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barabel_humour Registered: Nov '05	Date Posted: 12/19/05 9:56am Subject: RE: Best cover songs
	Rogue1-and-a-half posted: ShaakSurfer posted: Gary Jules' version of Tears for Fears Mad World from the Donnie Darko soundtrack is quite possibly the best cover version of any song I've ever heard. He slowed the tempo and stripped the song back to create a mood more inline with that of the lyrics than the original. It's a brilliant effort. Maybe so, but after hearing my college radio staion literally play it at least once every hour, I am so darn sick of it, I just can't even tell you. That cover ruined Christmas for me last year, because it was Christmas no. 1 instead of The Darkness. It's not even Christmas-y, it has no business being at the top of the charts at this time of year! shakes fist agrily grumbles And I bet most of the people that bought the single have (a) never heard the edgy original or (b) seen Donnie Darko.
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Mustafar_66 Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 12/19/05 10:43am Subject: RE: Best cover songs
	Well, to be honest, The Darkness are rubbish and Mad World was a superb song. -----signature----- Why no, I won't get in your car. You can pass me the candy through the window. Pink Floyd are the Greatest! Proud Jacen, NJO and LOTF fan. One of few.
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Cobranaconda Title: Ex-FF-UK: South CR Registered: Mar '04	Date Posted: 12/19/05 10:51am Subject: RE: Best cover songs
	The first album was okay, everything since has made me cringe and put on Mercyful Fate. Best cover I've heard is Emperor doing Bathory's "A Fine Day To Die" -----signature----- "We find that your American beer is a little like making love in a canoe." "Making love in a canoe?" "It's ****ing close to water."
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Jedi Merkurian Registered: May '00	Date Posted: 12/19/05 11:45am Subject: RE: Best cover songs - Date Edited: 12/19/05 11:46am (1 edits total) Edited By: Jedi Merkurian
	Normally I'm not a fan of cover songs, but Luther Vandross' cover of the Carpenters' Superstar: Best. Cover. Ever! C'mon, under the definition of "souless" in the dictionary, there's a picture of the Carpenters! Likewise, Tina Turner got a hold of Proud Mary (originally by Credence Clearwater Revival?) and kicked long ***! -----signature----- Striking down can result in common side effects including fear, anger, aggresion, nausea, dry mouth, hatred, suffering, headaches, IBS, & in some extreme cases has been linked to lava burns Please consult your doctor before striking anyone down
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Darth_Banal Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 12/19/05 2:04pm Subject: RE: Best cover songs
	I prefer Sonic Youth's cover of "Superstar." -----signature----- When the sea takes me like my mother's arms I will breathe free as any word of God
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 12/19/05 3:48pm Subject: RE: Best cover songs
	Actually, Karen Carpenter does have soul, in a weird, perverted sort of way...
