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Topic: Great Cover Tunes
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Subject: Great Cover Tunes
Date Posted: October 24 2015 at 18:22
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Here's a thread I'm sure we can all apply our thinking caps to: great cover tunes. So many worthwhile songs that someone stole from the original composers, or at least offered a completely different take. I could post hundreds but I'll start with two, one old and one from this century: To say Hendrix stole this one from Dylan is an understatement. The guitar sustain at the end is fabulous! And this one from Rodrigo y Gabriela with a fresh take on Zeppelin (including Gabriela's percussion on the body and fret board of her guitar - how she doesn't have carpal tunnel is beyond me). ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
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Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: October 24 2015 at 20:12
Ha! Except it's Saturday night, it's raining outside and I'm what you could call 'not 100% sober'  I normally could think of a million...I'll come up with two and be back periodically.Oh sh*t, I just remembered this: ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
The Dark Elf wrote:Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: October 25 2015 at 00:39
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------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 25 2015 at 14:48
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This one pooped into my mind at once...love this version. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 25 2015 at 14:51
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One of my favorite covers.... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 25 2015 at 15:20
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Here's three offbeat ones. In the first, Alice Cooper electrifies Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim's West Side Story: In the second, the Cowboy Junkies do a wonderfully barbiturate-laced slow drag of a Velvet Underground tune: On the far end of the drug spectrum, David Bowie's spastically cocaine-fueled take on the Stones: ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: October 25 2015 at 18:53
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------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: October 26 2015 at 09:08
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Just a shout-out to my almost-homeboys: ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: twalsh
Date Posted: October 26 2015 at 13:49
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A funkier, more metal version of Back in Black by Living Color. The fact that the band is all black has some interesting lyrical implications too. ------------- More heavy prog, please! |
Posted By: twalsh
Date Posted: October 26 2015 at 13:58
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BTW, love the Spooky Tooth Cover of "Walrus" ------------- More heavy prog, please! |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 26 2015 at 14:57
I like the Fudge version of the Supremes hit....I still have that original vinyl. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: October 26 2015 at 18:11
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Buddy Miles |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 26 2015 at 20:05
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Joe Cocker stole this so thoroughly, it put the original band, The Boxtops, out of business. One of my favorite Beatles covers: One can't take away anything from the Al Green original, but Talking Heads do an interesting take: ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: October 26 2015 at 20:49
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: October 26 2015 at 22:17
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------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 27 2015 at 01:23
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: October 27 2015 at 06:53
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Speaking of the Fudge's "Hangin' On" cover, here's another that's slooooowed down: This one's not so much slowed down, but it's heavy as hell: ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: October 27 2015 at 20:03
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Juicy Lucy, the first band I saw at Bill Graham's Fillmore East in 1970. |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: October 27 2015 at 22:02
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So many vids (as expected). t a k e a b r e a t h t h r e a d ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 30 2015 at 17:53
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Some of the greatest blues covers: Zeppelin turned a Memphis Minnie acoustic blues into a prog-blues epic: Ray Charles, meet the amplified mayhem of screaming Steve Marriot: Elmore James would've been proud of these boys: ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 30 2015 at 18:33
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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 ------------- What? |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: October 30 2015 at 18:48
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: October 30 2015 at 18:50
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: October 30 2015 at 20:00
Described by Chuck Eddy as the Stairway To Hell. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: October 30 2015 at 21:51
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One of my all time favorites: -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 30 2015 at 22:56
Chuck Eddy is a laughably poor Rolling Stone Magazine nitwit. Have you read any of this tw*t's reviews? ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: October 30 2015 at 23:17
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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: ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: October 30 2015 at 23:58
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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 |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: October 31 2015 at 02:41
