Who's best? - Original or cover? - You choose.
TennMan
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I thought it might be fun to pit some cover band videos against the originals. I will be posting some to compare. If you have some to compare, post them. The originals should win but who knows? Choose your favorite and post your comments.
Here goes the first two bands. My favorite is Leonid & Friends.
https://youtu.be/9_torOTK5qc
https://youtu.be/7uAUoz7jimg
Here goes the first two bands. My favorite is Leonid & Friends.
https://youtu.be/9_torOTK5qc
https://youtu.be/7uAUoz7jimg
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I'd never heard the cover band, above, and think they do it justice....however, Chicago for the win.
Next up:
Bob Seger...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evnZfSEtr5k
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Metallica...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPOTEs_yTJo
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Val Kilmer vs Jim Morrison.
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Lou Reed vs Cowboy Junkies on Sweet Jane.
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Deadicated Grateful Dead Tribute Album.
So many great covers.
Lyle Lovett's Friend of the Devil
Jane's Addiction doing Ripple.
I preferred both of these.I disabled signatures. -
Here's a twist. Lorrie Morgan doing a cover of a Beach Boys song with them...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq2Ayilg--8 -
- "Next up: Bob Seger..."
https://youtu.be/pzozUw1TlDw
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Chicago by a slim margin.
Bob Seger for sure.
How about 'Turn On Your Love Light', Bob Seger vs Bobby Bland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpsxPqLOjLM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpYquuytWmg
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How about 'Turn On Your Love Light', Bob Seger vs Bobby Bland.
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- Crossover upgrades by westmassguy
- Marantz 1504 AVR (front speaker pre-outs to Adcom 555)
- Adcom GFA-555 amp · Upgrades & speaker protection added by OldmanSRS
- Pioneer DV-610AV DVD/CD player
- SDA CRS+ · Hidden away in the closet
- SDA 2BTL · Sonicaps · Mills resistors · RDO-198s · New gaskets · H-nuts · Erse inductors · BH5 · Dynamat
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Here's a twist. Lorrie Morgan doing a cover of a Beach Boys song with them...
- SDA 2BTL · Sonicaps · Mills resistors · RDO-198s · New gaskets · H-nuts · Erse inductors · BH5 · Dynamat
- Crossover upgrades by westmassguy
- Marantz 1504 AVR (front speaker pre-outs to Adcom 555)
- Adcom GFA-555 amp · Upgrades & speaker protection added by OldmanSRS
- Pioneer DV-610AV DVD/CD player
- SDA CRS+ · Hidden away in the closet
- SDA 2BTL · Sonicaps · Mills resistors · RDO-198s · New gaskets · H-nuts · Erse inductors · BH5 · Dynamat
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My first blues concert was Bobby "Blue" Bland, BB King and Albert King in the same billing. Bobby's will always be the voice for me.➀Speakers: Polk1.2tl's (Uber Mods) ➁Pre/Amp/DAC: PS Audio BHK Signature & 250, DirectStream ➂Cables/IC's: MIT S1Bi-Wire/S1 Balanced +Avel Lindberg 1000VA "Dreadnought" ➃Power Conditioner: PS Audio P15 Power Plant ➄Power Cords: Core Power Technologies Gold, DH Labs Power Plus DIY w/Neotech NC-P301 & P311ends ➅Streaming: Roon ROCK on wifi'd NUC, TP-Link WAP, & Uptone EtherREGEN, AfterDark, Emperor Double Crown Clock, Black Modernize LPS, PS Audio AirLens⟿Ω☯☥☮⟿🔊♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬ -
Deadicated Grateful Dead Tribute Album.
So many great covers.
Lyle Lovett's Friend of the Devil
Jane's Addiction doing Ripple.
I preferred both of these.
Yes, yes there are.
The Lyle Lovett track sounds magnificent, too.
May I just, you know, kinda toss in...
Warren Zevon's Casey Jones
Indigo Girlz' Uncle John's Band
Suzanne Vega's China Doll/Cassidy
Bruce Hornsby's Jack Straw (maybe he doesn't count, since he risked his life & played keyboardswith the Dead for a while!)
Los Lobos' Bertha
... and my personal fave: Cowboy Junkies To Lay Me Down.
(but i'd pay money to listen to Margo Timmins read the Toronto phonebook)
It's the ultimate tribute album (and it was one of the first of the genre, too, as I see it).
EDIT: I won't categorically say that all of those are better, but they all show so clearly how danged good those songs are -- the bones of those songs (see what I did there? are so strong.
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Both of these are really good. I like good cover bands so I'm going with HSCC. Which version do you like best?
https://youtu.be/Tnw35KMQ9dI
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- Adcom GFA-555 amp · Upgrades & speaker protection added by OldmanSRS
- Pioneer DV-610AV DVD/CD player
- SDA CRS+ · Hidden away in the closet
- SDA 2BTL · Sonicaps · Mills resistors · RDO-198s · New gaskets · H-nuts · Erse inductors · BH5 · Dynamat
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blinded by the light;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzk3x3HZbJI
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mhardy6647 wrote: »Here's a cover that blows the original right clean outta the water...
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- Pioneer DV-610AV DVD/CD player
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- SDA 2BTL · Sonicaps · Mills resistors · RDO-198s · New gaskets · H-nuts · Erse inductors · BH5 · Dynamat
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Black Sabbath;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rVjlys4510
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qanF-91aJo
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Both totally different.
Both totally great.
If more of Springsteen's work had been like this -- out of control, over the top, Bob Dylan meets Jack Kerouac... I might've been a fan.