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Jedi Merkurian Registered: May '00	Date Posted: 12/20/05 5:33am Subject: RE: Best cover songs
	Another couple of great ones are the Red Hot Chili Peppers' cover of Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder, and Sting's version of (was it Jimi Hendrix?) Little Wing. The Eagles' "Unplugged" Hotel California and Eric Clapton's "Unplugged" Layla were good "re-imaginings" of their own works, if that counts. -----signature----- Striking down can result in common side effects including fear, anger, aggresion, nausea, dry mouth, hatred, suffering, headaches, IBS, & in some extreme cases has been linked to lava burns Please consult your doctor before striking anyone down
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whiskers Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 1/5/06 8:29pm Subject: RE: Best cover songs
	Pearl Jam has some very good covers, I'm really impressed with their covers of The Who's Baba O'Riley, and their cover of Crazy Mary. Nirvana playing Oh Me, Plateau, and Lake of Fire with Cris and Curt Kirkwood rank up there as well, but I'm also hesitant to call it a true cover. -----signature----- R.I.P. E. Gary Gygax Thank you for D&D
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Penguinator-176 Registered: May '05	Date Posted: 1/5/06 9:36pm Subject: RE: Best cover songs
	Rush Summertime Blues - Great cover of a great song. Especially the intro. Crossroads - Yet another get cover by Lee, Lifeson, and Peart. Dream Theatre The Rover/Achilles Last Stand/The Song Remains The Same Medley - James LaBrie's vocals rival those of the original, and John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy utterly destroy this song (in a good way) The Big Medley - It's fun trying to name as many songs as you can in this. Perfect Strangers - Sounds just like the original Deep Purple song, if not better. Audioslave Seven Nation Army - Very good cover of the White Stripes song. Chris Cornell is, IMO, a good singer. The White Stripes Jolene - Very good song, I didn;t even know this was a cover until a little while ago. Walking With a Ghost - Better than the Tegan and Sara version. In fact, this is the only version in my mind. ~~~ That's really all I can think of right now. -----signature----- "Good god, Peng's a mentat!" ~darthramza "In a world of hurting, I'm moving on." "Dear Mr. Queequeeg, you have been informed your life's been saved." GDG
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Darth-Seldon Registered: May '03	Date Posted: 1/6/06 11:19am Subject: RE: Best cover songs
	I agree, Gary Jules makes Mad World into a good song. Anyway some other good covers: Eleanor Rigby ~ Ray Charles All Along the Watchtower ~ Jimi Hendrix I'm Only Sleeping ~ The Format (a few bands do good covers for this.) -Seldon -----signature----- Isaac Asimov was an innovative genius All posters are equal but some posters are more equal than others. Barack Obama & Joe Biden 2008
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JamesBatista Registered: Jul '05	Date Posted: 1/6/06 7:06pm Subject: RE: Best cover songs
	Gary Jules' version of Mad World... left me in tears the first time I heard it. Not in the sense that it's a bad cover(IMO, it's easily one of the best), but because of how haunting and tragic it is -----signature----- Emperor Palpatine - Orchestrated the death of the Republic and the extinction of the Jedi. Slayer of innocent millions. The most evil being in the galaxy. ...and still a more likeable and sympathetic character than Blooregard Q. Kazoo.
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Angel_Jedi_Master Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 1/6/06 7:33pm Subject: RE: Best cover songs
	Big Brother & the Holding Company- Summertime -----signature----- An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs. -Edgar Varese
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MystikalMaceWindu Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 1/6/06 11:08pm Subject: RE: Best cover songs
	I agree The Sundays' cover of "Wild Horses" is pretty darn good... the best song on their second album. And as for "Little Wing," Sting does a pretty good version of it, although some may say it's too Adult Contemporary-ish. And Jimi Hendrix, he also does a darn good cover of "Hey Joe." Darth_Banal posted: Hope Sandavol's cover of the Rolling Stones' Wild Horses is beautiful. I like the Sundays' version better. It's incredibly touching. Has anyone brought up Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover of "Little Wing"? Phenomenal stuff. -----signature----- Yoda and Mace Windu in 2008! A Unifying Force!
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MystikalMaceWindu Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 1/6/06 11:10pm Subject: RE: Best cover songs
	Some may snicker at this, but a-ha (yes that a-ha, three Norwegian guys from the 80s) does a good cover of "Crying in the Rain." -----signature----- Yoda and Mace Windu in 2008! A Unifying Force!
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benTantilles Registered: Apr '03	Date Posted: 1/7/06 3:50am Subject: RE: Best cover songs
	Crying in the Rain by Whitesnake, you mean? Motley Crue did a pretty good cover of Black Sabbath's Paranoid. The guitar solos were a slight disappointment, though the rest of it is fantastic. The vocals are definite improvement- Ozzy's not too great a singer. -----signature----- Words of Appreciation from fans - "benT, for creating this thread you should be dipped in honey and auctioned on a gay website..... " call me a xenophobe, but it is my personal (and correct) belief that amy allen looks better with pink skin than blue. And
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