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David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
7/1/13 12:02 a.m.

And if you want to mix genres a bunch, Alex Skolnick does a bunch of metal covers with his jazz trio.

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friedgreencorrado
friedgreencorrado UltimaDork
7/1/13 1:34 a.m.
David S. Wallens wrote: How about R.E.M. doing Aerosmith?

Holy crap, David..thanks for that one. I was in my teens when I first heard a punk record, I went down that path. But..I thought (and still think) that Aerosmith wasn't really part of the "corporate rock" crap in the 70s. I'll confess..it wasn't until I was older that I drug my old "traditional" rock albums back out. I just kind of missed them. Eh, at least I kept them for that long..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVBxpVnsBr8

Oops! Forgot we were talking covers. NOFX covers Fleetwood Mac:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAZBuiONul0

Of course, The Clash covering Bobby Fuller:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3XY6wfSBw

The Minutemen covering Dr. Wu:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVH7kUs7hvY

friedgreencorrado
friedgreencorrado UltimaDork
7/1/13 1:39 a.m.
phaze1todd wrote: Aztec Camera's cover of "Jump" (sorry, no Youtube @ work).

Got yer back, bro. Nice pick.

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

corytate
corytate SuperDork
7/1/13 7:51 a.m.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZrntE3vNe8
Lemmy Kilmister - Stand by Me
I don't think anything else has to be said about this one lol

Brett_Murphy
Brett_Murphy UltraDork
7/1/13 8:17 a.m.

I don't like Minaj, this made me smile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byv-wpqDydI

Give this one a chance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HmBByDQHJAA

gamby
gamby UltimaDork
7/1/13 10:01 a.m.
friedgreencorrado wrote: The Minutemen covering Dr. Wu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVH7kUs7hvY

The spoken lyrics kinda ruin that one for me, but it's still fun. Hell--who covers DR. WU?!

DILYSI Dave
DILYSI Dave MegaDork
7/2/13 5:58 p.m.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nJPgrjBwnI

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
7/2/13 7:24 p.m.

Friedgreentomato, glad you enjoyed it.

Mike
Mike HalfDork
7/2/13 7:28 p.m.

I am a big fan of covers, but I'm on a phone. Most of this should be on YouTube. I'm just going to post some favorites.

Nostalgia 77 covered Seven Nation Army https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNpidAAMQSo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

So did Vyv Long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4bib2HiZM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

the Bogmen covered Outkast Hey Ya. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACsvXaaA8NY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

The Sneakerpimps covered The Prodigy's Firestarter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH84PK_7gME&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Bjork and PJ Harvey covered Satisfaction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK02kW1mKkk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Dynamite Hack covered Boyz in the Hood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeL9gagV_VA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

(Edit: added links and corrected one song title.)

Mike
Mike HalfDork
7/2/13 7:36 p.m.

One more. This is actually misattributed, and was performed by a college a cappella group.

What I got

JoeyM
JoeyM MegaDork
7/2/13 9:09 p.m.
Brett_Murphy wrote: Give this one a chance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HmBByDQHJAA

that's really good

FSP_ZX2
FSP_ZX2 Dork
7/2/13 9:16 p.m.
David S. Wallens wrote: How about R.E.M. doing Aerosmith?

Take R.E.M...bench Michael Stipe, and bring in Warren Zevon on VOX. Now you have "The Hindu Love Gods". And they do an amazing cover of Prince's "Raspberry Beret".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61PgHobvCYs

FSP_ZX2
FSP_ZX2 Dork
7/2/13 9:21 p.m.

This is a bit more on the bluesy side, but my all-time favorite cover is Eric Clapton and BB King doing Sam & Dave's "Hold On, I'm Comin'". The last 2 1/2 minutes are pure blues guitar bliss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfcT_S6ZWX8

corytate
corytate SuperDork
7/2/13 9:41 p.m.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_1ExdY_-GU

incubus covering prince

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

incubus covering TLC (lmfao)

corytate
corytate SuperDork
7/2/13 9:57 p.m.

Joe Cocker's beetles covers are awesome, Pearl Jam's covers (esp Last Kiss), etc etc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5M5xljdCI
this ones sort of a medley I guess (ten years after at woodstock)

FSP_ZX2
FSP_ZX2 Dork
7/2/13 10:07 p.m.
corytate wrote: Joe Cocker's beetles covers are awesome, Pearl Jam's covers (esp Last Kiss), etc etc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5M5xljdCI this ones sort of a medley I guess (ten years after at woodstock)

Joe Cocker has a lot of good covers...

Tempted / Squeeze; I Heard It Through The Grapevine / Marvin Gaye; Unchain My Heart / Ray Charles; Cant Find My Way Home / Blind Faith; Leave Your Hat On / Randy Newman; Whiter Shade of Pale / Procol Harum; Love is Alive / Gary Wright; Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me / Elton John;

...off the top of my noggin.

motomoron
motomoron Dork
7/2/13 10:30 p.m.
corytate
corytate SuperDork
7/3/13 8:06 a.m.
FSP_ZX2 wrote:
corytate wrote: Joe Cocker's beetles covers are awesome, Pearl Jam's covers (esp Last Kiss), etc etc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5M5xljdCI this ones sort of a medley I guess (ten years after at woodstock)
Joe Cocker has a lot of good covers... Tempted / Squeeze; I Heard It Through The Grapevine / Marvin Gaye; Unchain My Heart / Ray Charles; Cant Find My Way Home / Blind Faith; Leave Your Hat On / Randy Newman; Whiter Shade of Pale / Procol Harum; Love is Alive / Gary Wright; Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me / Elton John; ...off the top of my noggin.

I had forgotten that he did that Squeeze song, truly a great cover. He's excellent, my wife doesn't like him though=/

shuttlepilot
shuttlepilot Reader
7/3/13 10:26 p.m.

One of my favorites, Sara Bareilles owning Beyonce's Single Ladies. So mellow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1qD4LtaRIU

jere
jere Reader
7/3/13 11:11 p.m.
gamby
gamby UltimaDork
7/4/13 12:13 a.m.
gamby wrote:
friedgreencorrado wrote: The Minutemen covering Dr. Wu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVH7kUs7hvY
The spoken lyrics kinda ruin that one for me, but it's still fun. Hell--who covers DR. WU?!

I remembered this when a student did a presentation on Butch Walker last week, but sadly it's not on youtube or on the web anywhere--

Mervelous 3 doing Reelin' in the Years

16vCorey
16vCorey PowerDork
7/5/13 9:04 a.m.

I don't have a link, but look up Flaming Lips cover of "Seven Nation Army". It's actually two covers in one. They sing the lyrics to the Butthole Surfers "Moving to Florida" to the tune of "Seven Nation Army".

jere
jere Reader
7/5/13 11:02 a.m.

Not sure if this counts, because the styles are the same but various farm goats covering tayor swifts - I Knew You Were Trouble

fritzsch
fritzsch HalfDork
7/8/13 2:47 p.m.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCrJ2jwIaeo&list=PL86A87AC710D361C4

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