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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. 8708 Anonymous
27th October 2014
Monday 6:50 pm
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> Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt came in second place
He butchered it!
>> No. 8709 Anonymous
27th October 2014
Monday 6:51 pm
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This is probably mine; unless Streetlight Manifesto's version of Keasbey Nights counts.

https://www.youtube.com/v/yzfCFFCSnLE

>>8708
Yep. I have to agree. Everyone gets all teary-eyed and I just think it sounds whinier than the original, if that was even possible.
>> No. 8710 Anonymous
27th October 2014
Monday 7:11 pm
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>>8708
It's cracking live. You'll have to trust me on that.
>> No. 8711 Anonymous
27th October 2014
Monday 7:40 pm
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I'm never keen on this sort of poll. Aggregating the musical taste of hundreds of people always leads to a sort of bland, middle-of-the-road list. I always preferred personal and opinionated best-of lists, like Peel's Festive Fifty.

Excluding trad songs and standards, I think this is my favourite cover version. The legendary Kevin Rowland, charting his total mental disintegration and recovery. He holds absolutely nothing back, and that's all you can ask for in a performance.

https://www.youtube.com/v/iT9yf-Qa_1M
>> No. 8712 Anonymous
27th October 2014
Monday 7:58 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/v/vU_eo9_482E

Are they chanting what I think they're chanting at the start?
>> No. 8714 Anonymous
27th October 2014
Monday 9:09 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/v/yMrYWaFG9y0
>> No. 8715 Anonymous
27th October 2014
Monday 9:28 pm
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>>8712
Yes, they are indeed chanting "Leader!" Wait, what did you think they were chanting?
>> No. 8716 Anonymous
28th October 2014
Tuesday 7:49 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/v/Ri6bd4G-Aig
>> No. 8719 Anonymous
30th October 2014
Thursday 11:16 pm
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>>8708
>>8709
https://www.youtube.com/v/JBYcIKyaelM
>> No. 8720 Anonymous
31st October 2014
Friday 1:17 am
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>>8719
Much better than Cash's version.
>> No. 8721 Anonymous
31st October 2014
Friday 4:34 pm
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https://soundcloud.com/ciderbeardjoe/its-not-unusual

Shameless self promotion
>> No. 8722 Anonymous
31st October 2014
Friday 4:37 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/v/Ya4VAX_ufrA
>> No. 8726 Anonymous
31st October 2014
Friday 11:50 pm
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>>8720

I'm very much of the opinion that Trent Reznor has never written and performed a song someone couldn't have performed better.

All the covers of his songs, done by even the most mediocre of talents, have improved them.

He is probably in the top 10 best song writers in the world, and rightly so, but still.
>> No. 8727 Anonymous
31st October 2014
Friday 11:56 pm
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>>8726
>All the covers of his songs, done by even the most mediocre of talents, have improved them.

Marilyn Manson has a similar effect on me; every time I hear one of his covers it makes me appreciate the original and want to listen to that instead.

https://www.youtube.com/v/Rl6fyhZ0G5E

Anyway, on track with covers I like:

https://www.youtube.com/v/DkRPd5VtUOQ
>> No. 8728 Anonymous
1st November 2014
Saturday 12:07 pm
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>>8727

Now you've reminded me, Brett Domino's cover of "Beauty and a Beat" is bloody remarkable. The vocal harmonies in the chorus, the synth solos, they go far beyond mere parody.

https://www.youtube.com/v/fVZaM_5hdDM&start=45
>> No. 8729 Anonymous
1st November 2014
Saturday 12:41 pm
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>>8728
I find with Brett Domino they're all or nothing; when it works, like the Timberlake medley, their Jurassic Park song, We No Speak Americano or their recent videos about writing a hit pop song, then it really works but many of them aren't memorable.

Anyway, on topic:

https://www.youtube.com/v/b3KUyPKbR7Q
>> No. 8731 Anonymous
1st November 2014
Saturday 1:07 pm
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>>8729

Her bowing is atrocious, but I wouldn't let that get in the way of a beautiful relationship with her bumhole.
>> No. 8736 Anonymous
2nd November 2014
Sunday 11:46 am
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>>8731
I'd do unspeakable things to her. My favourite Zelda-inspired music is Ocarina of Rhyme, especially Don't Touch Me.

https://www.youtube.com/v/-TgQu7yJ_-A
>> No. 8737 Anonymous
2nd November 2014
Sunday 5:18 pm
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>>8727
When it comes to Personal Jesus there's a clear winner:

https://www.youtube.com/v/Hde9p2V1CsE
>> No. 8738 Anonymous
3rd November 2014
Monday 7:01 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/v/P9NSpAdGxgU

I quite like this cover by ARE SPOCK, his droll tones work well with the subject matter.
>> No. 8819 Anonymous
1st December 2014
Monday 6:59 am
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I quite like the RATM covers:

https://www.youtube.com/v/RRkvg_LuZvk

https://www.youtube.com/v/JuWijs14uK8

Oh, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor's version of Yes Sir, I Can Boogie.

