razz said:
Worst cover to go mainstream??? Big yellow taxi-Counting Crows
That's the triple truth, Ruth. I have never heard such a mechanical, soulless, painting-by-numbers performance. Did they listen to the lyrics before warming them over?
indeedNo, I don't have a Beatles obsession. But they've been a little more on my mind lately owing to a couple of other posts here. So I thought I'd throw this one out - hoping that it's not too obscure. I have a cd from Flaco Jimenez called "Sleepytown" that is a fun little bit of Tex-Mex accordian dance music. He does a cover of Love Me Do that, without being "better" than the original, is certainly near the top of my list of inspired covers. I can just imagine Flaco getting the crowd up off its collected a$$ and dancing to this one.
The cover by Keb Mo is really nice.bremen nacht said:
That's the triple truth, Ruth. I have never heard such a mechanical, soulless, painting-by-numbers performance. Did they listen to the lyrics before warming them over?
Eva Cassidys cover of Time after Time is awesome.
For more on cover versions check wikipedia:
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Wow, I had a look at the wiki and got onto this list of greatest covers. clicky
No offense to anyone (actually offense intended) but what an absolute crappy list. Half of the songs I reconize the original but not the cover. The stands outs for me have to be the "Fell in Love With A Girl Cover". I can't believe that was aloud to happen, but most importantly:
Comfortably Numb - Scissor Sisters, 2004
I think I am most jaded because of this comment about the afore mentioned song:
"it far outshines the original in both concept and execution"
No offense to anyone (actually offense intended) but what an absolute crappy list. Half of the songs I reconize the original but not the cover. The stands outs for me have to be the "Fell in Love With A Girl Cover". I can't believe that was aloud to happen, but most importantly:
Comfortably Numb - Scissor Sisters, 2004
I think I am most jaded because of this comment about the afore mentioned song:
"it far outshines the original in both concept and execution"
I also love the Cake cover, I remember at the time someone saying they respected the original too much to dig the Cake take and I just shook my head. Eva Cassidy also did great versions of well, many songs but my favorites right now are Kathy's Song, by Paul Simon & True Colors, another gem made famous by Cyndi Lauper. She's fantastic on True Colors, check it out!!!
Couple of covers I like
We'll Meet Again - Byrds
A Certain Girl - Yardbirds
She's so Fine - Kingston Wall (obscureish Finnish psychedelic progressive power trio) And *gasp* I consider this definitely better than original, KW did some other quite amazing Jimi covers at gigs...
Most horrid cover ever was limp bizkit doing what they did to Behind Blue Eyes
We'll Meet Again - Byrds
A Certain Girl - Yardbirds
She's so Fine - Kingston Wall (obscureish Finnish psychedelic progressive power trio) And *gasp* I consider this definitely better than original, KW did some other quite amazing Jimi covers at gigs...
Most horrid cover ever was limp bizkit doing what they did to Behind Blue Eyes
One of my favorite covers, and one that I feel is better than the original even though I like them both is
Faith No More's cover of Black Sabbath's War Pigs (on The Real Thing). I think Mike Patton really does an excellent job with the vocals that supercedes Ozzy's. FNM really had a lot of talent and were way ahead of their time. The cover stays true to the original but improves in some ways as I mentioned with the vocals.
Faith No More's cover of Black Sabbath's War Pigs (on The Real Thing). I think Mike Patton really does an excellent job with the vocals that supercedes Ozzy's. FNM really had a lot of talent and were way ahead of their time. The cover stays true to the original but improves in some ways as I mentioned with the vocals.
as done by Deep Purple-
hush,
help,
kentucky women,
we can work it out,
river deep-mountain high,
hush,
help,
kentucky women,
we can work it out,
river deep-mountain high,
Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy (Rods not so tongue in cheek song) but the original wasn't that good anyways so somebody had to drive a stake in it..
