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citoyen

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Great cover versions
« Reply #775 on: 27 April, 2020, 02:00:39 pm »
Mention of Hawkwind reminds me that there was a flute-playing member of the Ozric Tentacles when I saw them way back when.

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Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #776 on: 27 April, 2020, 02:33:34 pm »
Second release from Blackberry Smoke's Capricorn Studios CV-19 charity EP. This time with added flute as they are covering The Marshall Tucker Band.

Take The Highway

https://youtu.be/Pd-wis4z8o0

Which makes me think of flutes in rock:

Marshall Tucker Band
Jethro Tull
Focus

Any more?

Canned Heat's "Going Up The Country" has a flute part.

Quote from: El Wiki
Canned Heat, who were early blues enthusiasts, based "Going Up the Country" on "Bull Doze Blues", recorded in 1928 by Texas bluesman Henry Thomas. Thomas was from the songster tradition and had a unique sound, sometimes accompanying himself on quills, an early Afro-American wind instrument similar to panpipes. He recorded "Bull Doze Blues" in Chicago on June 13, 1928, for Vocalion Records.

For "Going Up the Country", Canned Heat's Wilson used Thomas' melody on the quills and his basic rhythm, but arranged it for a rock setting and rewrote the lyrics. In addition to the bass and drum rhythm section, Henry Vestine supplied a "light electric rhythm guitar" and multi-instrumentalist Jim Horn reproduced Thomas' quill parts on the flute.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_Up_the_Country

ETA - see also:

Magnum's "Kingdom Of Madness" album, particularly on the title track

Heart's Ann Wilson played flute on some tracks from the bands first five albums, notably on "Crazy On You" and "Keep Your Love Alive"
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Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #777 on: 29 April, 2020, 07:21:59 am »
I've been listening to "Playing for Change" a bit, they are by their own description "A movement dedicated to inspire and connect the world through music." Their videos splice together musicians from around the world playing a track, which tends to make for interesting good cover versions rather than "great". Just come across their version of Higher Ground which, by virtue of the rusty Dobro and quality of the vocals, I'd say is worth a listen. (those vocalists are also on What's Going On should you fancy)

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Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #778 on: 29 April, 2020, 09:53:18 am »
The Eagles Of DETH Metal's demolition job on Careless Whisper is a sight, or rather sound, to behold.
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Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #779 on: 29 April, 2020, 07:43:15 pm »
How have we avoided the Mona Lisa Twins? Try Wish You  Were Here or pretty much any of theirs, they are rather fine singing together

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Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #780 on: 29 April, 2020, 08:35:09 pm »
(those vocalists are also on What's Going On should you fancy)
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Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #781 on: 29 April, 2020, 09:04:07 pm »
And now I give you, Elise LeGrow, Ain't no Sunshine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvMDwJkvZaw

Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #782 on: 30 April, 2020, 12:13:25 pm »
Biily Jean - Jose Feliciano

https://youtu.be/YN66mprnUjc
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #783 on: 01 May, 2020, 06:20:34 pm »
The Big Push, sympathy for the devil, as much for the bass player as anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6tGeUVCw3g

Reckon they sound like a brilliant pub band

Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #784 on: 11 May, 2020, 08:46:11 am »
Blackberry Smoke cover Little Richards "Southern Child"

https://youtu.be/LiN0Q3ULbKY

Apposite with his passing last week.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #785 on: 23 May, 2020, 09:18:17 pm »
Baba Oreily - Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids

https://youtu.be/nIYGDqGR3pU

pink guitars for the win!
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #786 on: 29 May, 2020, 09:48:31 pm »
Blackberry Smoke -  Man of Constant Sorrow

https://youtu.be/Yr0uPC1GAzU

Not often you see rock bands covering a song from 1913 but this one gets covered a lot.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #787 on: 31 May, 2020, 08:49:31 am »
Prince - Whole Lotta Love

https://youtu.be/sMVFYGYr76A

I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #788 on: 31 May, 2020, 11:22:18 am »
Have we had these guys before?  The house band from the long-running Aussie TV RocKwiz featuring the marvellous Bull sisters on backing vocals plus lead guests. Hurricane is pretty much a random choice as I've enjoyed almost as much every one of their vids I've tried so far, though this is the first I hit the replay button straight away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdA44sMAicM
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Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #789 on: 31 May, 2020, 11:38:11 am »
I was reminded of this by the Teatime Theme Time on RadMac this morning. Might have been mentioned before but always deserves a repeat listen...

