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#630077 - 22/09/05 10:55 AM
Re: Song Covers, the rare gems, and the dismal failures
[Re: Igirisujin]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/08/04
Loc: Southampton
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Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah. Much better. I would also add Suicide is Painless (Manics) and Can't Stand Losing You (Feeder). Conraversially I'd also include Biffy Clyro's version of Take Me Out, and Tori Amos' version of Smells Like Teen Spirit (not saying it's better, but it's as good).
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#630078 - 22/09/05 10:58 AM
Re: Song Covers, the rare gems, and the dismal failures
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Registered: 10/07/05
Loc: Preston
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Oh i hate Tori's version of smells (dont really like the orrigional either), I get tired of Tor's voice after the first 4 lines. Too washed out and...well she tries too hard to put emotion into it, dunno why she can just sing a cover normally.
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#630080 - 22/09/05 11:27 AM
Re: Song Covers, the rare gems, and the dismal failures
[Re: Igirisujin]
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hehe, 'Member' huhuh
Registered: 13/07/05
Loc: Behind you. With Jam
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Re: Holding Out For a Hero
Was surprised at Jennifer Saunder's better than expected vocal stylings on the Shrek 2 version...
Speaking of Shrek have you heard the Rufus Wainwright version of 'Halelujah' (on the soundtrack CD not on the film). Just as good as the Jeff Buckley version as (as much as I love it) it can feel rather overwrought at times whereas Rufus's is more natural meloncholia....
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#630082 - 22/09/05 09:23 PM
Re: Song Covers, the rare gems, and the dismal failures
[Re: =Flashpoint=]
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*Property of Pigeon Wigeon*
Registered: 31/07/05
Loc: Locked In Pigeons Chimney
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The Travis cover of 'hit me baby one more time' is awesome. I also think that the Reel Big Fish version of 'Come On Eilene' featuring Save Ferris rocks.
Also Metallica 'Whisky in the Jar' from the Garage Inc album. 
Edited by [noodles] (22/09/05 09:24 PM)
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#630083 - 22/09/05 09:52 PM
Re: Song Covers, the rare gems, and the dismal failures
[Re: [noodles]]
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comfortably numb
Registered: 08/07/04
Loc: The countryside
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I know this a tad off topic from covers but I heard a mashed up version today of Jet's 'Are you gonna be my girl?' and Christina's 'Dirrty'. I don't like either of those songs but it went together well.
For those of you interested, you can get it here.
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#630085 - 23/09/05 01:45 AM
Re: Song Covers, the rare gems, and the dismal failures
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Registered: 16/04/04
Loc: Bogged at CG
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best i ever heard was a local band doing metallica's enter sandman.
They couldn't play the solo, so they all stopped and the singer made all the guitar sounds into the mic.
Funny as hell...
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#630087 - 23/09/05 02:38 AM
Re: Song Covers, the rare gems, and the dismal failures
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Registered: 21/09/05
Loc: Swansea/ROxford
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HIM's cover of Chris Isaaks 'Wicked Game' is good.
Guns version of Cameos 'Word Up' is always a classic too 
Edit: oh. and a failure at the moment is Motley Crue covering Rolling Stones 'Street Fighting Man'. eeeesh, i love the guys..but thats just awful.
Edited by _SkwaiR_ (23/09/05 02:49 AM)
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#630088 - 23/09/05 04:28 AM
Re: Song Covers, the rare gems, and the dismal failures
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member - tee hee "member"
Registered: 06/09/03
Loc: Bethnal Green, London
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Marylin Mansons cover of the Eurthmics "Sweet Dreams"
Smashing Pumpkins cover of "Dancing in the Moonlight"
Rage Against the Machine doing "Kick out the Jams"
Nirvana's cover of Elanor Rigby (yep the beatles tune!)
Dropkick Murphy's doing the "Irish Rover"
I must have hundreds of good covers but they are the best ones that spring to mind at the moment. There's no point covering a song and making it sound like the original!
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#630089 - 23/09/05 04:34 AM
Re: Song Covers, the rare gems, and the dismal failures
[Re: Fearpig]
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hehe, 'Member' huhuh
Registered: 13/07/05
Loc: Behind you. With Jam
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Bis' electroclash version of Joy Division's 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
Tomoyatsu Hotei (the guy who did the Kill Bill theme) version Led Zep's 'Immagrant Song'
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#630090 - 23/09/05 04:54 AM
Re: Song Covers, the rare gems, and the dismal failures
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I wear yellow on monday
Registered: 05/07/05
Loc: Farnham Ahoy
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4Heros version of Les Fleur is much better than the origional.
Cakes version of 'I will survive' is better too.
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#630093 - 23/09/05 07:33 AM
Re: Song Covers, the rare gems, and the dismal failures
[Re: nearly_all_gone]
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Stalking amidst the desert, carrying an oversized scalpel...
Registered: 01/08/05
Loc: Huddersfield + Hull Uni... UK.
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Simon and Garfunkel - Sound of Silence.
Covered by - Atrocity.
Surprisingly enough, I don't think it was butchers. The Atrocity version is slightly more haunting than the original.
Give it a listen.
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#630095 - 24/09/05 11:06 PM
Re: Song Covers, the rare gems, and the dismal failures
[Re: mrFlibble]
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coming to a country near you
Registered: 09/03/04
Loc: home of the tiney toothy bear
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like roarfire said, i heard a mashed up song to(on triple j?) but it was nirvanas smells like teen spirit with the lyrics from some destinies child song, the two matched perfectly, PERFECTLY!!!!!!! it was really quite scary.......
also, triple J(national radio station) has a cd out in aust called "like a version" thats just covers, there are some really good ones on it.
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Tis grand!
al green's soul version of "light my fire"
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