been covered many, many times:

Metric:

Kevin Devine and Holly Miranda:

Ke$ha:

Johnny Cash:

John Mayer:

Elvis:

Lissie: Covered Up With Flowers

Has anyone heard Lissie’s 5-song EP of covers that came out last month?

Covered Up With Flowers features a Kid Cudi, Lady Gaga, Joe South, Metallica, and Nick Cave cover.

Listen to the cover of “Bad Romance” below:

“Forever Young” Versions

“Forever Young,” originally by the band Alphaville, has been covered many times.

Original “Forever Young”:

Brandi Carlile’s slow, piano-driven, melancholy version:

Rooney’s upbeat, California-tinged version:

One Direction’s British boyband version:

Youth Group’s nostalgic, mid-tempo version:

Don’t bother listening to: Bad Influence’s metal version and Jay-Z’s rap version.

“Dreams” Covers

“Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac is a song that many, many bands have covered, to varying degrees of success.

Good covers of “Dreams”:

Holly Miranda with the Morning Benders:

Augustana:

Letters to Cleo:

Glee:

Not-so-good covers of “Dreams”:

Cat Power:

Fleet Foxes:

John Mayer:

The original “Dreams”:

Monday Covers

Here are 2 good covers to kick off the week.

Matt Sharp and Maya Rudolph (of Saturday Night Live) recorded a cover of “Not Tonight,” originally by Tegan and Sara:

Here is a cover of “Happiest Day of Your Life,” originally by Johnathan Rice:

Glee + Gaga

Glee’s upcoming Lady Gaga episode won’t air until next Tuesday, but here is the Glee Cast singing “Bad Romance” – studio version, and live version from the Glee tour:

Covers of REO Speedwagon

Below are several covers of REO Speedwagon’s song, “Keep on Loving You,” by Lisa Loeb & Dweezil Zappa, Evan Dando of The Lemonheads, and The Donnas.

Lisa Loeb & Dweezil Zappa:

Evan Dando:

The Donnas:

Original by REO Speedwagon: