Octopus Overlords

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:03 pm**

Here is Jeff Beck's version of The Stumble, maybe my favorite one. This is near and dear to my heart since it is one of the only Freddy King tunes I was able to figure out how to play.

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:11 pm**

Posted: **Fri Apr 23, 2021 3:51 am**

Ihsahn - "Manhattan Skyline (ft. Einar Solberg)"

a reasonably good cover of my all-time favorite a-ha track

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2021 7:28 pm**

The inimitable Freddie King strips down to fighting weight for this one. Recorded during the blues revival of the early '70s at the Sugarbowl. It amazes me how he delivers blistering solos, seemingly from a single position on the fret board.

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:38 pm**

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 3:51 am

Ihsahn - "Manhattan Skyline (ft. Einar Solberg)"

a reasonably good cover of my all-time favorite a-ha track

It’s crazy to me that the same guy who created maybe the two most influential extreme metal albums ever (“In the Nightside Eclipse” and “Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk”) is now doing A-Ha covers.

Posted: **Fri May 07, 2021 5:19 pm**

Well this was unexpected.

(Mashup, not cover, but still...)

Posted: **Fri May 07, 2021 6:59 pm**

Very unexpected. I enjoyed it. Very well done.

Posted: **Fri May 07, 2021 9:15 pm**

I can't remember if I (or anyone else) has posted this before, but... GEN X REPRESENT!!

Posted: **Sat May 08, 2021 11:08 am**

So at the beginning of the year I went down the Spotify rabbit hole and made a (very large) playlist of metal covers of non-metal songs. One of the delights of doing this was discovering Skar and his covers of movie/TV show soundtracks/songs. Here are the two I put on the playlist....

The Hobbit - Misty Mountains

and

Toss a Coin to your Witcher

Posted: **Sun May 23, 2021 12:56 pm**

Posted: **Wed Jun 23, 2021 6:59 pm**

Posted: **Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:48 pm**

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 12:56 pm

the only reason why this has 69K likes is because of the camera angle

Posted: **Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:02 pm**

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:48 pm
Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 12:56 pm
the only reason why this has 69K likes 30M+ views is because of the camera angle

Better?

Posted: **Wed Jul 14, 2021 12:57 am**

Posted: **Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:34 pm**

Fiona Apple's cover of The Waterboys "The Whole of the Moon" - excellently done, and brings a different interpretation...

Posted: **Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:49 pm**

Wondered what happened to her. She was pretty hot in the 90s.

Posted: **Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:32 pm**

https://youtu.be/IslMHJFkIME

Posted: **Sun Aug 08, 2021 10:28 pm**

Roman wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:32 pm

That's a nice treatment of one of the loveliest Talking Heads songs.

Posted: **Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:41 am**

Someone posted this folk cover of "Straight Outta Compton" this morning. Everything about this is utterly wrong, but I couldn't stop laughing.

Posted: **Tue Oct 26, 2021 2:17 pm**

I came across this cover of Guns 'n' Roses song a few weeks ago and thought it was pretty awesome. Plus I love the cymbal hat

Posted: **Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:14 pm**

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:41 am Someone posted this folk cover of "Straight Outta Compton" this morning. Everything about this is utterly wrong, but I couldn't stop laughing.

That was indeed...awesome.

Posted: **Sun Dec 05, 2021 2:57 pm**

Came across this. Waylon Jennings' and Johnny Cash's grandsons performing together. If you close your eyes, you can just picture their grandfathers.

Posted: **Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:23 pm**

Even the grand kids are old . So thats Shooter's kid?..somethings fishy. They sound right though. Ive had too many beers

Posted: **Sun Dec 05, 2021 3:39 pm**

Well, it's been a long time, hasn't it? They've had time to grow. I can kind of see the resemblances especially in Thomas Gabriel.

Posted: **Sun Dec 05, 2021 6:43 pm**

Lately, our local dinosaur rock station has been all abuzz about David Grohl's Hanukah cover tunes. But then as an example, they played him covering Barry Manilow. Ugh.

Posted: **Thu Dec 09, 2021 10:13 pm**

Rodrigo y Gabriela covering some oldies-

"Battery" [Metallica]

"Seasons in the Abyss" [Slayer]

"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" [Megadeth]

Posted: **Tue Dec 14, 2021 10:38 am**

How am I finding out for the first time today that Alkaline Trio did a cover of the Muppets Moving Right Along?

Posted: **Tue Dec 14, 2021 2:57 pm**

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 26, 2021 10:41 am Someone posted this folk cover of "Straight Outta Compton" this morning. Everything about this is utterly wrong, but I couldn't stop laughing.

I assume you've probably heard Jonathan Coulton's take on Baby got Back?

Posted: **Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:16 pm**

Urge Overkill reuniting and covering Freedom by Wham! is not something I saw coming (now or back in October when this was originally released)

Posted: **Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:22 pm**

That singer has a very Tom Petty vibe. Have they covered any Petty?

Posted: **Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:27 pm**

This is the only cover I am aware of, though I don't know if they have during live shows:

Really kicking myself for skipping the show I could have seen ~1994 in a small NJ bar. If you don't own 1993's Saturation, it's a keeper that still gets spins from me.

Posted: **Wed Dec 29, 2021 6:52 pm**

Smoove_B wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:27 pm This is the only cover I am aware of, though I don't know if they have during live shows:

Really kicking myself for skipping the show I could have seen ~1994 in a small NJ bar. If you don't own 1993's Saturation, it's a keeper that still gets spins from me.

It's funny, I was JUST reminding my Wife about us seeing them around this time. It's not a long trip around the corner of The Big Lake to GR and they brought a whole SCENE of people with them. Everybody was wearing turtlenecks and medallions and it was cool as shit.

Easily half the crowd, 75+ people, were hip as fuck folk that came with them.

Posted: **Wed Dec 29, 2021 7:02 pm**

OK, to throw out an on-topic post...

I really like this recently fairly stable line-up of Melvins which has included Steve McDonald (of Redd Kross) on bass:

Posted: **Wed Dec 29, 2021 11:21 pm**

I managed to find this killer cover of Careless Whisper by the Eagles of Death Metal:

https://youtu.be/VFIcDRKCxoU

Posted: **Thu Dec 30, 2021 3:12 am**

i guess this counts. lol

also Urge Overkill was among the batch of verrrry first concerts i ever went to, in 1993. Luscious Jackson opened.

Posted: **Thu Dec 30, 2021 1:19 pm**

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 3:12 am Luscious Jackson opened.

There's a name I haven't heard in a very long time.

Posted: **Thu Dec 30, 2021 1:27 pm**

Eel Snave wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 1:19 pm
hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Thu Dec 30, 2021 3:12 am Luscious Jackson opened.
There's a name I haven't heard in a very long time.

Posted: **Thu Dec 30, 2021 1:32 pm**

Well, color me surprised! I'm glad they're still around, the last thing of theirs I listened to was Electric Honey.

Posted: **Fri Jan 07, 2022 7:28 pm**

In honor of Sidney Poitier, who is mentioned in the first 15 seconds of this cover of the Butthole Surfers classic, Moving Down to Florida. Awesome lineup with Jeff Pinkus, formerly of the Buttholes on bass and ALSO Steve McDonald of Redd Kross on bass.

Posted: **Sat Jan 08, 2022 12:12 am**

This is insane. The way she gets her guitar to do these things.

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