The song i'm choosing for this challenge is the classic R.E.M. tune, "Losing My Religion"
Of course I absolutely love the original, Michael Stipe's vocals are raw and powerful, and it's one of the best songs to ever feature a mandolin in my view.
(I had linked the original but I am not sure if you're only allowed 2 vid links in a post)
I'm going to over up two covers because I love each of them for different reasons
The first - Lacuna Coil's cover.
Cristina's absolutely soaring vocals are a delight. Andrea as always provides a nice counterbalance vocally to Cristina, and it features all the things that I love about Lacuna Coil at their best. Big hooks, driving instrumentation, and a peppering of keys and/or synths in all the right places. I have always felt that as somber as the song could seem in the original version, that it also had an uplifting quality to it. So, I think that Lacuna Coil making this in the vein of their more upbeat tunes is coherent.
I hope you all enjoy these!
- RL