tapehead wrote:The Foo Fighters (a band I've had little interest in since it developed beyond Dave Grohl's studio project and that great first album)
tapehead wrote:By rights, this should probably suck, but I really like it - The Foo Fighters (a band I've had little interest in since it developed beyond Dave Grohl's studio project and that great first album) do a cover of Arcade Fire's 'Keep the Car Running'. Stereogum have an mp3 download.
Ribbons wrote:"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by Cat Power
It almost sounds like a completely different song, but it really works.
Cha-Ka Khan wrote:This is probably sacrilegious, but one of my most hated songs is "The Weight" by Robbie Robertson and The Band.
Hate everything about it. The allegorical lyrics, the twang, the plodding tempo, the way all those voices come together to (barely) sing "aaaaaaaaaannnnd" right before "put the load on me." I don't think it's possible for another song to make my finger hit another station preset faster than "The Weight."
Imagine my surprise when I heard John Denver'scover of The Weight. His version is a hippy/bluegrassy/lively version that really brought out the beauty of the song for me.
I was amazed... one of those moments where I suddenly had a whole new way of looking at something.
Vegeta wrote:Agreed, The Weight is just a classic. It's like people who hate Bob Dylan (for his singing or whatever reason), they're just so missing something...
Regardless, everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I can see where Cha Ka is coming from... I just happen to disagree.
Fievel wrote:I loathe Bob Dylan.
I've walked out on his concerts twice.
yaz67 wrote:Any Pixies fans in here? Has anyone heard David Bowie's cover of Cactus by the Pixies. It is on his HEATHEN album. Very odd to walk into my local record store and hear one of my favorite songs sung by David Bowie.
DinoDeLaurentiis wrote:Fievel wrote:I loathe Bob Dylan.
I've walked out on his concerts twice.
Twice, eh?
Usually loathing a the putz would a be a the deterrent to purchasing a the concert tickets once, no?
yaz67 wrote:Any Pixies fans in here? Has anyone heard David Bowie's cover of Cactus by the Pixies. It is on his HEATHEN album. Very odd to walk into my local record store and hear one of my favorite songs sung by David Bowie.
unikrunk wrote:And speaking of Bowie, I am about to commit heresy to some; his version of Ziggy Stardust is not as good as the cover by Bauhaus – sorry, Bauhaus just did the song better – its Daniel Ash’s guitar and Murphy’s voice; they are made for that song, the song was made for them. It’s just one of those things.
Even Bowie has said that they played it better than he could
The Proof, man.
minstrel wrote:What is wrong with Van Morrison? The guy does great original music, but his covers don't usually work.
His version of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" used in The Departed just plain sucks. Why not use the original?
Maui wrote:minstrel wrote:What is wrong with Van Morrison? The guy does great original music, but his covers don't usually work.
His version of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" used in The Departed just plain sucks. Why not use the original?
Wow - he did Comfortably Numb? EEK!
Love VM though. Brown Eyed Girl, Someone Like You - just to name a few of my favs.
DennisMM wrote:Happiest song in the world: "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)"
tapehead wrote:unikrunk wrote:And speaking of Bowie, I am about to commit heresy to some; his version of Ziggy Stardust is not as good as the cover by Bauhaus – sorry, Bauhaus just did the song better – its Daniel Ash’s guitar and Murphy’s voice; they are made for that song, the song was made for them. It’s just one of those things.
Even Bowie has said that they played it better than he could
The Proof, man.
That's remarkable considering their version is as close to an identical copy of the original as they could produce. Can you source your Bowie quote?
Or the one regards the Pixies?
Ribbons wrote:"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by Cat Power
It almost sounds like a completely different song, but it really works.
The Garbage Man wrote:Renegades, Rage Against the Fucking Machine, Bitch.
Theta wrote:The Garbage Man wrote:Renegades, Rage Against the Fucking Machine, Bitch.
A shit album from a shit band.
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