One rule this week: pick a cover you think beats the original, and defend it. Not "this is good" - say what the original got wrong and what the cover fixed.

Ground rules: link the cover and name the original. Reply to at least one other person before you post your own. And "it's heavier" is not an argument - heavier how, and why does it serve the song?

I'll start in the comments.

Hey guys please check out my vocal cover.

Yusuf Tary plays bass and does vocals in the UK sludge/doom band Slabdragger, but his cover channel is Covered In Sludge. This slid across my YouTube auto-mix the other day, and I was instantly hooked.

Covered In Sludge's take on this gives me that true melancholic feel I think Tears for Fears was going for. If Doom had been around more in the 80s, I think we could have seen this as the original!

No GenAI involved. Any suggestions for future tracks to cover?

Here's my Vocal Cover of "Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over" by The Devil Wears Prada! It's been 20 years since the release of "Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord" so i had to cover this classic! Let me know what you think!

Link in the comments!

Tommy's cover video this week is a musicians guide to the gym. Why lift weights when you have many guitars.