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>> No. 8707 Anonymous
27th October 2014
Monday 6:03 pm
8707 Cover songs
The Pet Shop Boys' Always On My Mind has been voted the top cover version of all time in a BBC Music vote.

The song, written by John Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson, was first made famous by Brenda Lee and Elvis Presley in 1972.

Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt came in second place, followed by The Stranglers' version of Dionne Warwick's Walk On By. Jimi Hendrix's take on Bob Dylan's All Along The Watchtower came fourth. Jeff Buckley's cover of Leonard Cohen's classic Hallelujah completed the top five.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29791820

Not keen on that version of Walk On By but I like the rest. I reckon I'd have to have a good think about my favourite covers and I'm sure I'd still forget some.
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>> No. 13680 Anonymous
24th March 2023
Friday 6:13 pm
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>>13677

Christ, The Wiggles are looking rough. I miss Emma Watkins.
>> No. 13681 Anonymous
24th March 2023
Friday 6:34 pm
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>>13678>>13679
You've made yourself look a right clown.
>> No. 13682 Anonymous
24th March 2023
Friday 9:03 pm
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>>13678

Dunno why you would delete it lad, even if there's some massive faux pas I'm too daft to have noticed in this post, it's weird that we haven't had The Chats posted on here before.
>> No. 13683 Anonymous
24th March 2023
Friday 9:19 pm
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>>13682
>it's weird that we haven't had The Chats posted on here before.

They'll be somewhere in one of the 'what you feeling right now?' threads, probably the most recently locked one.
>> No. 13684 Anonymous
25th March 2023
Saturday 11:57 am
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>> No. 13685 Anonymous
27th March 2023
Monday 5:07 pm
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Not sure if edits count but:


Almost makes me excited for the summer heat. Almost.
>> No. 13686 Anonymous
27th March 2023
Monday 6:58 pm
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>>13685
Here's my spring sounds:

>> No. 13688 Anonymous
28th March 2023
Tuesday 9:39 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xxK5yyecRo
>> No. 13699 Anonymous
30th March 2023
Thursday 7:35 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO3IsaGWALY

I almost like this version better than the original.


Or if you like a bit more dark existentialism -


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3yEzpJDH_Q
>> No. 13702 Anonymous
30th March 2023
Thursday 11:31 pm
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>>13699
Nothing quite like a bit of metal for dark existentialism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohk73dP1voE
>> No. 13709 Anonymous
4th April 2023
Tuesday 9:31 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XlO39kCQ-8
>> No. 13712 Anonymous
5th April 2023
Wednesday 8:45 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS8HXWKPSCk
>> No. 13872 Anonymous
4th July 2023
Tuesday 2:08 pm
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I don't know if this counts, but I bet Gigi d'Agostino's lawyers think it does.


>> No. 13886 Anonymous
16th July 2023
Sunday 5:27 pm
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First two mins of this video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrKk9rcgLsY
>> No. 13924 Anonymous
28th July 2023
Friday 3:32 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M7vOnlcLbo
>> No. 13925 Anonymous
29th July 2023
Saturday 10:12 am
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>>13924


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYzijRRRYxU
>> No. 13931 Anonymous
5th August 2023
Saturday 1:40 am
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I can't explain why I love this version so much but I just do.


>> No. 13932 Anonymous
5th August 2023
Saturday 3:23 am
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>>13931

It's a gorgeous record and you're absolutely right to love it. To bring us right back to the OP, it captures that bittersweet Pet Shop Boys/Soft Cell vibe of heartbreak at the disco.
>> No. 13933 Anonymous
5th August 2023
Saturday 2:42 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j4LY6Zk9uo

Never really liked this half arsed cover of My Mine's 1984 Italo Disco hit Hypnotic Tango. Just too throwaway sounding.
>> No. 13938 Anonymous
6th August 2023
Sunday 8:16 pm
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>>13933

Was anything by Bananarama worth keeping? It seems like they existed just to pad out the top 40, to give Stock, Aitken and Waterman something else to do, and provide even more shit tunes for children's parties where adults danced terribly and eventually got into brutal fights with each other.
>> No. 13939 Anonymous
6th August 2023
Sunday 10:19 pm
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>>13938
Most people in my experience think Cruel Summer is Bananarama's best song, which they did before they teamed up with Stock, Aitken & Waterman, so perhaps you'd like that one if you don't know it. I also really like Love in the First Degree, but it sounds like you won't. Venus, I agree, is shit.
>> No. 13940 Anonymous
6th August 2023
Sunday 10:30 pm
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>>13939