https://www.youtube.com/v/xGVtwiJlTwc
>> No. 8820 Anonymous
1st December 2014
Monday 9:13 am
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https://www.youtube.com/v/1soxbhPUQno

I love this album. He's called David Minnick and he covers Negativland tracks in a doowop/R&B/gospel style using overdubbed acappelas.
>> No. 8825 Anonymous
2nd December 2014
Tuesday 9:50 am
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https://www.youtube.com/v/4NZdggNUvq0
>> No. 8826 Anonymous
2nd December 2014
Tuesday 11:04 am
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>>8825

https://www.youtube.com/v/JhjA2nvVD7U
>> No. 8827 Anonymous
2nd December 2014
Tuesday 11:13 am
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>>8820
That's brilliant, thanks.
>> No. 8830 Anonymous
2nd December 2014
Tuesday 8:10 pm
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>>8825>>8826
I prefer the Placebo version, I think that and I Feel You are the only songs on their covers album better than the original.

>>8820
I quite like that.
>> No. 8874 Anonymous
31st December 2014
Wednesday 2:50 pm
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The Pet Shop Boys definitely had some good songs; 80s music would simply not be the same without them.

That said, "Always on My Mind" was always the one song by them that I thought was complete shit. They shouldn't have bothered.
>> No. 8877 Anonymous
31st December 2014
Wednesday 3:23 pm
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>>8874
>That said, "Always on My Mind" was always the one song by them that I thought was complete shit.
Evidently the music-buying public of December 1987 disagreed with your assessment.
>> No. 8878 Anonymous
31st December 2014
Wednesday 4:24 pm
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>"Always on My Mind" was always the one song by them that I thought was complete shit.

Oh well. Horses for courses. I love it, personally.
>> No. 8880 Anonymous
31st December 2014
Wednesday 5:15 pm
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>>8877
>>8878

I've just always thought that it was too bland, too run-of-the-mill.

The Pet Shop Boys had some pretty brilliant and well-crafted songs in the mid to late 80s, such as It's A Sin, Opportunities, and a little later in 1990 songs like "So Hard". But their version of "Always on My Mind" just lacks any sort of distinction at all.

I know that in those days, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe fancied themselves as great satirists; I remember they once said in a Melody Maker interview that their cover version of U2's "Where The Streets Have No Name" was done deliberately so as to prove that that song could be done without all the pomp and narcissism which U2 tended to display in their productions. And perhaps this explains why "Always On My Mind" was also a kind of bland, unspectacular adaptation of the original Elvis song.

Well, again, the Pet Shop Boys had some really really good numbers in the 80s and 90s... but this one will never be one of them to me.
>> No. 8883 Anonymous
31st December 2014
Wednesday 5:52 pm
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>>8880

I find its detachment and flat affect quite endearing.
>> No. 8894 Anonymous
31st December 2014
Wednesday 10:51 pm
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>>8819
>Oh, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor's version of Yes Sir, I Can Boogie.

It might not be fashionable to like her and Lily Allen but I really appreciate the fact that they sing in their native accents rather than that terrible fake American accent that is virtually ubiquitous. One could argue that Allen "mockneys" it up but rather than the the usual if you ask me.
>> No. 8901 Anonymous
1st January 2015
Thursday 2:34 pm
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>>8894
>rather than that terrible fake American accent that is virtually ubiquitous.

yes, that is annoying. But if you aim at a global audience with your music, as many do, then you have to give them what they are most likely accustomed to, and that is a faux American accent, for better or (much) worse.

Even the Beatles didn't sing in their native Scouse accent, but some sort of mid-atlantic mishmash, if you could call it that.
>> No. 8911 Anonymous
2nd January 2015
Friday 9:14 pm
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This cover gets so much hate thrown at it, but I actually like it as much as the original.

https://www.youtube.com/v/jRk5Gjl_cAg

ah ah ah baby come come, don't be numb.
>> No. 8912 Anonymous
3rd January 2015
Saturday 5:41 am
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>>8901
The optimist in me also wants to believe that for some of them it's unconscious - they grow up singing along to American singers, or other British singers with the mid-atlantic singing style, and they drift that way without realising it.

Either way, it's another reason to love The Proclaimers...
>> No. 8913 Anonymous
3rd January 2015
Saturday 12:18 pm
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>>8912

Or the Pogues. Don't forget the Pogues.

And New Model Army... remember New Model Army? They were from Yorkshire and you could definitely hear it.

https://www.youtube.com/v/a75Ez48alDE
>> No. 8915 Anonymous
5th January 2015
Monday 8:39 pm
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>>8707
>The Pet Shop Boys' Always On My Mind has been voted the top cover version of all time in a BBC Music vote.

Unsurprising. They've only played it several times a week, every week, for the past 2 years, and had a few popmaster questions on it in recent months.

