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Fast forward to the 1:15 mark to avoid the pre-song chatter and interpreter.  I've always kind of liked Roddy Frame's take on VH's hit.

 

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    I use that "Dreams I'll Never See" cover to help audition new audio equipment.  It has tons of clarity and just sounds fantastic. CSB:  I was editor of our HS newspaper my junior and senior years

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    Heh . . . Miles Davis, playing just a bit sharp.  That never happens.  Man, he had taste, though. This isn't a cover, but I don't care, if you have the time, rewind to the beginning of the clip t

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1 hour ago, Celery Man said:

I complained about people covering the Cranberries in one of the threads, because O’Riordan’s vocal make every Cranberries song. This is really good though -

Holy shit, that guy's voice!  I've heard a couple of their songs on radio and liked them, but now I'm really going to pay attention.

5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Holy shit, that guy's voice!  I've heard a couple of their songs on radio and liked them, but now I'm really going to pay attention.

Yeah they just popped up on my radar from this cover that’s a little viral. I’ve been listening today and I’m into it. This is another cover and yeah it’s the vocals

 

One thing I noticed on that Cranberries cover is the impeccable tuning on the guitar.  I mean, I can get that the vocals might be auto-tuned, but that's a little more difficult on a guitar.  Really well done.

Glen Campell's daughter, Ashley Campbell,  is gorgeous and talented and Carl Jackson is one of those musicians who can shred on any stringed instrument, including, as he does here, guitar.  This is one of the greatest country songs ever written.

It's an odd observation, but Ashley Campbell may have the most flawless skin I've ever seen.

 


 

When Joe Ely and Uncle Tupelo take on Waylon Jennings.
 



 

1 hour ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

Glen Campell's daughter, Ashley Campbell,  is gorgeous and talented and Carl Jackson is one of those musicians who can shred on any stringed instrument, including, as he does here, guitar.  This is one of the greatest country songs ever written.

Forget his playing, his singing is stellar.  What a voice.

I don't really know where to put this, but since it's basically "Blues In E", I'll put it here.

Disclaimer:  I am a huge fan of both Eddie Van Halen and Brian May.  Both advanced rock guitar in important and distinct ways.  "Virtuoso" and "genius" are overused words, but not when it comes to those two guys.

That said, this is terrible.  The rhythm section sounds like three amateurs jamming at an open mic, and the twin, incessant, rambling guitar solos point to a shocking ignorance of the blues idiom.  The number of clams is laughable, and then we get to the keyboard solo.  Holy shit.  I'll say no more about that.  The whole thing goes Monty Python when the keyboardist apparently doesn't realize everyone else has stopped playing, so the "band" slowly eases back in with a more uptempo but equally cringeworthy vamp.  Either that, or they inadvisably glued two separate takes together.  Whatever.  Grab your earplugs.

 

I don’t hate that. Certainly not breaking any new ground but listening to those two guys riff back and forth on a 12 bar blues is plenty cool in my book.

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On 11/28/2020 at 4:41 PM, jimmyjazz said:

Yeah, Larkin Poe is the real deal.

 

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Saw this cover years ago and forgot about it.  It popped up today.  It's solid.

 

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Nice straightforward cover of "Creep".  The way Chrissie's voice breaks as she drops out of her falsetto kills me.  She is such an incredible natural singer.

 

Nice straightforward cover of "Creep".  The way Chrissie's voice breaks as she drops out of her falsetto kills me.  She is such an incredible natural singer.
 

That is outstanding. 2 thoughts:

1) how the hell is that nearly 30 years old now?

2) why is it so hard to get an amplified acoustic guitar to sound like that live in real life?

She completely conveys the wistful, self-loathing nature of that lyric.

Did you guys know Sean Lennon could rip it like that?

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saw them play all of animals last year at waterloo amphitheater. it was very good. 

Not usually a fan of "Rockin' out," a song like this, but for some reason I've always liked this cover and Jake E. Lee.

 

23 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Did you guys know Sean Lennon could rip it like that?

I really like this whole song, and I'm getting a bit off topic but...

Starting at 5min.

 

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From 2004's terribly underrated "Dawn of the Dead" remake.  (Zach Snyder made an actual good movie.)

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Really interesting video of a cover made on the spot. A shoe gaze version of Dreams. I think it's pretty good and it's interesting.

 

 

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Well, not QUITE a cover, but sorta.  Super cool nonetheless.  A little sloppy on the double time; i.e., perfect.  Two giants of modern music.

 

 

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I think it’s safe to say we’re all fans of the original. But I just came across this chill cover… very nice 

 

 

8 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Yeah, she probably shouldn't have watered down the lyrics.

They've done the real lyrics live, but this was for Sirius, so I guess that's why...

19 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Jackson Browne was 16 years old when he wrote that song.  Yikes.

Yep.  When I first heard that I thought, what was I doing at 16..  The Niko cover story is pretty cool too. 

On 6/28/2025 at 9:59 AM, pokeNbeans said:

Kind of amusing to see young kids doing a classic like this

 

 

 

Depeche Mode covering one of my favorite U2 songs - So Cruel.

I am not 100% sure how I feel about the cover.  Seems pretty good, but I may be letting my love of the original cloud my judgment, just because it is DM and they did not screw it up.  DM is far more measured and constrained in studio…

 

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On 7/1/2025 at 7:38 PM, boilerhorn said:

Depeche Mode covering one of my favorite U2 songs - So Cruel.

I am not 100% sure how I feel about the cover.  Seems pretty good, but I may be letting my love of the original cloud my judgment, just because it is DM and they did not screw it up.  DM is far more measured and constrained in studio…

 

I’m trying to figure this one out. It sounds like a karaoke version singing the vocals over the original track. Am I missing something? The video makes it look like they reproduced all the instrumentation but it sounds exactly like the original. I love both bands but this one leaves me wanting…

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Blackberry Smoke with Running with the Pack off of the upcoming BadCo tribute album.

 

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From a few years ago, but man, I really love their version.

Goose covers The Who's Eminence Front 

 

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I used to watch the AV Club Undercover series back in the day, but somehow this one slipped past me until now. So fucking good. 

 

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