Ministry - Friend of the Devil

BastardofYoung · 07-21-2011, 05:38 PM

Decided to give this song it's own thread. Heard it recently on the radio here, and thought it was great. If they did not say it was Ministry I would have never guessed.... I am not a huge Grateful Dead fan, but I really enjoy this cover for what it is...

Thoughts?...

Unknown Soldier · 07-22-2011, 05:19 AM

Its a very good cover of a classic Grateful Dead song and actually shows the range that a band like Ministry were capable of, maybe they should`ve branched out a lot more style wise.

**Janszoon** · 07-22-2011, 08:01 AM

Heh. That's pretty cool. I agree with US that Ministry should have branched out more. Though, to be fair, early in their career they branched out quite a bit. The first four albums are all pretty different from each other.

It's hard to believe they used to sound like this:

jackhammer · 07-22-2011, 08:04 PM

They did do a lot of side projects though especially Al.

Did you check out their album of covers from 2008 Cover Up? Black Betty is fantastic fun.

There is a decent cover of Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World on there too.

07-21-2011, 05:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	Ministry - Friend of the Devil Decided to give this song it's own thread. Heard it recently on the radio here, and thought it was great. If they did not say it was Ministry I would have never guessed.... I am not a huge Grateful Dead fan, but I really enjoy this cover for what it is... Thoughts?... __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.

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Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Heh. That's pretty cool. I agree with US that Ministry should have branched out more. Though, to be fair, early in their career they branched out quite a bit. The first four albums are all pretty different from each other. It's hard to believe they used to sound like this: __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	They did do a lot of side projects though especially Al. Did you check out their album of covers from 2008 Cover Up? Black Betty is fantastic fun. There is a decent cover of Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World on there too. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

07-22-2011, 05:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Unknown Soldier Horribly Creative Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London, The Big Smoke Posts: 8,265	Its a very good cover of a classic Grateful Dead song and actually shows the range that a band like Ministry were capable of, maybe they should`ve branched out a lot more style wise.