THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

  • 28 Mar 2024, 02:30
  • Welcome, Guest
Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 5   Go Down

Author Topic: Favorite covers thread  (Read 88855 times)

Patrick

  • where did it cost?
  • Awakened
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 10,263
  • Used to be a cool kid
    • Troubador! bandcamp page
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #50 on: 28 Jan 2014, 15:02 »

^^ I went to the same high school as 2 of those guys! I was only there for about half a year but it was interesting to find that out.
Logged
My long-dead band Troubador! licks your gentlemen's legumes on the cheap

jwhouk

  • Awakened
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 11,022
  • The Valley of the Sun
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #51 on: 28 Jan 2014, 19:07 »

Pseudo Echo, "Funkytown."
Not a valid youtube URL
« Last Edit: 28 Jan 2014, 21:51 by jwhouk »
Logged
"Character is what you are in the Dark." - D.L. Moody
There is no joke that can be made online without someone being offended by it.
Life's too short to be ashamed of how you were born.
Just another Joe like 46

94ssd

  • Only pretending to work
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2,101
  • Hadouken
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #52 on: 28 Jan 2014, 19:31 »

^^ I went to the same high school as 2 of those guys! I was only there for about half a year but it was interesting to find that out.

Are you talking about Placebo or The Dan Band?
Logged

Jimor

  • Lovecraftian nightmare
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2,763
    • Twitch Channel
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #53 on: 28 Jan 2014, 20:59 »

Pseudo Echo, "Funkytown."

I think you have to do the whole link to get the embedding to work, not just the video ID part. But yes, I love this cover!

My own contribution.

And I might as well add a video I shot the other night for a local Beatles tribute show featuring 21 acts and 58 different songs from 1964 and earlier. This was the first act; I'm still working on a full-night video.
« Last Edit: 28 Jan 2014, 21:25 by Jimor »
Logged
Twitch I play games and hang out with friends.

jwhouk

  • Awakened
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 11,022
  • The Valley of the Sun
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #54 on: 28 Jan 2014, 21:51 »

Fixed it.
Logged
"Character is what you are in the Dark." - D.L. Moody
There is no joke that can be made online without someone being offended by it.
Life's too short to be ashamed of how you were born.
Just another Joe like 46

lepetitfromage

  • William Gibson's Babydaddy
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2,267
  • addicted to the shindig
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #55 on: 30 Jan 2014, 10:38 »

I just discovered that this existed! Covers are the BEST.


I will get around to posting a few of my favorites. In the meantime, posting so I can listen to everything here when I get home tonight :-)
Logged
If you try to take all the steps at once, you'll fall over.

Patrick

  • where did it cost?
  • Awakened
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 10,263
  • Used to be a cool kid
    • Troubador! bandcamp page
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #56 on: 03 Feb 2014, 20:53 »

^^ I went to the same high school as 2 of those guys! I was only there for about half a year but it was interesting to find that out.

Are you talking about Placebo or The Dan Band?

Placebo. We didn't attend at the same time, but we had some of the same teachers (not hard; smallest K-12 I've ever heard of) at the International School of Luxembourg (I dropped out at 16).
Logged
My long-dead band Troubador! licks your gentlemen's legumes on the cheap

94ssd

  • Only pretending to work
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2,101
  • Hadouken
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #57 on: 09 Feb 2014, 12:40 »

Many singers have tried this, but in my opinion this is the best version by far.

Logged

Patrick

  • where did it cost?
  • Awakened
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 10,263
  • Used to be a cool kid
    • Troubador! bandcamp page
Logged
My long-dead band Troubador! licks your gentlemen's legumes on the cheap

celticgeek

  • GET ON THE NIGHT TRAIN
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2,697
  • Linux Geek
    • The Celtic Geek
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #59 on: 09 Feb 2014, 16:24 »

Logged
a 'dèanamh nan saighdean airson cinneadh MacLeòid
We Wear Woad When We Write Code
Ní féidir liom labhairt na Gaeilge.
Seachd reultan, agus seachd clachan, agus aon chraobh geal.

rschill

  • FIGHT YOU
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 420
Logged

94ssd

  • Only pretending to work
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2,101
  • Hadouken
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #61 on: 10 Feb 2014, 11:42 »

just gonna leave this here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ejqXjr3Dek&list=PL2_b4nEaYGxh5Dk5DYFMRAUIfr_QykjdQ

Actually, someone has uploaded the whole thing as one video - Les Miserables FULL & EDITED Complete Symphonic Recording

I have it on a CD set. Wonderful international cast. Did you know Kaho Shimada (Eponine) didn't know any English and had to learn her entire part phonetically.
« Last Edit: 10 Feb 2014, 11:48 by 94ssd »
Logged

Patrick

  • where did it cost?
  • Awakened
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 10,263
  • Used to be a cool kid
    • Troubador! bandcamp page
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #62 on: 11 Feb 2014, 05:03 »

I've done that for individual songs before, but never something that intensive. Jesus Christ.
Logged
My long-dead band Troubador! licks your gentlemen's legumes on the cheap

A_S00

  • Emoticontraindication
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 67
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #63 on: 13 Feb 2014, 00:19 »

So this is my new favorite thing ever:

Logged

Welu

  • It was me, Austin. It was me all along.
  • Global Moderator
  • comeback tour!
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5,722
  • That's a smashing blouse. FELLA!
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #64 on: 11 May 2014, 14:29 »

Honestly I'm biased because 1: I'm friends with this band and 2: This video was filmed in my town so it's fun for me to watch, but I genuinely like this cover better than the original. It's very similar but I think having two vocalists works really well.

Thrillho

  • Global Moderator
  • Awakened
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 13,130
  • Tall. Beets.
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #65 on: 11 May 2014, 15:05 »

Why is this band called Blurred Lines? Is that just a really unfortunate coincidence?
Logged
In the end, the thing people will remember is kindness.

Welu

  • It was me, Austin. It was me all along.
  • Global Moderator
  • comeback tour!
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5,722
  • That's a smashing blouse. FELLA!
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #66 on: 11 May 2014, 15:10 »

Yeah. They formed just before the song came out I think, and I'm not sure why they kept the name.

Thrillho

  • Global Moderator
  • Awakened
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 13,130
  • Tall. Beets.
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #67 on: 11 May 2014, 15:11 »

Literally every time you share one of their videos I think you're sharing a cover of Robin Thicke and end up like  :psyduck:
Logged
In the end, the thing people will remember is kindness.

Welu

  • It was me, Austin. It was me all along.
  • Global Moderator
  • comeback tour!
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5,722
  • That's a smashing blouse. FELLA!
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #68 on: 11 May 2014, 15:16 »

I think the same thing every time they come up in my Facebook! I'm sure they have their reasons for keeping the name but I always think about that awful song whenever I see it.

Thrillho

  • Global Moderator
  • Awakened
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 13,130
  • Tall. Beets.
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #69 on: 11 May 2014, 15:24 »

Also, in this day and age, they've ruined their SEO. Anyone who ever Googles them will now only find the Robin Thicke song.
Logged
In the end, the thing people will remember is kindness.

Welu

  • It was me, Austin. It was me all along.
  • Global Moderator
  • comeback tour!
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5,722
  • That's a smashing blouse. FELLA!
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #70 on: 11 May 2014, 15:56 »

That as well. The sooner they change it the better for making a smoother transition but maybe they're hoping they'll be found by someone searching for the song? That's not how it works but it's definitely how some people think it does.

A_S00

  • Emoticontraindication
  • *
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 67
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #71 on: 13 May 2014, 22:19 »

That Happy cover is rad, but their lip-syncing could use some work.  Also, as mentioned, their name.
Logged

Welu

  • It was me, Austin. It was me all along.
  • Global Moderator
  • comeback tour!
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5,722
  • That's a smashing blouse. FELLA!
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #72 on: 14 May 2014, 08:52 »

I think the syncing is better in their other videos, which had the music playing in the background during filming. It seems they didn't have that for this video.

ev4n

  • Scrabble hacker
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,328
  • Shameless Shamy Shipper
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #73 on: 14 May 2014, 10:45 »

Just discovered that Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs did a bunch of cover albums.  They're pretty good, fwiw (my musical cred is zero).

Plus, Susanna Hoffs may be 55, but she's still the rare celeb that I would fanboy on.
Logged

KingOfIreland

  • Pneumatic ratchet pants
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 307
  • Artist formerly known as Tuathal
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #74 on: 22 May 2014, 17:18 »

Logged
"Cock's Fresh Prepared steak"

Akima

  • WoW gold miner on break
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 6,523
  • ** 妇女能顶半边天 **
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #75 on: 18 Jun 2014, 18:59 »

Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" covered on the guzheng (pron. goo-jung), the 21-stringed Chinese zither.
Logged
"I would rather have questions that can't be answered, than answers that can't be questioned." Richard Feynman

hedgie

  • Methuselah's mentor
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5,382
  • No Pasarán!
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #76 on: 20 Jun 2014, 15:56 »

I have always liked this version of "Komm Süßer Tod" (the Evangelion one, not the Bach one)

Logged
"The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there." -- Vonnegut

J

  • Scrabble hacker
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,391
  • Godkiller
    • My GlobalComicJam profile
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #77 on: 24 Jun 2014, 17:52 »

a thing that i love is cover versions of songs, performed in widely different styles and genres from the original. bonus points for terrible modern pop songs bring translated to older, better genres.

i think i may have hit the motherload:

A Motown Tribute to Nickleback
Postmodern Jukebox
Saturday Morning Slow Jams

Logged

lepetitfromage

  • William Gibson's Babydaddy
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2,267
  • addicted to the shindig
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #78 on: 25 Jun 2014, 06:08 »

Omg. The Nickelback one is All of them are delightful!
Logged
If you try to take all the steps at once, you'll fall over.

Chad K.

  • FIGHT YOU
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 392
    • The Riveras
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #79 on: 25 Jun 2014, 10:26 »

I always really liked this ska cover of Radiohead's "Let Down."  The sentiment fits with a lot of the politics of the reggae/rocksteady movement, and there's something haunting about the horn parts and choruses. 

Logged

J

  • Scrabble hacker
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,391
  • Godkiller
    • My GlobalComicJam profile
Logged

Jimor

  • Lovecraftian nightmare
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2,763
    • Twitch Channel
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #81 on: 15 Jul 2014, 14:41 »

For my TV show back in April, we filmed a Bob Dylan tribute show that was dedicated to his acoustic era of 1964 and before. There was a lot of great local talent involved, such as Gabriel Nelson of Cake, Kepi Ghoulie of the Groovy Ghoulies, Jonah Matranga of Far, and many or our other top notch locals, both veterans and up-and-comers, so the average quality of this show was quite exceptional.

For the TV show, we're taking 25 of the total 41 song performances (we did allow a couple of songs that he didn't write, but helped make famous) broken into 4 half-hour episodes. 3 have aired, and I'm currently uploading the 3rd to the show's YouTube page. The final episode will air next Tuesday, with the YouTube upload following a week after that.

Here's Part 1.
Direct song links:
"It Ain't Me Babe" - Alexander Nelson
"The Death of Emmitt Till" - Mason and Spencer Hoffman
"Oxford Town" - Cory Barringer
"Let Me Die In My Footsteps" - Jeannie Howell
"I Don't Believe You" - Kepi Ghoulie
"All I Really Want To Do" - Jonah Matranga
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" - David Houston and String Theory

And here's Part 2.
"Mr. Tambourine Man" - Erik Hanson
"Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance" - Stefan Sorgea
"My Back Pages" - David Houston and String Theory
"House of the Rising Sun" - Dog Party
"Mama, You Been On My Mind" - Robert Kuhlmann
"Walkin' Down The Line" - Jack Jules
"Only A Pawn In Their Game" - Aaron Linkin

I'll be back in a bit with a post for Part 3.
Logged
Twitch I play games and hang out with friends.

