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07-07-2020 , 06:10 PM

#76

xander biscuits

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Originally Posted by bwslim69

No idea what I submitted tho

me either

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07-07-2020 , 06:11 PM

#77

Doctor Zeus

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Originally Posted by xander biscuits

So a few general thoughts about my category. I had recently found out that Toploader wasn't the original Dancing in the Moonlight and so it was in recent memory and threw this category out as a whim.

I don't think it was that great of a category in hindsight. I think there are few good choices because famous covers are usually better than unknown originals.

I was expecting Prince - Nothing Compares 2U and Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah, [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] and got 2 out of 4

I was considering Leanord Cohens Hallelujah, but, do you think a single cover is more famous?

In the end i thought it was too much of a risk.

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07-07-2020 , 06:12 PM

#78

xander biscuits

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Bonus Track - A lesser known cover that is better than the original

Hudson Crozier - Call Me Maybe

Note: This won a 50 person walrus category of "Bad Covers" yesterday

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07-07-2020 , 06:14 PM

#79

Gadarene

bussing tammates

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zomg

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07-07-2020 , 06:14 PM

#80

xander biscuits

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There are not too many songs, so I'm going to space them out long enough for you to listen along

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07-07-2020 , 06:15 PM

#81

bwslim69

I'm a Diva, Bruh

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Bullshit reveal thus far. Just sayin'

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07-07-2020 , 06:19 PM

#82

xander biscuits

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9th - Curtiss Maldoon - Sepheryn (Ray of Light)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ5OtnBdcWw

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I don't like this song very much, I don't know what the cover is even after searching. Possibly because I'm not even sure what the title of the song is. I could search further and try to find the cover, but I don't think it would help the ranking of this song. Too far on the side of folk for my liking. Indie would be preferable.

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07-07-2020 , 06:22 PM

#83

bwslim69

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That's a Madonna song. Ok. But yeah nowhere near as good as the original

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07-07-2020 , 06:26 PM

#84

xander biscuits

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8th - Oysterband - When I'm Up I Can't Get Down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77QqWVz4iEE

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This reminds me of an Irish folk band (a genre I'm not particularly fond of). I don't think very much of this song and I don't particularly like the style. I don't know what the famous cover is. The cover I found by searching (Great Big Sea) didn't seem particularly famous either. It also sounded very much the same as the original. If I had known and liked the cover the original wouldn't have interested me too much because it's so similar.

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07-07-2020 , 06:31 PM

#85

xander biscuits

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7th - Cat Stephens - First Cut is the Deepest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL_ut0oYkUw

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Not really my sort of song. I just find it a bit boring. Well played, well sung just not interesting or exciting enough. Fails as a power ballad or anthem. Fails as a deep romantic crooning song. It's just a bit too beige.

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07-07-2020 , 06:35 PM

#86

bwslim69

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Had no clue Cat Stevens wrote that

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07-07-2020 , 06:36 PM

#87

xander biscuits

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6th - Talk Talk - It's My Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFH5JgyZK1I

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I think that the No Doubt version is much better and I'm not a huge fan of that even. This song just doesn't do it for me. This song just seems to be building to something that never delivers. The chorus is not powerful, or different enough to make it work and then before you know it you're back to the verse.

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07-07-2020 , 06:37 PM

#88

DonkDonkDonkDonk

Goose

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looks like i've started this walrus as i mean to go on

in last place

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07-07-2020 , 06:38 PM

#89

bwslim69

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I mean it's ****ing Talk Talk tho. (not my submission however)

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07-07-2020 , 06:38 PM

#90

xander biscuits

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Originally Posted by bwslim69

Had no clue Cat Stevens wrote that

me either

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"The First Cut Is the Deepest" is a 1967 song written by Cat Stevens, originally released by P. P. Arnold in May 1967. Stevens' own version originally appeared on his album New Masters in December 1967.

I'm not gonna get super picky about the wording of the category rules. It was submitted in good faith and got ranked as such

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07-07-2020 , 06:40 PM

#91

xander biscuits

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Originally Posted by DonkDonkDonkDonk

looks like i've started this walrus as i mean to go on

in last place

x post curse (you were first to reply to the reveal notification)

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07-07-2020 , 06:42 PM

#92

xander biscuits

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5th - Wayne Cochran - Last Kiss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTxGCoQgdOM

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I had to look up what this was and who covered it. That's on me though, because it's very obviously famously covered by Pearl Jam (a band whose work I'm not too familiar with). I prefer this version to the cover. It's a bit bland for my tastes, but it's good enough.

edit: It's covered by Elvis too? Haven't listened to that yet, but I imagine his version is better than this.

double edit: Just listened to the start of the "Elvis" version and it's clearly an Elvis impersonator.

As you were

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07-07-2020 , 06:47 PM

#93

xander biscuits

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4th - The Zutons - Valerie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3xpmfJp0Xc

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I knew this one was coming. The Amy Winehouse cover is so much better than this in practically every way which hurts this song's ranking. Decent enough song but forgettable and would be completely forgotton now without Winehouse's cover.

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07-07-2020 , 06:52 PM

#94

xander biscuits

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PODIUM HYPE

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07-07-2020 , 06:56 PM

#95

xander biscuits

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or lack thereof

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07-07-2020 , 06:56 PM

#96

Gadarene

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HYPE

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07-07-2020 , 06:57 PM

#97

xander biscuits

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3rd - Gloria Jones - Tainted Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJKe2j9Wjh4

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I like this version. I think that the soft cell version is a little bit better, but this is good in a completely different way. I like her voice and the peppy backing music. Good quick pace to the song.

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07-07-2020 , 06:57 PM

#98

bwslim69

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Originally Posted by xander biscuits

or lack thereof

I'm hype (incoming 3rd place)

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07-07-2020 , 06:58 PM

#99

Gadarene

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Originally Posted by bwslim69

I'm hype (incoming 3rd place)

Nope, that was me

Still satisfied!

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07-07-2020 , 07:05 PM

#100

Nicholasp27

27th level thinker

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Yeah I’m a big Cat Stevens fan

First cut isn’t one of my top 20 of his songs, but it’s still better than Sheryl Crow so is always top of mind for an original less famous but better than cover version.

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