Covers!
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Topic: Covers!
Posted By: paolo.beenees
Subject: Covers!
Date Posted: November 04 2007 at 18:23
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I've just listened to "Un gioco senza età" (literarily: "an ageless game") by the Italian melodic female singer Ornella Vanoni. The song was recorded around 1972. It seems that's got nothing to do with prog but... that's a cover of Genesis's White Mountain!!!
Do you know any other any other odd prog cover by absolutely non-prog artists? ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 05 2007 at 03:44
Bette Midler - Here Comes the Flood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr9OPrxK560 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr9OPrxK560 - played straight - an absolute gem. 
Coal Chamber featuring Ozzy - Shock The Monkey ... now, I'm not a violent man, but pass the shot-gun  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 05 2007 at 03:57
| I think there have been some deeply objectionable covers of classics like "Smoke on the Water" or "Stairway to Heaven", and I think everybody remembers that utterly cloying version of "Light My Fire" by a guy whose name I can't even remember. In Seventies Italy, as Paolo pointed out, covering British rock classics was quite the thing to do - one band we have here, I Dik Dik, covered "Nights in White Satin" with the title "Ho difeso il mio amore" (I Defended My Love). |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: November 05 2007 at 04:00
"21st Century Schizoid Man" covered by Ozzy Osbourne on his "Prince of Darkness" box-set. Not bad!  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 05 2007 at 04:22
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prog by nature was almost pointless to try to cover, especially by a non-prog band... what, yer gonna do 'Back in NYC' for the hell of it? |
Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: November 05 2007 at 05:10
Anyway, I really like Jeff Buckley's cover of that song! -------------
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Atavachron wrote:Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: November 05 2007 at 05:20
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Follow You,Follow Me (Genesis) covered by Red House Painters. ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: Pablo_P
Date Posted: November 05 2007 at 05:26
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Saxon (a NWOBHM legend) made a great version of The Court Of The Crimson King (it appears on the album "Killing Ground") Entombed (swedish death metal band) made their version of 21st Century Schizoid Man (probably it's not even more brutal than the original...) ... but there are many more... ------------- Pablo P. |
Posted By: Starvsnr
Date Posted: November 05 2007 at 10:10
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http://www.coversproject.com/ - http://www.coversproject.com/ Of coarse it does not have EVERY cover, but a pretty good database. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: November 05 2007 at 21:08
My nomination for most inane cover is William Shatner's rendition of Rocket Man at a 1978 science fiction award ceremony. Don't follow the link unless ye be brave and pure of heart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbv6r_tKnE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVbv6r_tKnE
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Posted By: sean
Date Posted: November 05 2007 at 23:35
I don't know, Shatner's cover of Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds is pretty bad too. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: November 06 2007 at 00:16
| Shatner is just the artist who keeps on giving. But the thing about the Rocketman cover is that it suckers you into thinking time and again that it can't get any worse, and then suddenly it does. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 06 2007 at 00:29
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^ those performances are sheer comic gold |
Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: November 06 2007 at 02:11
The Red House Painters version of that song can bring tears to your eyes. Actually all their songs can bring tears to your eyes. Thank you for mentioning them Man Erg.  ------------- DEATH TO FALSE PROG! |
Posted By: rudderhead
Date Posted: March 07 2008 at 18:32
| Pablo P, I like Saxons version of In the court of the ....., but April Wine also made a version of 21st century schizoid man |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: March 07 2008 at 23:37
My GOD, I feel like I may die of shame!
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 00:51
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Marc Almond of Soft Cell recorded an album which consisted exclusively of Peter Hammill covers in the late 80s or early 90s. I have forgotten the name though; I only picked it up because I read the name "Hammill" on it. there were 12-14 songs on it, if I remember right. I almost bought it out of curiosity, but then thought I'd rather not
-------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 04:07
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^ Interesting and curious. I've searched the interweb but can't find anything about it, I found an interview with Peter H where he refers to two covers Almond: Just Good Friends and Vision:
"The person who has actually covered things, Marc Almond, did two. Even as an established when he did Good Friends, he and his producer, whoever it was, were intimidated by the original production, so there's nothing changed in it. But the version of Vision is quite radically different and actually quite interesting."
