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PFJ

PFJ

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McCartney wrote Helter Skelter in response to hearing Townsend wanted to write the dirtiest heaviest song ever. Not sure which Who song that turned out to be, but this a very dirty heavy cover.
 




Sid in the Sharknado

Sid in the Sharknado

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PFJ said:


McCartney wrote Helter Skelter in response to hearing Townsend wanted to write the dirtiest heaviest song ever. Not sure which Who song that turned out to be, but this a very dirty heavy cover.
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I believe it was I Can See For Miles.

Even by the standards of 1967, it's not particularly heavy.

I won't post a link to it in case somebody gets WILDLY confused by it very obviously not being a Bealtes cover.
 








PFJ

PFJ

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Jun 22, 2010
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Seagull58 said:
I have always LOVED U2's Helter Skelter. Dare I say I prefer it to the original?
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I will always prefer the original, but this song has lent itself to some great covers U2, The Banshees, and this latest one from Rob Zombie and Marilyn
Manson, which lends a certain irony to Charles Manson and his deluded inspiration of The White Album.
 




thedonkeycentrehalf

thedonkeycentrehalf

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Jul 7, 2003
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This was recorded when the BBC did their recreation of the Please Please Me recording - a fantastic cover
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Oct 8, 2003
50,771
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I've never much liked the Beatles.

Oops! Wrong thread.
 




Sid in the Sharknado

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NooBHA said:
I never liked them either. The only song I ever liked was Yellow Submarine and that's the least Beatles sounding song they ever done.
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I don't know, this is a band who did two separate songs about living under the sea:





Some might say it's the most Beatlesy song of all.

While I'm on the subject, since this is a covers thread, I'll thrown this video of Oasis doing Whatever:

 






GT49er

GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009
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OK, let's go a bit under the radar (in the UK anyway) here, and consider the efforts of a New Jersey Band, the Smithereens. Initially came to notice as the backing band for Susanne Vega (and some other backing band gigs too), later in the career they actually recorded two albums of Beatles covers - first was 'Meet the Smithereens', which was all the tracks fom 'Meet the Beatles, the Fab Four's second US album. Random track:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEsh_0RkfhQ
They followed that up with an album of B sides (not a bad idea - there's some effin' amazing little known songs to pick from, like these:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jFHRW7qHYw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqwaiZzbmjk
These were full record company backed commercial albums, and they sold quite well stateside! They followed these two albums up with a single album of selected songs from 'Tommy'. Yes, really. They sounded like a slightly more than half decent pub band playing The Who .............................

All of which is a bit of a shame, because their first couple of akbums, after the Susanne Vega backing days, were pretty brilliant - couple of examples -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNZbP3ZVem4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqML7WbOun8

Strewth! - have I hit upon HWT has not got in his collection???
 


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