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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
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I thought we had a song cover thread somewhere around here but I couldnt find it for some reason. Maybe it got lost in the Great Outage of '13.
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Yeah, I think it did.
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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
Holy crap, something about her voice is really sexy. <Swoon>
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I can't let a covers thread go by without pimping my all-time favorite cover band, Big Daddy. Hear them cover Celine Dion and Barry Manilow

Oh yeah, and Whitney Houston, too.
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Nice find Rumpy. Love that girl singing lead. Her bluegrass version of blurred lines was interesting.

Lake Street Dive covering Rich Girl - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Oc1UE7SS4" target="_blank
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Crabbs 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
Holy crap, something about her voice is really sexy. <Swoon>

Heh yeah, same here. She has a great voice.
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Toe wrote:Nice find Rumpy. Love that girl singing lead. Her bluegrass version of blurred lines was interesting.

Lake Street Dive covering Rich Girl - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Oc1UE7SS4" target="_blank

Yeah, everything in that feed is rather good, though the first one is my favourite. Overall, great sense of arrangement. It's amazing what a change in style can do to a song.

Another good one from the same guy is a mashup of Gershwin and Bomehian Rhapsody (Bohemian Rhapsody in Blue):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-J_FatMnXY" target="_blank
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I seem to remember the earlier thread, but I can't find it.

One of the greatest of all covers is Johnny Cash doing Nine Inch Nails' Hurt, beautiful and devastating at the same time.
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Rumpy wrote:
Toe wrote:Nice find Rumpy. Love that girl singing lead. Her bluegrass version of blurred lines was interesting.

Lake Street Dive covering Rich Girl - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Oc1UE7SS4" target="_blank

Yeah, everything in that feed is rather good, though the first one is my favourite. Overall, great sense of arrangement. It's amazing what a change in style can do to a song.

Another good one from the same guy is a mashup of Gershwin and Bomehian Rhapsody (Bohemian Rhapsody in Blue):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-J_FatMnXY" target="_blank
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Ogre takes Petula Clark's cheezy "Downtown" and turns it creepy as hell
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This may be the gayest cover ever (not that there's anything wrong with that).
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I have many great covers marked...i shall find them!

Royals
Let it Be
Time After Time
Wrecking Ball
another Royals
Cant Take My Eyes Off of You
Some Nights
Somebody That I Used to Know

Sorry for so many Walk Off the Earth covers...they just rock.
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Spent weeks tracking down this Rockabilly cover of Paint it Black.. There's something about Rockabilly that just always cheers me up.
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I think there was a thread of covers you like in spite of hating the original, which is a very different creature from just great covers.

I always loved seeing Our Mercury play "Ain't No Sunshine".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOhJogxmRWs" target="_blank



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An old man sings Whole Lotta Love... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oVrITtClHc" target="_blank ...wait thats Robert Plant :)...he still sings good.
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Sad Clown Singing Lorde's "Royals"

It's as terrifying as it sounds.
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I thought the first of the One Take Thursday series was pretty excellent.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlZ5BlKTUOk" target="_blank a new favorite
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Sad Clown Singing Lorde's "Royals"
It's as terrifying as it sounds.
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Dang, sorry Daehawk. But it's so awesome/creepy it deserved to be posted twice. :D
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it is..on both counts. I agree with clown creepiness.
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Kelly and the Kelly Girls - Toxic (Britney Spears)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf16lzM8na8" target="_blank
Good cover. Funny video.



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Big Daddy's last release was a track-for-track cover of Sgt. Pepper, each song cut in the style of a different artist. Their crowning glory was the final one.
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silverjon wrote:I think there was a thread of covers you like in spite of hating the original, which is a very different creature from just great covers.

Yeah, definitely agree. I couldn't remember if we already had a thread for that though. But there are lots of great covers here.
silverjon wrote:Kelly and the Kelly Girls - Toxic (Britney Spears)
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Good cover. Funny video.

Nice. That song in particular really made me realize in the first place how a band can really turn things around. My personal favourite cover of that song is Nickel Creek's live version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBoRc3yLV9w" target="_blank
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We've had *lots* of covers threads over the years. This one was my favorite contribution.
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So....when is someone going to post some awesome covers in this thread? :ninja:
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Here's the most awesome cover ever...

Melvins doing the Buttholes. Free ice cream!

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tgb wrote:This may be the gayest cover ever (not that there's anything wrong with that).
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triggercut wrote:So....when is someone going to post some awesome covers in this thread? :ninja:
If I remember correctly, your idea of "awesome covers" is the Jack White version of Jolene. I'll not comment further. :ninja:
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hepcat wrote:
triggercut wrote:So....when is someone going to post some awesome covers in this thread? :ninja:
If I remember correctly, your idea of "awesome covers" is the Jack White version of Jolene. I'll not comment further. :ninja:
:wub: Jack White.

But that's making me think of a collaboration he did that someone linked a long time ago and I can't find it. It was him on stage with a few other famous people and he just blew them away on what I think was an old song. Grr, this is going to bug the shit outta me.
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cheeba wrote:
hepcat wrote:
triggercut wrote:So....when is someone going to post some awesome covers in this thread? :ninja:
If I remember correctly, your idea of "awesome covers" is the Jack White version of Jolene. I'll not comment further. :ninja:
:wub: Jack White.

But that's making me think of a collaboration he did that someone linked a long time ago and I can't find it. It was him on stage with a few other famous people and he just blew them away on what I think was an old song. Grr, this is going to bug the shit outta me.

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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).

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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).

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Since it just came up on Pandora, and the wife pointed me to this thread, Patty Griffin's cover of Springsteen's Stolen Car.

Though, now that I've looked through the thread, it's not exactly a candidate considering that the original is pretty boss. (yes, that was intentional :ninja: )

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A somewhat unexpected cover by Toots & the Maytals.
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Highway to Hell ...Im sure you can guess why I like her channel.

This one was what I started the youtube video thread with...

Caitlyn Taylor Love...she has a Pat Benatar/Joan Jet voice.

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Daehawk wrote:
Sad Clown Singing Lorde's "Royals"
It's as terrifying as it sounds.
You two didn't see I posted both of those ? :)
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