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Offline NUKE

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« on: December 10, 2004, 02:05:11 AM »
I'm just bored.....but here are some that popped into my head.

Devo's "Satisfaction"

Toad the Wet Sproket's "Hey Bulldog"

Eva Cassidy's "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"

George Thorogood's "Move it On Over"
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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2004, 02:16:47 AM »
Fugees: Killing me softly
Dwight Yoakam: Suspicious Minds
Celine Dion: You shook me (j/k)
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2004, 02:18:49 AM »
I Like Guns and Rose's  "Sympathy for the Devil"

Manfred Mann's  "Blinded By The Light"
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« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2004, 02:21:25 AM »
Rolling Stones "Not Fade Away"

Beatles "Michelle" - I don't think they were the first to write it/perform it?
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« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2004, 02:28:15 AM »
Naw Beetle, Michelle is a McCartney original. I love the recording....it sounds so "pure"....the acoustic guitars sound about as good as can be recorded imho.
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« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2004, 02:30:33 AM »
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Manfred Mann's  "Blinded By The Light"


That's a really good one Steve.....not many remakes can seem so clearly better than the original, other than remakes of Bob Dylan tunes.
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« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2004, 02:31:58 AM »
Pretty Woman by Van Halen was alright
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« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2004, 02:42:12 AM »
"Yessir I can boogie" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor... dunno, sounds sexier sung by her :)

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« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2004, 02:44:40 AM »
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Naw Beetle, Michelle is a McCartney original. I love the recording....it sounds so "pure"....the acoustic guitars sound about as good as can be recorded imho.
Hmm, I wasn't sure... but one of their hits from that era was not an original. If not Michelle, maybe Yesterday?
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« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2004, 02:57:16 AM »
Yesterday is another McCartney song.

The Beatles did covers on some of the very early albums.

Some I know: Rollover Beethoven, Hey Hey Hey Hey ( Kansas City), Rock "n Roll Music, Twist And Shout.
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« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2004, 03:08:53 AM »
OK NUKE - you're the Beatles expert; I won't argue with you. :aok

How about some remake c**k ups? The Beatles' song "With a Little Help from my Friends" was ruined - by Joe C**kup

And "Spirit in the Sky" (Norman Greenbaum) was ruined by Wet Wet Wet.
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« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2004, 03:59:45 AM »
Nirvana had the highest concentration of GREAT covers in one live session and probably of any album I have heard.

Nirvana Unplugged in NY is a must have album IMHO.

Covers: The Man Who Sold The World, On A Plane, Plateau, Lake of Fire.

That Album is a great one.
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« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2004, 06:00:13 AM »
Nah.

The Who's "Acid Queen" was an OK song. Then they had Tina Turner do it for the movie Tommy.

Reduced the Who (my all-time fave band) to just four skinny white kids.

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« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2004, 06:16:34 AM »
All along the watchtower- Jimi Hendrix.
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« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2004, 06:41:06 AM »
Type O negative: Cinnamon Girl
Ramones: Surfin' Bird
Rammstein: Das Model :aok
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