Saturday, August 1, 2009
Covers - It's What Makes My World Go Round
So with the summer concert season in full swing, concerts are at a premium. Anyone who has ever been to a concert will usually experience a rare but cool phenomenon, the cover song. A cover song, when in the right hands can be a magical moment on stage for both band and audience. I still remember the first time I heard a cover at a concert. It was at a Danger Danger show ( right now everyone is scratching their head saying "Who is Danger Danger"?) They did a cover of Journeys "Anyway You Want It", they really did the song right. To this day, I will almost always play that song in a band setting because of that night.
So I put up 2 covers that I thought really work for me. The first is "Barracuda". This song when done by Heart is unstoppable. They can always bring down the house when they play it. Here we have Alice In Chains with Gretchen Wilson preforming the cover. She does probably the best version of this song vocally that I have ever heard.
Next we have Nickleback doing ZZ Top "Sharp Dressed Man". All I can say is Chad Is the man. He pulls it off brilliantly.
So, With that being said, are there any covers you have heard that you think are great? Post up.
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Okay... I have been quiet as of late but this one needs ME. I totally love both, insanely crazy about Nickelbacks cover, from the first time I saw it a couple of years ago. Never saw Gretchen with Alice in Chains- very cool.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is Rob Thomas covering Time After Time by Cindy Lauper.
Saw him cover it live and it's floated around the net. It's amazing.
Kisses Jason
The Decemberists covered Heart's Crazy On You on their latest tour. Which was AMAZING. YouTube does it no justice!
ReplyDeletemy cover on travel mug leaked today.
ReplyDeleteI guess that Cover didnt make the world go round!
ReplyDeletewhere are you Conrad??????
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