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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,525
    F Me In The Brain said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    The only thing a cover "needs" in order to have a point is the artist enjoying playing it.
    I am with you.  I fail to understand these types of threads. 
    Maybe you should try reading the first post in them then.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Posts: 9,897
    HesCalledDyer said:
    The only thing a cover "needs" in order to have a point is the artist enjoying playing it.
    Agree. 
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,266
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    The only thing a cover "needs" in order to have a point is the artist enjoying playing it.
    I am with you.  I fail to understand these types of threads. 
    Maybe you should try reading the first post in them then.
    I did.  Perhaps try not to be so sensitive.  I was nice about it. 
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  • tbergstbergs Posts: 9,810
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    There are two pointless covers I can't stand:

    Disturbed: Sound of Silence

    Bad Wolves: Zombie
    That songs drives me crazy! Every time it comes on the radio my whole family knows I hate it.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • jeffbrjeffbr Posts: 7,177
    HesCalledDyer said:
    The only thing a cover "needs" in order to have a point is the artist enjoying playing it.
    Agreed!
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,500
    I never understood why pj put that version of going to California on yield. 
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  • tbergstbergs Posts: 9,810
    mcgruff10 said:
    I never understood why pj put that version of going to California on yield. 
    Haha! Well played, sir.
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,525
    edited October 2018
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    The only thing a cover "needs" in order to have a point is the artist enjoying playing it.
    I am with you.  I fail to understand these types of threads. 
    Maybe you should try reading the first post in them then.
    I did.  Perhaps try not to be so sensitive.  I was nice about it. 
    One man's treasure is another man's trash.  There is room for both sides with this.
    Coming in only to say the thread is pointless is not nice. Now give me a hug.

    Pearl Jam should have do their cover more like this :O Man this is g-g--g-gg-g-g-g-g-g-g-g--great. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEXGuMTRMcM
    Post edited by Spiritual_Chaos on
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    The only thing a cover "needs" in order to have a point is the artist enjoying playing it.
    I am with you.  I fail to understand these types of threads. 
    Maybe you should try reading the first post in them then.
    I did.  Perhaps try not to be so sensitive.  I was nice about it. 
    One man's treasure is another man's trash.  There is room for both sides with this.
    Coming in only to say the thread is pointless is not nice. Now give me a hug.

    Pearl Jam should have do their cover more like this :O Man this is g-g--g-gg-g-g-g-g-g-g-g--great. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEXGuMTRMcM
    That was extremely enjoyable - thanks for posting. Not a pointless one. 
  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,050
    I'm a fan of covers; it shows the love and respect a band has for another. Normally the cover is not as good as the original, but they are fun to hear. 
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  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    Here's a band that I recently started listening to doing a 4 way cover. May be pointless to some but I enjoy it - aside from liking their own original music. 

    Twiddle covering - Glycerin (Bush)/No Woman No Cry (Marley)/ Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show)/Farmhouse(Phish) - all mashed up together - enjoy,....

    https://youtu.be/FZr79ZZLmuQ
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,174
    who the fuck covers KISS, the novelty band?
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  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    Wobbie said:
    who the fuck covers KISS, the novelty band?
    PJ - Black Diamond.
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,525
    edited October 2018
    Wobbie said:
    who the fuck covers KISS, the novelty band?
    Smashing Pumpkins - Black Diamond
    Nirvana - Do you love me
    Motörhead - Shout it out loud
    Foo Fighters - Ozone
    Ace Frehley - Rock and roll Hell 

    etc
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,500
    njnancy said:
    Wobbie said:
    who the fuck covers KISS, the novelty band?
    PJ - Black Diamond.
    That was god awful live at msg 2008. 
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  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,525
    edited October 2018
    mcgruff10 said:
    njnancy said:
    Wobbie said:
    who the fuck covers KISS, the novelty band?
    PJ - Black Diamond.
    That was god awful live at msg 2008. 
    WhY?

    I think the first time at the Vic is the best one out of the three times theY have covered it. Wish theY would trY it with Eddie singing. But I ¨dothink it fits the thread.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,500
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    njnancy said:
    Wobbie said:
    who the fuck covers KISS, the novelty band?
    PJ - Black Diamond.
    That was god awful live at msg 2008. 
    WhY?

