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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,352
    Late to the party, but I concur with:

    Derek & the Dominoes: Little Wing
    Foo Fighters: Baker Street

    I'll add Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Everything is Broken

    Conquest by The White Stripes is a remake of something, right?

    I still think Trent Reznor's Hurt is better than Johnny's, but they are both incredible.
    catefrances wrote:
    mrs robinson - lemonheads.

    Ugh - seriously? :?
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    mrs robinson - lemonheads.

    Ugh - seriously? :?

    absolutely im serious. lemonheads arent a band i joke about. i guess it helps that i am not a fan of simon or garfunkle. imo the lemonheads version is brilliant. a great punk pop moment.
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,352
    catefrances wrote:
    absolutely im serious. lemonheads arent a band i joke about. i guess it helps that i am not a fan of simon or garfunkle. imo the lemonheads version is brilliant. a great punk pop moment.

    I think their version is garbage, but I guess we can agree to disagree. ;)

    Actually, if we're talking S&G covers, I'd take The Bangles doing A Hazy Shade of Winter over The Lemonheads. :P
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    absolutely im serious. lemonheads arent a band i joke about. i guess it helps that i am not a fan of simon or garfunkle. imo the lemonheads version is brilliant. a great punk pop moment.

    I think their version is garbage, but I guess we can agree to disagree. ;)

    Actually, if we're talking S&G covers, I'd take The Bangles doing A Hazy Shade of Winter over The Lemonheads. :P


    i think youre garbage :P ... nah just kidding... lalalalala i wont ever hear a bad word against the lemonheads. *sticks fingers in ears*

    ive not heard that bangles cover.
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  • keeponrockin
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    Jolene - The White Stripes
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,352
    catefrances wrote:
    ive not heard that bangles cover.

    The hotness factor helps it out. 8-)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFRx4PkXeVM
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  • Staffan
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    Indifference71 wrote:
    "With A Little Help from My Friends"- Joe Cocker.....The Beatles original is great, but this version is off the charts.

    spot on, one of the greatest covers of all times !
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    ive not heard that bangles cover.

    The hotness factor helps it out. 8-)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFRx4PkXeVM


    hmm that was pretty darn good. :thumbup:
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  • merkinball
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    Pomplamoose ~ September (Earth, Wind, & Fire)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xycnv87N ... re=related

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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    this one:


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y-FR8MY ... re=related
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,165
    not sure about better but heard this one a few months ago on the radio and then again about a week ago. Seether covering Veruca Salt's "Seether ". Pretty good actually

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgVJ0n07Vxo
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  • Versus13
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  • RobbyD462
    RobbyD462 Victoria BC Posts: 4,812
    No Quarter by Tool
    originally by Led Zeppelin

    or Halleiluah by Jeff Buckley
    originally by Leonard Cohen
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    RobbyD462 wrote:
    No Quarter by Tool
    originally by Led Zeppelin

    Without question.

    Another is Band on the Run by Foo Fighters. Foo Fighters also did a great cover of Have a Cigar (Pink Floyd) although I wouldn't say it's better- just different.
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  • DewieCox
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    Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:
    Another is Band on the Run by Foo Fighters. Foo Fighters also did a great cover of Have a Cigar (Pink Floyd) although I wouldn't say it's better- just different.

    Band on the Run is really cool, but Have A Cigar makes me wanna hurl. Too much rawk and completely throws out the funky groove of the original. Their take on Bad Reputation by Thin Lizzy is another where their desire to rock as hard as possible ruins it.
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
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    DewieCox wrote:
    Thirty Bills Unpaid wrote:
    Another is Band on the Run by Foo Fighters. Foo Fighters also did a great cover of Have a Cigar (Pink Floyd) although I wouldn't say it's better- just different.

    Band on the Run is really cool, but Have A Cigar makes me wanna hurl. Too much rawk and completely throws out the funky groove of the original. Their take on Bad Reputation by Thin Lizzy is another where their desire to rock as hard as possible ruins it.

    I get what you are saying. I don't listen to Foo's Have a Cigar to hear a slightly different, yet ultimately the same, version. I like it for it's different approach and variation. It's too easy to do a cover, that sounds just like the original with the exception of a different voice or slightly different tempo.
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  • nothinasitseems
    nothinasitseems New Jersey Posts: 1,516
    aheathengein wrote:
    I like Metallica's cover of Bob Seger's Turn The Page

    Was just about to post this.
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  • semamine1
    semamine1 Posts: 2
    sorry i have a question...
    g.a. standing is inner circle?? :lol:
  • semamine1
    semamine1 Posts: 2
    semamine1 wrote:
    sorry i have a question...
    g.a. standing is inner circle?? :lol:
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    I am a diehard Clash fan and usually feel like nothing can touch these versions. But this version of Rock the Casbah by Rachid Taha has always made me wonder - it's definitely AS good, and maybe better? And then in looking for video to link, guess who is on guitar in this festival clip? Mick Jones himself! I'd say that is a vote that yes, this cover rocks tremendously!! (The recorded cover by Rachid Taha is actually a bit more blistering than this live version, but it's so cool to see Mick Jones up there! And I know for a fact that Joe Strummer would have said this version is better!)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1p_dkJo6Y8

    And then, Little Wing is one of my fave Hendrix songs. Like, love it love it love it (almost fell over when PJ closed Charlottesville with the full version of it after Baba - my dream final PJ encore!!). But Stevie Ray Vaughn's version almost always makes me cry. So amazing.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pO6yg9KBGU

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