Some remember him for his gloves and neverland, while others remember him for his dance moves.

We here prefer to remember him for his music. We believe that at the core of his existence, music was his medium and he ruled airwaves like the legend he was.

Ruby Isle are an electronica infused band which decided to do covers of all the songs which end up #1 on the music site ELBO.WS and i must say it tossed up alot of these songs and breathed new life into them.

There is always a first for everything.
Including classical music featured here.
Or is it??

The Section Quartet are a group based in LA and they specialize in turning real good songs into classical quartet pieces.

They have done countless covers for the likes of The Clash, Coldplay, Queens of Stone Age and even the YYY’s.

I heard they got featured on Gossip Girl and chuck bass fans are looking all over for these.

MP3 | The Section Quartet – Time Is Running Out (Muse Cover)

MP3 | The Section Quartet – The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie Cover)

The Section Quartet Website
The Section Quartet Myspace

Friendly Fires seem to be real chummy with Lykke Li, with photos of them together popping up all over.

That isn’t important though, unless they are sexing up each others brains.

They decided that they should cover Lykke’s song and make the world want more of them.

A bloody bloody good cover emerged.

gobsmacked.

MP3 | Friendly Fires – I’m Good I’m Gone (Lykke Li Cover)

MORE Friendly Fires

Nothing’s gonna change my world.

These 4 unknown punks will later rule the world.

Here’s 2 covers in tribute to them, from 2 stellar artists.

Coldplay and Fiona Apple doing their part in keeping it alive.

MP3 | Coldplay – Here Comes The Sun (The Beatles Live Cover)

MP3 | Fiona Apple – Across The Universe (The Beatles Cover)

Lily Allen has a coupla covers for you to enjoy.

go grab em.

“right-click and save as…” to download the song or use the zshare links.

mp3|lily allen – Naive (The Kooks cover) / (zshare)

mp3|lily allen – Everybody’s changing (Keane cover) / (zshare)

lily allen myspace

lily allen website

The greatest band of recent times have come to play.

Just that they aren’t exactly a band.

More like an orchestra.

heres 2 related to them for a tuesday.

mp3| The Arcade Fire- Guns of brixton (The Clash cover)

-live @ St. John’s

mp3| Foo Fighters- Keep the car running (Arcade Fire cover

the arcade fire website
the arcade fire myspace

The arctic monkeys covered diamonds are forever
at glastonbury last year and it was pretty damn good.

mp3|Arctic Monkeys- Diamonds are forever (live @ glastonbury)

Bono appeared on across the universe as
Dr. Robert and made it one hell of a performance.

mp3|Bono- Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Beatles cover)

across the universe album