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Old 01-10-2020, 01:23 PM   #911 (permalink)
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I was at that show. My 36th time seeing The Allman Brothers Band.

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That's awesome. There's a link to the whole concert in the YT comments.
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Old 01-28-2020, 03:19 PM   #912 (permalink)
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John Farnham turns the Beatles' "help" into an almost five minute power ballad.
superb version, far superior to The Fab Four's original
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Old 02-09-2020, 07:55 PM   #913 (permalink)
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Original:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0drT4ocmAg

Cover better than the original:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6LRJhSc4Vk
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Old 02-10-2020, 08:36 PM   #914 (permalink)
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Ty Segall's version of Dropout Boogie is better than the Captain Beefheart version
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Old 02-19-2020, 09:14 PM   #915 (permalink)
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I love Wire's original and live version immensely, however I can appreciate re-realization of this awesome tune by Fischerspooner. I would dare say this cover is equal to the origin, but in all honesty I do not feel it's better than it.

Fischerspooner - The 15th
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Old 02-20-2020, 02:13 PM   #916 (permalink)
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^ That is actually the only cover version of a Wire song I've ever liked. It takes the ethereal quality of the original and aerates and lifts it - which suits the song very well. And yet, the live version is appealing in a completely different, geometric, herky-jerky way. I can't choose!

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Old 02-21-2020, 05:36 PM   #918 (permalink)
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^ That is actually the only cover version of a Wire song I've ever liked. It takes the ethereal quality of the original and aerates and lifts it - which suits the song very well. And yet, the live version is appealing in a completely different, geometric, herky-jerky way. I can't choose!

I remember watching the whole concert on YouTube and was totally floored when I heard that song. The live version is one of my atf songs to play in plug.dj - sharing the awesomeness of The 15th (live) as much as possible.
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Old 04-23-2020, 07:36 PM   #919 (permalink)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX3IdlzwtyE

just kidding but this is good still
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Old 05-01-2020, 08:13 PM   #920 (permalink)
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Elton John's "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
Rob Zombie's "Brick House"
Disturbed's "Sound Of Silence"

Usually when it comes to covers, I like them equally to the original, but these win for me.
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