I have found a live version of Vision: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk4RYdhh34A - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk4RYdhh34A ------------- What? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 04:11
And here's a curious Genesis cover... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86PM0elnRU0 - Land of Confusion
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 04:23
I did a search too, with the same result. but I am absolutely sure about it ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: rudderhead
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 16:28
| DId Marc Almond cover Peter Hammil? That Sucks!! The unvoideble consequence. Totall Anni......Tainted Love. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 08 2008 at 17:18
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I still can't find the name of the Marc Almond album with the Hammill covers, but I found this Hammill quote: Peter Hammill ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: March 09 2008 at 08:17
Vision is on Torment and Toreros, Just Good Friends is on A Woman's Story. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: March 09 2008 at 08:24
yes, but there was a whole album of Hammill covers by Mark Almond which I almost bought once, and I can't find it anymore ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: March 11 2008 at 09:57
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Don't know about that one but I'll ask my brother, he's a big Marc Almond fan. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: March 12 2008 at 03:45
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Cradle of Filth totally ruined Iron Maiden's Hallowed be Thy Name. A band named The Showdown did a decent cover of Kansas' Carry On, Wayward Son, off the album Temptation Come My Way. ------------- 
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Posted By: Axe/Hatchet/Saw
Date Posted: November 07 2008 at 02:01
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Back in NYC - Genesis by Jeff Buckley
Statless - King Crimson by Naoto Shibata
21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson by Voivod
Have a Cigar - Pink Floyd by Primus and Foo Fighters
C'est La Vie - ELP by Nightingale
On the Turning Away - Pink Floyd by Richie Havens
Dogs of War - Pink Floyd by Laibach
Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull by W.A.S.P.
State of Independence - Jon & Vangelis by Moodswing with Chrissie Hynde on vocals
Ocean Gypsy - Renaissance by Blackmore's Night
Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 - Pink Floyd by Korn and Class of '99
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel by Erasure and Sarah McLachlan
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd by Human Drama and Widespread Panic
I Talk to the Wind - King Crimson by Opus III
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd by David Bowie
The Yes Medley - Yes by Happy Rhodes
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield by Book of Love
Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd by Kittie
Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues by Eric Burdon and Elkie Brooks
The Spirit of Radio - Rush by Premonition
Carry on Wayward Son - Kansas by Yngwie Malmsteen
Carpet Crawlers - Genesis by Human Drama
Dust in the Wind - Kansas by Scorpions and Sarah Brightman
Goodbye Blue Sky - Pink Floyd by Ann Wilson
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson by Lana Lane
The Wall - Kansas by Lana Lane
Ashes are Burning - Renaissance by Faith & Disease
The entire The Wall - Pink Floyd by Luther Wrights & the Wrongs
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Posted By: Axe/Hatchet/Saw
Date Posted: November 07 2008 at 02:06
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High Hopes - Pink Floyd by Nightwish
Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd by Voivod
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel by Il Nino
Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 - Pink Floyd - Korn
Mama - Genesis by Angra and Tarot
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd by Thelma Houston, Graham Parker and Scissor Sisters
Interstellar Overdrive - Pink Floyd by Pearl Jam
Anthem - Rush by Yngwie Malmsteen
What Your're Doing - Rush by Skid Row
Cross-eyed Mary - Jethro Tull by Iron Maiden
Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull by Helloween and Styx
Rainbow Blues - Jethro Tull by Blackmore's Night
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: November 14 2008 at 12:19
Is that the magnificient Phil Pope of the Heebee Geebees doing the cover? If you can find it, seek out the Heeebee Geebee's Never Mind The Originals Here's The Heebee Geebees. Here Phil Pope well outshines Weird Al for pastiches of rock songs, e.g. Boring Song by Status Quid (pt on Status Quo), Meaningless Songs In Very High Voices (the Heebees pt on The Bee Gees) ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: November 14 2008 at 12:25
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And unless it it gets forgotten:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VXVdNKciP94 - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VXVdNKciP94
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rEUpKzoEW-E&feature=related - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rEUpKzoEW-E&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TsS811o21-k&feature=related - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TsS811o21-k&feature=related ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 14 2008 at 12:26
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^ I'm pretty sure that's US heavy metal band The Disturbed ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbed%29 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbed)
But I love the Heebee Geebees - though I think Angus Deayton (centre) is probably trying to forget them
![[HeeBeeGeeBees.jpg]](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dm9ALdQh_Dw/RcdW3AzByJI/AAAAAAAAABY/iVrEgD6oXaQ/s1600/HeeBeeGeeBees.jpg "[HeeBeeGeeBees.jpg]") ------------- What? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 14 2008 at 12:33
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^ The Heebee Geebees were regulars on Spitting Image - hence the source of confusion.
