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Civilize the mind, but make savage the body.

- Chinese proverb

Sorry. No. It is not better. Much worse. You had me excited until I listened to it.

People are so creative.

I agree. People have been posting this to my Facebook feed all hyped up like it's the best thing ever and it sucks ass. And I actually like Disturbed.

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Civilize the mind, but make savage the body.

- Chinese proverb

Charles Bradley singing Black Sabbath's Changes.

Milky Edwards and the Chamberlings' version of Bowie's "Starman".



The weird thing about this one is that it's apparently a hoax - "Milky Edwards and the Chamberlings" aren't a real band, nobody seems to know who's behind it and only this and their covers of "Moonage Daydream" and "Soul Love" exist.

Always loved the House of the Rising Sun by the Animals but I much prefer the Frigid Pink version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US9lRkeW-m0

There are so many great choices on here. Many of which I have enjoyed for some time. Something that went through legal wrangling and eventually was released back onto Youtube:

Prince doing a cover of Creep by Radiohead-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFXZNt4oLkE

In some ways he really owned the song. Others will argue that he went to far...

Wow.. I hadn't heard that before until I saw your post. Thanks for posting it.
In much the same way as Johnny Cash made "Hurt" his, Bradley's cover puts the original to shame.

There are a couple of different live versions of it on Youtube - the Cardinal Sessions one is incredible.

I agree. People have been posting this to my Facebook feed all hyped up like it's the best thing ever and it sucks ass. And I actually like Disturbed.

To each their own.

I dunno if it's the best, but it certainly goes to show how much work and how many people you need to recreate some of those Brian Wilson arrangements [and yeah, everyone knows he used the couple dozen musicians in The Wrecking Crew to do it back then]

I had NO IDEA [until I saw a doc about the making of Pet Sounds on Showtime on Saturday] that the original was done by the Kingston Trio

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

just responding to the last person.

The Pentatonix can really crush a song so I'd put a few from them up if I could get to the Youtube's at work. My wife is a legit musician so we get into technical singing stuff even though my musical tastes do not necessarily align with the genre (Pentatonix and otherwise).

Speaking of ...a friend of ours sang Cohen's Hallelujah at another friend's child's funeral last week (piano + voice). Yeah, the situation was already quite ripe for it so even if he'd played a freakin' kazoo people would have been bawling. But he didn't - he performed his own arrangement that, if recorded, I have no doubt would be resulting in at the very least viral stardom. It was stunningly beautiful. I've no idea how he kept it together but he did go to one of the big music schools so he's quite professional.

I scrolled through a few pages to see if anyone else marked it down. I agree.

A couple of others:

"I will always love you" written by dolly parton, covered by Whitney Houston. Look, I hate the song but it is hard to argue with 14 weeks on top of the Billboard 100

Some more fun ones:

"waterloo sunet" the kinks, covered by elliot smith. This is sweet music, hard not like even if you don't like the genre.
"we can work it out" the beetles, covered by Stevie wonder. Worth a listen.

And for the nerds out there: "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" written by Purcell adapted by Benjamin Britten.

Just went through a few of their Beach Boys covers on YouTube.. usually I like cover versions where the artist puts some kind of twist or entirely new feel into their treatment of the original, but these guys are notable for how well they nail the feel and nuances of the original songs.. and apparently in single takes, with none of the mixing or studio work that went into them.

Pentatonix made their bones as a strict a capella group, but on the Bee Gees tribute show last night, they had all sorts of orchestration going on behind; I guess they threw a capella out and they're a pop group now?

I could be wrong

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

A sprinkling of metal plus a golden voice

It begins and ends with Aretha Franklin and "Respect."

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I'll be what I am
A solitary man

A cover of Gary Numan's "Are Friends Electric". Not "better" in the sense I'd choose one over the other, but very creatively inspired.

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

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Less is more.

Pretty sure I'll take some heat for this one but I really enjoy John Mayers version of Free Fallin much better than the original.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkGXUn0Kuuw

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Civilize the mind, but make savage the body.

- Chinese proverb

Haha. Was going to post this one. Actually the whole album has some great covers.

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A false humanity is used to impose its opposite, by people whose cruelty is equalled only by their arrogance

Not all better than the original but....

Mark Kozelek & Rachel Goswell - Around & Around (John Denver)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqVwhNqf50c

Crystal Castles - Not In Love ft. Robert Smith (Platinum Blonde)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32udqal_lyQ

Mazzy Star – Hair & Skin (Green on Red)
https://www.youtube.com/...st=RD92Rl0re5Mu4#t=0

God Help The Girl – Funny Litle Frog (Belle & Sebastian) - Not sure if this counts as a cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7V5QwPqXOM

Nine Inch Nails – Physical (You’re So) (Adam and the Ants)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kzqnGMBHRw

The Fall – Mr. Pharmacist (The Other Half)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl34oJEoO7s

Fischerspooner – The 15th (Wire)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V4QEyux22A

Siouxsie & The Banshees – Hall of Mirrors (Kraftwerk)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0DQLBzUEKw

Spacemen 3 – Mary Anne (Juicy Lucy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDa15eyunxU

Bauhaus – Nighttime (Strangeloves)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsqiF62ALuA

Dandy Warhols – Stars (Brian Jonestwon Massacre)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8-hGTxsES8

Bauhaus – Telegram Sam (T Rex)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZYoeFNoOrM

Jesus and Mary Chain – Tower of Song (Leonard Cohen)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTBt9tjbIM8

Jesus and Marcy Chain – Guitarman (Jerry Reed)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEY0-WWQo3A

Jesus and Marcy Chain – Reverberation (13th Floor Elevators)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buEGBtLsc1k

Jesus and Marcy Chain – My Girl (Temptations)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcBMXRrGtbo

Jesus and Marcy Chain – Who do you love? (Bo Diddley)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmN9lD5KtIE

Me doing "Life's been good to me so far" after about 5 glasses of wine. It's just remarkable!
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