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Wrong. I have the exact opposite of what *most* people would consider good taste in music (mostly punk and hardcore), and almost everyone I've played MFATGG for (including my mom) says they enjoy the covers more than the originals.

This is ridiculous. You are either a liar, or need to play your music to people who aren't absolutely crazy. MFATGG are fun, but that's it.

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08-02-2009 , 06:47 PM

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Ben Folds cover of Inbetween Days is pretty good too and it's actually a true cover this time. I don't rate it better than the original but it's good enough to mention I think:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCIrE445BXw

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08-02-2009 , 06:48 PM

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I like Me First and the Gimme Gimme's. Them doing a cover of Neil Diamond or whoever is always a blast. But that doesn't make it better than the original. Just a really fun gimmick is all.

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08-02-2009 , 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Specialized

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

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

I love Fiona and it's a good cover but "better than the original?"

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Self - What a Fool Believes

lol, that album is fun.

Vedder covering Bob Dylan: No.
Korn covering Pink Floyd: No.
DMB Long Black Veil cover beats Johnny Cash or The Band? Heeeeell no.

SRV cover of Little Wing is awesome. That's one of my favorite Hendrix songs.

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08-02-2009 , 06:55 PM

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Not sure if its better but Built to Spill does an amazing version of Cortez the Killer. Doug martsch channels all his inner neil young for this one.

love that tune.

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08-02-2009 , 06:58 PM

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And I actually do like the cover of Baby Got Back by Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine better than the original. I laugh every freaking time but it's actually not JUST tongue-in-cheek silliness because there's some serious talent there too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e01C3AqzjlE

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08-02-2009 , 07:00 PM

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Richard Cheese is pretty awesome.

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I laugh every freaking time but it's actually not JUST tongue-in-cheek silliness because there's some serious talent there too.

Yeah, they sound like a tight band from what I've heard and they are really going for it all the way.

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08-02-2009 , 07:17 PM

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Oh yeah....Geoff Farina doing a really nice ballad version of Two Tickets to Paradise. I think this version is terrific.

http://www.last.fm/music/Geoff+Farin...ts+To+Paradise

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08-02-2009 , 07:49 PM

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Jimi Hendrix - Like a Rolling Stone

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08-02-2009 , 08:18 PM

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Pretty much every song by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

http://www.myspace.com/gimmegimmes

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08-02-2009 , 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by catmiami

I love Hendrix...

But the late great Stevie Ray Vaughn does Voodoo Chile and then some.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GSpbuFSr2o

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

Another awesome cover of voodoo chile(the other version) is Buddy Guy playing it here.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKzMJrQ3uqk

I saw Buddy play live about a minute of slight return and it was amazing.

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08-02-2009 , 09:02 PM

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I saw Buddy play live about a minute of slight return and it was amazing.

ya, he's great. was it just part of those medleys he does? i've seen him a
fair bit. sometimes it's frustrating because you just want him to do more or
all of the songs he's touching on.

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08-02-2009 , 09:22 PM

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Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Willie Nelson

Shine - Dolly Parton

Viva Las Vegas - Dead Kennedys

Smile In A Wave (Theme From Jack Johnson) - Screaming Headless Torsos

Stairway To Heaven - Stanley Jordan

The Rumble - Chick Corea, Steve Vai

Smells Like Teen Spirit - The Bad Plus

In-A-Gadda da vida - Slayer

Some of these are not really better but fun to listen to.

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08-02-2009 , 09:28 PM

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Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower - I don't really think this needs much explanation.

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except DMB's cover of watchtower > Hendrix

also, any cover done by DMB pretty much.

Money
Burning Down the House
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Time of the Season

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08-02-2009 , 09:34 PM

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So much epic fail in these last few posts. And I don't even know what DMB is.

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08-02-2009 , 09:36 PM

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suzzer - you better not be including my posts on the fail-wagon. My contributions were pretty awesome.

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08-02-2009 , 09:38 PM

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Nice!!! I saw Buddy years ago and he played a gig in a downtown bar (the old Coq D'or in Toronto) and then when the bar closed took it out on the street. The looks on the faces of passers by gawking at this large black dude just waiiiiling on his guitar was priceless!!!

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08-02-2009 , 09:42 PM

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Katy Perry - Hot and Cold

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08-02-2009 , 09:47 PM

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Also, Obadiah Parker's cover of "Hey Ya" is not better than the original.

+1

4 million plus hits and counting.....what a voice on this guy!!!

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

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08-02-2009 , 09:49 PM

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+1

4 million plus hits and counting.....what a voice on this guy!!!

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

Oh *****...its not???

baaahhhhh

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08-02-2009 , 09:55 PM

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Weezer - Poker Face

and no, I'm not being serious.

their version of kids is better than the original imo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_8GNaEVCPU

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08-02-2009 , 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TheHip41

except DMB's cover of watchtower > Hendrix

also, any cover done by DMB pretty much.

Money
Burning Down the House
Thank You
Sledgehammer
Time of the Season

Jesus Christ this has to be a level. Of course, hardcore DMB fans can be pretty ******ed. By far the worst post in this thread. Congrats.

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08-02-2009 , 10:06 PM

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Best cover of a cover: Nickleback -- Ghost of Tom Joad

lol, sweet jesus. We should start a thread of "worst covers" that would be right up there with limp bizkit covering "opiate" for sheer ****tiness

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08-02-2009 , 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by wet work

ya, he's great. was it just part of those medleys he does? i've seen him a
fair bit. sometimes it's frustrating because you just want him to do more or
all of the songs he's touching on.

Yeah it was one oh his medleys and I agree its unfortunate we don't get to hear more of these songs. He takes a Hendrix song and manages to make it sound even more psychedelic. He's just so damn talented and its a shame more people don't know about him.

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I've seen him twice, the last being two years ago, and even in his 70's he stillputs on amazing show. Both times he has walked through the crowd for ten minutes while playing an extended guitar solo. That show in Toronto sounds amazing and I would have liked to have been there.