Friday OT #1 - Covered Up
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I enjoyed the music video (didn't know he was in on it).
'Is that....yep, there's the leg kick'.
Talk about making a song your own, his voice is so full of emotion it dwarfs the original and delivers all the feels.
Barbara Mandrell made a living covering R&B songs on so many of her albums. I think the best one she did (that absolutely blows away the original) was 1979's "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right." The original was a 1972 single by Luther Ingram that went to #3 on the pop charts, #1 on the R&B charts. Mandrell's was a #1 country hit, a #6 AC hit and became her biggest pop hit, reaching #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #25 on the Cashbox Top 100. IMO, it's one of the best vocals she ever recorded.
Intriguing thought experiment.
I can’t think of a bonafide “earlier period” counterpart for Weezer — instead, how about a Weezer Era-Extrapolation Rabbit Hole? Like to hear it? Here it goes!
I don't really have a favorite cover song, but I have a favorite cover band. Rare Earth has probably done more covers than any band on the planet, some of which became massive hits for them, including "I Know I'm Losing You," by the Temptations. They covered quite a few Motown hits, including a couple of others by the Temptations, the Supremes, the Spinners, etc.
here's another cover by them
here's another cover by them
I'm infinitely more a Pentatonix fan than a Disturbed fan but I think I like the Disturbed version better.
Who would have ever predicted that a Disturbed version of a song would be more sedate than a Pentatonix version.
I think they sound even better live:
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I usually rep Dr. Dogs version of Heart, It Races by Architecture In Helsinki.
But I posted this gem the other day and want to go back to it. It's the Melvins cover of Kiss's Going Blind (Hotter Than Hell, 1974). I love it and according to Dale Crover (Melvins drummer), Gene Simmons told him that Kiss had never performed it live and were inspired to do so by the Melvins cover.
But I posted this gem the other day and want to go back to it. It's the Melvins cover of Kiss's Going Blind (Hotter Than Hell, 1974). I love it and according to Dale Crover (Melvins drummer), Gene Simmons told him that Kiss had never performed it live and were inspired to do so by the Melvins cover.
I just learned about a week ago that this was a cover song. I know, I'm terrible. Original is from Talk Talk.
The Cramps did a bunch of great covers but my favorite is the one they did of Warren Smith's Uranium Rock.
Originally recorded in 1958, it discusses everything a rock-a-billy tune requires: money, Cadillacs, Geiger counters, and a f&ck off attitude. It was basically made for the Cramps but missing the sexual innuendo and explicit drug abuse.