I'd be interested to see how the top 5 correlate with BBC airplay frequency over the past 12 months. Any easy way of finding out?
>> No. 8916 Anonymous
5th January 2015
Monday 9:40 pm
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>>8901>>8912>>8913

I don't think it's a conscious thing at all, for the most part it's simply very difficult if not impossible to sing with a strong accent. Even most music from America tends to lean towards a more neutral accent rather than being noticeably American.

Accent mainly relates to rhythm and pitch of the voice, you can't really retain and accent whilst singing in more traditional styles.

When you notice singers with an accent, it's usually a different style of music, ones which are closer to spoken word than to singing.

Look at the Beatles, most of their songs don't have much of an accent in them, except yellow submarine. That song is closer to speech than singing, and the liverpool accents are much more noticeable.

You can even hear a change in accents in individual songs, in the pogues christmas song, the verse has a strong accent, you get to the "The boys of the NYPD choir Still singing 'Galway Bay'" in the chorus and the accent drops off.
The same thing happens in that new model army song, the yorkshire accents drop off a little when they begin to project their voices more in the chorus.
>> No. 8917 Anonymous
5th January 2015
Monday 11:48 pm
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>>8916
>Even most music from America tends to lean towards a more neutral accent rather than being noticeably American.
Nonsense.

>Look at the Beatles, most of their songs don't have much of an accent in them, except yellow submarine.
Utter nonsense.

There is no such thing as a "neutral accent", and the Beatles sounded strongly Liverpudlian anyway.
>> No. 8918 Anonymous
6th January 2015
Tuesday 12:19 am
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>>8917
It's not entirely nonsense - the American accent lends itself to singing more due to the extended vowel sounds in the American accent.
>> No. 8919 Anonymous
6th January 2015
Tuesday 12:31 am
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>>8916

>The same thing happens in that new model army song, the yorkshire accents drop off a little when they begin to project their voices more in the chorus.

Counterexample: "The Downtown Lights" by The Blue Nile. Paul Buchanan's natural accent bursts through (to brilliant effect) as the song reaches a crescendo, as if the emotion of his words is too great to contain his natural voice.

https://www.youtube.com/v/XQykMqS83XA

I think it's mainly a matter of expectations. We're attuned to a particular transatlantic accent in pop music, to the extent that singing in your own accent is perceived as an affectation. Pop tends towards a universal, placeless aesthetic; Using a transatlantic accent allows your listener to paint the song with whatever background they care to imagine. In folk music, the opposite is true - localism is highly valued, so singing in anything other than your natural accent is seen as a betrayal of the core values of traditional music.

Melodic phrasing tends to neutralise any accent to some extent, but your accent naturally carries into your singing if you don't actively suppress it. I think Kate Rusby is a good example - she sings very melodically, but her Yorkshire accent is made clear in her vowel sounds.

https://www.youtube.com/v/D9UJSZKsYwM

I also suspect that there's an element of laziness that the transatlantic accent conceals. A lot of songwriters use quite generic, Hollywoodesque subjects and phrases that would sound slightly silly when sung in a regional accent. Adopting the persona of an international rockstar allows you to get away with all sorts of "ooh yeah baby" bullshit that only really works within the context of that pop fantasy.
>> No. 8920 Anonymous
6th January 2015
Tuesday 1:02 pm
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>>8916
>The same thing happens in that new model army song, the yorkshire accents drop off a little when they begin to project their voices more in the chorus


It still does sound very "Yorkshire" though throughout.

I think many British punk/alternative/indie bands tend to sing more in their regional accent. It may have to do with their general attitude toward their own music as they kid themselves into believing that their music isn't as "commercial" as mainstream and adult-oriented rock.

Having said all that, here's indeed an example of a song where towards the chorus, their Scottish accent tapers off (this is one of my all-time-favourite folk songs):

https://www.youtube.com/v/TxbIU0X-lCI
>> No. 8937 Anonymous
9th January 2015
Friday 6:06 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/v/MXXRHpVed3M

Venga Airways > Coconut Airways.
>> No. 9077 Anonymous
17th February 2015
Tuesday 7:35 am
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https://www.youtube.com/v/rylbj33b8qA

Probably the best thing Housewine ever did.
>> No. 9078 Anonymous
17th February 2015
Tuesday 9:54 am
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>>9077
She said it was her father's favourite song, which is why she used to do it. Rather sweet.
>> No. 9079 Anonymous
17th February 2015
Tuesday 1:04 pm
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>>9077
>>9078
I saw her do it at Old Trafford cricket ground. She had two blokes in proper rudeboy suits behind her skanking their brains out. It was probably one of the best things I've ever seen live.
>> No. 9115 Anonymous
2nd March 2015
Monday 12:23 am
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I made a cover song and I'm sorry.

http://picosong.com/22N8/
>> No. 9187 Anonymous
10th April 2015
Friday 9:55 pm
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>>9115

I would make a "stuff you've done" thread for this kind of shit but I don't know if there would be any interest or participation.

http://picosong.com/VrPQ/
>> No. 9188 Anonymous
10th April 2015
Friday 9:58 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9XNoU3tHqU
>> No. 9189 Anonymous
10th April 2015
Friday 10:13 pm
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>>9187

