[ArChaos]

"Cover Versions" is my middle name...

The more "personal" and not "copied" from the original - the better I like them... provided of course that the new interpretation has "character" and is not bad by itself...

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by Dusty Chalk Paranoid - Type O Negative (Black Sabbath)

Great...slow motion Paranoid...Hypnotizing...

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by elnero No Quarter - Tool (Led Zeppelin)

...there are actually two versions - the one which is studio recorded and less known - so and so... and the other one live - on Salival - probably the one you are referring to - which is awesome!!! I like it even better than Zepp's original...

Cradle of Filth - Hallowed be Thy Name (Awesome Maiden cover)

...some of Sabbath's covers in "Nativity in Black-I"
Biohazard-After forever
Type O Negative-Black Sabbath
Godspeed & Bruce Dickinson-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Faith no More-War Pigs

Frank Zappa - Stairway to Heaven...yes,yes...

Aretha Franklin-Amazing Grace
Judy Collins-Amazing Grace
Tori Amos & Tool-Amazing Grace(amazing indeed...)

Dolly Parton-I will Always Love You

Janis Joplin-Summertime
Miles Davis-Summertime
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong-Summertime(yeah,that's classic but still cover...)

Ella Fitzgerald-Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Faith Hill-Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Pattie Labelle-Somewhere Over the Rainbow (outstanding...)
Tori Amos-Somewhere Over the Rainbow (wow...)
Meet Joe Black-Somewhere Over the Rainbow(???who does it???)

Barbara Streisand-Memories(original-Sarah Brightman)

Tori Amos-Angie

Ingwie Malmsteen-Child in Time

...and the best, Ladies and Gentleman, if you can get to the end of it...
Type O Negative - Baby Hit me one more time

 

[Sol_Zhen]

Viva Las Vegas - Dead Kennedys (Elvis)

 

[hongda]

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Meet Joe Black-Somewhere Over the Rainbow(???who does it???)

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

A hawaiian that looks like a sumo wrestler but has a very gentle voice. And it's actually an amalgamation of Somewhere Over the Rainbow and What a wonderful world.

 

[MacDEF]

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Originally posted by hongda Israel Kamakawiwo'ole A hawaiian that looks like a sumo wrestler but has a very gentle voice. And it's actually an amalgamation of Somewhere Over the Rainbow and What a wonderful world.

That's a beautiful cover, and the album is stunning.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

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Originally posted by ArChaos Frank Zappa - Stairway to Heaven...yes,yes...

Hahaha, yes yes. Quote:

Tori Amos & Tool-Amazing Grace(amazing indeed...)

Where is this available? I would love to hear this. Quote:

Janis Joplin-Summertime Miles Davis-Summertime Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong-Summertime(yeah,that's classic but still cover...)

I like the way you group these together -- I've also heard covers of Summertime by Rick Wakeman and...dang someone else, I forget. Several othes. Janis Joplin's version is my favourite. Helps that it's a great song, though. Quote:

Meet Joe Black-Somewhere Over the Rainbow(???who does it???)

Meet Joe Black/Soundtrack @ IMDB

Also you forgot (or haven't heard) Eva Cassidy's version, which is knee-bucklingly good. Quote:

Tori Amos-Angie

Which reminds me of...

LB (Lassigue Bendthaus) aka Atom Heart aka Atom aka Uwe Schmidt, from the album Pop Artificielle which you, ArChaos, must get, because it's all pretty whacked out covers. Well, technically, they're not covers, because what he did was, he took the original vocals and processed them -- used them to "teach" a computer to sing them, so they still have all the intonations and stuff of the original song. So...on the one hand, they're more mechanical than the originals, on the other, they retain (in some ways) all of the emotion of the originals. Quote:

Type O Negative - Baby Hit me one more time

Ditto, same question -- where? I must track these down. You sound like you have a lot of the same tastes as I do.

 

[ArChaos]

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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole A hawaiian that looks like a sumo wrestler but has a very gentle voice. And it's actually an amalgamation of Somewhere Over the Rainbow and What a wonderful world.

Thanks hongda

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That's a beautiful cover, and the album is stunning.

...Not to speak about the movie itself!!!



Hi Dusty,
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Tori Amos & Tool-Amazing Grace(amazing indeed...)Where is this available? I would love to hear this.

