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Covers (no; not those - the other kind)
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    Posted: 20 Apr 2017 at 6:14pm
I'm curious if anyone else has a thing for what can happen when someone covers a song in a totally unique or unexpected way?  It has always been one of my passions to discover new and unusual treatments of familiar music.  I especially love whole albums of cover versions that thematically form a unified whole.  I'll throw out a couple of examples of some of the things that are always on my playlist to see if this stimulates any interesting discussion. 

- Red, Hot, & Blue - Cole Porter reinterpreted by the likes of Nineh Cherry, Iggy Pop, Fine Young Cannibals, among others.

- Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band from start to finish reggae-style.  (If you like this, have you heard their cover of Dark Side of the Moon? Wink)

- Petra Haden Sings:  The Who Sell Out - This could be my all time favorite.  An a cappella recreation of the entire album - voices, instruments, even the little radio ads between the songs; created on an 8-track tape recorder over three years.  I've scared people away playing this for them, but if you give it a serious listen all the way through, it may grab you.

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Dub side of the moon..i hate it!
La women [The Doors] by Billy Idol ,very fast [tempo] is brilliant,and is the only cover that I like!
 
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A couple of (amusing but heavy) cover versions...you did ask Confused

Beatallica, Hey Dude (from the album Sgt Hetfields Motorbreath Pub Band)



Spoiler, Electrifying ('Grease' cover)
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Here are some obvious and less obvious ones...

Charles Bradley covering Black Sabbath - "Changes"
Our Girl covering Ty Segall - "Sad Fuzz"
Sinead O' Connor covering Prince - "Nothing Compares To You"
Jimi Hendrix covering Bob Dylan - "All Along the Watchtower"
Jeff Buckley cover Leonard Cohen - "Hallelujah"
The 25+ covers of Chris Isaac's "Wicked Game"
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Marilyn Manson's cover of Soft Cell's Tainted Love - a complete transformation - superb.
Roxy Music's cover of Lennon's Jealous Guy.
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Originally posted by RichW RichW wrote:

Marilyn Manson's cover of Soft Cell's Tainted Love - a complete transformation - superb.


Soft Cell's version was of course a cover.

Bowie's Pinups album.
Joe Cocker's With A Little Help From My Friends
The Beatles' Roll Over Beethoven
Siouxsie And The Banshees Through The Looking Glass album
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Here are a couple from my jazz corner; both focusing on Miles Davis:

Miles From India.

Miles Espanol - New Sketches of Spain

Love 'em or hate 'em?

Edited by AGiLiT - 21 Apr 2017 at 2:32pm
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