Bananarama became a pound shop Bangles the minute they signed with Stock Aitken Waterman.
>> No. 13941 Anonymous
6th August 2023
Sunday 10:39 pm
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>>13940

Bananarama were always shit. You can't blame SAW for that. If anything, it's all Terry Hall's fault, god rest his soul.
>> No. 13942 Anonymous
7th August 2023
Monday 2:49 pm
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>>13941

Name a British girl band with true artistic merit, who weren't just cast because they looked fit and could halfway carry a tune.

To be fair, that was also true for most boy bands.

At that level, it's all about getting people to buy your music because they secretly fancy shagging you.

I still remember the fierce fights the girls had in school over which member of Take That or Boyzone was "the cutest". And I'll freely admit that Emma Bunton was one of my recurring celebrity wank fantasies.
>> No. 13966 Anonymous
23rd August 2023
Wednesday 1:55 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE-itlGNap4
>> No. 13982 Anonymous
3rd September 2023
Sunday 3:56 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnRecum7aWY

Sampled by The Bucketheads on their 1995 single The Bomb.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no1vf854aUc
>> No. 14035 Anonymous
4th October 2023
Wednesday 1:54 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmlnO1EwCT4
>> No. 14040 Anonymous
5th October 2023
Thursday 1:29 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q84psZX6MbA

A double cover version by Soft Cell of Tainted Love by Gloria Jones and Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes.
>> No. 14043 Anonymous
6th October 2023
Friday 2:09 am
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>>13942
>Name a British girl band with true artistic merit, who weren't just cast because they looked fit and could halfway carry a tune.

Alisha's Attic. Go on, listen to Indestructible with your bird and let her know how you feel about her.

>> No. 14080 Anonymous
24th October 2023
Tuesday 9:56 am
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I'm guessing this is the Western equivalent of Babymetal.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO2umpJBNwU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q45yicposyI
>> No. 14081 Anonymous
24th October 2023
Tuesday 11:11 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJZF-skCY-M


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2z8TpFV748


Vanilla Fudge were known for their pompous, over the top arrangements.
>> No. 14097 Anonymous
31st October 2023
Tuesday 9:02 pm
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The guitar work is much better in this cover. Infact it's a superior version altogether.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2a6LyIYYok
>> No. 14099 Anonymous
1st November 2023
Wednesday 1:02 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjsMk2nD4Ak

>>14080
This sounds odd, but this music made me feel nothing.
>> No. 14100 Anonymous
1st November 2023
Wednesday 10:15 am
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>>14099
To be honest, I was paying more attention to the woman second from the right rather than the music. It is very bland but, you know.
>> No. 14101 Anonymous
1st November 2023
Wednesday 1:55 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usPkL2EQPYo


You probably wouldn't get away with it nowadays.
>> No. 14106 Anonymous
5th November 2023
Sunday 6:34 pm
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Chemical Plant Zone of the Sonic 2 videogame soundtrack is my absolute favoite from the series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnZjcomp8X0
The synth is great, the bass could be pumped up a lot. Doesn't add a whole lot, however, as per the underspoken prerequisit for the thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjbFjyP2rZo Takes it in a different direction, much smoother but it's lacking the punch of the original. Still, what they do is pretty cool.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl5xwbt7kj8 The obglitaory metal verion, it's pretty sharp but metal feels like too much of a meme these days. Reminds me of The Black Mages. Saxaphones with metal? Sounds odd - the quality of the reed is drowned out.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roIkdY9LSiU Is probably the cleanest of the lot, most listenable.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eToidN3DUPE adds some solos to the synth, really good stuff.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb5F7-DDUp0 Ooh shit, this is the one I've been looking for, haaa get down to funky town, pwaaaang.
>> No. 14107 Anonymous
5th November 2023
Sunday 7:14 pm
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>>14106

I see nobody has told you about Smoov McGroov.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6uVnR9B2vY

That's definitely my favourite song out of the original Megadrive games. However, it was the Win 95 port of SonicCD that I grew up with as a kid, and some of the music on that game is just on another level.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt7tOKgNuJc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1s2xJcECq8

You'll get weebs saying the JP version is better, of course, but they are just flat out fucking wrong. The guitar playing on these songs was probably a huge influence on me if I think about it, it hits that perfect balance of impressive chops but tasteful restraint that all guitar solos should aim for.