Go for it lad, I think .gs is about the right sort of audience for some of the daft shit I've done over the years, that I'm too shy to show the public otherwise.
>> No. 9190 Anonymous
10th April 2015
Friday 10:20 pm
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>>9189

I think I will soon, I'm currently working on something so I'll get it up with that iykwim

Though if any of you lads want to start it before that then go for it.
>> No. 9374 Anonymous
30th June 2015
Tuesday 6:33 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6HAIueUK9U
>> No. 9375 Anonymous
30th June 2015
Tuesday 7:19 am
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>>9374

What about the title of that video is supposed to make me want to press play?
>> No. 9376 Anonymous
30th June 2015
Tuesday 7:32 am
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>>9375
Are you one of those lads who think every post is specifically aimed at them?
>> No. 9377 Anonymous
30th June 2015
Tuesday 8:24 am
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>>9376

No.
>> No. 9378 Anonymous
30th June 2015
Tuesday 11:55 pm
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>>9374
He's looking well for 49. I'm not a bummer or owt, but he is a dishy fellow.
>> No. 9396 Anonymous
6th July 2015
Monday 9:31 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3W-5nwr1aY
>> No. 9397 Anonymous
6th July 2015
Monday 11:04 pm
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>>9396

Here's a cover of a Tom Waits song by an English folk duo. They normally don't play anything written in living memory, but decided to make an exception.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ron1SPTEdCk
>> No. 9405 Anonymous
9th July 2015
Thursday 4:54 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYHMfXx9BWs
>> No. 9407 Anonymous
10th July 2015
Friday 2:03 pm
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>>9405
That was amazing
>> No. 9410 Anonymous
11th July 2015
Saturday 11:35 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6tv-1KOS38
>> No. 9416 Anonymous
12th July 2015
Sunday 2:12 pm
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>>9410
please guide me to more tip-top manchester post-punk funk.

already given 23 skidoo and a certain ratio a listen but i need more
>> No. 9417 Anonymous
12th July 2015
Sunday 3:54 pm
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>>9416

Strut Records have done two compilations of disco and funk influenced releases from Factory Records:

https://play.spotify.com/album/4wJLFE55ibDC61HYw8hZhJ
https://play.spotify.com/album/0vXLsDj5VTgWK5l376SHd8
>> No. 9480 Anonymous
21st August 2015
Friday 7:54 pm
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I'm not really a fan of this type of cover, but I like this one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV3XQcCyyPc
>> No. 9484 Anonymous
22nd August 2015
Saturday 7:58 am
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>>9480

Same band different cover, I really like this one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8zev3r0k6U
>> No. 9485 Anonymous
22nd August 2015
Saturday 9:36 am
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Seeing as we've gone a bit pop-punk, here's a few guilty pleasures of mine.


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


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt6Lkgs0kiU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTteO9TxKN4
>> No. 9486 Anonymous
22nd August 2015
Saturday 9:50 am
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>>9485
Allister are the king of Pop-Punk covers:


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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmWJ-Iyf_Cw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92JcZ6tSYFM

They have an entire album of covers called Guilty Pleasures.

Another pop-punk cover I enjoy is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYfepohZLlY
>> No. 9487 Anonymous
22nd August 2015
Saturday 9:55 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jGAfzrdpxo

I can't work out whether I actually like this or not.
>> No. 9488 Anonymous
22nd August 2015
Saturday 10:33 am
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Did someone say Folk Punk?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYjVA2ww128
>> No. 9575 Anonymous
23rd September 2015
Wednesday 7:21 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B_UYYPb-Gk

I'd say that this counts.
>> No. 9600 Anonymous
19th October 2015
Monday 5:30 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I
>> No. 9779 Anonymous
19th December 2015
Saturday 10:57 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus

Best Christmas song of recent years, which is probably damning it with faint praise.
>> No. 10153 Anonymous
8th August 2016
Monday 8:57 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrKRw7dsLbE

I haven't listened to Rilo Kiley in years, but I've now got this in my head.
>> No. 10413 Anonymous
24th January 2017
Tuesday 7:08 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuiJlRvN4_8

Apparently I'm still 14.
>> No. 10414 Anonymous
24th January 2017
Tuesday 7:33 pm
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How have none of you bumders linked this?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v=bxsWBqXBR_0
>> No. 10415 Anonymous
24th January 2017
Tuesday 7:49 pm
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>>10414

Try again, old chap eh?
>> No. 10416 Anonymous
24th January 2017
Tuesday 7:54 pm
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>>10415

Did that not work? Shite. Okay:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxsWBqXBR_0
>> No. 10417 Anonymous
24th January 2017
Tuesday 7:57 pm
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>>10414>>10416
Here you go, lad.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxsWBqXBR_0
>> No. 10418 Anonymous
24th January 2017
Tuesday 7:58 pm
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>>10417

