suckers playground wrote:
This Mortal Coil's 1991 cover album, Blood, contains some terribly overwrought versions of great songs, like "I Come and Stand at Every Door."
Whoa, im listening to this as I am reading your post
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| Author: | Mopery [ Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:16 pm ] |
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'deadicated' is pretty solid. standouts: lyle lovett - friend of the devil indigo girls - uncle john's band bertha - los lobos ripple - janes addiction |
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| Author: | Spaulding [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:03 am ] |
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American Woman - Lenny Kravitz |
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| Author: | lipidquadcab [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:35 am ] |
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Bagels wrote: Covering Don Henley is not cool in any kind of way, ironic or not I agree...you can never do justice to the master... |
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| Author: | kerchungathunk [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:04 am ] |
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a genius wrote: Most of the covers I have heard of Brubeck's Take Five have been pretty good. Ding Ding! Very few tunes written in 5/4. The only other one that pops to mind is Mars by Gustav Holst. As for covers of rock songs, most are frightening. I just unearthed an XTC cover album circa 1995 and it's not bad. However, it's not as good as the original songs, and therein lies the problem. It seems very hard to improve on the original worth covering in the first place in the genre of Rock and Roll. |
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| Author: | Crystal Lake Hoffy [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:08 am ] |
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Madonna - American Pie A Perfect Circle - Everything off Emotive |
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| Author: | Spaulding [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:26 am ] |
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American Pie was never good to begin with. |
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| Author: | Krazy Ivan [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:53 am ] |
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This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FONt47Z0KZg |
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| Author: | suckers playground [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:11 am ] |
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Oxia "Domino" is a straight ripoff of Patrick Chardonnet's "Eve by Day" Diddy's new target is dance music, with this single, "Let's Get Ill," where he bites Joey Beltram's classic "Energy Flash" for all it's worth. The Jimmy Eat World version of The Wedding Present's "Spangle" was tolerable until it showed up in the 2002 cinematic adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' Rules of Attraction. This Mortal Coil's 1991 cover album, Blood, contains some terribly overwrought versions of great songs, like "I Come and Stand at Every Door." |
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| Author: | Vincent Antonelli [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:23 pm ] |
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I was going to say either Fred Durst doing Behind Blue Eyes or Stairway to Heaven by Dolly Parton, but after watching what Krazy Ivan posted, that has to be #1 |
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| Author: | bigfan [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:09 pm ] |
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WestmontMike wrote: Guns n Roses - "Sympathy for the Devil" immediately comes to mind Not even close to top 100 I am a fan of the COVER 2 and such recordings as the Clash Tribute album, every cover on it sucks or a very recent CURE tribute. Once again everything sucks as well. So many terrible covers it is a shame |
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| Author: | Crystal Lake Hoffy [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:46 pm ] |
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suckers playground wrote: This Mortal Coil's 1991 cover album, Blood, contains some terribly overwrought versions of great songs, like "I Come and Stand at Every Door." Whoa, im listening to this as I am reading your post
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| Author: | W_Z [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:06 pm ] |
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Krazy Ivan wrote: AGGGGHHH!!!! OMMFFFGGG!! WWTTFFFF!!!!! |
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| Author: | suckers playground [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:46 pm ] |
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Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote: suckers playground wrote: This Mortal Coil's 1991 cover album, Blood, contains some terribly overwrought versions of great songs, like "I Come and Stand at Every Door." Whoa, im listening to this as I am reading your post Blood or the Byrds song?Add to the list: Nouvelle Vague. |
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| Author: | Colonel Angus [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:49 pm ] |
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Any cover by an amateur on YouTube. |
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| Author: | Crystal Lake Hoffy [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:02 pm ] |
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suckers playground wrote: Crystal Lake Hoffy wrote: suckers playground wrote: This Mortal Coil's 1991 cover album, Blood, contains some terribly overwrought versions of great songs, like "I Come and Stand at Every Door." Whoa, im listening to this as I am reading your post Blood or the Byrds song?Add to the list: Nouvelle Vague. Blood. I started with the End in Tears CD. |
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| Author: | suckers playground [ Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:20 pm ] |
