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    Posted: 54 minutes ago at 11:57
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! 


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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.



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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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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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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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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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Black Midi's cover of '21st Century Schizoid Man' is also very good.




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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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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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Saperlipopette! Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 6 hours 54 minutes ago at 05:57
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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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 7 hours 18 minutes ago at 05:33
another Money cover Big smile

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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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Kendra Morris nails SOYCD in under five minutes!

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And a great cover of a so-so Genesis song Smile

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 9 hours 23 minutes ago at 03:28
Love this cover of one of my favorite songs from Pink Floyd. 

I might have posted this cover before, but it's worthy. Tongue
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote essexboyinwales Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 hours 40 minutes ago at 02:11
Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

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)


Out of place?

I always thought going from "Time" to "Money" made a lot of cents.


LOL
It also made a lot of sense, because DSOTM has a perfect flow. 


I’ve always felt that the musical style of Money just doesn’t quite fit with the rest of the album - I don’t dislike it☺️
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Originally posted by Starshiper Starshiper wrote:

Well, it seems Swedish heavy-metal band Ghost has managed to pull
off a cover of "Jesus He Knows Me" that utterly eclipses the original by
Genesis—who knew they had it in them?




Ghost do fantastic covers, and this certainly is a good one!
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Brand new cover from Motorpsycho here. I like both this version and the original quite a bit:

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Saperlipopette! Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 hours 44 minutes ago at 23:07
I have posted the first one in an older thread with an overlapping theme. One of my favorite cover versions ever, but I love the original too. Actually kind of true-or close to the original, but still very unique:



I just wish Cécile McLorin Salvant's jazzy/ghostly version of Wuthering Heights was longer:



-Also I think Brad Mehldau's whole double album Jacob's Ladder is amazing. He interpretates Rush (Tom Sawyer and Jacobs Ladder) Gentle Giant (Cogs in Cogs) and Yes (Starship Trooper). His latter version is perhaps my favorite. A version of spinetingling beauty, of a song I never cared all that much about. I learned just now that the amazing Cécile McLorin Salvant is a guest singer on it. To me everything on this album surpass the original material. Not that its nessecarely "better", but I'm personally more engaged. I only genuinely loved the original of Cogs in Cogs on beforehand, so this album has made me appreciate Rush and Yes more than before. And it still grows with every listen:



Not exactly a prog cover, but they are both represented at PA, so: Tori Amos / Trevor Horn covering Kendrick Lamar's Swimming Pools (Drank) made me aware of the depth of that song in a very touching way:



In 2014 I saw Slowdive perform a 10-minute + version of Syd Barrett's Golden Hair live, and it was sublime. I have a early 90's studio-and a Peel Session-version, (plus an arguably better sounding long live version than the one underneath). But this live take from the same tour as I saw them them, shows this blue haired girl crying all the way through the song "went viral" and was a part of Slowdive's ressurection. Once dismissed and butchered by critics in the wake of Grunge, but a little like GY!BE - a whole new generation connect with them. So they are more popular now than they ever were:   



Finally perhaps The Residents one true song of pure unabashed beauty: their version of Hank Williams Six More Miles (to the Graveyard) feel like it's totally undistanced and unironic...



-I don't know if I'm replying in the correct way. But if I do, I probably have loads of similar "takes". As I kind of collect them.
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I just stumbled upon this video and could have posted it on the Peter Sinfield thread. Toyah and Robert Fripp talk about Greg Lake and his Xmas classic. The whole of Toyah's cover is shown at the end of the video. I well remember it when it came out and was so pleased that a major pop artist liked this. Always had a high opinion of her since. She is lovely and Robert is a very 'Lucky Man' (see what I did there lol)


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