Thank you, it is late at night and I'm pissed.
>> No. 10419 Anonymous
24th January 2017
Tuesday 8:22 pm
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>>10418

Rurik?
>> No. 10420 Anonymous
24th January 2017
Tuesday 8:26 pm
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>>10419

They let me use wifi in jail.
>> No. 10423 Anonymous
25th January 2017
Wednesday 9:14 am
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>>10417

Nice to see Jack Off Jill get a mention. Still my favourite band. It was ace getting to see them on the mini reunion run; I never thought it wod happen.
>> No. 10438 Anonymous
13th February 2017
Monday 8:11 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1cbsLKXasQ
>> No. 10440 Anonymous
15th February 2017
Wednesday 12:07 pm
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>>8819 i'd never heard the Sophie EB cover before. You've really spoiled my day now. She sounds like a right karaoke queen.
>> No. 10917 Anonymous
7th December 2017
Thursday 10:28 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isan-G_CgQE
(Starts at 28s)

It's nice how a language barrier can lead to an original sounding cover that still does it justice.
>> No. 10918 Anonymous
7th December 2017
Thursday 11:23 pm
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>>10423
Fucking hell, Jack Off Jill. Haven't thought of them in a decade or more.
>> No. 10947 Anonymous
3rd February 2018
Saturday 3:04 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-qfzH0vnOs
>> No. 10949 Anonymous
3rd February 2018
Saturday 7:54 pm
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>>10947

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia0GdhtdsR8
>> No. 10950 Anonymous
3rd February 2018
Saturday 8:33 pm
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>>10949
Did you post >>8709 back in 2014?
>> No. 10951 Anonymous
3rd February 2018
Saturday 9:42 pm
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>>10950
I must have done. >>10947's posting of Goldfinger reminded me of ska-punk in general, something I haven't really listened to since Streetlight's The Hand(s) that Thieve(s), about the same time.
>> No. 10953 Anonymous
23rd February 2018
Friday 9:16 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF9Gr5waAJg
>> No. 10984 Anonymous
10th April 2018
Tuesday 7:54 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M53FcPoWtA
>> No. 11283 Anonymous
10th October 2018
Wednesday 8:21 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1p0sA8bgGA

I don't think I'll ever tire of this. Haven't so far after almost six years.
>> No. 11546 Anonymous
26th January 2019
Saturday 10:38 am
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Weezer have just released a covers album. Unsurprisingly, it's largely shite.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR-oG-J2L38
>> No. 11547 Anonymous
26th January 2019
Saturday 1:17 pm
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>>11546
Say it ain't so.
>> No. 11561 Anonymous
4th February 2019
Monday 9:20 pm
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>> No. 11562 Anonymous
5th February 2019
Tuesday 12:43 am
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>>11561

It's fucking boring, but it'll inevitably end up in a Christmas advert and she'll buy a house with the PRS money. Fair play to her, I wouldn't have the nerve.
>> No. 11563 Anonymous
5th February 2019
Tuesday 7:10 am
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>>11547
They've managed to make Reel Big Fish sound good.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHpU0ZfXZ_g
>> No. 11564 Anonymous
5th February 2019
Tuesday 5:39 pm
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>>11546

It's fucking tragic when a band covers something and does it beat for beat exactly the same as the original - what's the fucking point? Do it 'weezer style' or don't do it at all. As >>11563 highlights, at least RBF bothered to arrange the song to suit their own sound.
>> No. 11565 Anonymous
5th February 2019
Tuesday 6:48 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGm1B9784nk
>> No. 11566 Anonymous
5th February 2019
Tuesday 7:27 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTmHpmAwkSg
>> No. 11567 Anonymous
5th February 2019
Tuesday 7:33 pm
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>>11564
>Do it 'weezer style' or don't do it at all.

THANK-YOU!!!
>> No. 11571 Anonymous
5th February 2019
Tuesday 7:59 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqWNOUOxjPI
>> No. 11572 Anonymous
5th February 2019
Tuesday 8:01 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDz80tc7pRM
>> No. 11573 Anonymous
5th February 2019
Tuesday 8:04 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M42MM_00imw
>> No. 11574 Anonymous
5th February 2019
Tuesday 8:05 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOjhJ3R-w5U
>> No. 11575 Anonymous
5th February 2019
Tuesday 8:06 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqrehCse0UE
>> No. 11576 Anonymous
5th February 2019
Tuesday 8:07 pm
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>>11564
>weezer style

Is there such a thing? I know they're generic, bland and inoffensive but if you take, say, Jimmy Eat World as another middle of the road American band then at least they've got a distinct sound.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3J7trGtpB0
>> No. 11577 Anonymous
5th February 2019
Tuesday 9:04 pm
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>>11576

I think they do have a style, it's not too far away from generic, but I think if I played you a weezer song you hadn't heard you'd likely recognise it as them. They have a certain guitar style and the vocals are pretty distinct. Again, nothing groundbreaking, but the two combined is enough to give them a sound, I reckon.

