Covers Good and Bad

[Carl Spackler 3614]

Fast forward to the 1:15 mark to avoid the pre-song chatter and interpreter.  I've always kind of liked Roddy Frame's take on VH's hit.

 

[jimmyjazz 47070]

1 hour ago, Celery Man said:

I complained about people covering the Cranberries in one of the threads, because O’Riordan’s vocal make every Cranberries song. This is really good though -

Holy shit, that guy's voice!  I've heard a couple of their songs on radio and liked them, but now I'm really going to pay attention.

[Celery Man 21089]

5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Holy shit, that guy's voice!  I've heard a couple of their songs on radio and liked them, but now I'm really going to pay attention.

Yeah they just popped up on my radar from this cover that’s a little viral. I’ve been listening today and I’m into it. This is another cover and yeah it’s the vocals

 

[jimmyjazz 47070]

One thing I noticed on that Cranberries cover is the impeccable tuning on the guitar.  I mean, I can get that the vocals might be auto-tuned, but that's a little more difficult on a guitar.  Really well done.

[PRONG HORN 3219]

 

 

Stooges cover from 1987

 

 

 

[jimmyjazz 47070]

f it won't post

Edited June 10 by jimmyjazz

[Hornius Emeritus 12794]

Glen Campell's daughter, Ashley Campbell,  is gorgeous and talented and Carl Jackson is one of those musicians who can shred on any stringed instrument, including, as he does here, guitar.  This is one of the greatest country songs ever written.

It's an odd observation, but Ashley Campbell may have the most flawless skin I've ever seen.

 

 

When Joe Ely and Uncle Tupelo take on Waylon Jennings.
 

 

[jimmyjazz 47070]

1 hour ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

Glen Campell's daughter, Ashley Campbell,  is gorgeous and talented and Carl Jackson is one of those musicians who can shred on any stringed instrument, including, as he does here, guitar.  This is one of the greatest country songs ever written.

Forget his playing, his singing is stellar.  What a voice.

[jimmyjazz 47070]

I don't really know where to put this, but since it's basically "Blues In E", I'll put it here.

Disclaimer:  I am a huge fan of both Eddie Van Halen and Brian May.  Both advanced rock guitar in important and distinct ways.  "Virtuoso" and "genius" are overused words, but not when it comes to those two guys.

That said, this is terrible.  The rhythm section sounds like three amateurs jamming at an open mic, and the twin, incessant, rambling guitar solos point to a shocking ignorance of the blues idiom.  The number of clams is laughable, and then we get to the keyboard solo.  Holy shit.  I'll say no more about that.  The whole thing goes Monty Python when the keyboardist apparently doesn't realize everyone else has stopped playing, so the "band" slowly eases back in with a more uptempo but equally cringeworthy vamp.  Either that, or they inadvisably glued two separate takes together.  Whatever.  Grab your earplugs.

 

[tbone_ 14436]

I don’t hate that. Certainly not breaking any new ground but listening to those two guys riff back and forth on a 12 bar blues is plenty cool in my book.

[Gil Bang 26228]

On 11/28/2020 at 4:41 PM, jimmyjazz said:

Yeah, Larkin Poe is the real deal.

 

[Pato del Muerto 53420]

 

[jimmyjazz 47070]

That had a serious Band vibe.

[stc 1500]

 

[ajax 2675]

lol

 

 

[CooterBrown 18285]

Saw this cover years ago and forgot about it.  It popped up today.  It's solid.

 

[jimmyjazz 47070]

Nice straightforward cover of "Creep".  The way Chrissie's voice breaks as she drops out of her falsetto kills me.  She is such an incredible natural singer.

 

[tbone_ 14436]

Nice straightforward cover of "Creep".  The way Chrissie's voice breaks as she drops out of her falsetto kills me.  She is such an incredible natural singer.
 

That is outstanding. 2 thoughts:

1) how the hell is that nearly 30 years old now?

2) why is it so hard to get an amplified acoustic guitar to sound like that live in real life?

[Underdog 29132]

Uh yeah, that was excellent. 

[jimmyjazz 47070]

She completely conveys the wistful, self-loathing nature of that lyric.

[Pato del Muerto 53420]

Did you guys know Sean Lennon could rip it like that?

Edited September 12 by Pato del Muerto

[stc 1500]

saw them play all of animals last year at waterloo amphitheater. it was very good. 

[Rip76 5013]

Not usually a fan of "Rockin' out," a song like this, but for some reason I've always liked this cover and Jake E. Lee.

 

[Rip76 5013]

23 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Did you guys know Sean Lennon could rip it like that?

I really like this whole song, and I'm getting a bit off topic but...

Starting at 5min.

 

[Parliament 14592]

From 2004's terribly underrated "Dawn of the Dead" remake.  (Zach Snyder made an actual good movie.)

[ajax 2675]

Really interesting video of a cover made on the spot. A shoe gaze version of Dreams. I think it's pretty good and it's interesting.

 

 

Edited Thursday at 08:44 PM by ajax

[Lazarus Bocanegra 312]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfYg1ZJfEWY

Edited 20 hours ago by Lazarus Bocanegra