More Springsteen covering: Heather Nova does I'm on Fire
I can't believe I forgot The Raincoats do The Kinks!
Later, I'll try to find some awesome version of Prince and the Revolution ripping it up on stage, but for now the recorded version and Prince in his man-bikini is going to have to suffice.
Well, as promised: Prince!
Are you ready to drive FAST?!?!?
Hee hee!
I was really into thrash metal when I was going through puberty and I haven't thought of this cover in over 20 years!
Hee hee!
Going thru a second (fifth?, seventeenth?) wave of thrash. Municipal Waste is whats brought me back in again.
Anyway, then youll love this one:
Well, heres a new one for me:
Entombed doing Night of the vampire.
A recent Covers disc that I burned for a friend:
The District - Firework (Katy Perry Cover)
Lucky Bucks - Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover)
Ben l'Oncle Soul - Seven Nation Army (White Stripes cover)
Jack White - Love Is Blindness (U2 cover)
U2 - Can't Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley cover)
Yoav - Where Is My Mind (Pixies cover)
Glowbug - Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Rock and Roll All Night (Kiss cover)
Emery - All I Want (Toad the Wet Sprocket cover)
Ruth - To Be With You (Mr. Big cover)
Allred - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Postal Service cover)
James Vincent McMorrow - Higher Love (Steve Winwood cover)
John Legend - Rolling in the Deep (Adele Cover)
Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats (The Knife cover)
Some covers that i think surpass the original:
Annika Norlin and Anna Järvinen does Robyn - With every heartbeat
Björk and PJ Harvey does The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
Saint Etienne does Neil Young - Only love can break your heart
16 Horsepower does Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad moon risin'
and of course Nirvana does Leadbelly - Where did you sleep last night?
Other great covers
Grizzly Bear does The Crystals - He hit me (and it felt like a kiss)
Band of Horses does Grizzly Bear - Plans
Charles Bradley does Nirvana - Stay away
Spiritualized does Oh happy day
And i think the swedish band Bob Hund deserves a their own section:
The Stooges - I wanna be your dog : Cover : Original
Pere Ubu - Final Solution : Cover : Original
Plastic Bertrand - Tout petit la planete : Cover : Original
I'm five years ahead of my time : Cover (bad quality but the only one i found) : I think this is the original
Some covers that i think surpass the original:
Björk and PJ Harvey does The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
Saint Etienne does Neil Young - Only love can break your heart
16 Horsepower does Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad moon risin'
and of course Nirvana does Leadbelly - Where did you sleep last night?
Not that those covers aren't good, but I think you're crazy.
As far as I know, that's the original for "5 Years Ahead"
Haven't seen these two yet (and sorry no links, I'm wiped right now) but:
Type O Negative's takes on Cinnamon Girl and Summer Breeze.
Siouxsie and the Banshee's covers of Dear Prudence (I know blasphemy, but I love her voice) and Trust in Me (yes, Kaa the python's song from the Jungle Book)
The Ramones doing the Speed Racer Theme Song
and Alice Cooper's cover of Jimi Hendrix's Fire.
It looks like I thought of six, oh well.
Siouxsie and the Banshee's covers of Dear Prudence (I know blasphemy, but I love her voice)
It's only blasphemy if you try to claim it's better than the original. Otherwise, good call.
It's only blasphemy if you try to claim it's better than the original. Otherwise, good call.
Siouxsie and the Banshee's covers of Dear Prudence (I know blasphemy, but I love her voice)
I would never make that claim.
Incidentally, how about Thin Lizzy's cover of Whiskey in the Jar?
This is a revisited version of an American folk song, not a cover by a specific artist, but I think the two things are similar enough to post it here. It's also a REALLY good version of the song.
Thin Lizzy's cover of Whiskey in the Jar?
If you don't know how to link, it's fun and easy!
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Awesome thread!
I may be burned at the stake for this, but I much prefer Tiamat's version of Sympathy for the Devil to the Rolling Stones original.
Ozzy Osbourne doing John Lennon's Working Class Hero.
1000 Homo DJs doing Black Sabbath's Supernaut
Anthrax doing Black Sabbath's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Oh, and to add a little geek to the list:
Epica performing The Imperial March
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Steven Tyler, Weird Al, and Alice Cooper covering The Beatles' Come Together
My favorite cover of Bette Davis' Eyes.
Warning: Here There Be Hippies!
The Allman Brothers Band do Donovan (here with Bobbie Gentry!)
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Celldweller's fantastic cover of the BeeGee's "Tragedy"
So....heres a different version of Slayers tribute to Mengele...
This thread has been woefully neglected, guys.
Unfortunately, not the 11-minute version.
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This is in my opinion about the the farthest thing from a great song, but RT redeems it in a way I didn't know was possible with his cover.
I think we've got that up above somewhere, but I'm always happy to listen to RT again.
Also, Cat Power does The Godfather.
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I think we've got that up above somewhere, but I'm always happy to listen to RT again.
Oh, look how blase I am. 'Cuz, y'know, you meet Richard Thompson fans every day out in the real world...
Come on to Paizo and they're all over the place! We truly are cooler than 4th edition fans.
Hanne Hukkelberg does "Break my body" by The Pixies
I am officially in love with Chan Marshall.
I had taped Jukebox from a copy I got at the library and I LOVED IT SO MUCH, I went out and bought it with a gift card I got for Christmas. It's got a bonus disk!
But I'm not going to post Cat Power. That would be too easy.
Hot Boyz--"I Feel" NSFW!
Moby Grape--"Naked If I Want To" Hippie alert!
Roberta Flack--"Angelitos Negros" I freely admit I didn't know this one.
Patsy Cline--"She's Got You" With video, because it makes me cry.
In the limited time I gave to this project I couldn't figure out "Breathless."
Be the first to post and get a No-Prize!
First! :)
Here is a useless cover of a pretty cool song:
I am going to a Hendrix tribute concert tonight and I remembered this little ditty.
First! :)
Here is a useless cover of a pretty cool song:
I am going to a Hendrix tribute concert tonight and I remembered this little ditty.
I'll happily reward Drunken Nomad a No-Prize, but I meant "first to post the original of "Breathless." Also, now I think that "Angelitos" song is older than Roberta Flack.
Roadhouse Blues covered by Ministry, because sometimes I like to listen to music that will peel the paint off the walls.
The Allman Brothers Band do Donovan (here with Bobbie Gentry!)
Ah, Donovan. There's also a nice version of that track on a comp from Exotic Fever Records called Don't Know When I'll Be Back Again. It's indie rockers doing '60s music from around the fall of 2001 or 2002.
You can hear snippets at the above link, but the stand-out tracks are:
• Dame Fate covering Donovan's "There Is a Mountain"
• atombombpocketknife doing Led Zep's "Immigrant Song"
• The Reputation doing Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth"
• And an absolutely dead-on cover from Death Cab for Cutie with Sean Nelson of CCR's "Fortunate Son."
I wonder how many of these links are still active?
Anyway,
Camper Van Beethoven do Black Flag.
The Circle Jerks get namechecked on same album.
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Probably my favorite cover ever:
Marie Laforet covers Paint it Black, by the Rolling Stones.
Sort of.
I love covers! Here's some faves...
Bump.