I really don't want to give them too much credit, they're not very good. But you could definitely make your cover of Take on Me sound more Weezery than they did, just make your guitar rhythms more staccato and get the lad in the back to do some of the chorus with you.

Amusingly here's a lad doing a Weezer cover in a way that sounds more like Weezer than when Weezer actually recorded it.


>> No. 11578 Anonymous
5th February 2019
Tuesday 9:22 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI7oh4q6dgk
>> No. 11582 Anonymous
9th February 2019
Saturday 5:40 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDBPXE45zzk
>> No. 11585 Anonymous
11th February 2019
Monday 7:28 am
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An old favourite from the days of mislabeled songs on Kazaa and Limewire.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh_j9xrwUb0
>> No. 11599 Anonymous
13th February 2019
Wednesday 7:32 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yKwYaq5Kf4
>> No. 11604 Anonymous
22nd February 2019
Friday 7:07 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twQlpFrm5iM
>> No. 11605 Anonymous
22nd February 2019
Friday 7:18 pm
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>> No. 11606 Anonymous
24th February 2019
Sunday 11:54 pm
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This girl's voice.
>> No. 11844 Anonymous
11th June 2019
Tuesday 1:22 am
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Mirwais - Miss You (Thin White Duke Remix)

>> No. 11890 Anonymous
12th June 2019
Wednesday 6:07 am
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Tammi Terrell - All I Do Is Think About You

>> No. 11894 Anonymous
13th June 2019
Thursday 12:59 am
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It would probably be quite easy to fill a whole thread just with Stevie songs.

Desi Young - Don't Know Why I Love You

>> No. 11917 Anonymous
14th June 2019
Friday 8:42 am
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Ummm...


>> No. 11922 Anonymous
14th June 2019
Friday 9:55 am
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Sunday Girl - Self Control (Azari & III Remix)

>> No. 11923 Anonymous
14th June 2019
Friday 11:36 am
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>> No. 11928 Anonymous
15th June 2019
Saturday 12:27 pm
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Adam Sky Vs Mark Stewart - We Are All Prostitutes

>> No. 12032 Anonymous
15th July 2019
Monday 7:04 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmzCZuSaBPs
>> No. 12111 Anonymous
17th August 2019
Saturday 6:21 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lJC9qsClWE
>> No. 12161 Anonymous
7th September 2019
Saturday 10:32 pm
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Because I'm still 13.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcfxAhQyouw
>> No. 12222 Anonymous
30th November 2019
Saturday 5:29 pm
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>>8727
>Marilyn Manson has a similar effect on me; every time I hear one of his covers it makes me appreciate the original and want to listen to that instead.

The madman's only gone and done it again.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu__TzWfpss
>> No. 12223 Anonymous
30th November 2019
Saturday 9:24 pm
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>>12222

And this

>> No. 12224 Anonymous
30th November 2019
Saturday 10:58 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8nuT1rDB7o

Not so much a cover but an alternate mix by Maynard, Frusciante and Nine Inch Nails bass player/keyboardist Danny Lohner.
>> No. 12225 Anonymous
30th November 2019
Saturday 11:09 pm
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>>12224
John Frusciante has always seemed underappreciated to me. I know a lot of his solo work is quite experimental, but Shadows Collide With People is one of my favourite albums.
>> No. 12226 Anonymous
1st December 2019
Sunday 1:49 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UUEuqbP7SM

Not quite a cover but I really enjoy the contrast between the gangsta rap lyrics and the carefree melody of Bananarama's Cruel Summer.
>> No. 12233 Anonymous
21st December 2019
Saturday 9:56 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJvEOPvKdIU
>> No. 12234 Anonymous
21st December 2019
Saturday 11:11 am
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Not quite why this exists.
>> No. 12235 Anonymous
21st December 2019
Saturday 10:50 pm
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>>12233
>electro swing
>> No. 12237 Anonymous
22nd December 2019
Sunday 8:25 pm
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>>12233
I wish PMJ would fuck right off. YouTube keeps recommending me their shite.
>> No. 12238 Anonymous
22nd December 2019
Sunday 8:51 pm
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>>12237
I tried listening to one of their covers but had to turn it off because it was so shite. Quite a lot of artists going for that sort of sound aren't anything special once you get past the novelty factor.
>> No. 12239 Anonymous
22nd December 2019
Sunday 9:07 pm
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>>12237

They do have as couple of genuinely cracking covers, I will defend them that far. However they also have a lot of lazy shite ones that completely miss what should have been obvious features of the original, and just throw the lyrics at a generic sounding bit of jazz backing.

It's all sickeningly hipster, but whoever picks their songs has shite taste in the first place. If they took their time they might be great.
>> No. 12240 Anonymous
22nd December 2019
Sunday 9:18 pm
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>>12239
You said it better than I could. There are some gems among their playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG-weRWuLco
>> No. 12241 Anonymous
22nd December 2019
Sunday 9:58 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk5Dwg5zm2U
Embarrassed to admit Weird Al looks pretty cute in this video.
>> No. 12242 Anonymous
22nd December 2019
Sunday 10:04 pm
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>>12240

Can't tell if this is an example of a gem or a shite one but the arrangement is really rather bad.
>> No. 12243 Anonymous
22nd December 2019
Sunday 10:34 pm
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>>12241

That cover is dog shit.

