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     CommentAuthorFinagle
   • CommentTimeOct 4th 2010 edited

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   As a sort of sugary, lardy dessert - Dread Zepplin. Who I counted as an honest tribute/cover band and not (just) a novelty act:
   
   
   A toss-up for me between Kashmir and Black Dog/Whole Lotta Love:
   
2. • CommentAuthorScrymgeour
   • CommentTimeOct 6th 2010

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   also how could i forget this beautiful creation
   
   killing moon - novelle vague
3. •  
     CommentAuthorAlastair
   • CommentTimeOct 6th 2010

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   @Davies thankyou for Pomplamoose i am now 100% in love
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     CommentAuthorVal A Lindsay II
   • CommentTimeOct 6th 2010

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   Ronnie Drew did such a goddamn good cover of Dire Straits Bothers in Arms it's scary...
   
   
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     CommentAuthorbjacques
   • CommentTimeOct 6th 2010 edited

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   Shout-outs to Houston punk band Culturcide, who did a whole album of covers, in a hilariously Situationist spirit. Here's Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An Industrial Band":
   
   
   
   Or not. My embed-fu is obviously no good. Anyway, it's on YouTube, along with "California Punks," They're Not The World," "Love Is A Cattleprod" and others.
   
   [Edit:] "Whoops! Don't my own strength!" - Bullwinkle the Magnificent
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     CommentAuthorHEY APATHY!
   • CommentTimeOct 6th 2010 edited

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   HERE's the Original
   
   
   the 80's synth version, not that different but I really like both of these versions
   
   
7. •  
     CommentAuthorchiaslut
   • CommentTimeOct 6th 2010 edited

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   I am going to spend a serious chunk of my work day listening this entire thread tomorrow.
   
   For now ... I've always been a sucker for this cover:
   
   
   This one sticks in my head:
   
   
   Helmet covering Bjork? Yes, please.
   
   
   I really have to stop.
   
   I'm also digging the Boris Ian Astubry project BXI, but I don't know if their versions of Rain and Magickal Child count as covers.
8. •  
     CommentAuthorLabyrinthine
   • CommentTimeOct 8th 2010

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   country music single ladies
   sooo this is a thing
9. •  
     CommentAuthorMister Andersen
   • CommentTimeOct 11th 2010

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   Spicks & Specks often has some unbelievable cover versions thanks to their "Look What They Did To My Song, Ma!" segment (for the unaware, a different live band rocks up each week to play a bunch of songs in their own inimitable style that the panelists have to correctly identify)
   
   Barry Morgan: Cheesy grinning Hammond organ style -- this is a 100% visual performance that has to be seen to be believed
   
   
   A sampling of others:
   
   Manta: world music style
   
   
   Vulgagrad: Russian criminal style
   
   
   Wikimen: Lounge hula swing style
   
   
   Unclechunk: Horrific metal style
   
   
   Paprika Balkanicus: Balkan gypsy style
   
10. • CommentAuthorMono
    • CommentTimeOct 12th 2010

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    Hellsongs doing Pantera's Walk.
    
    
11. •  
      CommentAuthorThe Gentleman Mummy
    • CommentTimeOct 12th 2010

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    The Fratellis' version of Duffy's "Mercy" actually got me to listen to the song without picking up a hacksaw, which is something.
    
    
12. • CommentAuthorFlabyo
    • CommentTimeOct 12th 2010

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    Yeah, I'm going there. Where? Here:
    t.A.T.u. - How Soon Is Now?
13. •  
      CommentAuthorGreasemonkey
    • CommentTimeOct 13th 2010 edited

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    Matt Weddle's acoustic cover of Outkast's HEY YA
    
    
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      CommentAuthorSobreiro
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2010

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    Just remembered this one, Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Maps" done by The Arcade Fire:
    
    
15. •  
      CommentAuthorchiaslut
    • CommentTimeOct 29th 2010

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    Of course there's a blog all about covers.
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      CommentAuthorDextra
    • CommentTimeOct 29th 2010

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    This makes me ridiculously happy.
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      CommentAuthorLuckyPanda
    • CommentTimeOct 29th 2010

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    Maxence Cyrin - Crazy in Love
    
    About as far away from the original as you can get. It's a beauty.
18. • CommentAuthorDewey Decibel
    • CommentTimeOct 29th 2010

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    Truly a band for all seasons: The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra.
    
    I could never take the place of your man
19. •  
      CommentAuthorchiaslut
    • CommentTimeOct 29th 2010

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    @Dextra - Me too!
    When I was in a long term poly relationship/triad, it was sort of our theme song.
    Plus I love it from hearing it as a wee lil kid planted in front of the TV on Saturday mornings.
    
    Double nostalgia!
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      CommentAuthorGreasemonkey
    • CommentTimeOct 29th 2010 edited

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