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#1 Mar 20 2013 at 7:49 PM Rating: Excellent
How to make a song about drug abuse beautiful ....

#2 Mar 20 2013 at 7:53 PM Rating: Good
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Awful. Boderline unlistenable.
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#3 Mar 20 2013 at 8:05 PM Rating: Excellent
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Awful. Boderline unlistenable.


What floats your boat then?
#4 Mar 20 2013 at 8:54 PM Rating: Good
NSFW, Lyrics.



This is how you do a cover. You take it, make it yours, & make it even more kickass than the original.

A banjo doesn't hurt, either.

Edited, Mar 20th 2013 10:58pm by Omegavegeta
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#5 Mar 20 2013 at 10:46 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm working on a song about drug abuse.
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#6 Mar 20 2013 at 10:54 PM Rating: Good
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This cover of "Little Secrets" by Passion Pit song made me want to hang up my guitar in defeat.


(This is the original version, to show how well she captures the synth melody)
#7 Mar 21 2013 at 5:01 AM Rating: Excellent
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Eh, I give props for doing a decent job on "A Team" since it's live, but... nah, it's not something I would listen to casually.

Now, stuff by Sam Tsui, Alex Goot, Kurt Hugo Schneider... those covers (or mash-ups) I would listen to all the time. And do, in fact.

Edited, Mar 21st 2013 7:02am by LockeColeMA
#8 Mar 21 2013 at 6:39 AM Rating: Good
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Nobody linked Hurt yet? I can't believe you people.


#9 Mar 21 2013 at 7:39 AM Rating: Decent
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For cover songs? I'm pretty fond of this one:



Edited, Mar 21st 2013 9:40am by Smasharoo
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#10 Mar 21 2013 at 7:47 AM Rating: Good
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Gary Jules - Mad World
Placebo - Running Up That Hill

I'm not going to bother linking videos since youtube is full of fan made videos and it's annoying sifting through the garbage.
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#11 Mar 21 2013 at 7:48 AM Rating: Good
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I can't think of many covers in my playlists, with the major exception of anything Nirvana did from the Meat Puppets. Those were great.

EDIT: The Gary Jules Mad World cover is another good one, yeah.

Edited, Mar 21st 2013 9:48am by Eske
#12 Mar 21 2013 at 7:50 AM Rating: Good
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All along the Watchtower - Jimmy Hendrix

Far superior to the Dylan version, imo.
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#13 Mar 21 2013 at 7:50 AM Rating: Decent
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Nexa's favourite cover:

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#14 Mar 21 2013 at 7:51 AM Rating: Good
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Okay, I'm also a fan of this one, now that I think about it.
#15 Mar 21 2013 at 7:53 AM Rating: Good
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#16 Mar 21 2013 at 9:14 AM Rating: Good
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Gary Jules - Mad World
One of the worst covers ever made.
#17 Mar 21 2013 at 9:28 AM Rating: Good
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
TirithRR wrote:
Gary Jules - Mad World
One of the worst covers ever made.
Because the poppy, upbeat, fast paced original was so good?
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#18 Mar 21 2013 at 9:29 AM Rating: Good
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Smasharoo wrote:
For cover songs? I'm pretty fond of this one:



Edited, Mar 21st 2013 9:40am by Smasharoo


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TirithRR wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
TirithRR wrote:
Gary Jules - Mad World
One of the worst covers ever made.
Because the poppy, upbeat, fast paced original was so good?
Yes.
#20 Mar 21 2013 at 9:44 AM Rating: Good
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
TirithRR wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
TirithRR wrote:
Gary Jules - Mad World
One of the worst covers ever made.
Because the poppy, upbeat, fast paced original was so good?
Yes.


I feel like there was a lot of good lyric writing done in the 80's that was completely overshadowed by the awful, awful synth garbage that ran over the top of it.

The Gary Jules cover rescues the lyrics from that, and gives 'em a more fitting accompaniment. That's a good cover.
#21 Mar 21 2013 at 10:04 AM Rating: Good
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If you want some RWP versions of songs, Aston does a pretty solid job.

Canon Rock is pretty classic.
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Because the poppy, upbeat, fast paced original was so good? Yes..


Stop it.

This:



Is a bad TfF cover. Auto-tuned to oblivion, barely a variation. The Gary Jules cover is iconic.
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#23 Mar 21 2013 at 10:09 AM Rating: Excellent
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Johnny Cash's Hurt and Bjork's It's Oh So Quiet.

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#24 Mar 21 2013 at 10:11 AM Rating: Good
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Eske Esquire wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
TirithRR wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
TirithRR wrote:
Gary Jules - Mad World
One of the worst covers ever made.
Because the poppy, upbeat, fast paced original was so good?
Yes.
I feel like there was a lot of good lyric writing done in the 80's that was completely overshadowed by the awful, awful synth garbage that ran over the top of it.

The Gary Jules cover rescues the lyrics from that, and gives 'em a more fitting accompaniment. That's a good cover.
The Gary Jules cover took everything that was good about the song and wrapped it in an awfully generic piano with whiny vocals. The original is dated and very 80's but the upbeat sound and high tempo with the depressing lyrics makes it work whereas the cover sounds like a teenager whining about his life on facebook.
#25 Mar 21 2013 at 10:16 AM Rating: Excellent
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe's cover of Four Non-Blondes' "What's Up?".
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#26 Mar 21 2013 at 10:16 AM Rating: Decent
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The Gary Jules cover took everything that was good about the song and wrapped it in an awfully generic piano with whiny vocals. The original is dated and very 80's but the upbeat sound and high tempo with the depressing lyrics makes it work whereas the cover sounds like a teenager whining about his life on facebook.

I'm pretty sure that was exactly the intent.
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