Downloaded it with WinMX search(other file sharing programs will also do-just be aware of spyware...)
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I've also heard covers of Summertime by Rick Wakeman and...dang someone else, I forget. Several others. Janis Joplin's version is my favorite. Helps that it's a great song, though.

I have to find this(Wakeman)...There is another good instrumental cover by KennyG on saxophone.I also like JJ the best.
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Also you forgot (or haven't heard) Eva Cassidy's version, which is knee-bucklingly good.

I have it also...you are right, it's great - but THE BEST is IMO Pattie Labelle's-just great!!!
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LB (Lassigue Bendthaus) aka Atom Heart aka Atom aka Uwe Schmidt, from the album Pop Artificielle which you, ArChaos, must get, because it's all pretty whacked out covers. Well, technically, they're not covers, because what he did was, he took the original vocals and processed them -- used them to "teach" a computer to sing them, so they still have all the intonations and stuff of the original song. So...on the one hand, they're more mechanical than the originals, on the other, they retain (in some ways) all of the emotion of the originals.

Thanks,never heard about them - I'm running to get them...although the word "POP" smells funny

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Type O Negative - Baby Hit me one more time. Ditto, same question -- where? I must track these down.

Ditto-WinMX & Co.

but let's see you listen to the end of it...

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You sound like you have a lot of the same tastes as I do.

Glad to hear it...I think we both are quite diversified on music styles and open to new roads(well, Britney Lane & Co. excluded .

) so it's nice to find common grounds...

edit:with such a long post I just forgot:
Shubert-Ave Maria-----Maria Callas
Shubert-Ave Maria-----Kiri Te Kanawa & St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
Shubert-Ave Maria-----Placido Domingo & Vienna Boys Choir

 

[davidcotton]

Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away (gary moore)

Nightwish - Walking in the air (unknown)

Marillion - Sympathy (rarebird)

Quidam - rhayader/Rahayder goes to town (Camel)

Belinda Carlisle - I feel Free (clapton)

Cheers...

 

[acs236]

I think Nirvana has done at least a couple excellent covers, including the already mentioned Man Who Sold the World and the Meat Puppet's Lake of Fire.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

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Originally posted by ArChaos Thanks,never heard about them - I'm running to get them...although the word "POP" smells funny

As it should.

Thanks for the other information, as well.

 

[finleyville]

How can you forget EVERYTHING done by Michael Bolton??

 

[davidcotton]

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Originally posted by finleyville How can you forget EVERYTHING done by Michael Bolton??

You just wish you could after hearing it...

 

[DarkAngel]

Cinnamon Girl - Type O Neagative (Neil Young).........HEAVY
Gimme Shelter - Sisters of Mercy (Rolling Stones).......DARK
Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus (David Bowie)
3rd Uncle - Bauhaus (Brian Eno)
Satisfaction - Devo (Rolling Stones)
Crimson & Clover - Joan Jett (Tommy James & Shondells)
Nightclubbing - Grace Jones (Iggy Pop/Bowie)

Pin-ups CD - David Bowie (Entire CD of Covers)

 

[KJ_Palmer]

"Walk on by" by The Stranglers is my favourite cover of all time.
Hard to beat Hugh Cornwell's trademark sneer.

 

[grinch]

type o negative has always done awesome covers. i love their rendition of "hey peter" too. where you going with that axe in your hand?

1. nirvana - where did you sleep last night? (leadbelly)
2. tori amos's album "strange little girls" especially "enjoy the silence" (depeche mode)
3. joe cocker - with a little help from my friends (the beatles)
4. jewel - the other woman (she played this a few months ago when i saw her and i love nina simone)
5. jonah's onelinedrawing - be quiet and drive (far away) (deftones)
6. aerosmith - come together (the beatles)
7. jeff buckley - hallelujah (leonard cohen)
8. any of save ferris' covers (they're like no doubt, only they don't suck!)
9. marilyn manson - five to one (the doors)

more later, if i can think of some..

 

[legoman]

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Originally posted by grinch joe cocker - with a little help from my friends (the beatles) more later, if i can think of some..

Thanks for listing that. I was about to decry this notable omission.

Some other covers that also work for me:
- Cake: I will survive
- Lucy Kaplansky: It ain't me babe