Cover Songs - Your Hits...

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ocscottie 10/16/2019 6:47pm
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Holy crap! i remember him from Amercias Got Talent.
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Is it that obvious?

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I am fucking BORED! tried catching a buzz and it didnt work. 👎
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My childhood heroes. When I was 8 I had a He-Man tape recorder zip tied to my handle bars on my Z-50 playing that album.
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Hes right, though.
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Jewish wish you were here? You guys are bustin my balls.
That's fuckin great though. You guitar pickers should learn it. It's really fun to play.
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borg 10/16/2019 7:43pm
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I don't want to rant but this is such a great thread.
There are certain musicians or groups that are not good prospects to cover. Try covering Yes. Not so easy. Primus? Close to impossible. What I mean is, what does the cover really add? There are great songs that can be covered because the basic song and melody lends itself to variations which can be really good. Heard it Through the Grapevine is an all time classic Marvin Gaye song. But, Credence Clearwater did a great cover. Those are rare. Most covers in this thread don't live up except the ones that have a lot of time between the original and the cover. SRV is the only one that could really cover Hendrix and some of that was due to better equipment and recording technology. Plus he was an OK guitar player.

95% of all the covers I have ever heard are nothing but filler for albums.
Do we even have albums any more?
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Dirtydeeds 10/16/2019 7:51pm
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ocscottie wrote:
I like that one Dirty! 🤘
🤟the whole albums pretty good. Its all covers. Clever album title, Writers block!

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Falcon 10/16/2019 8:17pm
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So many good ones. Here are just a few:

This one makes me want to go hit my hand with a hammer, for all it's worth by comparison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgIB1OL09H0

One of my favorite musician/producer/songwriters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dxPguUyMOY&list=PL1Kn0uvyxy0BVsT_lEt8h…

And with his other band. If you didn't like this song already, maybe a rockier version will suit your taste:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obg2rHYpiwA

FInally, this beautiful gem from Red House Painters. RIP, Ric Ocasek:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQSUIRDs6VE


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indy_maico 10/17/2019 10:16am
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borg wrote:
I don't want to rant but this is such a great thread. There are certain musicians or groups that are not good prospects to cover. Try...
I don't want to rant but this is such a great thread.
There are certain musicians or groups that are not good prospects to cover. Try covering Yes. Not so easy. Primus? Close to impossible. What I mean is, what does the cover really add? There are great songs that can be covered because the basic song and melody lends itself to variations which can be really good. Heard it Through the Grapevine is an all time classic Marvin Gaye song. But, Credence Clearwater did a great cover. Those are rare. Most covers in this thread don't live up except the ones that have a lot of time between the original and the cover. SRV is the only one that could really cover Hendrix and some of that was due to better equipment and recording technology. Plus he was an OK guitar player.

95% of all the covers I have ever heard are nothing but filler for albums.
Do we even have albums any more?
Bonamassa in his youth used to work a little Yes into his live show. Never recorded it though.

Just having some fun with it....

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DoctorJD 10/17/2019 12:18pm
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The gold standard of covers (IMVHO)...

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