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  1. 10-29-2010, 03:16 PM #51
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    Quote Originally Posted by DeathVan View Post
    -I love Bowie and think the originals are better, but both of these are damn good covers
    Does it seem like Bowie's live version is a slight nod to the Nirvana version? It seems a little different than I recall the album version sounding.
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  2. 10-29-2010, 03:22 PM #52
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    in Harvest, I think.
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    Must.....resist....urge to...........go..........copletely ..............Ziggy Stardust CRAZY!

    Nina really nailed the spirit:



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    Never heard Mose Allison's original, but it just can't be any better than this.



    I always loved Gary Moore's version of Shapes Of Things



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    Personally, I'm a fan of when somebody takes a song that they are covering and makes it their own. So, it's not necessarily better, just different with their own unique stamp on it.

    Peter Gabriel, a man who until recently wasn't known for doing many covers (he released a covers album last year) used to do a mean cover of Marvin Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar" back in his early days that takes the soulful nature of the original and tweaks it just enough.

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    ...this thread, and any idea even remotely close to this thread, is about as useless as the "Alta is for Nazis" thread

    please delete before Monday morning workers get ahold of it
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    can't believe that no one has mentioned CCR's heard it through the grapevine....
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    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Actually, this doesnt qualify. Just a sample, more like. But I like the interpretation.
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  9. 11-01-2010, 06:05 PM #59
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    I love Led Zep, but I gotta hand it to Tool for covering "No Quarter" Def better than the original

    [nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmWVTMFfar0"]YouTube - TOOL--No Quarter 1994[/nomedia]
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    Quote Originally Posted by JoeStrummer
    The universe that is a vehicle is a funny and delicate thing. I fucked my wife in the back seat of our Saab in the parking lot before a Social D / Superchunk show at Red Rocks. After that the radio never worked again.
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    built to spill's "cortez the killer" is pretty badass
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    Mike Ness' Don't Think Twice its Alright. Just about anything is better than Dylan orginals. Hence why Jimi Hendrix was so popular. Metallica's Tuesday's Gone is better than Skynyrd's
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    A decent cover of a shitty song:


    FKNA cover of a good song:


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  14. 11-03-2010, 12:04 AM #64
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    Quote Originally Posted by VTsession View Post
    I love Led Zep, but I gotta hand it to Tool for covering "No Quarter" Def better than the original
    Maybe better than the Houses Of The Holy original but not better than The Song Remains The Same version.



    And don't know how I could forget a couple Judas Priest versions of Fleetwood Mac & Joan Baez tunes.




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    Quote Originally Posted by powpig View Post
    Maybe better than the Houses Of The Holy original but not better than The Song Remains The Same version.
    tool def not better than zepp on either.

    Quote Originally Posted by powpig View Post
    And don't know how I could forget a couple Judas Priest versions of Fleetwood Mac & Joan Baez tunes.
    i'm a huge JP fan and never knew those were covers!


    van halen's cover of the kinks' 'you really got me' has got to be one of the best covers that are better than the original.

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    surprised no mentioned this one on a skiing site.

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    Also Ben Taylor does a pretty good version of that shitty Macy Gray song from way back:
    Quote Originally Posted by JoeStrummer
    The universe that is a vehicle is a funny and delicate thing. I fucked my wife in the back seat of our Saab in the parking lot before a Social D / Superchunk show at Red Rocks. After that the radio never worked again.
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    covered by many, but Metallica rocked it best in '98....

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    this is wicked fun stuff from the full on Haight-Ashbury daze!
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    Quote Originally Posted by powpig View Post
    I always loved Gary Moore's version of Shapes Of Things

    but this one is just sublime...

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  23. 11-03-2010, 11:20 PM #73
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    of the many recorded "whiskey in the jar" Metallica's is among the worst.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Conway View Post
    of the many recorded "whiskey in the jar" Metallica's is among the worst.
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    wow,,3 pages and no Joe Cocker?

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