Jimor

  • Lovecraftian nightmare
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2,763
    • Twitch Channel
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #82 on: 15 Jul 2014, 16:45 »

And here's Part 3. The ultimate reason I wanted to post these was the final performance in this episode, where Jonah Matranga gives one of the most powerful performances I've ever seen anywhere with "With God On Our Side". If nothing else, click the direct link to this one below.


"Cocaine Blues" - Mike Diaz and Cheryl Martin
"A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" - Gabriel Nelson
"Don't Think Twice" - Aaron Linkin
"Boots of Spanish Leather" - Stefan and Katherine Sorgea
"With God On Our Side" - Jonah Matranga
Logged
Twitch I play games and hang out with friends.

ev4n

  • Scrabble hacker
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,328
  • Shameless Shamy Shipper
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #83 on: 16 Jul 2014, 08:05 »

I seem to be on a kick of ska covers, including:
SOS
Brown Eyed Girl
Take On Me
Hungry Like The Wolf
Come On Eileen.
Detroit Rock City
Logged

Thrillho

  • Global Moderator
  • Awakened
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 13,130
  • Tall. Beets.
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #84 on: 17 Jul 2014, 00:57 »

I'm not sure I can put into words how much I loathe the overwhelming majority of ska.
Logged
In the end, the thing people will remember is kindness.

hedgie

  • Methuselah's mentor
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 5,382
  • No Pasarán!
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #85 on: 17 Jul 2014, 01:05 »

To be fair, 90% of everything is shite.
Logged
"The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there." -- Vonnegut

Thrillho

  • Global Moderator
  • Awakened
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 13,130
  • Tall. Beets.
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #86 on: 17 Jul 2014, 01:07 »

Yeah but I don't even like most of what is apparently 'good' ska. Or reggae for that matter. Fuck Bob Marley, man.
Logged
In the end, the thing people will remember is kindness.

ev4n

  • Scrabble hacker
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,328
  • Shameless Shamy Shipper
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #87 on: 17 Jul 2014, 04:00 »

I have no idea how I feel about ska in general.  But ska covers of 80s songs make me happy.

It might be a disease.
Logged

Detachable Felix

  • Kind of a jerk, I guess?
  • Global Moderator
  • Scrabble hacker
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,487
  • I'm gonna keep you in love with me for a while
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #88 on: 17 Jul 2014, 04:27 »

You're obviously not listening to the right Ska. Get yo-self onto some Cat Empire (Both the self-titled album and Two Shoes are in my top 10 albums of all time. That should be an indication of just how fucking incredible these guys are)
Logged
This is Australia, mate. We don't do subtlety.
~She/Her/They/Them~

Thrillho

  • Global Moderator
  • Awakened
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 13,130
  • Tall. Beets.
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #89 on: 17 Jul 2014, 05:13 »

No.
Logged
In the end, the thing people will remember is kindness.

Detachable Felix

  • Kind of a jerk, I guess?
  • Global Moderator
  • Scrabble hacker
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,487
  • I'm gonna keep you in love with me for a while
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #90 on: 17 Jul 2014, 05:46 »

Yes.
Logged
This is Australia, mate. We don't do subtlety.
~She/Her/They/Them~

Thrillho

  • Global Moderator
  • Awakened
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 13,130
  • Tall. Beets.
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #91 on: 17 Jul 2014, 06:02 »

Not happening. Only my girlfriend could coerce me into listening to ska, and she provides me... other things.
Logged
In the end, the thing people will remember is kindness.

lepetitfromage

  • William Gibson's Babydaddy
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2,267
  • addicted to the shindig
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #92 on: 17 Jul 2014, 07:19 »

Or reggae for that matter. Fuck Bob Marley, man.

Does. not. compute......
Logged
If you try to take all the steps at once, you'll fall over.

