Music Thread- Covers better than the original

by **DoomYoshi** on Fri Jun 09, 2017 6:40 pm

So Nickel Creek had this great idea for a cover. They took Billy Joel's worst song, the one that's going to keep him out of heaven, and did a cover of it. They changed the rhythm, melody, tune and chord progression. They also changed the lyrics completely. If only they would also burn all copies of the record, they might have redeemed the song.

by **Thorthoth** on Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:14 pm

Original so lame it couldn't even sell fabric softener.

by **Thorthoth** on Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:19 pm

See clearly through dirty windows? I don't think so...

by **Thorthoth** on Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:30 pm

Original had ''no cling''.

by **Thorthoth** on Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:40 pm

Celebrating the lost romance of late 80s mid-priced sedans.

by **nietzsche** on Fri Jun 09, 2017 11:49 pm

There should be an OT subforum for seniors.

by **Scarus** on Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:33 am

Reminds me that you can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant.

S

by **Dukasaur** on Sat Jun 10, 2017 12:49 pm

This guy really nails it.

by **KoolBak** on Sat Jun 10, 2017 3:11 pm

Did you actually watch that?

by **riskllama** on Sat Jun 10, 2017 3:14 pm

ugh, who showed vegetable lasagne where the forums be at?

by **Thorthoth** on Sat Jun 10, 2017 4:57 pm

Llamo, obscure/unfunny Seinfelch references should be a separate thread. Scroll down and look at the ones nobody is interested in.

by **Dukasaur** on Sat Jun 10, 2017 9:52 pm

KoolBak wrote:Did you actually watch that?

Yup, the whole five minutes! It was hilarious. Maybe you have to be in the right mood...

by **Symmetry** on Sat Jun 10, 2017 11:01 pm

There's a bloke I was chatting to awhile back who thought The Clash were a pop band, this is for him:

Original: The Crickets - I Fought The Law (1959?)

Cover: The Clash- I fought the Law

We cool?

by **KoolBak** on Sun Jun 11, 2017 11:31 am

Thats funny....I like them but never knew they did that cover....nice. Seen them in concert back in the day....definitely considered punk in their heyday.....pop....lol.

by **Symmetry** on Sun Jun 11, 2017 8:44 pm

Damn- in their prime?

by **KoolBak** on Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:23 am

82 or 83? In MY prime! lolo In seattle.....

by **Thorthoth** on Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:01 pm

Most covers aren't better or worse, just different.

This cover of Honky Tonkin' isn't necessarily ''better'' but it is delightfully different.

by **Symmetry** on Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:51 pm

Thorthoth wrote:Most covers aren't better or worse, just different.

You sound like a music teacher trying to encourage a kid learning the recorder.

by **DoomYoshi** on Tue May 22, 2018 6:08 pm

by **DoomYoshi** on Tue Sep 25, 2018 10:26 pm

This is a cover of the Animals who were doing a cover of Bob Dylan's cover of a traditional folk song. If you want to hear the folk song, check out the Woody Guthrie version.

I particularly like this version, because the band (from Detroit) reminds me of a better America.

MAGA

by **InnyaFacce** on Fri Sep 28, 2018 10:10 am

Bruce Dickinson - All The Young Dudes

Tesla - Signs

Guns 'n' Roses - Live And Let Die

Metallica - Turn The Page

Zak Brown Band - Enter Sandman

Ian Astbury with Doors - Riders on the Storm

Maybe Not Better But, All Good Versions Of The Originals

by **Symmetry** on Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:56 pm

Aye-

Dukasaur is gonna love/hate this.

by **pancakemix** on Sun Mar 31, 2019 11:43 pm

Not been here in ages, but this was a good thread and still is.

Gonna plug AV Club's Undercover series because it's great, and this is better than whatever Weezer is doing these days.