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  • L Lost User

    Im bored, I've got heaps to do at work today but its just not happening. The code I'm working on takes about 15 mins to run and test itself which makes it hard to get into a grove. I was reading an article in the paper about a band called Dinosaur Jr, they're one of my favorties so I thought I'd have a look for some of their clips on you tube. This reminded me of a cover they did of a song called Just Like Heaven by The Cure which I always thought was a great intepretation of the original. So my question is this - which bands have covered songs that you have liked more than the original? Here is Dinosaur Jr[^]

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    leckey 0
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    Lazlo Bane just released an album of nothing but covers. I haven't heard all of them yet though. One of my favorites is Tom Jones and the lead singer of the Cardigans remake of "Burning Down the House"

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    • L Lost User

      Im bored, I've got heaps to do at work today but its just not happening. The code I'm working on takes about 15 mins to run and test itself which makes it hard to get into a grove. I was reading an article in the paper about a band called Dinosaur Jr, they're one of my favorties so I thought I'd have a look for some of their clips on you tube. This reminded me of a cover they did of a song called Just Like Heaven by The Cure which I always thought was a great intepretation of the original. So my question is this - which bands have covered songs that you have liked more than the original? Here is Dinosaur Jr[^]

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      Chris Losinger
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      Dino Jr's Show Me The Way is also fantastic. i like Gillian Welch's version of Radiohead's Black Star better Cowboy Junkies' Sweet Jane and I'm So Lonesome I Could Die also Cowboy Junkies' version of Dino Jr's Post Bauhaus' Telegram Sam Talking Heads' Take Me To The River (my vote for best cover, ever) Pixies' Head On Guns n Roses' Mama Kin Superchunk's It's So Hard To Fall In Love (written by Lou Barlow, also of Dino Jr) John Coltrane's My Favorite Things - though, saying something's a "cover" in jazz is silly - it's all covers.

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      • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

        I much prefer Metallica's version of Bob Seger's "Turn the Page."

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        That is one of the worst covers of all time. The original had a "feeling" or "vibe" to it, that the cover just didn't have.

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        • S Stephen Hewitt

          I'd say Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along The Watchtower" is better than Bob's.

          Steve

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          Absolutely.

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          • A Andy Brummer

            Blasphemy.

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            exactly

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            • B Bernhard

              Johnny Cash singing "Hurt". A good NIN song, but much better with Johnny's old voice. And Marylin Manson's "Sweet dreams". Such a boring song in the original. Although I'm not really fond of MM, I think his version's better.

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              Bernhard wrote:

              Johnny Cash singing "Hurt".

              That cover is great and the video is "hard hitting"

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              • L Lost User

                Im bored, I've got heaps to do at work today but its just not happening. The code I'm working on takes about 15 mins to run and test itself which makes it hard to get into a grove. I was reading an article in the paper about a band called Dinosaur Jr, they're one of my favorties so I thought I'd have a look for some of their clips on you tube. This reminded me of a cover they did of a song called Just Like Heaven by The Cure which I always thought was a great intepretation of the original. So my question is this - which bands have covered songs that you have liked more than the original? Here is Dinosaur Jr[^]

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                Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Still I'm Sad (more of a concept than a true cover since it was an instrumental) Dokken - One (3 dog night) Shinedown - Simple man acoustic (Lynyrd Skynyrd) incredible vocals on that one.

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                • L Lost User

                  Im bored, I've got heaps to do at work today but its just not happening. The code I'm working on takes about 15 mins to run and test itself which makes it hard to get into a grove. I was reading an article in the paper about a band called Dinosaur Jr, they're one of my favorties so I thought I'd have a look for some of their clips on you tube. This reminded me of a cover they did of a song called Just Like Heaven by The Cure which I always thought was a great intepretation of the original. So my question is this - which bands have covered songs that you have liked more than the original? Here is Dinosaur Jr[^]

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                  ednrgc
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                  I forgot to mention Disturbed cover of Genesis' "Land Of Confusion"

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                  • C Chris Losinger

                    Dino Jr's Show Me The Way is also fantastic. i like Gillian Welch's version of Radiohead's Black Star better Cowboy Junkies' Sweet Jane and I'm So Lonesome I Could Die also Cowboy Junkies' version of Dino Jr's Post Bauhaus' Telegram Sam Talking Heads' Take Me To The River (my vote for best cover, ever) Pixies' Head On Guns n Roses' Mama Kin Superchunk's It's So Hard To Fall In Love (written by Lou Barlow, also of Dino Jr) John Coltrane's My Favorite Things - though, saying something's a "cover" in jazz is silly - it's all covers.

