Cover Songs.

[Que]

I was never particularly a Marylin Manson fan. I just looked up "Beautiful People" for Lance's thread and have just been letting it roll.

His version of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus' and Soft Cell's 'Tainted Love" were really quite good. Now I am listening to his cover of The Eurythmic's "Sweet Dreams."

Maybe he should be a cover artist.

Maybe it is a getting old thing that I like covers.

A.A.F's cover of "Smooth Criminal" was better than the original and the original was pretty slick production.

"Careless Whispers" was on the radio during a period of youthful angst, and it was dead-perfect to have Seether's version on the radio a while back.

 

[lovecraft68]

Manson does a great version of "You're so vain" as well.

Cover songs are great when they're done in a different genre than the original.

This is one of my favorite covers. Velvet Revolver doing The Talking heads Psycho Killer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azx77aWsh8A&list=PL-_IxJhN_q27g6Jc2soKgfmKitlJRD-AY&index=21

 

[lovecraft68]

Wasp doing a heavy version of Jethro Tull's Locomotive Breath.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bad34c3UWo&index=19&list=PL-_IxJhN_q27g6Jc2soKgfmKitlJRD-AY

 

[Que]

Manson does a great version of "You're so vain" as well.

Cover songs are great when they're done in a different genre than the original.

This is one of my favorite covers. Velvet Revolver doing The Talking heads Psycho Killer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azx77aWsh8A&list=PL-_IxJhN_q27g6Jc2soKgfmKitlJRD-AY&index=21

That's a good listen.

I think you are right about the need for it to be a re-imagined version. Otherwise it sounds like, "What was wrong with the original?"

I loved Johnny Cash's cover of NIN's "Hurt."

 

[Que]

Wasp doing a heavy version of Jethro Tull's Locomotive Breath.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bad34c3UWo&index=19&list=PL-_IxJhN_q27g6Jc2soKgfmKitlJRD-AY

I laughed at the name of YouTuber that posted it. "Angry Music"

 

[Que]

This one is labeled, "The best cover of Highway to Hell I have ever SEEN."

No heard, mind you, seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7NNY3NKipE

 

[lovecraft68]

I laughed at the name of YouTuber that posted it. "Angry Music"

Actually....that's the name of the play list it came from....its my list that I write to.

Starts with this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCslC3ykX-U&list=PL-_IxJhN_q27g6Jc2soKgfmKitlJRD-AY&index=2

But it devolved into whatever I felt like adding to it as time went by.

 

[PayDay]

Some of these links still work from 2010:
http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=692352

Travis covering "Hit Me Baby One More Time"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NwqN-xj9Xs

 

[Que]

The first kid in this clip is a rare look at early Botany Boy, before he transitioned to thrash-death metal...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvs6FM53F1U

Skip to the end to see Unnissa. "Vhat is my name? oo-Nanna...."

 

[Not Normal]

Manson does a great version of "You're so vain" as well.

Cover songs are great when they're done in a different genre than the original.

This is one of my favorite covers. Velvet Revolver doing The Talking heads Psycho Killer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azx77aWsh8A&list=PL-_IxJhN_q27g6Jc2soKgfmKitlJRD-AY&index=21

He's singing it with a Doors melody.

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I really love the way CAKE covers songs.
I Will Survive

War Pigs

Sad Songs and Waltzes

 

[Disgustipated]

TOOL - No Quarter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNUq-JSXvS4

Dinosaur jr - Just Like Heaven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJLOr8S2d2E

 

[Not Normal]

Dinosaur Jr Just like heaven. Good one Luke!

 

[lovecraft68]

This is a great cover of the Stones Sympathy for the Devil by G&R really puts some evil into it.

It was also by far the best thing about the movie Interview with a Vampire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQn1k9WPeLM&index=25&list=PL-_IxJhN_q27g6Jc2soKgfmKitlJRD-AY

 

[lovecraft68]

Couple from Metallica

Whiskey in the Jar (Thin Lizzie)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boanuwUMNNQ&index=29&list=PL-_IxJhN_q27g6Jc2soKgfmKitlJRD-AY

I think the heavier sound to this one added a lot to the original

Turn the Page (Bob Segar)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi8csdnWbuI

 

[lovecraft68]

MY father used to play the shit out of this.

The Loco Motion by Grand Funk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBVgVABsf-4

 

[Que]

Some great covers. When I first thought of this thread it was going to be about "What artist or band do you like more than you think you do?" Certain acts would never make my "favorite" list if I was writing one down but I always enjoy when I bump into them.

When three of Manson's were covers, I realized that was actually what I was enjoying. Familiar music, presented in a new way.

The tool one is a good example. Not a tool fan but it is really good.

 

[Que]

I always associated "Turn the Page" with Segar.

Knocking on Heaven's door is one of those songs covered so often I couldn't tell you who was the original. Dylan, I think, but for all I know he was covering.

"Almost Heaven" worked only OK because they mostly changed the tempo...I am glad I gave it a listen to the end where they rocked it. I am not overly impressed with people that can play fast, loud or rough. I figured Eddie Van Halen is fast enough. But I do appreciate anyone that can make a guitar sing like that.

The Grand Funk one was too close to the original. I liked the original better. It needs to be straight Mo-Town, or something entirely different.

 

[jomar]

I like Cheryl's version better, go figure...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T4lSms1pokA

 

[lovecraft68]

I like Cheryl's version better, go figure...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T4lSms1pokA

I learned to hate that song very quickly because it was played beyond death.

This is my favorite cover from Sheryl Crow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK9eLe8EQps

 

[Que]

I learned to hate that song very quickly because it was played beyond death.

This is my favorite cover from Sheryl Crow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK9eLe8EQps

That one has been covered so much it is practically a standard. It always sounds good. Great song-writing.

 

[lovecraft68]

Clapton covering an Eddie Floyd Classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T12EVXdPMU

for any disco fans....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAbq_qkzFR0

 

[PoppingTom]

I don't like covers much, must be because most street musicians here in Berlin play only cover songs - and play horrible.

But I like remixes - like that one of Queens "We Will Rock You"

 

[yourm0m]

The Allman Bros. Version of "Trouble no more" has always been a favorite, but I have a fetish for electric blues. Most of that stuff is covers.

 

[jeninifer]

Marilyn Manson's "Tainted Love" is gritty and I like it better than the original by Soft Cell.

 

[remy_lebeau8]

Social Distortion covering Ring of Fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PspeCLZ5RWM

and Alone and Forsaken

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2nLdDRfJJY