I give you the Revolting ***** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6cHeNvzE30
They changed the lyric's a bit and even crack up towards the end of it
I give you the Revolting ***** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6cHeNvzE30
They changed the lyric's a bit and even crack up towards the end of it
Milczenie Owiec - Madonna's "Frozen"
Sample from it here;
http://www.milczenieowiec.pl/
Click on "muzyka" at the top of the page to get to the samples, there's a couple of full length videos in there too.
Sample from it here;
http://www.milczenieowiec.pl/
Click on "muzyka" at the top of the page to get to the samples, there's a couple of full length videos in there too.
I just discovered a punk version of "Message in a Bottle" that is insanely tight. I have an awful recording of it (which is apropos, I guess), but the band name is Coed, and the recording is off of a compilation album called Punk Rock Strike.
I am convinced (while listening to the song as I type this) that it is the perfect punk cover of a pop song. If you are a punk fan at all, you really should pick this album up.
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Not that either song is really great, but the Gourds did a blue grass version of Gin & Juice (yes, banjos meet hip hop). It is truly worth experiencing just for the pure bizarreness of it all.
I am convinced (while listening to the song as I type this) that it is the perfect punk cover of a pop song. If you are a punk fan at all, you really should pick this album up.
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Not that either song is really great, but the Gourds did a blue grass version of Gin & Juice (yes, banjos meet hip hop). It is truly worth experiencing just for the pure bizarreness of it all.
Corinne Bailey Rae covers Led Zeppelin's "Since I've been loving you" in her live set which is now out on DVD
I guess to Led Zeppelin devotees, this preference is a sacrilege, but there again I never did like led zeppelin.
But this is a great song and she sings it with soul and passion.
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I guess to Led Zeppelin devotees, this preference is a sacrilege, but there again I never did like led zeppelin.
But this is a great song and she sings it with soul and passion.
🙂
Does Frank Sinatra's "My Way" count? It was written by Paul Anka based on a French pop song (after David Bowie tried to, and blew it, according to Wikipedia), and even Frank didn't like it, though he seems to have been the only one.
Guns n' Roses' version of "Knocking on Heaven's Door" adds a lot to the perfectly good original. As others have said, there are few who couldn't sing better than Dylan, but equally few who could write better. Dylan's songbook will be with us I think for a very long time.
Philosophically this is an interesting topic because high-quality recorded media are very recent innovations. We can imagine what Mozart's music sounded like when he conducted it, but our great-great-grandchildren will know exactly what Bono and the Edge sounded like, long after everyone who ever heard them has made the journey west. Traditionally, "great" music has been that which (like Dylan's) did not rely upon the precise stylizations of the original artist--like a play by Shakespeare, rather than a painting of some lilies by Monet.
Guns n' Roses' version of "Knocking on Heaven's Door" adds a lot to the perfectly good original. As others have said, there are few who couldn't sing better than Dylan, but equally few who could write better. Dylan's songbook will be with us I think for a very long time.
Philosophically this is an interesting topic because high-quality recorded media are very recent innovations. We can imagine what Mozart's music sounded like when he conducted it, but our great-great-grandchildren will know exactly what Bono and the Edge sounded like, long after everyone who ever heard them has made the journey west. Traditionally, "great" music has been that which (like Dylan's) did not rely upon the precise stylizations of the original artist--like a play by Shakespeare, rather than a painting of some lilies by Monet.
radtech said:
Amy Lee from Evanescence called and wants her black lipstick back
I grew up with Madonna (not literally, born 1975) and The Ray of Light album is the only one of hers that I own. It might be thanks to William Orbit but it's her most sonically inventive album, I think. The rest of her stuff is good, and for an almost 50-year-old woman her latest disc is fresh, but the vibe's a little too gay disco for me to listen to sober with a stright face.
Seger's "Against the Wind" covered by the "highwaymen" (Cash,Nelson,Kris,Jennings).
Actually I like the entire Highwayman album - the content seems to resonate with the artists, and the recording is quite tight. Crank track one and you're in another place. Why esle have audio?
Actually I like the entire Highwayman album - the content seems to resonate with the artists, and the recording is quite tight. Crank track one and you're in another place. Why esle have audio?