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Where goats go to escape
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ASMO
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Niegs wrote: Fri Jun 16, 2023 5:50 am As Big Band is my jam, I actually prefer this ... and am laughing at the 'whore' part. :lol:

Semi attractive lady fronting a tired ensemble of unimaginative light Muzak - Elevator Music Pish and you can tell Biffer that... :cool:
If this goes badly and I make a crater, I want it named after me!
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ASMO
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This is bloody awesome

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I've "known" Seamie O'Dowd as an internet chum for a long time, he's a savage trad musician, singer, fiddle player and guitarist.
He also does lots of covers, he is a huge Seal fan and you can hear that here, I think, in this Huey Lewis song, Kieran Quinn is on keyboard and he does a grand job.

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My mates niece does mostly musical theatre but she aint half bad singer ...

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More "80s" than an 80s song?

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One more from this talented kid doing 80s songs with his pedal steel! This is incredible...

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I've always loved this cover of the Aretha Franklin classic...

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Not strictly a cover, but...

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^

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The best cover ever by the purest voice ever

I drink and I forget things.
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Lovely, Enz.
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And now for something completely different...

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Love the new Sleaford Mods cover of West End Girls.
Tbh the Sleaford Mods are quite brilliant
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C69 wrote: Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:44 am Love the new Sleaford Mods cover of West End Girls.
Tbh the Sleaford Mods are quite brilliant
They’re amazing live too.
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Simian wrote: Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:58 am
C69 wrote: Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:44 am Love the new Sleaford Mods cover of West End Girls.
Tbh the Sleaford Mods are quite brilliant
They’re amazing live too.
Hopefully I'll see them next year in Manchester
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Simian wrote: Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:58 am
C69 wrote: Sat Dec 09, 2023 11:44 am Love the new Sleaford Mods cover of West End Girls.
Tbh the Sleaford Mods are quite brilliant
They’re amazing live too.
There's no-one quite like them... I'd love to go see them live.
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ASMO wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:39 pm

Magnificent
TBH most of Sinéad O'Connor's stuff will sound better sung by somebody else.
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Just 'discovered' a Canadian psychedelic band (been around since at least 2009 ... man, I'm so outta touch! :sad: ). Anyway, love this cover...



... some people in comments saying they didn't 'belt it' enough, but the Doors tribute album version is more intense:

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Not technically a cover, more a parody/sample, but I'm laughing my butt off at how good the 'purple, striped jeans' bit is! :lol:

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Torquemada 1420 wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:15 pm Bobby Womack's California Dreamin' is better than the original.
Lee Moses also does a good cover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdAU-x6206w

See also Lee Moses' cover of Hey Joe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL04E1APQnY


However, my favourite Hey Joe cover is by Willy DeVille - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk-UmP2uhPI
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Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul has some of the best covers you could wish for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVCMyOaIKI0
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Two-for-one with this upload!

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Really love this

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He doesn't do anything unique with the song, but he does it well.

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Coldplay + Erasure anyone? :lol:




Kings of Leon + Depeche Mode



Oasis + Bronski Beat

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Can barely hear the original in this!



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wow really great! Mike Skill here, From The Romantics....I came up with the music in the late 70's and our Drummer Jimmy Marinos wrote the lyrics and the rest is history...Great recording, thank you for doing it so classy and cool!
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:thumbup: :thumbup:

That's a good cover
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