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Kelly Reilly covering Marc Bolans Ballrooms of Mars.
Mister Ed
(5,946 posts)I like the way its loping drumbeat gives it a forward momentum that I don't feel in the somewhat herky-jerky drumbeat of the original. Also gotta love Tom Scott's sax solo.
I once heard a radio interview with Petty in which he said he liked this version too. He said he'd forgotten he had given his friend McGuinn permission to record the song, and then one day heard it on his car radio
Their voices sound similar enough that Petty was mystified at first, and was asking himself, "Huh. When did I record this version?"
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surfered
(566 posts)The Bryrds (Roger McGuinn) of "So You Want To Be a Rock and Roll Star."
SKKY
(11,833 posts)...IMHO, best cover ever.
JoseBalow
(2,564 posts)Johnny Cash's Hurt is definitely one of the best covers ever!
SKKY
(11,833 posts)lastlib
(23,356 posts)...that almost rivalled Hendrix's. It was jaw-dropping--I never thought anybody could outdo Hendrix's, but she came close! I heard it on a satellite radio program, but I cannot find it ANYWHERE on the Internet. Wish I could--I'd love to hear it again!
(*Yes, she's the singer who gave us that silly roller-skate song ("Brand New Key" , the "Nickel Song", and "Lay Down (Candle In The Rain)"--quite a talent, actually.)
mobeau69
(11,167 posts)Upthevibe
(8,101 posts)That's beautiful. I hadn't heard that before.
I adored Amy.
mobeau69
(11,167 posts)Doc_Technical
(3,528 posts)Paladin
(28,281 posts)Better than the Stones, or the Valentinos original.
malthaussen
(17,230 posts)limbicnuminousity
(1,407 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,835 posts)JoseBalow
(2,564 posts)Mad_Dem_X
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(8,101 posts)Absolutely....The only other cover that comes close to this of this amazing song is K.D. Lang.
Iggo
(47,586 posts)Dulcinea
(6,677 posts)BOSSHOG
(37,144 posts)And Dolly Parton takes on Every Breath You take on her new Cd Rock Star.
Ohio Joe
(21,774 posts)Wow Great stuff
Mr.Bill
(24,354 posts)surfered
(566 posts)...Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower"
BOSSHOG
(37,144 posts)Is that a freaking awesome cover. Jimi a magician
livetohike
(22,169 posts)av8rdave
(10,573 posts)Upthevibe
(8,101 posts)I agree. Great cover!
bedazzled
(1,771 posts)"Johnny be good" by judas priest!
I like the struts "do you love me" and "we will rock you" also
Xolodno
(6,410 posts)Upthevibe
(8,101 posts)I agree. One of the very best...
Ohio Joe
(21,774 posts)The first time I heard of Disturbed was when the remake of Dawn of the Dead came out. I loved the Richard Cheese cover of Down With the Sickness:
Then, some years later When my brother told me Disturbed had done the cover of The Sound of Silence, I thought Oh fuck, how badly did they screw up this masterpiece But I was so dead wrong. It really is a brilliant cover.
Tikki
(14,560 posts)1987
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Niagara
(7,722 posts)Upthevibe
(8,101 posts)Wow......... I'd never heard that. Beautiful....
Niagara
(7,722 posts)It's my pleasure my friend!
Niagara
(7,722 posts)marble falls
(57,427 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,490 posts)Helen Wiggin playing a left handed drum kit was a thing of wonders and amazement. If she had just found her backbeat, the Shaggs would have been 'better than the Beatles' (Frank Zappa). To his credit, left handed drummer, Ringo Starr playing a right handed kit found a unique backbeat that frustrated the Hell out of professional drummers trying to emulate it.
Ohio Joe
(21,774 posts)Different Drummer
(7,669 posts)Niagara
(7,722 posts)I've never heard this version of Careless Whisper.
lpbk2713
(42,772 posts)What comes to mind right now is "The Way We Were" (Streisand).
Upthevibe
(8,101 posts)Great post.....
Here's one of my favorites, originally by Tears for Fears.
Gary Jules....
ificandream
(9,413 posts)Cairycat
(1,708 posts)John Mellencamp's cover of Van Morrison. Meshell Ndegeocello's infectious bass line really makes that version.