Macaulay Culkin’s The Pizza Underground The fact that he actually co-wrote the track establishes it as one of the best cover songs out there. Presenting before you Shiv Kumar Batalvi . 8tracks is Radio, rediscovered - Haunting Cover Songs by dalarenzos| music tags: | It makes you realise how beautiful some of the lyrics to these faster, louder songs are when you pare them back and just listen. GUNSHIP Drops Haunting Cover of The Classic Beatles Tune “Eleanor Rigby” Written by Jason Price on October 28, 2020 Covering iconic artists like The Beatles is … They’ve been with us always, and are even more prevalent in this age of TV’s The Voice and its ilk, making a properly sung cover the culmination of TV/pop music success. Top award given by India's National Academy of Letters. Fiona Apple’s version deftly pitches the song as the haunting trip through the psyche that it truly is under the surface: 3. The original version already seems like a haunting cover of a rock song. He changed the lyrics for his version from what he described as just another love song into a coarse, introspective journey in search of truth. Add to that the spreading tide of tribute bands, devoting careers to recreating a favorite band’s repertoire. Broadway's Carrie Manolakos' haunting cover of the Radiohead song went viral this week. He was youngest recipient of Sahitya Akademi award. Now, for some of my favorite movie trailers featuring a haunting cover of literally any song. “Retrograde” by James Blake Haunting is defined as “poignant and evocative; difficult to ignore or forget.” In that spirit, here are eight songs that are haunting in some or many aspects, but at the same time leave you in awe of their beauty; a different kind of Halloween song. (Note: Many songs in this list contain profanities) 1. We have to start by paying respects to the godfather of this shit: Hell yeah. Supported by just a simple piano, this is another woman with an incredible gift. A cover can breathe a completely new life into a song. Johnny Cash's haunting cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" gave new meaning to Trent Reznor's tortured lyrics. Hear 6 more takes. Guns n Roses are not your traditional first song choice, but this cover is so soulful and haunting. Still, it’s such a good song that it still works even when sung by children. Cover songs: The death and taxes of pop music. "The Professional," the project's haunting third track, finds DMX penning a dark reflection of nocturnal side-hustle -- a hitman for hire, a role he renders with vivid and violent clarity. When done well, cover songs have the ability to draw out moods that might have not been so obvious in their original recordings. 5. Bruce Springsteen co-wrote the song with Patti Smith, a hit single from her 1978 album Easter.