2CELLOS - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) This version is far more positive and upbeat than the Green Day version but that is not a hard goal to achieve ;) .
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So remember, If the women don’t find ya handsome, they should at least find ya handy. –Red Green
While I hesitate to call this better than the original, it's certainly very very good. It's a fascinating item for me to have found because my top two vocalists are Scott Walker and Bob Dylan for practically opposite reasons. So having them sing the same song to further emphasize their differences, and what I like about both of them, is a wonderful treat for me. With that being said, they could take the guitar solo out of this and lose nothing.
Also, while we're on the topic this is pretty good, too.
The Walker Brothers were outstanding, glad we agree there, but they could never get their covers to surpass the originals. They did put forth some outstanding efforts, though. This is less of a dramatic change in direction than "Love Minus Zero", it's definitely more keeping in the spirit of the original. I gotta say, though, I don't think Scott's voice suits this song as well as it does others.
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Don't upvote any of my comments, please. That shit's not for me.
It's been almost a year, so I think it's time I necro this thread. Pandora introduced me to Jasmine Thompson and I freaking love her (not that way).
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JamishT was a heck of a guy, With a devilish twinkle in his eye. With his hand-picked flowers, And his feel-good powers, He made all the girls blush and sigh.
Dream Theater actually had part of this cover in their intermission video this past concert tour in America. This group is set up about 20 minutes away from where I live, so I thought it was pretty cool that they got noticed by Dream Theater.
Apologies for the tedious Australians, I couldn't another version of this, but nevertheless an excellent cover by Cosmo Jarvis and his cronies.
In a completely different flavour, here is Louisiana slide guitarist Dege Legg's awesome version of Sabbath's "Supernaut"
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"Tusser, they tell me, when thou wert alive, Thou, teaching thrift, thyselfe couldst never thrive. So, like the whetstone, many men are wont To sharpen others, when themselves are blunt."
Anyone who has any kind of opinion fucking disgusts me.
I can't believe someone hadn't posted this yet. It's the Arcade Fire doing peter Gabriel's My Body Is a Cage, set to the end of Once Upon A Time in the West. I love this cover.
Oh yes, YES!
I approve of practically anything by Postmodern Jukebox.
Shameless girl band song, coming up.
I'm not gonna argue whether or not it's better than U2's version, I just love it.
In my first post in this thread, back in the dinosaurs' time, I posted Sarah Jarosz with the Punch Brothers. The Punch Brothers are a bluegrass band fronted by Macarthur Foundation Fellow Chris Thile, and their whole existence is based on making amazing, exploratory music with bluegrass instruments. As such, they do a good amount of covers. Here they are covering "Just What I Needed" by the Cars:
and here is a bizarre, strangely gorgeous cover of the already weird song "Kid A" from Radiohead's Kid A album:
"Operation Prepare Your Anus is considered to have been the most thoughtfully planned and masterfully executed humanitarian intervention in American history."-DTanza, alternatehistory.com
Now as a very moral person, I would never sell a pot brownie to a toddler. I.. I would just GIVE it to them.- CMSellers.