    I think the first time at the Vic is the best one out of the three times theY have covered it. Wish theY would trY it with Eddie singing. But I ¨dothink it fits the thread.
    I m just not a fan of this song. It is pretty bad. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    mcgruff10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    njnancy said:
    Wobbie said:
    who the fuck covers KISS, the novelty band?
    PJ - Black Diamond.
    That was god awful live at msg 2008. 
    WhY?

    I think the first time at the Vic is the best one out of the three times theY have covered it. Wish theY would trY it with Eddie singing. But I ¨dothink it fits the thread.
    I m just not a fan of this song. It is pretty bad. 
    I'm assuming that it was more interesting to shit on Kiss than to even recognize the band I posted. Not unexpected.
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,500
    edited October 2018
    njnancy said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    njnancy said:
    Wobbie said:
    who the fuck covers KISS, the novelty band?
    PJ - Black Diamond.
    That was god awful live at msg 2008. 
    WhY?

    I think the first time at the Vic is the best one out of the three times theY have covered it. Wish theY would trY it with Eddie singing. But I ¨dothink it fits the thread.
    I m just not a fan of this song. It is pretty bad. 
    I'm assuming that it was more interesting to shit on Kiss than to even recognize the band I posted. Not unexpected.
    Huh?  I didn’t like the song plain and simple. I could care less if it was a kiss song. It was a pretty crappy cover. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • njnancynjnancy Posts: 5,096
    edited October 2018
    mcgruff10 said:
    njnancy said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    njnancy said:
    Wobbie said:
    who the fuck covers KISS, the novelty band?
    PJ - Black Diamond.
    That was god awful live at msg 2008. 
    WhY?

    I think the first time at the Vic is the best one out of the three times theY have covered it. Wish theY would trY it with Eddie singing. But I ¨dothink it fits the thread.
    I m just not a fan of this song. It is pretty bad. 
    I'm assuming that it was more interesting to shit on Kiss than to even recognize the band I posted. Not unexpected.
    Huh?  I didn’t like the song plain and simple. I could care less if it was a kiss song. It was a pretty crappy cover. 
    Sometimes posting can be as pointless as the cover songs. Sorry for the crap, whatever it was. 
    Post edited by njnancy on
  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,538
    I like a lot of covers, especially if it’s a band/singer that I’m already a fan of covering a song I don’t know. It’s a good way to get introduced to new music.

    As for “pointless covers” - every time there’s a tv ‘talent’ show (The Voice, Idol, anything with Simon Cowell involved) they always rattle out the same old covers. Do we need any more tv winners doing Sinatra/easy listening covers that have been done a thousand times already? I worked in a music store for years and that shit used to sell by the truckload. It used to annoy the hell out of me to have to reorder stock.
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,056
    Pointless/Very bad

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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,266
    eeriepadave said:
    Pointless/Very bad


    I think that was great!  (On the unintentional comedy scale.  Does the singer have a disability or something?  I feel badly about laughing that much at him, if so.)
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  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,355
    F Me In The Brain said:
    eeriepadave said:
    Pointless/Very bad


    I think that was great!  (On the unintentional comedy scale.  Does the singer have a disability or something?  I feel badly about laughing that much at him, if so.)
    No one has told him that he can't hit those notes apparently?
  • mvwmvw Posts: 1,690
    eeriepadave said:
    Pointless/Very bad

    WTF?!?!  Is he taking a hard shit while singing that.  Horrible...just horrible.
  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,447
    I play covers here & there in my live shows....If I'm practicing & I can't hit the right notes, I first try changing the key. If it still sounds like crap, I don't continue. That was painful to watch & listen to. Wow.
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Never understood how Puddle of Mud survived their very first your, that guy can't even sing his own songs live.
    I was in highschool and half-liked their debut album, then I saw a clip of them live and the guy wasn't even close to hitting the notes in his own hit single.  Nerp.  No thanks.
    Here we are, like 15 years later, and Puddle of Mud is still a thing? 
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Disturbed doing Sound of Silence.

    That is a steaming turd, and so it makes sense that all the Five Finger Death Punch types thought it was great lol

    Actually, maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's awesome...I couldn't make it past that phoney hollow voice he opens with.  Just horrible.
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  • ICDragonsICDragons Posts: 39
    Meg Meyers - Running up that hill 

    to me it sounds exactly like Kate Bush version. Sound effects and all. 


  • erebuserebus Posts: 566
    Weezer, Africa 
    could have put more weezer sound into it
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