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Zepparella?
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In reply to magma:
Fabarella, thanks. The guitarist also does a tastefully lit cover of J. S. Bach.
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In reply to magma:
A good answer, also Jazz Sabbath, Adam Wakeman
In reply to magma:
Australian Pink Floyd.
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In reply to magma:
Hayseed Dixie get my vote.
But I'm going to leave this here instead: youtube.com/watch?v=3f5HDjjzwqo&
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In reply to magma:
[SPUNGE]
In reply to magma:
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ix98b77zl4&list=RD3Ix98b77zl4&start_radio=1
This lot do a brilliant version of The Musical Box, if the link doesn't work youtube The watch Musical Box
In reply to magma:
GUGUG aka Gus and Fin get my vote. Here they are doing the Ramones on their trusty ukuleles:
youtube.com/watch?v=kNFpOh2seqo&
In reply to magma:
Once saw a band called Rockmungous in the White Hart Inn near Newnham when I was over there bore surfing a (good) few years ago.
They were pretty good musicians - mostly covers, some their own material - and a good laugh, too.
Top chaps.
In reply to magma:
Pygmy Twilight, based in Scotland, do great Zappa covers.
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In reply to magma:
The Ukulele Orchestra of Britain of course…
Here they are with their great version of Teenage Dirtbag
youtube.com/watch?v=Fw8ZDwdyHJQ&
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In reply to JimR:
My pal's wife paid £109 for a VIP soundcheck experience for their Edinburgh gig next November. I know you can't see the real thing anymore but that's absolutely ridiculous.
In reply to nathan79:
> My pal's wife paid £109 for a VIP soundcheck experience for their Edinburgh gig next November. I know you can't see the real thing anymore but that's absolutely ridiculous.
I’ve seen them a couple of times, they are absolutely brilliant. But maybe I’m easily pleased
In reply to JimR:
I've seen them soundcheck, but not as a VIP. (I'm only a P.)
Incidentally I heard Dave Gilmour doing an interview on the radio a few years ago, he was asked about the Aussie Pink Floyd are said they're better than the real Pink Floyd ever were back in the day.
In reply to magma:
Best ever name for a covers band must be Midget Rigid Digits.
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In reply to magma:
Elvana
In reply to Tom Last:
Elvana are great. In the words of the front man:
"I may be a shit Elvis impersonator, but I do a mean Nirvana. Uh-huh"
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In reply to magma:
Nah, it's some mates of mine from Liege: 98%
youtube.com/watch?v=5ve-n1Mj5WI&
I've been trying to teach them how to pronounce three correctly for years
In reply to magma:
Surely Led Zeppelin themselves are a great covers band?
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In reply to The Lemming:
> How about the most famous Beatles cover band of all time?
> Oasis
Or even The Rutles. Neil Innes was a genius.
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In reply to magma:
The absolute, undisputed greatest cover band is ....... The Who!
They only reputedly ever covered one song but, it's the best version of one of the all-time greatest rock and roll songs ever made
In reply to Lankyman:
Well if one song does it, let's hear it for these cover bands
The Clash:
youtube.com/watch?v=FKIzjF25sP8&
or, for that matter, The Bobby Fuller Four:
youtube.com/watch?v=OgtQj8O92eI&
and Thin Lizzy:
In reply to magma:
Leonid and Friends cover Chicago superbly!
In reply to magma:
Yee Loi
In reply to magma:
These boys' cover versions went down quite well back in the day:
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In reply to magma:
London Symphony Orchestra, they're a "cover band" right???
Roll bread /bait comment for all those classical music nuts we seem to have on the forum
In reply to CantClimbTom:
> London Symphony Orchestra, they're a "cover band" right???
Not as good as The Danish National Symphony Orchestra:
youtube.com/watch?v=enuOArEfqGo&
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In reply to CantClimbTom:
My sister's in the LSO and she'll love that one when I tell her :-D
In the meantime, my favourite cover band is The Melodica Men who have a highly entertaining YouTube channel. Example here:
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In reply to magma:
Going a bit left-field here but one of my faves is the French covers band Nouvelle Vague who have some fantastic interpretations of the original tunes youtube.com/watch?v=kcljHWUqLVA&
In reply to Lankyman:
The Who also covered Young Man's Blues and Shakin' All Over on Live at Leeds. They did a version of The Last Time in support of the Stones when they were being charged over drugs offences (the Marianne Faithful incident I think), and they also did a great cover of Baby Don't You Do It. Probably some others as well.
