Best Cover versions

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nigelk
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Check these guys out.

Van Halen:Jump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJBMVm5t3Y

Lynyrd Skynard:Freebird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81rDsHT5Tkg
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nigelk wrote:
Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:10 pm
Check these guys out.

Van Halen:Jump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJBMVm5t3Y

Lynyrd Skynard:Freebird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81rDsHT5Tkg
Never been a fan of like for like cover versions , I always think what's the point when it's hard to better the original, freebird in this case not jump which no one cares about anyway :) I'm sure they'd be fine to listen to in a pub but at home you'd never put a straight copy cover version if you had the original, covers always remind me of those old Ronco presents or top of the pops albums they used to sell in the seventies.
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yeah, i personally prefer to hear a reworking of the original that marks the cover out as being an original in its own right. there are some great examples on YT of reworked covers that literally do stun with their originality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... 0qJdShOL_s

they do a nice daft punk medley too :) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MteSlpxCpo cheesy (and definitely high camp) but niice - lol
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Can't beat a bit Azerbaijani rock folk crossover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEhE3xR5h7U
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Derek27
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I love Clarence Clearwater Revival, but this cover was not just a rework, it was much much better than the original. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2T5_seDNZE
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Not sure about the best cover version but surely the WORST cover versions are pretty much every rendition of the American national anthem before a sporting event. That song has been butchered more often than ABBA's entire back catalogue
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The undisputed kings of the cover, Brett Domino and Steven Peavis (aka the Brett Domino Trio)
https://youtu.be/xTwweLJ78KE?t=31
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ShaunWhite
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Wish I hadn't started looking at this thread now. On a slightly more serious note than Brett Domino.....

Jacob Collier has got some serious skills. https://youtu.be/9s1baxrxGHU?t=172
(the jazz guys here should like the arrangement and might already know him cos he's completely blown up lately)
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jimibt
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:48 pm
The undisputed kings of the cover, Brett Domino and Steven Peavis (aka the Brett Domino Trio)
https://youtu.be/xTwweLJ78KE?t=31
yes... 1+1=3... superb, and a long time since i've seen that (actually followed thro and also watched Now! 75 Chart Medley - lol)
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ShaunWhite wrote:
Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:00 pm
Wish I hadn't started looking at this thread now. On a slightly more serious note than Brett Domino.....

Jacob Collier has got some serious skills. https://youtu.be/9s1baxrxGHU?t=172
(the jazz guys here should like the arrangement and might already know him cos he's completely blown up lately)
actually saw this guy via an interview with steve via. thought the stuff was a bit plastic tbh. but no doubting his increadible talent on multi instruments
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MemphisFlash
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Best version Of Tainted Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qJwft9B48k
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Derek27
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MemphisFlash wrote:
Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:07 pm
Best version Of Tainted Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qJwft9B48k
...and I thought Soft Cell did the original. :)
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