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Dutch group Zoo's album includes a Beatles medley called "Dedicated To You All", including:
  • We Can Work It Out
  • Norwegian Wood
  • Day Tripper
  • Baby You're A Rich Man
  • Got To Get You Into My Life
  • Eight Days A Week
It starts at 18:55.
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I love how Gryphon stretched out the melody on Mother Nature's Son.....it's a reason to own the Raindance album.

Peter Gabriel doing SFF makes me wish he'd have copped a few Beatles tunes when he was touring with the New Blood Orchestra.

Yes doing Every Little Things....Peter Banks!

Herbie Mann turns Norwegian Wood into organic trance on the Whirling Dervishes album.....just had it on the turntable and had to give a mention.
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Arjen Lucassen covered 'For no one' and 'Norwegian Wood' in his album called "Strange Hobby".
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Points: 2601 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2016 at 03:41
Thank you Frank. A medley.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As8sgFPLKX0


I once heard a compilation of soul covers of Beatles tunes. Varied from good to mildly awful. I mean Daytripper without the riff. The thing disappeared.

Blue Oyster Cult do a fantastic version of I Want You.

Yes had a go with I'm Down. Got that on a bootleg somewhere...
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The band B For Bang did an album with Beatles covers called "Across the Universe of Languages", which we have and like very much. Here some live examples of them:













And a video from recording "Dear Prudence" for their album:


And here is their version of "Julia" from their album:



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Originally posted by uduwudu uduwudu wrote:

Yes had a go with I'm Down. Got that on a bootleg somewhere...
Forgot about that one, I think it's on the YesYears box set.
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Dream Theater - Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End

This has Charlie Dominici on vocals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dxn3tclcp4

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Originally posted by Prog Snob Prog Snob wrote:

Dream Theater - Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End

This has Charlie Dominici on vocals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dxn3tclcp4

Well that wasn't too bad until they got to "Carry that weight" then I had to stop it.

This is much better



They even do the medley in the original order!
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Blue Oyster Cult do a fantastic version of I Want You.

Wow, that must be really something as BÖC never suck. They took "Born to Be Wild" in another dimension. Exists a video ?

Thanks for info.
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Originally posted by DDPascalDD DDPascalDD wrote:

Don't forget Rick Wakeman, he covered The Beatles multiple times (if memory serves well...)
That's right, he even recorded an entire album consisting of instrumental versions of Beatles covers! It was the appropriately-named Tribute from 1997.
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Steve Hillage: It's All Too Much. One of my favourite Beatles songs. I prefer the original but this is good.
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Originally posted by Son.of.Tiresias Son.of.Tiresias wrote:

Blue Oyster Cult do a fantastic version of I Want You.

Wow, that must be really something as BÖC never suck. They took "Born to Be Wild" in another dimension. Exists a video ?

Thanks for info.




This is correct. BOC never suck and they do own (so to speak) Born To Be Wild. Not that there's much wrong with Steppenwolf's original; very cool.

The track is a live recording on the Rarities compilation in the box set. Very well worth it by the way. The first 3 are remastered (again and with a slew of extra tracks which, for once, actually add to the albums in a positive way). OYFOOYK is remastered but the live gem is Some Enchanted Evening, extended and with a DVD of BOC in glorious 1978 TV mono. And it has Astronomy. There are mp3 downloads of four gigs none of which have Astronomy although there is a CD compiling the best of these. Nothing else has been remastered.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:


Well that wasn't too bad until they got to "Carry that weight" then I had to stop it.

This is much better



They even do the medley in the original order!


Agreed. The version you posted is much better. I really just think that anything Neal Morse touches is gold. He's in my Top 5 musical minds list.
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Vanilla Fudge does a great psych prog of Eleanor Rigby
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Points: 6632 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2016 at 02:44
Check out amazing band Tatran playing Strawberry Fields Forever...
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Martin Barre does a hard rock version of Eleanor Rigby on his latest album "Back To Steel".

Here is a live version:
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Points: 1781 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 05 2016 at 03:51
...........and Adrian Belew with "If I Fell"
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....and I know they are not on PA (but they should). Here is Living Colour with Tomorrow Never Knows.....
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Not a Beatles cover but a Beatles tribute single called "Come Back Beatles" by Irish Celtic prog legends Horslips. Who released this as a single during the height of their prog days (around Book of Invasions i.e. 1975 or 76) and under the name "Lipstick". Side B was an instrumental called "The Fab Four Four"! The Lips did have a great sense of humour! Here's "Come Back Beatles"..............
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Points: 4596 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2016 at 14:32
I love Beatles covers and have been doing them for years...here are some of my most recent ones.  These all have analog synths taking the main melody and chords with Rick 4001 fuzz bass and drums to give it that rocky feel...enjoy Wink

Strawberry Fields

Lovely Rita

Martha My Dear


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Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987
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