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And a great cover of a so-so Genesis song Smile
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Kendra Morris nails SOYCD in under five minutes!
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Originally posted by essexboyinwales essexboyinwales wrote:

Dan Reed Network’s funky cover of Pink Floyd’s money is waaasy better than the original (which always feels out of place on DSOTM)
The instrumental version of 'Money' by the Serbian experimental metal band Organic Toy is, in my opinion, way more awesome than the funky rendition from Dan Reed Network.
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another Money cover Big smile
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Lizzy Mercier Descloux covering "Fire" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown on   Serge Gainsbourg's show "Midi Première". Doesn't get much cooler than that. I couldn't tell you which version I prefer. Both are awesome:
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Martin Barre's Band has covered quite a few songs, and made them quite interesting, to say the least. Eleanor Rigby is one of those. Interesting arrangements and quite pleasant.
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The cover of '21st Century Schizoid Man' by the LA trio Fuzz is pretty solid as a heavy psych piece, but honestly, nothing really compares to the original studio version!
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Black Midi's cover of '21st Century Schizoid Man' is also very good.
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Pyramid Song arranged for violin, cello, harp and and eight voices. Oh my god, they created something perfect from something perfect:
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The first version of "Born To Be Wild" that I'd heard was on Slade's "Slade Alive!", and there is also a version of the song on Blue Öyster Cult's "On Your Feet Or On Your Knees". I prefer both of these to Steppenwolf's original.
 
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A ghostfolky version of "Moonchild" by Marissa Nadler. Perfect whenever you're not in the mood for those six minutes of (very pretty) noodling
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Toronto's hard-rock outfit with a female lead, Blood Ceremony, totally nailed their rendition of Jethro Tull's 'New Day Yesterday.' This cover found its place on the V/A compilation album, 'Something in the Water,' which dropped in 2013 through Rise Above Records and Record Collector Magazine; the album is packed with some rare tracks and features beautiful artwork by renowned NYC illustrator Arik Roper.
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I have cheched out various music and found some really wonderful to my tastes music.

Here is "Igor Krutogolov's Toy Orchestra plays live "A Little God In My Hands" by SWANS"




I won't say that I prefer it to the Swans original, but it is fun.

And I really like this cover of Swans' "Killing for Company" (a fave of mine by Swans) by synth and dream poppy-band Tempers. I like how different it sounds.



Edited by Logan - December 04 2024 at 09:21
Duos for fave acts
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Hi,

I think I'm going back to The Portsmouth Sinfonia!

On second thought, I'm going to play Seasonings 1/2 TSP by PDQ Bach.

Some of the stuff here is not ... nice ... one listen to Stackridge doing the Beatles ... and at least you can say ... that's good! Progressive, or BS or not! 


Edited by moshkito - December 04 2024 at 12:01
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Since 21st Century Schizoid Man was mentioned, have to bring up Shining's cover:


In terms of bands whose covers beat the original, I usually like Manfred Mann's covers better than the original. Blinded by the Light being the classic example
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Originally posted by TheGazzardian TheGazzardian wrote:

Since 21st Century Schizoid Man was mentioned, have to bring up Shining's cover:


In terms of bands whose covers beat the original, I usually like Manfred Mann's covers better than the original. Blinded by the Light being the classic example

Their cover of Beatles - Hey Bulldog is awesome! Big smile
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Originally posted by TheGazzardian TheGazzardian wrote:

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In terms of bands whose covers beat the original, I usually like Manfred Mann's covers better than the original. Blinded by the Light being the classic example
hi,

MM always did someone that he thought had better lyrics, or was an important writer. 

Bob Dylan was his favorite in every album. The Bruce stood up for one album, and it was a better version than the original. And then he did Mike Heron. And I think he went back to Bob Dylan ... honestly, these are the best and most "caring" of just about any covers ... some of them beautifully done.

Bob Dylan certainly has his followers ... Sandy Denny was a huge fan and did many of his songs. And even Brian Ferry did the same.


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Dream Theater always does a nice job covering King Crimson!
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

Dream Theater always does a nice job covering King Crimson!

Yes, that's really good, I have the 3CD pack of BC&SL. The Iron Maiden cover is great too and also kudos for not butchering that Queen song. Most Queen covers suck, the good ones are really rare. Smile
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^Yeah. The NIN cover of "Get Down Make Love" makes me wonder if Queen were still around, whether they would cover "Closer" in return. Could you imagine Freddie Mercury belting out "I wanna f#ck you like an animal ... you get me closer to God"?

Anyway, here's the NIN cover of Queen.
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