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KharBevNor:
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Khar defends Dylan - wow <3 These days he's hard to understand, but his songs would not hold the same 'power' if sung by someone else. It's Dylan. (an aquired taste to be sure)
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Definitely. Just listen to 'Masters of War'. That song alone is scarier than the entire musical output of Cannibal Corpse because Dylan genuinely believes what he's saying and you can hear it in every word. The only Dylan cover that I believe genuinely improves on Dylans vocal performance is Ladysmith Black Mombazo's cover of 'Knocking on Heavens Door'. Dylan just couldn't DO spiritual, which was the real reason why his God phase was so generally dissapointing.
Dammit, now I gotta play me some Dylan, but all the good shits on vinyl in the other room. I'm gonna have to pick up some of his stuff on CD one of these days, or maybe just download some more of it.
ev0lve:
--- Quote from: Johnny C ---I finally heard David Bowie's cover of "Cactus."
It was okay, I guess.
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He played it when I saw him live.. I was relatively unimpressed.
Also,
Out of all the versions of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah I've heard, I like the guy in my Lit class last year best.. but other than that, I think Ari Hest does it fantastically.
rynne:
I generally like NIN's covers: "Get Down, Make Love," "Memoribilia," "Metal," "Physical (You're So)." NIN's take "Dead Souls" is alright, though not spectacular. ("Supernaut" isn't NIN, that's 1000 Homo DJs, whose cover is pretty good in any case).
Revolting Cock's cover of Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" is done in a sleazy industurial tone that fits really well with the song.
Also, when I saw David Bowie, he did this *awesome* version of Nirvana's "The Man that Sold the World." :D (kidding!)
ev0lve:
eh. it's reznor on vocals. whatever. it surpasses the original by far. and, uh.. ministry's cover.
you were david bowie? really?
rynne:
Oops, typo. "was" -> "saw." Went back and fixed it. :)
It could be Trent on vocals or Al, depending on which version you have. Al's singing on the 1000 Homo DJs single and Ministry's Side Trax releases, and Trent's singing on TVT's Black Box compilation, and various NIN bootlegs on which that track was rerecorded. There's a rumor that Al distorted Trent's vocals for the 100HDJ release, but Al's confirmed that it's his own voice on that version.
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