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There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.
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The Def Leppard take on Rock On is pretty awesome, but I think I like the David Essex one better, which surprises me.
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TBH, The Rolling Stones to me are usually like a bag of chips. When I'm in the mood, sure. It's crunchy and distracting and then in ten minutes it's gone and I've forgotten all about it.
Most of their stuff is okay but not interesting to me. There's no "there" there.
OTOH, Band of Susans' trademark menacing fuzz guitar sound gives "Paint It Black" all kinds of sinister undertones that are totally missing from the original.
BoS was awesome. I still love them after all these years.
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I can't help but be reminded of my friend Michael Johns' less successful attempt at that song on American Idol but then that also reminds me of his amazing version of Dolly Parton's 'It's All Wrong, But It's All Right' which I think blows hers out of the water (and that's coming from a big Dolly fan) -
Yep, Michael renewed my enjoyment of ATU and I LOVED his version of the Dolly song (which I'd never heard before.) I liked it when he performed it on Ellen that year.
At the risk of seeming like a total Idol geek, I really liked Adam Lambert's weird version of "Ring of Fire." In fact, I liked MOST of Adam Lamberts covers on Idol.
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Dar and Ani cover Pink Floyd. This one has became part of our soundtrack for my partner's journey through cancer. We were both Floyd fans back in the day, but are now at an age and stage where Dar is more frequently played in the house. The line "Your lips move but I can't hear what you are saying" became a helpful tool for giving perspective to the awful bedside manner of one particular doctor.
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Stones covers? Yeah, sometimes hard to pull off. This one I like. I never paid any attention to Keith Urban before I saw this performance. I never liked Alicia Keyes. She changed my mind, with this, by showing that she can rock. My favorite performance from Live Earth.
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Gah. I can't believe I left the wrong link in the above BoS post for days.
Anyway, it's fixed now.
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LOL. I found it any way. While I was looking I found a fun old Tracy Ullman sketch where she paints her kitchen black. Hadn't seen it in years.
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quote:Originally posted by He Who Wanders: Love the Bobs! Discovered them years ago on Dr. Demento.
Though not a cover, to my knowledge, check out "Banana Love."
They also have off-the-wall covers of "Pscyho Killer" (Talking Heads), "Whole Lotta Love" (Led Zeppelin), and "Light My Fire" (Doors).
I've got an autographed copy of their all-covers disc, but I got it at a thrift store. So its not autographed to me.
I linked to the Be Arthurs upthread without naming them, but here's their awesome cover of Beck's "Think I'm In Love." The cuteness... IT ATE MY BRAAAAAAIN!!
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Okay -- I need to get some more Joni Mitchell covers out there:
Here's the song of hers that is probably the most frequently covered. The Counting Crows had the biggest hit with it, and deservedly so. Sleek and clean version. It always makes me feel good when this one comes on the radio.
This one has been covered a lot, too. It has been "the Christmas song" around our house for years. Sarah's version now has it getting played on all the commercial stations, with the rest of the Christmas standards, each year.
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