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Smoke on the Water performed by traditional japenese orchestra. :p

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tgb wrote:A somewhat unexpected cover by Toots & the Maytals.
One of my favorites by them.
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Does The Sound of Cylons count?

How about a flash mob in Germany playing Star Wars

Oh Danny Boy...ugh this one made me cry over my dog.

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cheeba wrote:Nope that was the first thing that came up on my search too. I think it was just some special event they had or something. I'll do some more looking tonight, lol.

Edit - Found it, lol. It wasn't quite what I thought (I'm not sure where I got that Jack White blew them away, it wasn't like that).

Jack White, Wayfaring Stranger
Blanche have a bunch of covers like that (and I believe Jack White performs on that song among others) but their best is a cover of "Running with the Devil" Sadly I can find it online. If you get a chance check out If We Can't Trust the Doctors and keep listening for "Running With the Devil" as the album ends.

As a consolation I give you Junkyard Dogs doing "Breaking the Law"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fotcUkASpig" target="_blank

... At least Z-Corn will appreciate it. :D
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Ok, well I'm breaking the rules of my own thread. Personally I find a good cover is when a band adds their own twist to a song. So, not to say anything bad about REM's version of End of the World, but I happen to really like Great Big Sea's version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-5oGnvfUEU" target="_blank
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I love Great Big Sea. Old Black Rum is my favorite.
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LordMortis wrote:
cheeba wrote:Nope that was the first thing that came up on my search too. I think it was just some special event they had or something. I'll do some more looking tonight, lol.

Edit - Found it, lol. It wasn't quite what I thought (I'm not sure where I got that Jack White blew them away, it wasn't like that).

Jack White, Wayfaring Stranger
Blanche have a bunch of covers like that (and I believe Jack White performs on that song among others) but their best is a cover of "Running with the Devil" Sadly I can find it online. If you get a chance check out If We Can't Trust the Doctors and keep listening for "Running With the Devil" as the album ends.

As a consolation I give you Junkyard Dogs doing "Breaking the Law"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fotcUkASpig" target="_blank

... At least Z-Corn will appreciate it. :D
I DO appreciate it. Great album...Good Living Platter...

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So, inspired by LM's above post...here is MY FAVORITE cover off The Junkyard Dog's Good Livin' Platter album.

It's a Hoyt Axton song called Lightning Bar Blues and it goes through my head all the time...

http://youtu.be/JYhmjXA8_7M
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Rumpy wrote:Every once in awhile, a cover will come along that takes a crappy song and turns it around into an awesome song. Came across this cover of Miley Cyrus's "We Can't Stop" a few days ago, and while I can't stand the song playing on the radio, I can't stop playing this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXYWDtXbBB0" target="_blank
Wow, that's awesome! Downloading now...
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Apollo wrote:
Rumpy wrote:Every once in awhile, a cover will come along that takes a crappy song and turns it around into an awesome song. Came across this cover of Miley Cyrus's "We Can't Stop" a few days ago, and while I can't stand the song playing on the radio, I can't stop playing this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXYWDtXbBB0" target="_blank
Wow, that's awesome! Downloading now...
Been watching a lot of their videos lately. Didn't think to post that one..might have in the YT thread. Its the same group that had Puddles the Clown sing Royals.

Here is their copy of Call Me Maybe - Vintage Carly Rae Jepsen Cover

Like this one a lot more... Gentleman (Vintage 1920s Gatsby - Style Psy Cover)
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tgb wrote:A somewhat unexpected cover by Toots & the Maytals.
Speaking of Toots... this rendition of Radiohead's "Let Down" with Easy Star All Stars is quite superior to the original, imo
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A middles school class playing tool?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... dZ2GjblLDc" target="_blank

This might be my new favorite cover

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LordMortis wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p ... dZ2GjblLDc

This might be my new favorite cover

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Someone posted it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6r3meWQwvo

I adore this cover.
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LordMortis wrote:Someone posted it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6r3meWQwvo

I adore this cover.
Reminds me of the Gourds' version of Gin and Juice. (NSFW, obviously)
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Set the way back machine for this one. Heres an awesome very bluesy cover of the Motown classic "Cant Get Next to You" done by Savoy Brown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ_2KXRhtWI
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Heh, that's awesome, LM. I was actually coming to post Postmodern Jukebox's take on that song, with a New Orlean twist. That girl's got skill!


