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The Best Covers

callat703
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The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 02:38 PM UTC #
I'm sure this thread has been done in the past, but I'm too lazy to find it and I'm sure there are new covers to offer up.  So what do you guys have?  If you've got links - even better.

Found this for the first time yesterday, although I'm sure it is at least five years old at this point:

Iron & Wine - Waitin' For A Superman
http://hypem.com/#/track/815231
nkotb
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 02:45 PM UTC #
I've always liked his version of Peng 33: http://hypem.com/track/600089/Iron+Wine+-+Peng+33

callat703 wrote:
I'm sure this thread has been done in the past, but I'm too lazy to find it and I'm sure there are new covers to offer up.  So what do you guys have?  If you've got links - even better.

Found this for the first time yesterday, although I'm sure it is at least five years old at this point:

Iron & Wine - Waitin' For A Superman
http://hypem.com/#/track/815231
chaz
Joined: December 09, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
Posts: 5111
Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 02:58 PM UTC #
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Stagger Lee

Probably my fave cover ever.  He also does a nice "In the Ghetto".

Husker Du's "Eight Miles High" is another obvious choice.
azaghal1981
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 03:03 PM UTC #
"Stagger Lee" probably is as good as it gets.


Flower Travellin' Band - "Black Sabbath" (no link)
Their cover of "House of the Rising Sun" is pretty badass, too.
chaz
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 03:06 PM UTC #
azaghal1981 wrote:
"Stagger Lee" probably is as good as it gets.


That's Mr. Stagger Lee!!!
kosmo
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 03:07 PM UTC #
don't know if it's the best cover but

Oak Ridge Boys - Seven Nation Army

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWSQ9YQa_6w
azaghal1981
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 03:22 PM UTC #
!!! - Take Ecstacy with Me


Love the recorded version but I've heard they've failed miserably when they tried to do it live.
skeeter
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 04:12 PM UTC #
chaz wrote:
Husker Du's "Eight Miles High" is another obvious choice.


Winner.
wml7
Joined: February 19, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 04:20 PM UTC #
kosmo wrote:
don't know if it's the best cover but

Oak Ridge Boys - Seven Nation Army

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWSQ9YQa_6w


haha, I like this.  Instead of a guitar part with the song they do a "Bum bum bum"  Nice

sweetcell
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 04:25 PM UTC #
25 Best Cover Songs of 2008 has a nice little selection.  my favs:

- calico horse's take on "idioteque" (sweet acoustic/vocal arrangement)
- flaming lips covering the who
- radiohead doing neil young (pers fav, as i was 15 feet away when they performed this… magical moment)
- gnarl's take on "reckoner"
- max vernon doing katy perry

not saying these are the best, but they are good.

that oak ridge boys boys cover is indeed great.
ixkpd-bk
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 05:30 PM UTC #
I did the best cover of Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out" in the shower the other day. I don't have a link. ;(
azaghal1981
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 06:30 PM UTC #
Ixk-bk covering a bunch of Antony songs


epic



Fuck. I wanted to request "Divine" last night with you belting it out like he does but totally forgot.
xine
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 07:14 PM UTC #
ixkpd-bk wrote:
I did the best cover of Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out" in the shower the other day. I don't have a link. ;(

The Japanese project Fantastic Plastic Machine did a great synth-lounge cover of "Steppin' Out" on the 1998 album "The Fantastic Plastic Machine."


http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Plastic-Machine/dp/B00000AE8V/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1241637189&sr=8-1
Samantha
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 07:20 PM UTC #
Wait…Stagger Lee isn't really a cover.  That's a bit of a stretch.
Venerable Bede
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 07:22 PM UTC #
Luna- "Indian Summer"
azaghal1981
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 08:06 PM UTC #
True. I guess it's more of a re-telling than a cover. The Furry Lewis version on that People Take Warning comp is awesome, too.


Samantha wrote:
Wait…Stagger Lee isn't really a cover.  That's a bit of a stretch.
chaz
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 08:16 PM UTC #
Samantha wrote:
Wait…Stagger Lee isn't really a cover.  That's a bit of a stretch.

How do you figure?
azaghal1981
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Re: The Best Covers May 06, 2009 at 08:23 PM UTC #
It uses the same story as a bunch of other songs but as far as I know, the Cave version is completely different lyrically and musically from any of the others.
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