On the plus side, he's aged gracefully.
(no... not the blonde)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haT8g7oKnns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5261s3Z3RU
ONE
Nilsson's (the original) is the best!
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aprazer402 wrote: »ONE
Nilsson's (the original) is the best!
- SDA 2BTL · Sonicaps · Mills resistors · RDO-198s · New gaskets · H-nuts · Erse inductors · BH5 · Dynamat
- Crossover upgrades by westmassguy
- Marantz 1504 AVR (front speaker pre-outs to Adcom 555)
- Adcom GFA-555 amp · Upgrades & speaker protection added by OldmanSRS
- Pioneer DV-610AV DVD/CD player
- SDA CRS+ · Hidden away in the closet
- SDA 2BTL · Sonicaps · Mills resistors · RDO-198s · New gaskets · H-nuts · Erse inductors · BH5 · Dynamat
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This is some good competition for Chicago.
https://youtu.be/TUJmSgViGoM
https://youtu.be/gKhauqqEYpo
https://youtu.be/1A0MPWseJIE
I'm a big fan of Chicago so I guess I would pick them but the other guys are good.- SDA 2BTL · Sonicaps · Mills resistors · RDO-198s · New gaskets · H-nuts · Erse inductors · BH5 · Dynamat
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- Adcom GFA-555 amp · Upgrades & speaker protection added by OldmanSRS
- Pioneer DV-610AV DVD/CD player
- SDA CRS+ · Hidden away in the closet
- SDA 2BTL · Sonicaps · Mills resistors · RDO-198s · New gaskets · H-nuts · Erse inductors · BH5 · Dynamat
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Almost posted Disturbed. Love SoS! Won't pick one or the other. S&G, legendary. They both get my nod.
Land of Confusion Disturbified!...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV4oYkIeGJc
Genesis...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq7FKO5DlV0
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John Prine (RIP) wrote Angel from Montgomery. Beautiful song that I know from Bonnie Raitt. Saw her in concert 3 weeks ago and she was almost in tears speaking about Prine's friendship and passing.
John's performed it w/these two equally beautiful voices.
Bonnie Raitt...
https://player.vimeo.com/video/405278414
Emmylou Harris...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXo3K8l-uDc
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aprazer402 wrote: »https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haT8g7oKnns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5261s3Z3RU
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Nilsson's (the original) is the best!
I know the song, don't own it, and can't say which version(s) I've listened to in the past. First time hearing of Nilsson. Really sounds Beatlesesque and prior to listening I thought I'd prefer TDK but agree, Nilsson. Played it for my wife and Nilsson is the only version she's heard.➀Speakers: Polk1.2tl's (Uber Mods) ➁Pre/Amp/DAC: PS Audio BHK Signature & 250, DirectStream ➂Cables/IC's: MIT S1Bi-Wire/S1 Balanced +Avel Lindberg 1000VA "Dreadnought" ➃Power Conditioner: PS Audio P15 Power Plant ➄Power Cords: Core Power Technologies Gold, DH Labs Power Plus DIY w/Neotech NC-P301 & P311ends ➅Streaming: Roon ROCK on wifi'd NUC, TP-Link WAP, & Uptone EtherREGEN, AfterDark, Emperor Double Crown Clock, Black Modernize LPS, PS Audio AirLens⟿Ω☯☥☮⟿🔊♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬♩♪♫♬ -
mhardy6647 wrote: »Deadicated Grateful Dead Tribute Album.
So many great covers.
Lyle Lovett's Friend of the Devil
Jane's Addiction doing Ripple.
I preferred both of these.
Yes, yes there are.
The Lyle Lovett track sounds magnificent, too.
May I just, you know, kinda toss in...
Warren Zevon's Casey Jones
Indigo Girlz' Uncle John's Band
Suzanne Vega's China Doll/Cassidy
Bruce Hornsby's Jack Straw (maybe he doesn't count, since he risked his life & played keyboardswith the Dead for a while!)
Los Lobos' Bertha
... and my personal fave: Cowboy Junkies To Lay Me Down.
(but i'd pay money to listen to Margo Timmins read the Toronto phonebook)
It's the ultimate tribute album (and it was one of the first of the genre, too, as I see it).
EDIT: I won't categorically say that all of those are better, but they all show so clearly how danged good those songs are -- the bones of those songs (see what I did there? are so strong.
Oooh! I forgot Suzanne Vega doing China Doll! That's another great one, yes! I liked the Los Lobos one, too. It's a worthy collection all around, in general. Each of the tracks I like has something special in a passage or two. That's one of the things that stands out to me about that collection. Meaning, these passages are so intoxicating that they have me rewinding to hear those 15 to 30 seconds over and over again. Even now, nearly - Schiit - 30yrs later. I'm joining the ranks of curmudgeons. Except for you Mark. How have you escaped it?
You know I didn't have a full appreciation for cowboy junkies when I got that CD in the early 90s. I'm gonna hafta give that another wissen... Surely you noticed the cool art work.
Bruce Hornsby just doesn't count in general, lolI disabled signatures. -
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2Cellos or Michael? There is also a 2Cellos Glee version.
https://youtu.be/Mx0xCI1jaUM
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Is your love strong enough? Trents wife Mariqueen Maandig or Bryan Ferry?
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Linda Ronstadt covered Warren Zevon's Poor Poor Pitiful Me...with some small, more gender-appropriate lyrical changes.
I like Chris Cornell's cover of Billie Jean:
https://youtu.be/I71ukgaAwWA"This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
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