Thrillho

  • Global Moderator
  • Awakened
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 13,130
  • Tall. Beets.
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #93 on: 17 Jul 2014, 07:56 »

I don't like his music very much, which (hypocritically) makes it even harder for me to stomach his status as a world peace icon despite being a jealous, wifebeating philanderer with nine children from different women. Lennon was also the latter, but for one thing he apologised for his behaviour later in life and was largely forgiven by those it affected, and for another I don't generally like his 'LOVE AND PEACE' bullshit music anyway, largely preferring his angry shit.

Ideally we would distance ourselves from the people behind the music to appreciate the music regardless, I suppose, which makes it easier for me to like Lennon and loathe Marley.

He has a song or two that I kind of like.
Logged
In the end, the thing people will remember is kindness.

lepetitfromage

  • William Gibson's Babydaddy
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 2,267
  • addicted to the shindig
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #94 on: 17 Jul 2014, 08:14 »

Ehhh, fair enough.

Marley for me is just damn good pot smoking music.
Logged
If you try to take all the steps at once, you'll fall over.

Thrillho

  • Global Moderator
  • Awakened
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 13,130
  • Tall. Beets.
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #95 on: 17 Jul 2014, 08:25 »

Ah, see I get high to hip hop ;)
Logged
In the end, the thing people will remember is kindness.

ev4n

  • Scrabble hacker
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,328
  • Shameless Shamy Shipper
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #96 on: 17 Jul 2014, 09:46 »

Gareth, trombones are the new ukuleles.
Logged

Thrillho

  • Global Moderator
  • Awakened
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 13,130
  • Tall. Beets.
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #97 on: 17 Jul 2014, 09:48 »

I don't get your point.
Logged
In the end, the thing people will remember is kindness.

KingOfIreland

  • Pneumatic ratchet pants
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 307
  • Artist formerly known as Tuathal
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #98 on: 17 Jul 2014, 14:15 »

You're obviously not listening to the right Ska. Get yo-self onto some Cat Empire (Both the self-titled album and Two Shoes are in my top 10 albums of all time. That should be an indication of just how fucking incredible these guys are)
Also, streetlight manifesto/Catch 22

EDIT: To be fair, Cat Empire and the like aren't really 'ska' as such in that they are actually just much better and far more inventive than the whole third wave crapshow that started in the 90s while also remaining truer to the original music style. It's one of those genres that has sprung up in the last ten years that mimic the originals as much as possible while managing to sound cool and modern.

I've got a soft spot for a lot of ska, but there's only a few two tone bands I really like (and even then I wouldn't listen to the same album twice in one day), like the selecter, The Specials and such. Third wave wise I only really listen to heavier skacore bands and quirky covers. Maybe some No doubt here and there too. Less Than Jake is always fun, but not really amazing music.
As far as the original sixties and seventies stuff from Jamaica, it's kind of hit and miss like any genre, but great for pool parties.
« Last Edit: 17 Jul 2014, 14:21 by KingOfIreland »
Logged
"Cock's Fresh Prepared steak"

Aziraphale

  • Duck attack survivor
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 1,529
  • Extra Medium
    • The First 10,000
Re: Favorite covers thread
« Reply #99 on: 17 Jul 2014, 15:35 »

You're obviously not listening to the right Ska. Get yo-self onto some Cat Empire (Both the self-titled album and Two Shoes are in my top 10 albums of all time. That should be an indication of just how fucking incredible these guys are)

I tried to get into some of the later stuff, and just couldn't. It sounded too interchangeable. There are a few bands from outside the US-UK scene that I liked (Ska-P, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, King Chango, Los Pericos), but for the most part I tend to gravitate toward the older Jamaican stuff (Skatalites et al.) and some of the Two Tone stuff like Madness, The Specials, or The Beat.

As for Marley... I dig him, but I can't see stopping there... there's just so much other good stuff from around the same time.
Logged
May goldfish leave Lincoln Logs in your sock drawer.
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 5   Go Up