They really don't do videogame soundtracks like they used to, sadly.
>> No. 14108 Anonymous
5th November 2023
Sunday 7:18 pm
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>>14107

Oh, and since this thread is meant to be about covers, this piano medley of Castlevania songs has always been impressive to me. I can't think of a videogame franchise with more consistently kickass music than Castlevania.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5x2WU-ZPL4

13 years old now. Fuck me.
>> No. 14109 Anonymous
5th November 2023
Sunday 7:37 pm
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You've reminded me of Team Teamwork.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM5z0aBVAmU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8TgQbki1Ik
>> No. 14127 Anonymous
10th November 2023
Friday 11:44 am
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This is the most wonderful cover of Country Roads. Always makes me smile, today bringing a tear to my eye. Even if I don't understand the lyrics, the energy makes me remember there's a scene out there I could love, in the country including a family, sunshine, flowers, children.. instead of this dim bedsit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4FUjD_N8YU
>> No. 14129 Anonymous
10th November 2023
Friday 12:27 pm
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>>14127
Fucking weeb.
>> No. 14168 Anonymous
19th December 2023
Tuesday 2:29 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XaS93WMRQQ
>> No. 14169 Anonymous
20th December 2023
Wednesday 1:48 am
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>>14168
Not to be a cunt but most modern day metal cover bands tend to sound the same. Listening to this track all I could think was 'yeah, what?'. I guess I don't like metal that much any more. Infact no, fuck that - this isn't metal as I know it, it's .. pop metal or some shit. It's the same 'metal' sounds as every other band; power cords, overemphasis of unusual tonal shifts and characterless vocals.
>> No. 14170 Anonymous
21st December 2023
Thursday 1:35 pm
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>>14169

I think that is just a very generic sounding metal band in general. And that cover just completely misses the tone of the original song to boot.

Thinking about it they look like they're just badly aping Killswitch, who I never really listened to, but looking back weren't all bad. And I spent far too much time reading metal forums that shat all over metalcore because old metal fans were boring fucks.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dISy0ykWqM3Ag-MA
>> No. 14171 Anonymous
21st December 2023
Thursday 8:23 pm
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>>14170

Don't go trying to start metalcore or nu-metal apologia around here lad, we're all over 30. You should know better.

Nah honestly most of it isn't that bad, the main issue back in the day was one of trying to make sure the -core kids didn't give proper respectable metal crowds a bad name. It was elitism sure, but for pretty real reasons. If you band had -core in the music, and if a -core band slipped into a trve metal lineup somehow, it attracted -core people to the crowd, and the whole ethos and etiquette between them was antithetical to metalheads. A metal pit is good natured friendly violence, a -core pit is a bunch of sperg rage arseholes trying to genuinely hurt each other because they're retarded.
>> No. 14229 Anonymous
24th January 2024
Wednesday 11:49 pm
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Years ago a nun in Italy won their version of the Voice. It led to this:


A couple months back she revealed that she abandoned her habit and now lives in Spain as a waitress while focusing on her music career. So I guess if you would then now is your perfect opportunity.
>> No. 14230 Anonymous
26th January 2024
Friday 12:33 am
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I have just learnt from Wikipedia that the debut single of Sylvester, the legendary disco artist best known for "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" and one of the campest men in disco, was his version of Neil Young's Southern Man. That is fucking mental:


>> No. 14246 Anonymous
11th February 2024
Sunday 10:49 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrjHhIGl90I
>> No. 14257 Anonymous
14th February 2024
Wednesday 8:05 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31amCrgicbI
>> No. 14324 Anonymous
16th March 2024
Saturday 6:41 pm
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I don't think we have a thread just for mash-ups (if we do, it hasn't been bumped for at least five years), so I will use this thread. I heard this in a bar last night and was blown away. It's not hilarious like some mash-ups; it's just that Say It Right by Nelly Furtado and Glue by Bicep go together incredibly well.


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