The Cover Shtick

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Don't feel bad, I'd never heard it until South Park.  I still prefer Cartman's version to Gaga's.

 

Also, I suspect Mike Patton made a deal with the devil at some point, because he looks 20 years younger than everyone else in the band.

[Burgundy LaRue]

Montel Jordan's cover of What You Won't Do For Love from NY Undercover. 

 That is fucking sweet.  Why was this never released on A Night At Natalie's?

 This version by Jessie Ware is the bee's knees, too.

 

[ChuckScumm]

 

This is awesome.

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I have little use for Prince or REM, but take Michael Stipe out of the picture and replace him with Warren Zevon, and you get this:

 

http://youtu.be/61PgHobvCYs

[J.T.]

Is it a cover if you cover your dad's song?

 

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Yes, and it's great.  Here's another cover of the same song, in a totally different vein: it's a capella, except for Mike Keneally's guitar solo.

 

[Ace]

Is it a cover if you cover your dad's song?

 

I'm not as familiar with the original as the cover, but I never noticed how blatantly it sounds like late 80s Alice Cooper.

[J.T.]

Not sure about 80's Alice Cooper, but there is certainly quite the 80's Hair Metal influence in the guitar stylings.

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[Ben]

Tool - "46 and 2" covered by teens and tweens. Much better than expected. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYKLvYGqaC0

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So here's a different take on the Doctor Who theme.

 

[Burgundy LaRue]

I have little use for Prince or REM

 

WEIRDO!

[ChuckScumm]

One of Rob Feinstein's idols being covered by HULK HOGAN & Green Jelly. HEY NOW! The Great Muta's in a music video!

 

[Leonidas]

Similar thread on the old board had this in it:

 

 

My childhood brain exploded seeing this one:

 

 

Found this one recently, love it. 

 

http://youtu.be/LRHGHVmGTOI

[Andrew POE!]

Not sure what I think about this:

 

http://youtu.be/dgCt6maER7s

 

[george young]

http://youtu.be/ainyK6fXku0

[Ace]

[Nature Boy Beavis]

 

Is it a cover if you cover your dad's song?

 

 

reminded me of these :

 

 

 

[driver]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Ejy3xW9qI

[Kyle Casey]

Here is probably my favorite cover of Enjoy the Silence: http://youtu.be/uinh17pK7uE Maynard James Keenan and Steven Drozd covering Rocket Man...Didn't expect that...

 

[Kyle Casey]

 

Also, this happened and it was awesome. I will not hear otherwise.

 

 

The Jeff Healey Band also knocked White Room out of the park.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay8Vs78Ydd4

 

I can't find an HD quality YouTube vid of the scene from Roadhouse where Jeff just goes apeshit while they are playing an instrumental version of White Room.

 

 

This is what happens when you go through a thread in reverse.

 

Here's Demons and Wizards (A mix of Blind Guardian and Iced Earth) covering White Room

 

http://youtu.be/-ZOD30KHGDU

 

I could go on and on with these, but I think 6 or 7 posts in a row of these might be a bit much, so I'll just do more later

[Kyle Casey]

Oh, well...Here's Little Dragon doing "Here Comes the Rain Again" (at 8:27) by the Eurythmics:

 

 

They Might Be Giants cover Tubthumping (at 1:17), and it is AWESOME:

 

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[Kyle Casey]

I've always thought this one was better than the original:

 

http://youtu.be/HVc8hXNoSyM

 

And, as the resident Jethro Tull mark around here, I would be remiss if I didn't include this:

 

[Rev Ray]

I heard this last night as I put that hammer down and gave it hell as I was heading through the Adirondaks.  I could barely get any channels and I hit a program called the Latin Alternative on a public radio station.  They were playing a bunch latin cover songs and they played this.  It was pretty trippy:

 

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And there's always string quartet covers of Slayer songs:

 

 

Living Colour covering Sunshine of Your Love

 

 

A girl's chorus covering Rammstein.  So creepy, they used this version for a movie trailer (I think the Possessed)