Unusual Covers

[Drunk Monk]

Guava jelly
Barbara Streisand

[thatguy]

Monster Zero March - acapella!



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[King Bob]

I thought for sure someone would have already posted this, but I couldn't find it, so here it is:

[thatguy]

I thought for sure someone would have already posted this, but I couldn't find it, so here it is:

http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...5#pid62785

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[King Bob]

I couldn't find that. Too many posts with the word "heroes."

[thatguy]

I think I like Austin Lounge Lizards cover better, but this is pretty good for a solo instrumental



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[Drunk Monk]

Atarashii Gakko - ghostbusters

Didn’t know where to post this exactly because it looks like a genuine promo for the Japanese release. This was the J-pop band I fell in love with at SDCC.

[Drunk Monk]

All Star

Star Wars 

[Drunk Monk]

The Clash
Pressure Drop

[King Bob]

We never talked about it back then, but I'm guessing you weren't into the Clash in the 80s.

They also did "Police and Thieves" and "Armagideon Time." I thought they wrote the latter but found out later it was a cover. Reggae was a big influence on them, and the UK punk scene in general. I think that's where the social/political commentary aspect of UK punk came from.

Paul Simenon, the Clash bassist, was particularly influenced by reggae, and said that he wanted to have a big bass sound like Leroy Hibbles of the Heptones.

I just stumbled across this cover of one of the reggae songs written by the Clash (Here's the original)

[Drunk Monk]

UK punk was never my sound but I do know of the reggae connection and respect the Clash - I just never put them together. Reggae influenced so many UK artists, the Beatles, the Police, Sinead…

Meanwhile back on topic

Bad Guy
Sayo Komoda

[Drunk Monk]

The Sound of Silence
Optimus Prime & Darth Vader

[Greg]

While My Guitar Gentle Weeps.

[thatguy]

I am simultaneously fascinated/annnoyed with the Chapman Stick. I think it's a good alternative to the bass, adding some percussive-ness, but the arpeggiated melodies players come up with always sound like some metal head trying to cover "Eruption". There used to be a busker that played the stick in Ghiradelli Square back in the 80's. I have a couple of his cassettes, but it's a novelty, not something I can take out and listen to. There was a band in San Jose called "Stickband" in the 80's, (somehow associated with Guitar Showcase in Campbell as I recall?), that had a couple of stick players. I think they played jazz fusion. 

Tony Levin is the best player I've heard and If I had to pick, I think King Crimson's Satori in Tangiers is the best stick song ever..i



He's got a trio with his brother called "Stick Men", that tours from time to time, but I've never listened...

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annoying...

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When the levee breaks - John Paul Jones



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(I don't know why the forum appends that to my last post...)

[King Bob]

I think Levin played the stick when I saw Peter Gabriel, but I might be wrong.

The other San Jose band with the Stick was Dot 3, and that guy could really lay down a groove on it. They were great. Everybody would be dancing. If they had stayed together they could have done well as a touring band.