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Favorite Song Covers

imno1 said:
And of course one of the greatest covers of one of the greatest songs
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I am surprised most of this thread isn't made up of Hendrix covers. He had to be one of the best at covering songs.
 
Ewekon said:
How do you drop a video into your post?
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See below, choose "media".

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This is a partial cover, Zac Brown integrating Into the Mystic into their song Free.

 
imno1 said:
(re: Lovemongers, "Battle of Evermore")
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There's this band from the Pacific NW, who, if they weren't big enough on their own to make the RnRHoF, they might've carved out a nice living as a Zep cover act...

 
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This is an incredible reading of a totally fantastic fairly "current" song.

Im not kidding about either, despite the clown schtick. And Royals is one of the best pop songs to come down the pike in the last decade.

I prefer this to the original, love the arrangement and the jazz chord substitutions employed, but I am a fan of Lordes original version as well.

 
There are some classic covers but for some reason I always loved this cover of Wish You Were Here by Sparklehorse from the movie Lords of Dogtown.



Also loved (in addition to those already mentioned):

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
White Stripes - Jolene
Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal
 
CL82 said:
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One of the greatest American songs ever written, in my humble opinion. Every version of it is great. The Kinks and Mel Tucker both do great covers of this as well.
 
August_West said:
This is an incredible reading of a totally fantastic fairly "current" song.

Im not kidding about either, despite the clown schtick. And Royals is one of the best pop songs to come down the pike in the last decade.

I prefer this to the original, love the arrangement and the jazz chord substitutions employed, but I am a fan of Lordes original version as well.

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God bless the internet.

Not a big fan of the original. It's an OK song, but IMHO, Lorde just doesn't have the presence to carry a minimalist accompaniment.

Have to say I wasn't expecting to see Pagliacci in this thread.
 
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storrsroars said:
Not a big fan of the original. It's an OK song, but IMHO, Lorde just doesn't have the presence to carry a minimalist accompaniment.
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I dont entirely disagree with her carrying that type of arrangement, but it is very well written song melodically and especially lyrically (for these times) and when you compare it to the schlock on the charts of the last decade it really stands out.
 
My favorite songs of two of my favorite bands are both covers, so naturally... these are my two favorites:

Husker Du doing the Byrds "8 Miles High":

 
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nygblue said:
I stumbled on this the other day....

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Ballsy doing "Piano Man" w/o a piano.

What's next, a cover of "I'm the Scatman" going la-la-la-tra-la-la?
 
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