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Man, that's wild. What's your take? It's funny cause the record just came up in conversation due to mp3 trading with a friend. I was going to put Blood on the flash drive we use, but it took up too much room... I hadn't listened to it in a while, and when I did (to gauge whether it was worth including) I was really surprised by 1. how awful it sounds to me now, considering 2. how much I used to like it. No disrespect, but I wouldn't have figured you for a This Mortal Coil "fan" (for lack of a better word). They're a pretty weird story / group / etc. Edit: The original version of "Mr. Somewhere" is easily one of my Top 5 GOAT FTW. The record it's from, The Apartments' The Evening Visits... and Stays for Years is also great. |
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| Author: | Eaglo Jeff [ Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:31 am ] |
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Colonel Angus wrote: Any cover by an amateur on YouTube. +1000 |
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| Author: | Beef Rockmore [ Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:46 pm ] |
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Stinkfinger The Crow wrote: W_Z wrote: "downtown train" by rod stewart comes to mind. tom waits should have sued. This is true. He's likely killed for less. You've obviously never heard Patty Smythe's version. "You're So Vain" by Faster Pussycat is a real treat too. NOT! "Mrs Robinson" by Kik Tracee also. I kind of enjoy the interpretations that make the song totally different. 'Satisfaction' by Devo anyone? |
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| Author: | Bagels [ Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:51 pm ] |
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I keep thinking this is somehow about covers of Dave Brubek |
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| Author: | Crystal Lake Hoffy [ Thu Dec 18, 2008 10:14 pm ] |
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suckers playground wrote: Man, that's wild. What's your take? It's funny cause the record just came up in conversation due to mp3 trading with a friend. I was going to put Blood on the flash drive we use, but it took up too much room... I hadn't listened to it in a while, and when I did (to gauge whether it was worth including) I was really surprised by 1. how awful it sounds to me now, considering 2. how much I used to like it. No disrespect, but I wouldn't have figured you for a This Mortal Coil "fan" (for lack of a better word). They're a pretty weird story / group / etc. Edit: The original version of "Mr. Somewhere" is easily one of my Top 5 GOAT FTW. The record it's from, The Apartments' The Evening Visits... and Stays for Years is also great. Stink turned me on to Patton Oswalt. In one of his comedy bits, he mentioned This Mortal Coil's It'll End in Tears CD. So I listened to it. I found some of the songs are good for background noise while coding, but otherwise your right, its not too much my thing. |
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| Author: | BigW72 [ Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:02 pm ] |
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Spaulding wrote: American Woman - Lenny Kravitz Great call. Spaulding. I cannot believe how popular this pile of crap was when it come out. I love Lenny Kravitz. I love the original song by the Guess who, but this was absolute crap. Worst? My first thought echoed HV with Winger covering "Purple Haze". I'll also throw out there Pearl Jam's cover of "Last Kiss"... garbage cover of a garbage song. |
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| Author: | lipidquadcab [ Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:04 pm ] |
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The Bears version of the Cover 2 has been pretty bad this year... |
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| Author: | rogers park bryan [ Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:20 pm ] |
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WORST EVER: Sheryl Crow Sweet Child o mine (it hurt my ears to even type that) RUNNERS UP Goo Goo dolls singer+fred durst doing "wish you were hear" Frank Sinatra jrs career(excluding his dynamite family guy performances) UB40 "cant help falling in love" (covering whoever wrote it for elvis) "hey jude" by Hello Dave (Hey dave shut the fuck up) BEST EVER: Lemonheads Mrs Robinson and I also like U2s version of Helter Skelter |
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| Author: | shirtless driver [ Mon Dec 22, 2008 2:55 pm ] |
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Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow by Gloria Estefan. Truly horrifying. |
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| Author: | Hawkeye Vince [ Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:36 pm ] |
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rogers park bryan wrote: Goo Goo dolls singer+fred durst doing "wish you were hear" I actually liked this one probably because it was done impromptu (it was for the 9/11 charity CD) and it actually sounded alright being done acoustically. |
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| Author: | My_name_1s_MUD [ Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:11 am ] |
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Baby McNown wrote: I actually like the GnR version of Live and Let Die. Alanis's version of Sweet Child should be banned from the airwaves forever. I'm with you on that one, BM. |
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| Author: | My_name_1s_MUD [ Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:12 am ] |
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rogers park bryan wrote: and I also like U2s version of Helter Skelter Definitely. |
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| Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:21 pm ] |
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Vanilla Ice - Under Pressure |
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| Author: | lipidquadcab [ Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:58 pm ] |
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Frank Coztansa wrote: Vanilla Ice - Under Pressure you see, their's goes "da da da da da da da.....da da da da da da da..." mine goes "da da da da da da da.....da da da da da da da da..." it's different...it's got that extra da... |
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| Author: | Colonel Angus [ Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:57 pm ] |
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Vanilla Ice is a drillrod. I'm glad he's gone. |
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