WTF covers

[Rarebird]

Here's an unusual cover of the Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" by Rock Goddess, a female heavy metal band from the 1980s. Not really a fan of the vocals.

Nice one, no problems with the vocals whatsoever.
But I also like this:

[unclemeat]

[Burley Wright]

^^^^^^^^^

The end is near

[interbellum]

The Sound: Winning covered live by The Sound Undercover:

[TheH]

best cover ever at least the funniest ever

[Rarebird]

[Rarebird]

best cover ever at least the funniest ever

That pink short is hurting my eyes and it sounds it's hurting something else with the singer.

[Rarebird]

How about this cover?

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

^^^ I almost want to say this should be in the "Post Something Cool" thread rather than this one. It's beautiful.

[Rarebird]

^^^ I almost want to say this should be in the "Post Something Cool" thread rather than this one. It's beautiful.

I heard the Luka Bloom cover this morning on the radio.

[abc123]

I heard the Luka Bloom cover this morning on the radio.

Big famous name. Much enjoyed before 2000 his studio albums up through Turf and then heard almost nothing as he kept releasing albums — that was just me. All started when I saw him perform live on Mountain Stage in WV around 1989-90. This is a song he covered live before it appeared on that album. His first few albums, after the first one, have great acoustic-electric guitar sound production, something he and his audio helpers worked a lot on, including nice deep and bassy sounds, with no bass guitar. Everything up thru Turf is top tier. The rest I lost track.

[abc123]

His first few albums, after the first one

By "first one" I mean Riverside. There were previous ones but that's the album commonly known as the first one.

[TheH]

^^+
How can you go wrong by covering the band with the greatest Pop songs alongside the Beatles ever (my vote would go to ABBA)

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

[Progbear]

Which reminds me, has this been posted yet? It makes me laugh myself silly no matter how many times I hear it:

[davis]

I love it!

[davis]

[Halmyre]

Which reminds me, has this been posted yet? It makes me laugh myself silly no matter how many times I hear it:

Apparently the po-faced twats responsible for the original don't like it, which makes it even more enjoyable.

[Rarebird]

A cover of the Rolling Stones song.

[Progbear]

I swear I'm not going to post nothing but comedy covers of 70s pop songs from now on, but after that Jonathan & Darlene Edwards thing, this was the next "logical" step:

[davis]

What's wrong with those??

"WTF" does not mean there's something wrong with them.

[davis]

Most covers are bloody awful anyway. I don't ever want to hear covers. Doing a cover IMO demonstrates a lack of creativity or drive. It's a lazy thing to do.
Very few are better than the original anyway, and even when they are, they are still covers i.e. one artist simply using the creativity of another artist and the success of the track.

It does not demonstrate a lack of creativity or drive. Not if it's done right. a cover song should not sound like the original. any artist doing a cover song should really put their own stamp on it. Otherwise there's no reason to do it

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

A really weird cover of Elton John's somewhat weird cover...

[Hal...]

Most covers are bloody awful anyway. I don't ever want to hear covers. Doing a cover IMO demonstrates a lack of creativity or drive. It's a lazy thing to do.

You sure do paint with a broad brush.

I don't mind covers, as long as they put some effort into making them good. My favorites (in alphabetic order), nearly all of which are better than the original:

Beatles - Twist and Shout
Beatles - Money
Devo - Satisfaction (my vote for greatest cover ever)
Flying Lizards - Summertime Blues
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Hue - Eleanor Rigby
John McLaughlin - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Niacin - King Kong
The Who - Summertime Blues
Yes - Everydays
Yes - America

Back in the early '90s, I saw a three piece band on some show that I think was hosted by Lou Rawls, altho I'm not certain of that. They were three African-American women who played piano, cello, and violin, maybe, or guitar? I can't quite remember.

They were called Hue and they played Eleanor Rigby. I was absolutely floored at how well they interpreted it. I since discovered them in a video on YouTube playing it. They've added a guitar trio, but I'm not sure why since they're totally unnecessary. Anyway, enjoy:

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

Wow, that is one hell of a cover of "Eleanor Rigby." Much more impressive to these ears than Aretha Franklin's or Ray Charles's, and that's saying something.