Topic: Strange / Different Cover Tunes

Ran across this Gregorian Chant version of Comfortably Numb. Interesting - and I really dig the violin solo.

http://grooveshark.com/#/s/Comfortably+ … 9BUT?src=5

Any other interesting covers out there?

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Very good, topdown.  i really like the sound.  I will will keep my eyes peeled for unusual covers.

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If what you are looking for is covers that sound exactly like nothing you've ever heard, then we need to jamm again Topdown.  Nothing I play sounds anything like "right." 

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4 (edited by bswyers 2011-08-11 01:53:13)

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Her you go. It doesn't get much stranger than this. Ozzy Osbourne and Dweezil Zappa covering the Bee Gees song "Stayin Alive" www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOGWWuwJOho Not a Gregorian chant but not much is I  just tried the link and it doesn't seem to work. Go to www.youtube.com and do a search for Ozzy with Dweezil Zappa. Again sorry the link didn't work, but thats the joys of technology

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Ok... y'all might want to sit down for this and hold onto your hat..  Hayseed Dixie plays  Bohemian Rhapsody.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAWl5peI8HY

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^ Love Hayseed Dixie - every one of their tunes fits this category!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY

They're no Hayseed Dixie, but they are chickens and penguins and an eagle.  I always envied Floyd's musicianship and dedication to the bass. 

- Zurf

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And those chickens can afford much better cinematography than Hayseed Dixie!

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tandm3 wrote:

And those chickens can afford much better cinematography than Hayseed Dixie!

Well I think it's impressive that the guy with the big beard doesn't blink for 3:41.

- Zurf

Granted B chord amnesty by King of the Mutants (Long live the king).
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10 (edited by Guitarpix 2011-08-11 04:31:53)

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Heres a few... Some I'm sure you've heard before....

**some of these (1st, 2nd & 4th) contain strong language**

The Gourds covering Snoop Dogs "Gin and Juice" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4hGSR5njZE

Dynamite Hack covering "Boyz in the Hood" originally by Eazy E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIo81Fk6J5g

Obediah Parker covering Outkasts "Hey Ya" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM

Foster Roberts Covering Lonely Islands "I'm on a Boat" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bePWRZV2bcc

The Beautiful Girls Covering UB40's "Bring Me Your Cup" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZyD9yJk5gg

The Beautiful Girls Covering Johnny Clegg's "Dela" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ5nWLvhd7k

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Hayseed Dixie was great! I will check out all the rest later thanks for the links guys smile

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You can't go wrong with Hayseed Dixie covering Aerosmiths "Walk this way".

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A bluegrass version of Allman Brother's "Statesboro Blues".

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i love strange or different covers.My motto is,if you want to hear the song exactly as it is done,buy the cd or listen to the radio.I like to take a song and make it mine.Plus it compensates for my shortcomings as a player.Try this one the decembrists covering a Leonard Cohen song.(thats no way to say goodbye)Theres a show on public radio called Highway 61 revisited that plays only covers.WUMB 91.9 in boston-worcester.

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Jane's Addiction's cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" is downright awesome.  It is a cover of a song that I love, which generally means I don't like the cover, but Jane's really nailed it.  It is also on the soundtrack to the 1988 movie Alien Nation, which was also pretty good.

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I really like Eric Burdon and the Animals version of Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire...very different but brilliant..so much feeling...

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Zurf wrote:

If what you are looking for is covers that sound exactly like nothing you've ever heard, then we need to jamm again Topdown.  Nothing I play sounds anything like "right." 

- Zurf

Anytime Zurf - My guitar playin is in the same style  -I'm not bad, just unique! You are welcome to jam in my man cave anytime!

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Linda Ronstadt,Three Dog Night did nothing but covers.Even the beatles did a lot of covers in the early years.It is refreshing to hear a song done with a different twist. Just a matter of taste I guess.Another good source is Hank Williams Jr.He can take a song and blow it out of the water.

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Asylum Street Spankers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IJgjBKq … re=related

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and then there's....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dwh5_hicoE

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On a more serious note, here's the Sand Rubies covering Neil Young's  Interstate.. Its a favorite of mine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B6SoUYEDNg

Powerful stuff here..

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Nothing strange but here's Jack Johnson Covering the Beatles "Rocky Racoon"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzWRkBQe … re=related   I like it better than the original....

Newton Faulkner did a great cover Bohemian Rhapsody as well... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_k8_HSA1-o

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topdown wrote:

Ran across this Gregorian Chant version of Comfortably Numb. Interesting - and I really dig the violin solo.

http://grooveshark.com/#/s/Comfortably+ … 9BUT?src=5

Any other interesting covers out there?

Here's a really nice cover of comfortably numb Dar Williams included on a CD a few years back. I love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmTbWXTCFyc

Later, Wayne P

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Here's another cover of a song I love to play, Gillian Welch covering "The Weight"

Gillian has a new CD out that is really good "Harrows and Harvest"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXf-SuBb … re=related

Later, Wayne P

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Just one more smile

Here's Allison Krauss's cover of "Can't Find My Way Home"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV3u6kS2mmE

Later, Wayne P