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Started by Keef Monkey, 12 May, 2014, 03:56:53 PM

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Spikes

Anyone mentioned Always on my mind by the Pet Shop Boys yet?

Ghost MacRoth

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ZenArcade

Eight miles high is a cool tune, they do a cracking Sheena is a Punk Rocker (Living End) and they also did a cover of Ticket to Ride. Z
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My top three:

1.   Whiskey in the Jar by Metallica

2.   Tuesday's Gone by Metallica

3.   Always on my Mind by Pet Shop Boys

Keef Monkey

Been playing in bands for 20 years but if there's one band I would never attempt to cover it's Tool. So it's impressive/depressing to see a bunch of school kids have done it twice and done a fantastic job of it -

Sober - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctt87B6hU1M

46&2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYKLvYGqaC0

46&2 is impressive because it's a really complex track and they nail it* and Sober is even more impressive I reckon, because they've taken a lot of liberties with the arrangement and made it their own. That's one I can see me actually listening to a great deal to be honest.

*well, they skip the part in the breakdown where the guitar and bass add/drop beats independently to slip out of sync for a few bars at a time, and it takes a few of them to do the percussion that Carey pulls off just on pads, but it's still bloody impressive.

DaveGYNWA

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Skullmo

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Skullmo

This may have been posted - Its rare I prefer a cover to an original, especially such a great original. But this is just awesome  Metallica Remember Tomorrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZZBnZexM6E
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DaveGYNWA

Ah now....my favourite version (including original) of that one is Opeth's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEfUGp02Nz0
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DaveGYNWA

Quote from: Skullmo on 19 December, 2015, 02:24:32 AM
Haha Great!

Indeed - it's my favourite Maiden song and most covers I've heard over the years just try to emulate the original. It's when something different is done - that's when a cover really works.
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DaveGYNWA

Peas sell. But who's Brian?

M.I.K.

If it's good metal parodies of pop songs you're after...

This is the one that you want.

The Enigmatic Dr X

Robocop was a good cover version
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