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Mashup rather than straight cover, rarely beaten.

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sturginho wrote: Thu Jul 11, 2024 10:51 pm
Ffs man, that‘s terrible
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Damn... :clap:

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Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:27 pm
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.
It's a Prince song ffs!
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Hellraiser wrote: Sat Aug 03, 2024 9:53 pm
Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:27 pm
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.
It's a Prince song ffs!
Ah, interesting, I didn't know that. It partly explains why I don't like it.
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I was going to post Sorrow from PinUps :razz:
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Guy Smiley wrote: Wed Aug 07, 2024 2:36 am
Love that
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epwc wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2024 8:00 am
Wrong thread. That should go into „Cover versions better than the original“
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It was magnificent, the whole session
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epwc wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 12:28 pm It was magnificent, the whole session
Indeed. The cover selections, the great Nirvana tunes, the acoustic vibe for a punk rock band, Kurt's performance: incredible show.
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robmatic wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 1:43 pm
epwc wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 12:28 pm It was magnificent, the whole session
Indeed. The cover selections, the great Nirvana tunes, the acoustic vibe for a punk rock band, Kurt's performance: incredible show.
Totally agree with you both. Also check out Alice in Chains‘ MTV Unplugged, the same can be said here. Layne unfortunately already very unhealthy but absolutely nails each song, most are better than the normal versions imho, especially no excuses and down in a hole.
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boere wors wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 10:10 pm
robmatic wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 1:43 pm
epwc wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 12:28 pm It was magnificent, the whole session
Indeed. The cover selections, the great Nirvana tunes, the acoustic vibe for a punk rock band, Kurt's performance: incredible show.
Totally agree with you both. Also check out Alice in Chains‘ MTV Unplugged, the same can be said here. Layne unfortunately already very unhealthy but absolutely nails each song, most are better than the normal versions imho, especially no excuses and down in a hole.
Layne's impending departure from the world gives that performance a peculiar sort of vibe. He looks like someone halfway out the door. I prefer the Nirvana performance myself, grunge never really grabbed me and their show ranges so far from grungy it transcends, really. I agree.. it's just sublime.
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Hellraiser wrote: Sat Aug 03, 2024 9:56 pm
It's... ok. Sineads is lightyears ahead as a cover, of course.

Still, not as bad as his cover of Billie Jean.

Soundgarden had 2 x great covers on their SOMMS EP that released with Badmotorfinger. First originally by Devo, second by Rolling Stones.



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Guy Smiley wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 11:00 pm
boere wors wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 10:10 pm
robmatic wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 1:43 pm

Indeed. The cover selections, the great Nirvana tunes, the acoustic vibe for a punk rock band, Kurt's performance: incredible show.
Totally agree with you both. Also check out Alice in Chains‘ MTV Unplugged, the same can be said here. Layne unfortunately already very unhealthy but absolutely nails each song, most are better than the normal versions imho, especially no excuses and down in a hole.
Layne's impending departure from the world gives that performance a peculiar sort of vibe. He looks like someone halfway out the door. I prefer the Nirvana performance myself, grunge never really grabbed me and their show ranges so far from grungy it transcends, really. I agree.. it's just sublime.
Grunge is such a silly term for bands that sound so different from each other. It's all just rock music to me. Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Screaming Trees, Melvins & Nirvana some of the best from that State.
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Tichtheid wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:43 am
I played a 1946 Martin last week. They only wanted NZ$37,500 for it. Owned by a musician made famous for playing on the Grand Ole Opry. The Briarhoppers stayed together in one form or another for 8 decades.
The guitar was purchased new in 1946 by Roy 'Whitey' Grant, a musician from North Carolina. 'Whitey' as he was known, made up one half of the duo Whitey & Hogan before joining North Carolina WBT Radio station house band, The Briarhoppers. Whitey owned and toured the world many times with the guitar until he passed in 2010.
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boere wors wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 10:10 pm
robmatic wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 1:43 pm
epwc wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 12:28 pm It was magnificent, the whole session
Indeed. The cover selections, the great Nirvana tunes, the acoustic vibe for a punk rock band, Kurt's performance: incredible show.
Totally agree with you both. Also check out Alice in Chains‘ MTV Unplugged, the same can be said here. Layne unfortunately already very unhealthy but absolutely nails each song, most are better than the normal versions imho, especially no excuses and down in a hole.
I like the AIC one a lot as well, but in a different way. The Nirvana one is like lightning in a bottle but Alice in Chains are showing off a distinct and cohesive aspect to their sound.
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I hate labels, I never did manage to work out what grunge was supposed to be at the time, Teenage Fanclub, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Breeders, Dinosaur Jr?

No idea, but for me Nevermind is an absolutely awesome album, Pixies, Breeders and Sonic Youth (and others of that era) transcend genre while others apart from maybe the odd song were basically shit
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epwc wrote: Thu Aug 22, 2024 9:15 am I hate labels, I never did manage to work out what grunge was supposed to be at the time, Teenage Fanclub, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Breeders, Dinosaur Jr?

No idea, but for me Nevermind is an absolutely awesome album, Pixies, Breeders and Sonic Youth (and others of that era) transcend genre while others apart from maybe the odd song were basically shit
Not many you mention above were thrown in with the term. It was typically Seattle, of that era, for starters, (Pixies and Sonic Youth preceded it and helped influence many Seattle bands). Although it ended up with out of towners like Stone Temple Pilots being included. Green River and Melvins were the true pioneers of the drop d tuned heavy sludgey “grunge” sound that Soundgarden emulated at times. But when bands like Pearl Jam supposedly fell under the same genre, it didn’t make much sense to me. It was all hype and not really a true movement like punk. I’ve always found that anyone seriously using the term mostly has no idea.
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Mr Bungle wrote: Thu Aug 22, 2024 12:25 am
Tichtheid wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:43 am
I played a 1946 Martin last week. They only wanted NZ$37,500 for it. Owned by a musician made famous for playing on the Grand Ole Opry. The Briarhoppers stayed together in one form or another for 8 decades.
The guitar was purchased new in 1946 by Roy 'Whitey' Grant, a musician from North Carolina. 'Whitey' as he was known, made up one half of the duo Whitey & Hogan before joining North Carolina WBT Radio station house band, The Briarhoppers. Whitey owned and toured the world many times with the guitar until he passed in 2010.
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Yeah the price of vintage guitars has gone bonkers, and to tie it in with the Grunge posts, before Kurt Cobain started playing pawn shop Fenders no one wanted old ones (generalisation for effect, but it's around that timeline), now they are priced out of reached and the manufactures are damaging new instruments to look "vintage" and adding 50% to the price :crazy:
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I've not listened to that Nirvana MTV unplugged session in years, I've just dug it out on tidal for a play. It's fantastic.

Anyway, I quite like this:
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