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                    Chris Losinger wrote:

                    Pixies' Head On

                    I forgot that one. That's a great cover.

                    Chris Losinger wrote:

                    Talking Heads' Take Me To The River (my vote for best cover, ever)

                    I had no idea that was a cover, also a great song.

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                    • L Lost User

                      Im bored, I've got heaps to do at work today but its just not happening. The code I'm working on takes about 15 mins to run and test itself which makes it hard to get into a grove. I was reading an article in the paper about a band called Dinosaur Jr, they're one of my favorties so I thought I'd have a look for some of their clips on you tube. This reminded me of a cover they did of a song called Just Like Heaven by The Cure which I always thought was a great intepretation of the original. So my question is this - which bands have covered songs that you have liked more than the original? Here is Dinosaur Jr[^]

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                      Elton John's versions of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" and "Pinball Wizard" Wall Of Voodoo's version of "Ring Of Fire". The original is good too, but I don't crank it.

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                      • C Chris Losinger

                        Dino Jr's Show Me The Way is also fantastic. i like Gillian Welch's version of Radiohead's Black Star better Cowboy Junkies' Sweet Jane and I'm So Lonesome I Could Die also Cowboy Junkies' version of Dino Jr's Post Bauhaus' Telegram Sam Talking Heads' Take Me To The River (my vote for best cover, ever) Pixies' Head On Guns n Roses' Mama Kin Superchunk's It's So Hard To Fall In Love (written by Lou Barlow, also of Dino Jr) John Coltrane's My Favorite Things - though, saying something's a "cover" in jazz is silly - it's all covers.

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                        Chris Losinger wrote:

                        Pixies' Head On

                        Was that a cover of the Jesus and Mary Chain or the other way round? you have pretty good taste!

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                        • L Lost User

                          Chris Losinger wrote:

                          Pixies' Head On

                          Was that a cover of the Jesus and Mary Chain or the other way round? you have pretty good taste!

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                          Josh Gray wrote:

                          Was that a cover of the Jesus and Mary Chain

                          yup

                          Josh Gray wrote:

                          you have pretty good taste!

                          of course. and if you think so, then you must, too! :laugh:

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                          • C Chris Losinger

                            Josh Gray wrote:

                            Was that a cover of the Jesus and Mary Chain

                            yup

                            Josh Gray wrote:

                            you have pretty good taste!

                            of course. and if you think so, then you must, too! :laugh:

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                            How about some Ride?[^] or some Swervedriver?[^]

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                            • L Lost User

                              How about some Ride?[^] or some Swervedriver?[^]

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                              oh yeah. i love the wall-of-swirling-guitar thing.

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                              • B Bernhard

                                Johnny Cash singing "Hurt". A good NIN song, but much better with Johnny's old voice. And Marylin Manson's "Sweet dreams". Such a boring song in the original. Although I'm not really fond of MM, I think his version's better.

                                All the label says is that this stuff contains chemicals "... known to the State of California to cause cancer in rats and low-income test subjects."
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                                Chris Losinger
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                                have you ever seen the Sad Kermit version ? here[^] it's funny... but fncked up depressing, too.

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                                • P PIEBALDconsult

                                  Elton John's versions of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" and "Pinball Wizard" Wall Of Voodoo's version of "Ring Of Fire". The original is good too, but I don't crank it.

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                                  Stone Free
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                                  Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover of Little Wing, fantastic instrumental. Fun Lovin Criminals cover of Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne, I love the original too, but the Fun Lovin Criminals one is a great lounge version!

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