Re: covers
That album was reccomended to me a couple of times now... i'm d/ling it to give it a listen. Leonard Cohen is an incredible songwriter, and the list of artist covering his work on that CD is... well... promising 🙂 Gracias!
By the way, i just thought of another cover no one mentioned: Cyndi Laupers' "Time after time", covered by Tuck & Patty. No no, don't run away - they turned the cheezy pop track into a remarcable jazzy piece, and it's among my favorite guitar performances of all time. They also did excellent covers of Hendrix's "Little wing" & "Castles made of sand", and Santana's "Europa". Can't reccomend their work enough.
federico moreno said:
That album was reccomended to me a couple of times now... i'm d/ling it to give it a listen. Leonard Cohen is an incredible songwriter, and the list of artist covering his work on that CD is... well... promising 🙂 Gracias!
By the way, i just thought of another cover no one mentioned: Cyndi Laupers' "Time after time", covered by Tuck & Patty. No no, don't run away - they turned the cheezy pop track into a remarcable jazzy piece, and it's among my favorite guitar performances of all time. They also did excellent covers of Hendrix's "Little wing" & "Castles made of sand", and Santana's "Europa". Can't reccomend their work enough.
Another cracking version of "Time after Time" was done by Everything but the Girl.
One of my favorite tongue in cheek covers has to be "Smooth Criminal" by Alien Ant Farm. It makes me smile every time I hear it! 🙂
One of my favorite tongue in cheek covers has to be "Smooth Criminal" by Alien Ant Farm. It makes me smile every time I hear it! 🙂
time after time...
...and another by Cassandra Wilson, in the ¨Traveling Miles¨ cd.
It sould have the title of the ¨most covered song¨ in this forum!
A cover that I like a lot -full of urban angst- is Bruce Springsteen rendition of ¨In love with a Chelsea Girl¨, penned by the great Tom Waits.
Folks, don´t you think that this thread sounds a lot like the ¨High Fidelity¨ movie? What a knowledgeable people we are!
He he he...
It´s good to be here; good to see all this interest in music, this savvy...
And that it´s a good way to dispel the myth that depicts audio diyers as some brunch of monochromatic nerds with no interest in music, only in talking all day long about caps, transistors, tubes, etc.
...and another by Cassandra Wilson, in the ¨Traveling Miles¨ cd.
It sould have the title of the ¨most covered song¨ in this forum!
A cover that I like a lot -full of urban angst- is Bruce Springsteen rendition of ¨In love with a Chelsea Girl¨, penned by the great Tom Waits.
Folks, don´t you think that this thread sounds a lot like the ¨High Fidelity¨ movie? What a knowledgeable people we are!
He he he...
It´s good to be here; good to see all this interest in music, this savvy...
And that it´s a good way to dispel the myth that depicts audio diyers as some brunch of monochromatic nerds with no interest in music, only in talking all day long about caps, transistors, tubes, etc.
There is a ska band name Reel Big Fish who covered Hungry Like The Wolf by Duran Duran.
Perhaps not the most technically stunning cover, nor was it probably ever recorded with the best of them, but it has energy. More than enough to enliven the somber feel of that track.
I'm Hungry!
Perhaps not the most technically stunning cover, nor was it probably ever recorded with the best of them, but it has energy. More than enough to enliven the somber feel of that track.
I'm Hungry!
My votes ...
- everything on Cat Power's "The Covers Record"
- Sonic Youth, "into the groovy"
- The Accused's version of Lights Out (by the angry samoans)
- Johnny Cash covering I see a Darkness by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
- Dead Kennedys "Rawhide"
rick57 said:Anti-Nowhere-League
WTF? 😉
So is they a band we should follow? Wot can ye tell us about them?
Unfortunately ANL are long gone (80's Brit sorta metal/hardcore, lots of banned songs, etc.).
dsavitsk said:
I still have the original Evatone sound sheet of "Lights Out" where the folks down in Florida bleeped out all the swears so about 10% of the song was left, funny as hell. I heard Metal Mike was a math prof at U Arizona now.
I heard a great cover of the Dead Boys "I Need Lunch" can anyone ID the group?
scott wurcer said:
Yow, was a math professor (http://www.abqjournal.com/north/328946north_news03-26-05.htm) It's the other guy (Gregg Turner), and the school is a different one in the south west, but otherwise the story is true.
dsavitsk said:
That's a drag about Gregg, I guess I remembered wrongly some comment from a fan site 5 or 6 years ago. I saw them live around 1980 in Boston, they played for about 45min and then said, "We just played all 23 songs we know."
Gregg said in a 2001 interview that he liked Kylie Minogue's version of 'The Locomotion', I guess that's on topic.
richard thompson
Originally posted by Mercator:
1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Del McCoury Band (original by Richard Thompson)[/QUOTE]
What a song! Pity that I have not heard the Del McCoury version, but I remember how good the original song was: those lyrics bring tears to my eyes.
I really love a Tori Amos version of a Leonard Cohen song called ¨famous blue raincoat¨ that I think it´s an incredible cover. There, Tori sings without her habitual juggernaut -in a more restrained way, nearly whispering- ; this one never fail to bring tears to my eyes too.
Belongs to a Leonard Cohen´s covers CD called ¨Tower of Song¨, circa 1985.
Originally posted by Mercator:
1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Del McCoury Band (original by Richard Thompson)[/QUOTE]
What a song! Pity that I have not heard the Del McCoury version, but I remember how good the original song was: those lyrics bring tears to my eyes.
I really love a Tori Amos version of a Leonard Cohen song called ¨famous blue raincoat¨ that I think it´s an incredible cover. There, Tori sings without her habitual juggernaut -in a more restrained way, nearly whispering- ; this one never fail to bring tears to my eyes too.
Belongs to a Leonard Cohen´s covers CD called ¨Tower of Song¨, circa 1985.
I saw the Tony Rice Unit last night in a little town outside of Philly. They started the set with "My Favorite Things," and yes, it was better than Julie Andrews😉
While they were at it, they did a scorching version of "Shady Grove." I haven't heard the original (only the Garcia/Grisman versions), but I can't imagine it was any better than this.
While they were at it, they did a scorching version of "Shady Grove." I haven't heard the original (only the Garcia/Grisman versions), but I can't imagine it was any better than this.