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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2015 at 18:33
Hmm... 

Kiss by Tom Jones.
Song to the Siren by This Mortal Coil
Hurt by Johnny Cash
Gloria by Patti Smith
Dear Prudence by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Wild Thing by The Creatures
Love Will Tear Us Apart (Black Version) by Swans
I'm A Believer by Robert Wyatt
Sorrow by David Bowie
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Zeppelin turned a Memphis Minnie acoustic blues into a prog-blues epic:
 


Described by Chuck Eddy as the Stairway To Hell.
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One of my all time favorites:


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Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Zeppelin turned a Memphis Minnie acoustic blues into a prog-blues epic:
 


Described by Chuck Eddy as the Stairway To Hell.


 
Chuck Eddy is a laughably poor Rolling Stone Magazine nitwit. Have you read any of this tw*t's reviews?
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Ah, another great version of ER:



Everyone knows "Blinded By The Light" but this is another great Springsteen cover:



The Elton John song:
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Ana Popović, Night By Night, live in Amsterdam, 2006, Steely Dan cover






Ana Popović, You Don't Move Me at Live Jazz Tout Heure Festival, France, 2011, Willie Mae Thornton cover








Ana Popović, Navajo Moon  live in Paris 2015, Stevie Ray Vaughan cover.
 
 


Ana Popović, Rain Fall Down live in Lomme, France, 2015, The Rolling Stones cover
 

 

 
Ana Popović and Dweezil Zappa, House Burning Down  live at The Lincoln Theatre, Washington DC, 2014, Jimi Hendrix cover
 




Buddy Guy, Ana Popović and Quinn Sullivan, Voodoo Chile, live at Mammoth Lakes, CA, 2014, Jimi Hendrix cover










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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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and here is the great Barbara Dennerlein (yes, of course I have to mention her) at age 23 doing an absolutely smoking version of Dizzy Gillespie's "A Night in Tunisia" with her band, followed by "A Tribute to Charlie (Parker)", in which she does a terrific bass solo at the beginning




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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Chuck Eddy is a laughably poor Rolling Stone Magazine nitwit. Have you read any of this tw*t's reviews?


What can I say - I think the dude's hilarious.  So sue me.
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Originally posted by zappaholic zappaholic wrote:

Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Chuck Eddy is a laughably poor Rolling Stone Magazine nitwit. Have you read any of this tw*t's reviews?


What can I say - I think the dude's hilarious.  So sue me.
 
I did say he was laughable. Wink
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Smak Foxy Lady,  Jimi Hendrix cover, live in Belgrade 2012





Smak El Doomo, Ellis cover, live in Belgrade 2012






Smak Hit The Road Jack, Ray Charles cover, live in Belgrade 1994





Smak Tabacco Road, John D. Loudermilk cover, from Smak's live album Odliveno, 1992






Smak Crossroads, Robert Johnson cover, live in Kragujevac, 1994
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..originally by the doors


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Written by Kris Kristofferson, it was originally a country hit by Roger Miller. Who remembers that?
 
Bertolt Brecht meets Jim Morrison for a weird pas de deux:
 
 
The Pogues borrowed a Ewan MacColl tune from 1949:
 
 
The Waterboys did a lush rendering of Van Morrison's "Sweet Thing":
 
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Points: 7951 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 31 2015 at 18:23
Yeah, OK, I'm going here - The Cardigan's take on Black Sabbath's `Iron Man', now turned into sultry jazzy lounge pop! A great reinvention that sounds like one of their own tunes now!

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