Thursday might've prayed, prayed every single day, to avoid any situation where they'd have to cover the 4 Non Blondes song "What's Up," but those prayers did not come true. The music lessons app Musora has a video series where they challenge bands to come into the studio and figure out how to cover songs that fall far outside their comfort zones. Past hits include jazz combo Generation Y covering Nirvana, folk-pop duo Fionn covering System Of A Down, and Norwegian prog-metallers Leprous covering a-ha. Now, it's Thursday doing 4 Non Blondes' unkillable 1993 smash.
In the latest edition of the series, reunited post-hardcore greats Thursday greet the 4 Non Blondes challenge with what I'd call panicked resignation, and then they get a few hours to figure out how to recreate the track in their own style. The 19-minute clip culminates with the band debuting their remarkably assured version of the song. Whether because of restraint or necessity, they hold back on the original's histrionics, significantly underplaying the chorus. I half-expected frontman Geoff Rickly to break out the hardcore roar for the hook, but that's not the decision that he makes. Watch it all happen below.
Read our We've Got A File On You interview with Rickly here.