The Fall - Lost in Music
https://youtu.be/RTLzOp3uTYw
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Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #790 on: 31 May, 2020, 05:09:16 pm »
Have we had these guys before?  The house band from the long-running Aussie TV RocKwiz featuring the marvellous Bull sisters on backing vocals plus lead guests. Hurricane is pretty much a random choice as I've enjoyed almost as much every one of their vids I've tried so far, though this is the first I hit the replay button straight away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdA44sMAicM

Thanks for that pointer, although I'm not entirely convinced that a lot of the stuff isn't an excellent session musician band that delivers stuff well, but not exceptionally. The Hurricane one, for example is good, but lacks the edgy quality of His Bobness' original - maybe lack of mouth organ? Also, the Beth Hart's "Rather go Blind" comes second to the one she did with the guitar playing accountant.

There are deffo exceptional bits, though - Radar Love changed from a rhythm to vocal turn gets my vote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFjReNpCInA - I'm going to enjoy dipping in and out of their stuff, although I suspect that the rabbit holes are going to be as interesting.

Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #791 on: 01 June, 2020, 11:53:15 pm »
The Heimatdamisch: Sweet Child o' Mine (Guns n' Roses)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbsEZzgCwmI


And I genuinely laughed as they hit the first chorus 50s into Highway to Hell
https://youtu.be/n_gtGfAail4

Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #792 on: 02 June, 2020, 12:04:28 am »
I was reminded of this by the Teatime Theme Time on RadMac this morning. Might have been mentioned before but always deserves a repeat listen...

The Fall - Lost in Music
https://youtu.be/RTLzOp3uTYw

I haven't heard that before, cheers. He had a knack for hiring (and then you know the rest) good musicians, didn't he?

I was vaguely thinking about the Fall on my ride today, and the thought crossed my mind that Mark E Smith owed a lot to Howard Devoto's delivery. Shot-ah by both Sides-ah.

Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #793 on: 02 June, 2020, 12:19:11 am »
And I thought I'd mentioned it, but worth a look - Mercury Rev covered Bobbie Gentry's entire debut album in the way only they could, with a rotating lineup of fabulous female vocalists. It's much more lush than the fairly simple arrangements on the original, but I can't help thinking Bobbie would approve (given how her later albums went). A taster, with Laetitia Sadier out of Stereolab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKmU75V3rsg

Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #794 on: 02 June, 2020, 06:39:30 am »
The Heimatdamisch: Sweet Child o' Mine (Guns n' Roses)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbsEZzgCwmI


And I genuinely laughed as they hit the first chorus 50s into Highway to Hell
https://youtu.be/n_gtGfAail4

Missing stuff and repeating is understandable in this thread, but you did see the gherkin placement, I hope ?

Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #795 on: 02 June, 2020, 07:41:26 am »
Oops. I did a search for Heimatdamisch too :-(

citoyen

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Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #796 on: 02 June, 2020, 09:10:01 am »
And I thought I'd mentioned it, but worth a look - Mercury Rev covered Bobbie Gentry's entire debut album in the way only they could, with a rotating lineup of fabulous female vocalists. It's much more lush than the fairly simple arrangements on the original, but I can't help thinking Bobbie would approve (given how her later albums went). A taster, with Laetitia Sadier out of Stereolab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKmU75V3rsg

Love that. I might have mentioned it when it came out last year but it certainly deserves a repeat mention. Tbh, I wasn't previously familiar with the original - my Bobbie Gentry knowledge never stretched much beyond Ode to Billie Jo - but I've listened to Delta Sweete a lot since then. Great album.

Mercury Rev have always been good at cover versions. I saw them supporting Ride way back in 1991(?) and they finished their set with an incredible version of the Specials' Ghost Town.

Found a recording on Youtube, presumably from the same tour - sound quality isn't great but you get the general idea: https://youtu.be/nZWaQ2M0gXs - when I saw them (in Folkestone), they extended the song into a mad instrumental jam that went on for about 10 minutes.
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Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #797 on: 02 June, 2020, 11:11:11 am »
Aye, they did a great cover of Planet Caravan too:  https://youtu.be/nZWaQ2M0gXs

citoyen

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Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #798 on: 02 June, 2020, 11:37:13 am »
Aye, they did a great cover of Planet Caravan too:  https://youtu.be/nZWaQ2M0gXs

You need to fix the link, but I found it anyway - https://youtu.be/PRbkmO4Ek20 - not heard that before but yes, very nice indeed!
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Re: Great cover versions
« Reply #799 on: 03 June, 2020, 01:11:48 pm »
Boody teenagers, making all that noise. Probably don't get up before afternoon, either

Sina https://www.youtube.com/user/sinadrumming/videos

At this stage more of a pleasant curiosity than great, (<-- that's not fair, she's good) but given that she bashes it out on a pretty basic drumkit, worth a listen, something in her list for everyone.

Black Dog led me to Aloyna, who is also rather pleasant  And brave to go for Joplin's A Piece of My Heart