I particularly like their PeeCee's Too Depressed To Commit Suicide:
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: November 14 2008 at 12:41
There are a couple of Heebee songs on the BBC Records release of the radio show Radioactive. (The LP hasa couple of releatively weak Phil Pope tunes. However, from the radio comedy series, my favourite was Pil Pope delicious mickey take of Squeeze's Up The Junction. Here retitled Up The Club - with lines such as "I took precautions, I gave her a false name"). We were lead to believe here in the radio station, that the follow up to Never Mind The Originals, had a court injunction slapped on it by Dire Straights within an hour of being released - so if you got a copy it is worth a few bob - just like that album which used an outrageous number of samples from Abba recordings - was that Bill Drummond's Justified Ancients of Mumu? ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: November 14 2008 at 12:44
Or Neil Bung, and then there was Frank Sumatra ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: November 14 2008 at 14:04
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: November 16 2008 at 00:26
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Many version of 21st Century Schizoid Man keep coming up, but Voivod's was the most spot on. But this is fun too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWS3ofzuiMU - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWS3ofzuiMU
Would this be what you speak of? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C45mye89Kgs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C45mye89Kgs ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: russellk
Date Posted: November 16 2008 at 03:20
It was! 'The Queen And I' from 'What the F**k is Going On' sampled ABBA's 'Dancing Queen' with hilarious results, and of course they were forced to destroy the pressing, with the inevitable and desired publicity results. Ah, great times, those. |
Posted By: (De)progressive
Date Posted: March 28 2010 at 04:03
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Land of Confusion by Disturbed.
21st Century Schizoid Man by Shining(Norway) in their latest Blackjazz album. (they are experimental/progressive metal band) ------------- ''Hope is the first step on the road to dissapointment.'' (Friedrich Nietzsche) 
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: March 28 2010 at 04:24
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Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: March 28 2010 at 13:20
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A favorite of mine, for whatever reason, is Primus's take of PG's The Family and the Fishing Net
Speaking of Les Claypool, Fearless Flying Frog Brigade covered Animals in its entirety ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: The Sleepwalker
Date Posted: March 28 2010 at 13:24
The Animals cover sounds very good. Les' Frog Brigade also covered Have A Cigar... so did the Foo Fighters.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 28 2010 at 13:39
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a cover of a Roger Waters/Ennio Morricone song, "Lost Boys Calling" by Filippa Giordano
As much as I am smitten by Miss Giordano and her Il Rosso Amore album, Roger (and Edward Van Halen) nails this one:
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: March 28 2010 at 14:39
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Both Iron maiden and Helloween have done covers of Focus, Hocus Pocus and I'm sure there's more. Helloween do a kick ass version while Bruce Dickinson can't hit the highs on the yodelling so he just makes a joke out of it. But if you haven't heard Helloween's version check it out. Must be on youtube somewhere. ------------- |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 28 2010 at 14:50
| Iron Maiden also covered Jethro Tull's "Cross-Eyed Mary" - not surprising, since JT are one of Steve Harris' favourite bands. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: March 28 2010 at 15:02
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: March 28 2010 at 15:06
Wonder who the Great Deceiver really is for Celine ......------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: March 28 2010 at 15:30
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