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------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: October 31 2015 at 03:11
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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 ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: October 31 2015 at 13:39
What can I say - I think the dude's hilarious. So sue me. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 31 2015 at 13:51
I did say he was laughable.  ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 31 2015 at 14:17
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: October 31 2015 at 15:04
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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 |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: October 31 2015 at 15:59
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..originally by the doors ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: Replayer
Date Posted: October 31 2015 at 16:52
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 31 2015 at 18:04
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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": ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: October 31 2015 at 18:17
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: October 31 2015 at 18:23
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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! |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: October 31 2015 at 18:25
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: November 01 2015 at 04:18
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I know you'll all hate this but here is a cover of Eleanor Rigby by Australian Band Zoot in 1970. It''s fairly heavy for it's time. It was a big hit here and I actually bought the single (I was 11). The band has Rick (Jessie's Girl) Springfield on lead and Beeb Birtles (Little River Band) on bass. I actually love it!!! Here it is.... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 01 2015 at 04:28
hate it?! No way, this cover is fantastic, thanks for posting it!  |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 01 2015 at 04:36
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: November 01 2015 at 05:44
sorry, but i don't like this version at all. where is the tragedy in the music which clearly is in the lyrics? the cover version by Vanilla Fudge is much much better ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 01 2015 at 06:05
the Vanilla Fudge cover is better than this one, I agree but I still liked this Zoot cover but then I like this kinda 70s hard rock sound. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: November 01 2015 at 07:11
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I like the 70s hard--rock sound as well. but that style is not fit for this song ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: November 01 2015 at 07:16
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The Who Young Man Blues, Mose Allison cover, live at Charlton 1974 The Who Summertime Blues, Eddie Cohran cover, live at Kilburn 1977 The Who Twist And Shout, The Top Notes cover, live in Toronto 1982 |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: November 01 2015 at 07:58
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------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: November 01 2015 at 08:42
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the idea of Mother Gong doing a Genesis cover is weird in the first place, and the result is as weird as was to be expected. thanks for posting this; I thought I had heard everything of Mother Gong. apparently not ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: November 01 2015 at 09:49
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^They pick a song from From Genesis To Revelation to boot. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: November 01 2015 at 12:17
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: November 01 2015 at 12:31
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Buddy Guy doing a fine, fuzzy job of Hendrix: I prefer Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac version, but everyone knows the Santana one: Jeff Beck's jazzy version of The Beatles: ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: November 01 2015 at 17:58
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My Morning Jacket, White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane cover My Morning Jacket with Eddie Wedder, A Quick One While He's Away , The Who cover |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: November 01 2015 at 21:56
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 02 2015 at 00:13
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 08:05
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t a k e a n o t h e r b r e a t h ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 08:21
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There's an actual music video for this but I can't find it: ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 08:31
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 08:47
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The Picketts, Baba O'Riley, The Who cover |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 03 2015 at 14:56
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Bryan Ferry did at least 2 solo albums of covers that were pretty good imho.....These Foolish Things and Another Time Another Place.
I like this one....the great Wetton on bass. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: November 05 2015 at 09:53
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------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: November 05 2015 at 10:32
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Eric Clapton, Eyesight To The Blind, Sony Boy Williamson cover Elton John, Pinball Wizard, The Who cover The Who, Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting), Elton John cover |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: November 05 2015 at 10:38
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: November 05 2015 at 11:43
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Always really liked Helloween's 'Hocus Pocus' cover.
