Typically, the goal when covering a song written and recorded by someone else is to get close enough in proximation to the structure and framework of the original, while adding your own distinct spin.

Cloud Nothings have performed an exceedingly avant-garde cover of Coldplay's 'Clocks', essentially exploding the song as the studio fills with smoke. "When we put Coldplay’s “Clocks” on this year’s ...

Cloud Nothings performed their own take on the infamous Coldplay hit “Clocks” for the A.V. Club’s “Undercover” video series. Complete with farm animal noises, a hooded figure playing on a phone, a ...