It does nothing new to the song creatively. It just sounds like a crapper version.

I feel sad for Weird Al. Weezer can drag themselves through the dirt (in fact I've been lead to believe from their self loathing previous work that they like to) that's fine. But there is no need to take it out on Al, Toto and US, just to try cash in on a meme.
>> No. 12244 Anonymous
23rd December 2019
Monday 12:35 am
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>>12242

Given that Brian Wilson was arguably the greatest pop arranger of all time, the question is whether anyone should bother covering his work. The main artistic justification for recording a cover is to reveal a new perspective on the original composition, but can anyone credibly claim that they listened to God Only Knows and thought aha, I know what Brian Wilson missed when he arranged and recorded that?


>> No. 12288 Anonymous
22nd February 2020
Saturday 9:21 pm
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NSFW video.

>> No. 12289 Anonymous
22nd February 2020
Saturday 10:27 pm
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>>12244

>The main artistic justification for recording a cover is to reveal a new perspective on the original composition

In this case the artistic justification is to pick a song that will get a lot of likes and shares from hipsters who want to hear Pet Sounds with a saxophone.
>> No. 12358 Anonymous
27th April 2020
Monday 9:35 pm
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Is this serious? Is this actually serious?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTiibb34Pwo
>> No. 12359 Anonymous
27th April 2020
Monday 9:39 pm
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>>12358
I don't know Puddle of Mud but I think .. I think it might be.
>> No. 12360 Anonymous
28th April 2020
Tuesday 1:04 am
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>>12358
People made fun of me as a kid because I bit my lower lip when I drummed and I got self-consious and stopped, one of my biggest regrets, easily. This video confirms how far self-confidence can take you and it hurts.
>> No. 12361 Anonymous
28th April 2020
Tuesday 1:08 am
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>>12358

I listened to them when I was about 12 or 13, it has genuinely never occurred to me that they'd still be going. Next you'll tell me Papa Roach has a cult following in Latin America or something.

But yeah I think it's serious. I would suggest he's probably on summat though.
>> No. 12362 Anonymous
28th April 2020
Tuesday 2:48 am
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>>12361

>Papa Roach has a cult following in Latin America or something

They're still massive in Germany.


>> No. 12388 Anonymous
24th May 2020
Sunday 1:25 pm
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Probably the highlight of the last series of Black Mirror, which I realise is damning it with faint praise.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvLceBjnG3w
>> No. 12389 Anonymous
30th May 2020
Saturday 10:21 pm
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>>12288
They've now uploaded a non-live version.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcI8sfwxvIs
>> No. 12465 Anonymous
10th August 2020
Monday 5:24 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2D8Eo15wE
>> No. 12558 Anonymous
27th October 2020
Tuesday 10:13 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdbSt5mnRs
Sounds a little too airy and the bridge is a little weird, but i'm glad to hear it covered.
I'm waiting for a dark EDM mix with some tasteful bass drops.
>> No. 12732 Anonymous
13th March 2021
Saturday 6:23 pm
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I could probably listen to a full album of this.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a13WnqsRc5g
>> No. 12733 Anonymous
13th March 2021
Saturday 6:32 pm
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This used to come on after another song I liked, and I'd always skip it a few seconds in. Turns out that was a mistake. The second vocalist, Henning May, has an incredible voice. Sounds like he's 60 years old and looks 12.


>> No. 12734 Anonymous
14th March 2021
Sunday 12:53 am
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>>12465

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDC0jpbMzd0
Late to the party but I came across Black Betty after playing this level in Rayman. You can skip the first 30s, but these music maps in the game were super fun to time right.
>> No. 12892 Anonymous
8th July 2021
Thursday 12:00 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk18bFIgOS4
>> No. 12902 Anonymous
22nd July 2021
Thursday 11:27 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4DeaXf1FzE
>> No. 12907 Anonymous
25th July 2021
Sunday 6:18 pm
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May I remind you that Britfa is a bully free zone.


>> No. 12915 Anonymous
6th August 2021
Friday 11:02 pm
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Breakaway, by Tracey Ullman, is excellent. The original version is from the 1950s and is by some unknown person (Irma Thomas, apparently) who never went on to be a legendary comedian who was indirectly responsible for The Simpsons.



>>8913
>New Model Army
I know you posted this six and a half years ago and could be dead now for all I know, but I got into New Model Army after not really liking Sepultura and noticing that my favourite of their songs was originally by them:

>> No. 12917 Anonymous
6th August 2021
Friday 11:22 pm
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Also, I have no idea what this is but YouTube just recommended it and it's wonderful.


