Thanks Wilson and Tony for those vids. Really enjoy finding "new" stuff. Checked your youtube out and signed up Wilson... girl Friday was really good. I really hear where you're coming from on the single acoustic versions, like Longtrain Running from Girl Friday, they can be so good. Got something special, reduced and maximized like that. Reduced to the Max, I guess. Same time, loved that JT. Thanks guys.

Same thing happened to me on Simple Game by the Moody blues, Suzi. I first heard the Four Tops singing it long before I realized it was a Moody Blues song. This is for tovo: no white honkeys wearing frilly shirts! :

Here's another one I just thought of. I'm not sure this is BETTER than Feist's original version (hers is more lounge-y and Conor's is more down-home), but it's still pretty great.


Bright Eyes version of Mushaboom (originally by Feist):

Jackson C. Frank's "Blues Run The Game" has been covered a lot. This is my favorite version.

neverfoundthetime wrote:
Same thing happened to me on Simple Game by the Moody blues, Suzi. I first heard the Four Tops singing it long before I realized it was a Moody Blues song. This is for tovo: no white honkeys wearing frilly shirts! :

Thanks Chris! Hawaiian shirts I can handle but the frilly shirt is definitely not the action I am after.

Same thing happened to me on Simple Game by the Moody blues, Suzi. I first heard the Four Tops singing it long before I realized it was a Moody Blues song. This is for tovo: no white honkeys wearing frilly shirts! :

Thanks Chris! Hawaiian shirts I can handle but the frilly shirt is definitely not the action I am after.

Thanks for tuning in Tony .
Should have post this one... better visual of the no white honkeys (do like the suits though!):

sorry for being late on the reply chas but it would then sort of be like Mr. Tambourine Man with Dylan and the Byrds.

I thought there was a thread on covers that are WORSE than the originals, but couldn't find it. So here's a link to an msn article on their top worst covers..

Britney singing Satisfaction?! I'd rather hear Devo's version, Cabro.



entertainment.ca.msn.com/music/photos/ga...-documentid=22583051

AcousticAl wrote:
I thought there was a thread on covers that are WORSE than the originals, but couldn't find it. So here's a link to an msn article on their top worst covers..

Britney singing Satisfaction?! I'd rather hear Devo's version, Cabro.




Britney is touring Australia at the moment and people are walking out after realizing she lip syncs her show. Even more ridiculous is some people defend that. Why would anyone want to pay to see a whole concert of lip syncing? It's beyond my comprehension. Her concert tickets are now selling for 99cents on ebay. Still too much for me.

A sincere apology Tony, to all of Oz. There must be some international treaty that forbids 'Britney Tours' from being inflicted on unsuspecting countries.



Bill

I prefer Boyce Avenue's "Bleeding Love" to the original.

I was just listing 'Great Big Sea' on the Canadian music thread and remembered this song!!

GREAT take on 'End of the World' by REM.

Can't really say this is better, but I really like this cover. Mahogany Rush had some good tunes back in the day..... Here is their version of Norwegian Wood



MJ

..a continuation of my Haydain Neale post on the Canadian music thread. Here's his cover of the Smashing Pumpkins' hit 1979.

I'm reviving an old, but very fun, thread.

A couple of months back one of my favorite websites for pop culture, the AV Club, started a feature where they asked 25 bands to come into their studio, and had them pick a song off of a list of 25 songs that the AV Club had chosen. Some of the covers have been less than inspired, but some of the artists really made the song their own. Today's entry was possibly my favorite so far: Clem Snide covering Journey's "Faithfully," done as a solo piece with a ukelele. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did:


www.avclub.com/articles/journey,38879/

p.s. The song starts about a minute into the video

Thanks Suzi, I really enjoyed it. This guy has so much talent. I am not a big fan of Uke as I find they sound too nasal, but this guy add so much feeling by playing really smooth, almost like regular nylon string guitar.

Marc