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[Music] 10 years of Cover versions that absolutely SPANK the originals .......... over to you
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Stato
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Can't believe I've never heard this until now. "My Way" has long become the maudlin self-agrandising sop for old blokes who excuse arrogance and rudeness for individuality. Someone needed to whip it into a becoming a better version of itself, perhaps take it to church. Who did? Of course, it was the woman who took everyone's songs and said 'That'll be mine now then...'
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Beatles Schmeatles
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Always the best at covers.
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Dead
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More Dead.
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Shaz does Vic
Does him proud
Does him proud
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Bought that album years ago because it had John Cale's definitive version of Hallelujah. It was the only place you could get hold of it. The Shrek soundtrack album replaced it with Rufus Wainwright's far inferior version. Obviously Jeff Buckley had a copy, because his much lauded cover is a rip off of Cale's, but replaces the fragility with histrionic wailing. I can understand why people are impressed, but its not my cup of tea.
It's a great album. There are some proper decent covers of Cohen songs throughout. These two being a couple of them, but also Stephen Duffy doing Bird on a Wire, McCulloch doing 'That's No Way To Say Goodbye' and others by the Pixies, REM, Fatima Mansions etc. Having been from 'The Young Ones' generation, I wasn't much of a Cohen fan when I bought it. I've since bought quite a few of his albums.
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The Cars
But better
But better
I went to a lecture on the NSK given by one of the Laibach guys, Laibach represent the musical wing of the Neue Slovenian Kunst (NSK) on the morning of the 6-0 West Ham away game. I then saw Laibach perform at the Tate Modern in the evening. That was certainly a day.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Another belter from the main man, this time a great Guerillas cover