>> No. 12968 Anonymous
2nd October 2021
Saturday 7:04 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXVUouuhg_Y
>> No. 12975 Anonymous
26th October 2021
Tuesday 12:59 pm
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It feels refreshing to hear a cover like this, different to the Jon Brion version to the degree that they both sound better for it.
>> No. 12981 Anonymous
7th November 2021
Sunday 10:10 am
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I realise this is dangerously close to John Lewis Christmas advert territory.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmwFnoMoDDg
>> No. 13030 Anonymous
7th January 2022
Friday 11:38 pm
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A group with almost no YouTube views appeared in my recommended videos recently. They're called National Milk Bar (which, as a name, strikes me as uncomfortably similar to Neutral Milk Hotel and British Sea Power), and their version of New Order's True Faith is really good:


>> No. 13048 Anonymous
24th January 2022
Monday 12:59 pm
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Do I like this? I can't tell.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvt9vcoyipA
>> No. 13117 Anonymous
20th April 2022
Wednesday 7:39 pm
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Harry Styles is unironically pretty good as a solo artist, as far as pop stars go.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqm7-zN5s8k
>> No. 13118 Anonymous
20th April 2022
Wednesday 9:05 pm
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>>13117
That shirt and necklace is ridiculous.
>> No. 13119 Anonymous
20th April 2022
Wednesday 9:26 pm
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>>13118

Anybody would think he's some kind of one of them non-binary weirdos.
>> No. 13120 Anonymous
20th April 2022
Wednesday 9:31 pm
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>>13119
At least you knew where you stood with Peter Gabriel.
>> No. 13121 Anonymous
20th April 2022
Wednesday 9:39 pm
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>>13118
He's dressing like your Nan so people don't mistake him for Theon Greyjoy.
>> No. 13123 Anonymous
24th April 2022
Sunday 5:53 am
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A netlabel called moon musiq just released a compilation of Throbbing Gristle covers this month

https://moonmusiq.bandcamp.com/album/exotic-functions-a-very-friendly-tribute-to-throbbing-gristle

https://moonmusiq.com/#releases
>> No. 13365 Anonymous
21st September 2022
Wednesday 5:28 pm
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This is an abomination.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90RLzVUuXe4
>> No. 13366 Anonymous
21st September 2022
Wednesday 6:33 pm
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>> No. 13367 Anonymous
21st September 2022
Wednesday 6:41 pm
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>>13365
So much modern music now is exactly this. There have always been songs which ripped off older songs, but there is a noticeable trend of current DJs just writing a few new words for a song everyone already knows, and changing the title so nobody will find the original when you look the song up on YouTube. Someone, I think Charli XCX, did it for Alors On Danse by Stromae a few months ago, and that song is only a few years old. There must still be new music being written, but the radio stations have seemingly completely given up on finding it.
>> No. 13368 Anonymous
21st September 2022
Wednesday 7:15 pm
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>>13366

Easily the best Eurovision performance ever. Showing up with a genuinely good song while still radiating utter contempt is a bold statement.


>> No. 13370 Anonymous
21st September 2022
Wednesday 8:04 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbpsI2c_3-E

One of Frank Farian's side projects during the Boney M days.

Precious Wilson was never involved in Boney M, but it showed Farian's predilection for Afro-Caribbean singers to perform his songs.
>> No. 13583 Anonymous
14th February 2023
Tuesday 3:59 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQxvo_9DEqY
>> No. 13649 Anonymous
15th March 2023
Wednesday 4:58 pm
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I cannot relate to the youth of today.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwtEOp7pC1A
>> No. 13650 Anonymous
15th March 2023
Wednesday 6:50 pm
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>>13649
Kate Tempest and her influence have been a disaster for humanity.
>> No. 13651 Anonymous
15th March 2023
Wednesday 8:11 pm
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>>13649
I prefer the old school classics meself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWFLkepfU34
>> No. 13652 Anonymous
15th March 2023
Wednesday 8:37 pm
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>>13651

Berkshire must have been rough in 2007.

Looks almost like a knife crime PSA.
>> No. 13654 Anonymous
15th March 2023
Wednesday 8:43 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmUAW_B6UOE

Not their best song, but still a half decent Buzzcocks cover.
>> No. 13656 Anonymous
15th March 2023
Wednesday 8:56 pm
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>>13650
*Kae Tempest. They've decided they don't want to look like the girl from Jurassic Park anymore.

I've only heard their music on 6Music and it's always seemed shite to me. Then again, I don't really like any of the rap music on 6Music.
>> No. 13657 Anonymous
15th March 2023
Wednesday 9:15 pm
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>>13656

I just want to see them swim with Flipper again.
>> No. 13659 Anonymous
15th March 2023
Wednesday 10:58 pm
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>> No. 13677 Anonymous
24th March 2023
Friday 5:01 pm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0CGComnvCY
>> No. 13678 Anonymous
24th March 2023
Friday 5:47 pm
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>>13677
That's a cover and an inferior one at that.

>> No. 13679 Anonymous
24th March 2023
Friday 6:05 pm
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>>13678
Can't delete this now
>> 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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>>14106
>>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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