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Posted: March 29 2012 at 00:20
The Hemulen wrote:
The Glee thread got me thinking about examples of bands taking a song which may or may not have been good to begin with, and by putting their own spin on it really transform it into something better, or at least just as good as the original. My personal favourite example of this is (predictably enough) Cardiacs' exuberant take on Dave Davis' 1967 single "Susannah's Still Alive". Whilst the original's none too shabby (as you'd expect from the Kinks), I think Tim Smith and co. really kick it up a notch or two with their arrangement.
Here's the original:
And here's the Cardiacs version:
Can you think of any other examples? All genres permitted.
Not saying that these are better than the Cardiacs' originals, but I sure do like them:
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Posted: January 22 2012 at 11:41
2dogs wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
THe Sisters did a lot of great covers of songs you might not expect so they couldn't help but bring something different to the party.
I used to go to quite a few Sisters concerts and those were the two I thought of straight away. I also remember them doing Gimme Shelter, Knocking On Heaven's Door and of course 1969 by the Stooges.
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Posted: January 22 2012 at 10:58
Dean wrote:
...let's be honest here, any cover of Europe's original would have been an improvement, which brings me to...
I was figuring Laibach would feature here while reading this post on my Kindle in bed with none of the YouTube clips showing - but had never heard the Toy Dolls version
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Posted: January 22 2012 at 10:52
akamaisondufromage wrote:
THe Sisters did a lot of great covers of songs you might not expect so they couldn't help but bring something different to the party.
I used to go to quite a few Sisters concerts and those were the two I thought of straight away. I also remember them doing Gimme Shelter, Knocking On Heaven's Door and of course 1969 by the Stooges.
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Posted: January 22 2012 at 09:47
Listen to the Beatles "Live At The Star Club" In Hamburg and tracks like "Red Hot" or "I'm Going to Sit Right Down and Cry Over You". They took these rockabilly songs and turned it into more high speed hard rocking pounding songs. It's a stark contrast to what they were doing with Please Please Me.
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