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08-02-2009 , 02:58 PM

#101

ChipsAhoya

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Originally Posted by catmiami

Frank Zappa - I am the walrus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVF66GVj8zU

um, no.

Oasis has a great version with an awesome outro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxbVd...eature=related

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08-02-2009 , 03:15 PM

#102

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Originally Posted by Mojo56

Barracuda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqQkE...om=PL&index=13

I know this is all subjective, but I don't see how this is close to better than the original.

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08-02-2009 , 03:28 PM

#103

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IZ- Somewhere over the rainbow

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08-02-2009 , 03:33 PM

#104

Gelin1

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Eddie vedder - times are a-changing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrVkE...om=PL&index=13

Might be meh to some, but I'm a huge PJ-fan

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08-02-2009 , 04:16 PM

#105

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Originally Posted by TheNoodleMan

INSWIW,TMOPOTRMOLMAAA

fixed your post.

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08-02-2009 , 04:31 PM

#106

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havent read the tread; but:

Cake - I Will Survive

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08-02-2009 , 04:41 PM

#107

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How the hell has this thread gotten this far w/o:

The Clash - I Fought the Law

Also

Manfred Mann - Blinded by the Light

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08-02-2009 , 05:04 PM

#108

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Tool's cover of "No Quarter" by Led Zeppelin is epic and far better than the original...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzKWge4rLfI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgHSk91RhL8

Last edited by slamfire; 08-02-2009 at 05:12 PM. Reason: Added link to the original.

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08-02-2009 , 05:25 PM

#109

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Originally Posted by Mojo56

Worst cover ever: My Generation (warning: this is mind numbingly bad): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvC6j...om=PL&index=42

this is really bad but danny tanner's cover of it is worse

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08-02-2009 , 05:32 PM

#110

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A lot of people in this thread are probably only familiar with the version of Mad World they've heard in Donnie Darko, but the original really needs to be posted because the dancer who first appears at about 1:48 is ballin' out of control:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZRib...eature=related

That guy is so f-ing gangsta.

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08-02-2009 , 05:40 PM

#111

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Originally Posted by Rustjive

Jeff Buckley doing Hallelujah.

I second this.

Also Iron & Wine doing Such Great Heights if no one has listed it yet.

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08-02-2009 , 05:42 PM

#112

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Fiona Apple - Across the Universe...
Beatles cover (J Lennon).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gLWTtlMwo4

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08-02-2009 , 05:57 PM

#113

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Originally Posted by Trikkur

Another Brick in the Wall - Korn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkiJJ_NkD0 (quality isn't amazing)

I know I'm going to receive a ton of crap for that, but honestly I was amazed at how well done it was. I was not around for the original, but my dad was a hardcore fan so I do have much respect.

I have both versions though, a lot of it depends on my mood on which one is better

WTF NO. So bad...

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08-02-2009 , 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by DC11GTR

Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

There's no reason to try a better one. Any other choices would be left to taste, but I can't think of one person, and have never heard of one person, who thought Dylan's version was better.

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Originally Posted by Max H

Dylan, himself, has even said that he felt that Hendrix' version was the penultimate.

Dylan thinks it's the second worst version?

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08-02-2009 , 06:11 PM

#115

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Long Black Veil - Dave Matthews Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36b6zt-P7eQ

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08-02-2009 , 06:17 PM

#116

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Best one is probably the Yardbirds cover of Stroll On (Train Kept-a-Rollin).

http://www.myvideo.de/watch/4675274/...irds_Stroll_On

I very much like the Shadows of Knight version of Gloria better than Van Morrison's original. I know there are a lot of "OMG....you can''t diss Morrison" fan-boi's out there but I always liked the Shadows of Knight version better.

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08-02-2009 , 06:21 PM

#117

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Originally Posted by Max H

Dylan, himself, has even said that he felt that Hendrix' version was the penultimate.

wat

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08-02-2009 , 06:24 PM

#118

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Originally Posted by Rustjive

I agree but I think it's debatable, just like SRV doing Little Wing.

i opened this thread to post this song... i haven't heard srv's voodoo chile, but his little wing is awesome.

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08-02-2009 , 06:25 PM

#119

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Don't necessarily like this one better but I still like it in its own way. Kind of similar to cryme pushing the boundries by including the Fun Boy Three cover of Our Lips are Sealed.

Aztec Camera cover of Jump:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bzKzbucdnE

And I'm going to toss out a couple more "covers" that aren't really covers per-se because they completely change the song. But I still dig them.

Original version of She Don't Use Jelly by The Flaming Lips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQUcnvvPz8A

Ben Folds version of She Don't Use Jelly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzXlyGruaC4

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08-02-2009 , 06:26 PM

#120

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MAX H ARE YOU AWARE THAT YOU ACCIDENTALLY USED THE WRONG WORD 'PENULTIMATE' WHEN YOU LIKELY MEANT TO SAY ULTIMATE? I just want to make sure you understand this.