In reply to cragtyke:
They must have had a change of heart (early 70's?). On one version of Summertime Blues (late 60's?), Daltrey actually tells the audience that they only cover this one song. I still think their version is better than Buddy Holly's original.
In reply to Lankyman:
Buddy Holly?
In reply to mbh:
> Buddy Holly?
You're quite right! Great as he was, it was Eddie Cochran of course. He died just after I was born and Holly just before but I still think they are streets ahead of much of the stuff I hear that's 'popular' with young people nowadays. Has rock and roll really died?
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In reply to Lankyman:
Looks like a bit of a Who night on sky arts tonight!
In reply to cragtyke:
> Looks like a bit of a Who night on sky arts tonight!
I saw your post and switched over for a look. I didn't stay long. It's not The Who in particular but, in general, I find 'old rockers' a bit underwhelming. They are almost always a shadow of themselves in their angry, energetic (relevant?) prime. How can a 70-something rip it up like a 20-year-old? I think if you're a die-hard, faithful fan though, then even the older version will be enough. I was lucky to be a teenager when live music was easily available and affordable with lots of different genres to latch onto. I was greatly into hard/heavy rock and saw some huge (or soon to be) bands. I suppose if you wanted to catch a glimpse of your heroes in their prime then a good cover band might fit the bill? I've never been that bothered to go and watch one myself.
In reply to Lankyman:
I totally agree, I've got some great memories that I don't want tarnished. However having said that I would be tempted to go and see Iggy or Cave again though, because they're still doing new stuff.
In reply to Lankyman:
I saw the Who in 1975 when they were at their peak. Best concert I’ve ever been to. Recent performances are pale shadows of their youth!
In reply to JimR:
I never saw The Who. I wasn't really aware of them touring in the late seventies when I was a student watching lots of bands. I knew they were very, very Loud though! It's a wonder I can still hear when it took days for my ears to stop ringing after a typical concert.
In reply to JimR:
So did I, October 5/6 apparently, at Belle Vue Manchester, on the Who by Numbers tour, thanks to Wikipedia. Found an audio recording on YouTube as well.
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In reply to nathan79:
£109 for a cover band!?!?!? Mental.
I've seen The Flaming Lips lots of times. Sometimes they do a thing where they sound check after the support and it it gradually morphs into the gig.
In reply to magma:
There should be one called Lava https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magma_(band)#:~:text=Magma%20is%20a%20French%.... 😂
In reply to cragtyke:
I saw them on the same tour in Glasgow about 10 days later. Queued all night for a ticket
In reply to magma:
The Swedish Chef with his legendary cover of Hot Butter’s “Popcorn”.
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In reply to wintertree:
I've never seen that, it's fabulous. Decent version lol, thanks.
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In reply to felt:
Maybe tastefully lit but a rather underwhelming performance from a professional guitarist of a Grade 7 classical piece. As a cover artist she’d best stick to her day job.
In reply to magma:
The Heimatdamisch are very good
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=oompah+band+covers#f...
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In reply to mbh:
> The Clash:
You can't go wrong with The Clash but I think this version is the best:
youtube.com/watch?v=Fq-pVNQcaLQ&
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> "I may be a shit Elvis impersonator, but I do a mean Nirvana. Uh-huh"
Nah, just "shit"
In reply to aln:
Jim 'The King' Brown did it better. (On his 1998 concept Album 'Gravelands'.)
In reply to Ian Jones:
> Pygmy Twilight, based in Scotland, do great Zappa covers.
Their singer - Jim - used to be the singer in my Grateful dead tribute 'wildflower seed' 8 or 9 years ago. He's very good so naturally at the time we were the world's greatest 'Dead' covers band
In reply to magma:
G2
In reply to magma:
Chromatics best songs are all slowed down covers, Into The Black and I'm on Fire are good.
Best name of a tribute band goes to Paramore or Less.
In reply to Colin Scotchford:
> The Heimatdamisch are very good
They are brilliant. I have really enjoyed listening to a few of their covers, especially Jump, Highway to Hell and So Lonely, oompah style.
youtube.com/watch?v=9jv5AbnrxPs&
youtube.com/watch?v=n_gtGfAail4&
youtube.com/watch?v=T0XdZ8GvFf8&
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