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Postby pringa on Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:57 pm

what do you think of bands recording cover songs, and in particular re-arranging them to another style?

i prefer different versions or interpretations to carbon copies, and i thought the "renegades" album by ratm was pretty sweet.

i guess it depends how commercial the cover is as well
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Postby metacarpi on Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:13 am

I always prefer it when a band stamps a bit of it's identity on a cover song, and the Renegades album is a good example of that.

People have complimented my band on our cover of Welcome Home (Sanitarium), as rather than just belt out a straight up cover, we make it a bit more our own.

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Postby pringa on Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:17 am

lol shameless plug works better if you provide a one-click link
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Postby metacarpi on Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:30 am

I'll edit it when I get home, I can't get youtube at work, so can't do a straight link!
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Postby Crucify.Kill.Rot. on Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:21 am

Between the Buried and Me did a whole cover album called The Anatomy Of. It was a cd of covers they did of bands that highly influenced them. My fave off of it would be their cover of Queens Bicycle Race.
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Postby Aqua Dementia on Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:10 am

I like when bands do covers. Otep recently Covered Nirvana's "Breed" on their latest album. It's am awesome cover.
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Postby metacarpi on Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:25 pm

Anyone hear Biffy Clyros version of Umbrella by Rhianna?

They made it a soft acoustic ballad, and it works! It's actually tolerable!
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Postby EverythingIs on Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:43 am

I really Like the Nirvana cover of Bowies 'The Man Who Sold the World' and Deaths cover of 'Painkiller'
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Postby SeveralSpecies on Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:00 am

I agree with how TS said different versions are better. A perfect example would be John Lennons "Imagine" performed by A Perfect Circle. It sounds so good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqKA9_ddFk
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Postby Baa I'm A Sheep on Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:13 am

Astronomy and Whiskey In The Jar by Metallica are both great covers.
I liked Machine Heads cover of Battery too,and that BFMV cover of crazy train on Species UG is interesting.
My favourite cover song I think would be Guns N' Roses Knockin On Heavens Door much better than the original methinks.
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Postby SeveralSpecies on Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:38 am

Yea I saw BFMV did a cover and I was worried to listen to it. Surprisingly they did a great job of it. The beginning is intense!!
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Postby Baa I'm A Sheep on Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:55 am

I heard Tool do a cover of diary of a madman once,it wasnt a great quality mp3 but one hell of a cover.
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