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: November 05 2015 at 11:49
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: November 05 2015 at 12:19
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The Rolling Stones, Ain't Too Proud To Beg, The Temptations cover The Rolling Stones, Just My Imagination, The Temptations cover The Rolling Stones, I Don't Know Why I Love You Baby, Stevie Wonder cover |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: November 06 2015 at 09:54
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This is a cover of the Carpenters song which was a cover itself: ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: November 07 2015 at 00:32
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Roger Daltrey, Say It Ain't So, Joe Murray Head cover Roger Daltrey, Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen & E-Street Band cover |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: November 07 2015 at 16:10
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: November 07 2015 at 16:36
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Three epic blues covers! Alvin Lee's version of Sonny Boy Williamson is monumental: Eric Clapton and Duane Allman's towering take of Big Bill Broonzy: Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac show their reverence for Elmore James (and don't even need amps or mics!): ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: November 08 2015 at 22:38
This is a collection of cover songs put out in 2005. I thought they were all done very well. There are too many to post videos so I'll just list the titles. I Am The Walrus I Can See For Miles Can't Find My Way Home It Don't Make Sense I Don't Need No Doctor One Way Out A Salty Dog Summer In The City Manic Depression Talkin' About The Good Times Locomotive Breath Find The Cost Of Freedom Wishing Well Blue Collar Man (extended version)
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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: November 09 2015 at 06:32
This Syd Barrett cover by Gilmour, is so beautiful and touches me emotionally.   I think Gilmour never sang this high before |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: November 09 2015 at 06:49
Sting and Robert Downey Jr - Driven to Tears  Downey Jr. sings most of it, thus qualifies as covering a song, I think. |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: November 09 2015 at 06:59
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: November 09 2015 at 07:01
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At some point in your life you may wish for more banjo. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: November 09 2015 at 07:05
Nirvana doing a cover of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World 
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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: November 09 2015 at 07:10
hahahaha that banjo is not bad actually hahaha! Vocalist is awful
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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: November 09 2015 at 07:14
This is seriously good! Red Hot Chilli Pipers playing on bagpipes - Smoke On The Water and Thunderstruck Cover It's smokin' brilliant, rocks! bounce, bounce, happy bounce....  |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: November 09 2015 at 14:52
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The Elvis song: The Dylan song: ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: November 11 2015 at 06:26
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Elton John, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, The Beatles cover, TOTP 1974 |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: November 13 2015 at 01:23
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Another big Aussie hit in 1969. Apologies for my Aussie parochialism but here, in my opinion, this is a better version of Dear Prudence than The Beatles'. This is by Doug Parkinson in Focus.
I have no doubt you'll disagree with my sentiments. Doug Parkinson's
vocals are superb and much more ballsy and emotional than Lennon's
(....ducking for cover!). |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: November 13 2015 at 01:36
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Mannfred Mann's Earth Band, Blinded by the Light, Bruce Springsteen cover |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: November 13 2015 at 17:09
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: November 13 2015 at 17:35
Great cover, Dwill, but I really love this version by Leon Russell, George Harrison and friends: ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: November 13 2015 at 18:13
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I grew to hate Sultans of Swing after it got played to death on the radio, but someone recently sent me this flamenco version and I rediscovered a song I now love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGgl1dWoLLA&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGgl1dWoLLA&feature=youtu.be Tommy Emmanuel, John Jorgenson, Pedro Javier González
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Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: November 13 2015 at 21:19
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Doc Severinsen from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson doing ITCOTCK: ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 14 2015 at 01:40
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: November 14 2015 at 07:14
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 14 2015 at 08:23
Cool version.....love his vocal; sounds a bit like Leslie West there. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 14 2015 at 08:28
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Oh....and the Doc Severinsen ITCOTCK was also very cool......our family watched Carson every night and enjoyed Doc's musical bits. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 14 2015 at 08:31
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: November 14 2015 at 08:32
That reminded me of this: ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: November 14 2015 at 08:37
Pretty close to the original but still better than the April Wine and Ozzy Osbourne versions. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 14 2015 at 08:49
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I heard that Suck version of KC some years back ...my friend Tom collected weird psych rock bands and that was on an album he had....not bad in the scheme of things. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: November 14 2015 at 08:53
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This is a wonderful version and they have 2 albums out doing various KC songs.....great acoustic jazz versions ; highly recommended if you like easy jazz. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 14 2015 at 09:16
Saxon and Voivod did KC covers as well, pretty good stuff.
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Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: November 15 2015 at 08:29
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The White Stripes song: The En Vogue song: The Depeche Mode song "Enjoy The Silence": ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: November 15 2015 at 09:12
| Depeche Mode covered by metal or rock bands sounds great, I've heard several covers |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: November 16 2015 at 23:28
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Jan Garbarek & Bobo Stenson Quartet, Hasta Siempre, Carlos Puebla cover
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Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: November 19 2015 at 00:13
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The greatest cover of all (!). Richard Thompson covers Britney Spears' Oops I Did It Again! |