Take that Cover and Shove It!

Demon-Dave · 2011-05-04T14:24:39+00:00

Okay, we’ve all been there, done that, but how many times have you walked into that pub/club/venue to hear someone murdering a song that you once loved but n...

Take that Cover and Shove It!

Norman86

Neither ? the SO on the other hand has both!

(SO - Significant Other)

aubs1

Demon Dave wrote:
Norman86 wrote:
Demon Dave wrote: Okay, now you’ve got me interested, how on earth do you know this??? ?
Its on DVD AND CD!!!
Not the best cover of the song imo!
And do you own either or both? ?

Definitely BOTH, eh Norm? ..... ?

IceCreamMan

i kinda like all those covers ☹

Norman86

Aubs1 wrote:
Demon Dave wrote:
Norman86 wrote:
Demon Dave wrote: Okay, now you’ve got me interested, how on earth do you know this??? ?
Its on DVD AND CD!!!
Not the best cover of the song imo!
And do you own either or both? ?
Definitely BOTH, eh Norm? ..... ?

Yeah, i sometimes not only have to listen to it, but watch it too! ugh...

flatfourfan

I dunno........I've heard a lot of covers and many of them may be their own take, but are pretty good in their own right. Try to do something too much like the original and you end up with steve hoffmeyer doing neal diamond or Just Ginger doing Sugarman.

Awakening - Sounds of Silence
Trivium - Master of Puppets, (this is on par with what Metallica used to sound like and even better than they play it now).

I heard a one man guy (the bluesman I think his name was) in a pub in pretoria a few years back doing Simon & Garfunkel stuff...........man that sounded good.

Not all covers are created crap..........

Demon-Dave

BWWWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA

When i grow up, I wanna be just like these guys!

flatfourfan

Demon Dave wrote: BWWWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA

When i grow up, I wanna be just like these guys!

oi vey..............................................

Ray

Anji

Squonk

Alright - see if you can top this!

I was camping at Hartbeespoort Oord on the Easter Weekend and after huge advertising about a "Disco" on the Saturday night, and nagging from my kids to let them go, I relented and seeing that they are 9 and 13, It was best that I went with them.

There was this Wally, who obviously thought he was Steve Hofmeyer (and not a good one at that) run through the Hofmeyer Catalog including painful versions of a whole bunch of Neil Diamond songs, not only flat but pronounciation wise eg. Sorng, Sungh, bloo, I em I said etc.

Demon-Dave

flatfourfan wrote:
Demon Dave wrote: BWWWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA

When i grow up, I wanna be just like these guys!
oi vey..............................................

Oy Vei is just about right, do you want me to post some more of their stuff?

Hold up, here is a bit of the ol’ Clapton for ya:

Don’t get me wrong, not all covers are bad, not all cover bands are bad for that matter. I saw a Kiss cover band in Australia that blew my mind, and a Pink Floyd cover band here about 10 years ago that were amazing, but when it’s a generic rock band doing generic mediocare covers, that’s when I throw up a bit in my mouth!

MoJo-JoJoe

Mustang Sally!! OMG save us all!

aubs1

CCR - The lot!!!!!

Averatu

-Black Velvet, I've heard some woman destroy that song.
-House of the Rising Sun
-Hotel California, Its just too long!! Especially as a bad cover.
-Where Is my Mind by the Pixies. Frank Black has a unique if not strange voice.

costafonix

Demon Dave wrote:
flatfourfan wrote:
Demon Dave wrote: BWWWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA

When i grow up, I wanna be just like these guys!
oi vey..............................................
Oy Vei is just about right, do you want me to post some more of their stuff?

Hold up, here is a bit of the ol’ Clapton for ya:

Don’t get me wrong, not all covers are bad, not all cover bands are bad for that matter. I saw a Kiss cover band in Australia that blew my mind, and a Pink Floyd cover band here about 10 years ago that were amazing, but when it’s a generic rock band doing generic mediocare covers, that’s when I throw up a bit in my mouth!

W.t.???? You mean these guys were actually allowed to play ANOTHER song??? :roflmao:

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: and that guitarist is still doing his 'Captain Morgan' stance,,,,,,,, ?

Bob-Dubery

Ray wrote: Anji

Do you still hear that being played a lot? I've heard it live about once in 10 years. For a while back in the 60s it was THE thing to play. If you could play Anji you could play and if you couldn't then you couldn't.

I think a bit later it was Sylvia by Focus. I used to hear that a LOT and I wouldn't fret if I never heard it again.

Keira-WitherKay

a song i never want to hear in a pub cover show , is parisiene walkways......... by gary moore........ argggggggghhhhhhhhhhh i run out screaming

howevere i was performing in hotels in the Emirates(Dubai) and bahrain some years ago and there was one cover band there from new zealand....... who did everything from frank sinatra to queens bohemian raphrody and even rap .you name it they did , and well if they were not an 11piece band i would say they were lip syncing but super impressive......... best cover act i have ever heard and so entertaining ......... so there are some gems out there amongst the "cr#p"

Svengali

1-10. Knock, knock freakin' knockin' on Heaven's Door!

It's one of Dylan's crappier songs, taken out of context, that is. (Works excellent in Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid)

However, some talented folks' covers can sometimes be seen as an "uncover" in the way it actually illuminates.

Wizard

The good thing about this thread is that it caused me to YouTube Halleluya by Leonard Cohen.
You must understand that he was a great inspiration for my teenage angst.
And he was really, really good at it.
While you're at it ... go and check out "So long Marianne"

/thread hijack

Svengali

HAVE YOU HEARD Jeff Buckley's haunting version of Hallelujah?

AlanRatcliffe

Svengali wrote: HAVE YOU HEARD Jeff Buckley's haunting version of Hallelujah?

Like a lot of the songs mentioned here, it's a bit overdone. However, done right they can all still silence a noisy room and command respect. The Buckley version of Hallelujah is wonderful - great chimey solo guitar (Tele and Vibrolux at their best) and voice.