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lueVelvet

lueVelvet

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To compliment Splinty @Splinty 's thread on MTV Unplugged I figured I'd start one for cover songs specifically. Here are some of my favorite covers...

One of the most underrated punk bands ever:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBQAj5CBMGo



Leo does metal covers of all sorts of songs. Some are better than others but they all rock. I highly recommend subbing his YT channel. Here are a few of my favorites:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLFR7dLtdY8



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCVukDiRsNs



Frank Turner has become one of my favorite musicians in a very long time. Amazing songwriter in his own right but I really like his cover of this NOFX song:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgNMK4-_6ck



Which are your favorites?
 
Ministry of Silly Walks

Ministry of Silly Walks

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lueVelvet said:
To compliment Splinty @Splinty 's thread on MTV Unplugged I figured I'd start one for cover songs specifically. Here are some of my favorite covers...

One of the most underrated punk bands ever:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBQAj5CBMGo



Leo does metal covers of all sorts of songs. Some are better than others but they all rock. I highly recommend subbing his YT channel. Here are a few of my favorites:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLFR7dLtdY8



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCVukDiRsNs



Frank Turner has become one of my favorite musicians in a very long time. Amazing songwriter in his own right but I really like his cover of this NOFX song:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgNMK4-_6ck



Which are your favorites?
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Leo is amazing! I have a lot of his covers.
 
Filthy

Filthy

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originally by Neil Diamond




originally by Gloria Jones




cover of a cover, originally by Lori Leiberman



originally by the Marcy Brothers

and technically, Johnny Cash's SIL recorded Ring of Fire before he did.
Just like Jeff Beck technically recorded "Superstitious" before Stevie Wonder (even though Stevie wrote it)
 
Filthy

Filthy

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been listening to a lot of Post Modern Jukebox at work...good stuff.



and of course

Hellsongs.


 
Filthy

Filthy

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Kenny Rogers version was a cover of Kenny Rogers & The First Edition's version, lol.
Cake can lay down that same 'countrified pop' vibe...on a song about a disabled vet watching his wife get side-dicked, and contemplating murder and/or suicide...

like eating a pie, then getting punched in the gut.
 
Enock-O-Lypse Now!

Enock-O-Lypse Now!

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2003 OutKast releases “Hey Ya” an upbeat catchy song that a lot of people enjoyed and thought was an uplifting song due to the beat.



Well if you listened to the lyrics you’d understand the song was not upbeat or uplifting ...so one musician named Obadiah Parker decided to capture the true essence of the song and perform it live to a small venue crowd....





The cover went somewhat viral for its time and eventually the hit sitcom at the time known as “Scrubs” asked Obadiah if they could use his version for their season ending show....and here is their attempt to recreate Parker’s Version:

 
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