Covers

[YOhio]

I'm late to the party, but I agree with Trip the Dad that the Johnny Cash covers are terrific. Some are haunting, some are fun, and most all are good.

Here are a few that I like.

Ben Folds covering a Dr. Dre song with a naughty title. This is not for the sensitive ear. Seriously, a ton of foul language. Unless you have listened to rap, don't listen to this. You won't get it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3C4N6p78io

Pearl Jam covering 25 Minutes to Go.

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Darkness covering Street Spirit MG and TD, I recommend you stay away from this one. You won't like it.

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[MartyFunkhouser]

A great Hendrix cover by Garage a Trois. Garage a Trois is one of my favorite bands. It has 3 of the greats in jazz right now in Stanton Moore, Charlie Hunter, and Skerik.

Charlie Hunter is of particular interest in the group because he plays an 8-string guitar. He has 5 guitar strings and 3 bass strings. He is absolutely amazing in the sound that he gets out of the thing and his ability to play bass and guitar tracks, plus mimic a Hammond organ. You would think it would end up being nothing but a parlor trick, but the guy is fantastic. One thing about covers, I'm not a huge fan of the studio covers but love the live stuff like this.

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[SoCalCoug]

Absolutely, and the video is pure genius. I was wondering if there were any other G's on the CUF.

http://www.coreaction.com/index.php?...&vid_id=102147

Another one I really like is Dream Academy's cover of the Smith's, "Please, please, please, let me get what I want." A lot of bands have covered that song, and most have really sucked. I believe they used the Dream Academy version in Ferris Beuller's Day Off when Cameron is staring at the painting in the art museum.

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But the Smith's orginal is easily the best:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video....=1037637234034

I love Dream Academy - it's a shame Nick Laird Clowes' drug use affected his career so badly.

[MartyFunkhouser]

This is an obvious choice but one of my faves:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS3hEuAbuLE

That one is an excellent cover. I also like their cover of Love Rollercoaster, although the original is far superior (of course the same can be said for the Stevie Wonder cover).
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[creekster]

Of course it's not as good as the original, but I still like it.

I saw June and Johnny perfrom this once and they glared at each other the whole time, for just that song. Otherwise, the concert felt like a good timey old-fashioned Carter family reunion, but during that song they kept glaring. I always wondered what that was all about.

[marsupial]

I am working without computer sound, but if that is a cover of Ring of Fire it cannot be as good as the original.

Of course it's not as good as the original, but I still like it.

[HBCoug]

Dynamite Hack's "boyz n da hood" cover is the best of all time

Hands down

Absolutely, and the video is pure genius. I was wondering if there were any other G's on the CUF.

http://www.coreaction.com/index.php?...&vid_id=102147

Another one I really like is Dream Academy's cover of the Smith's, "Please, please, please, let me get what I want." A lot of bands have covered that song, and most have really sucked. I believe they used the Dream Academy version in Ferris Beuller's Day Off when Cameron is staring at the painting in the art museum.

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But the Smith's orginal is easily the best:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video....=1037637234034

[creekster]

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I am working without computer sound, but if that is a cover of Ring of Fire it cannot be as good as the original.

[marsupial]

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[creekster]

This is an obvious choice but one of my faves:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS3hEuAbuLE

I agree, I like that one too.

[Shaka]

This is an obvious choice but one of my faves:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS3hEuAbuLE

[Flystripper]

The Man in black at his best.

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That one is awesome. Speaking of Johnny cash I like his version of this one better than Soundgarden's

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[MarkGrace]

Jimi Hendrix's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower"

I win.

That is indeed a great song.

[SoCalCoug]

One more cover (and original) that I love:

Tegan and Sara
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Cover by The White Stripes
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I really like the White Stripes' cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" Also their cover of Burt Bacharach's "I just don't know what to do with myself"

[SoCalCoug]

Jimi Hendrix's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower"

I win.