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Also nice. I love New Orleans Jazz covers and I don't know why. I got the double bonus when Florence Welch did a New Orleans Jazz cover of "Not Fade Away", which is one of my three favorite songs of all time.
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Rumpy wrote:Heh, that's awesome, LM. I was actually coming to post Postmodern Jukebox's take on that song, with a New Orlean twist. That girl's got skill!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ3BAF_15yQ
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Skinypupy wrote:
Rumpy wrote:Heh, that's awesome, LM. I was actually coming to post Postmodern Jukebox's take on that song, with a New Orlean twist. That girl's got skill!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ3BAF_15yQ
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All About That [Upright] Bass - performed by jazz singer Kate Davis (Postmodern Jukebox)

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Yeah, that's totally awesome. I feel they've been killing it lately.

Here's another one of my recent favourite of theirs. Their cover of Ariana Grande's 'Problems':

http://youtu.be/YSoHzEShGVQ

And their cover of Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off':
http://youtu.be/Tv94swj4sjo

Their cover of Nicki Minaj's Anaconda's also fun:
http://youtu.be/Ez-apj-Od1I
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Gwar covers The Pet Shop Boys (before switching to Jim Carroll Band):
http://www.stereogum.com/1714853/watch- ... rls/video/
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Sepiche wrote:Gwar covers The Pet Shop Boys (before switching to Jim Carroll Band):
http://www.stereogum.com/1714853/watch- ... rls/video/

This is really, really good.
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Not sure if anyone posted this, but it has to be one of my favorite covers of the past 10 years.

Immigrant Song
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Sectoid wrote:Not sure if anyone posted this, but it has to be one of my favorite covers of the past 10 years.

Immigrant Song
I feel like I'm pissing in your Cheerios and I apologize for that but I had a huge excited :shock: when I saw your post based on Trent's past covers and this just didn't have the magic for me from songs like "Get Down Make Love" or my personal favorite "Physical (You're too)". I'm probably just getting too damned old.
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LordMortis wrote:
Sectoid wrote:Not sure if anyone posted this, but it has to be one of my favorite covers of the past 10 years.

Immigrant Song
I feel like I'm pissing in your Cheerios and I apologize for that but I had a huge excited :shock: when I saw your post based on Trent's past covers and this just didn't have the magic for me from songs like "Get Down Make Love" or my personal favorite "Physical (You're too)". I'm probably just getting too damned old.
It definitely isn't for everyone, Mort. I haven't been into Trent's music for some time now. Downward spiral was his last good album, IMO. I've always seen him as trying to revive the magic that was Pretty Hate Machine and never succeeding. We're all entitled to our opinions.

On another note, here is another cover that I first heard when the band opened up for Rob Zombie about 9 or 10 years ago. I was the only one that cheered when they announced the song.

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I also saw this cover performed live last year during their tour.

Garbage and Screaming Females performing Because the Night
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Just in time for the announcement of the new Bond movie Postmodern Jukebox have their take of Ariana Grande's Love Me Harder done in the style of 60's Bond.

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Sectoid wrote:I also saw this cover performed live last year during their tour.

Garbage and Screaming Females performing Because the Night
Wow... yeah, I can get into this... :wub:
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Z-Corn wrote:
Sepiche wrote:Gwar covers The Pet Shop Boys (before switching to Jim Carroll Band):
http://www.stereogum.com/1714853/watch- ... rls/video/

This is really, really good.
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