best live cover ever.

[bood-boy]

You can all say what you will, and make other suggestions, but in the end nothing will ever top this.
Primus covering The Spirit of Radio by Rush back in 1989.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEivBiNAkFU

[bood-boy]

Eeuuu!!!!!!!

[JohnTheDrummer]

I'll go with my bands cover of "Criminally Insane" originally by SLAYER.

:D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Fr2v-su_U

[Renrock]

whos this?!?!?!
lil' Rush ?

[Tsavo]

Maybe, with the exception of those vocals (admittedly, Geddy is very hard to imitate for most male voices). I'd say when I saw Flaming Lips they covered Floyd's "Breathe"

[bood-boy]

I'll go with my bands cover of "Criminally Insane" originally by SLAYER.


this isnt a contest. my post was a fact.

[benson111]

Primus rulz!

[bood-boy]

Maybe, with the exception of those vocals (admittedly, Geddy is very hard to imitate for most male voices). I'd say when I saw Flaming Lips they covered Floyd's "Breathe"

you ask for primus dlc and you say the voice isnt good??
sheesh.

[hawkofva]

whos this?!?!?!

I believe they say their name is "Cyber Tornado" in the begining.

[theantkid12]

Dream Theater's Master of Puppets was pretty good.

[Tsavo]

you ask for primus dlc and you say the voice isnt good??
sheesh.

Exactly. Did I ask for Primus covering Rush? Nope. As a big fan, I can admit that he doesn't have the most conventional voice. Ever hear him cover Pink Floyd? Not so good on the vocals.

[bood-boy]

Exactly. Did I ask for Primus covering Rush? Nope. As a big fan, I can admit that he doesn't have the most conventional voice. Ever hear him cover Pink Floyd? Not so good on the vocals.

a cover is not about immitating the band to a tea, a good cover is turning their song into a song of ur own. and this is perfect!

and theyre a band. its not 'him' and yes ive heard them cover floyd, and its awesome. seen em play in the flesh live in detroit, was amazing.

[Tsavo]

Getting down to semantics now? When the band Primus performs, he is covering the vocals of Pink Floyd, no? It's my opinion that these vocals sound like crap, just like when Primus covered Have a Cigar. I won't dwindle another thread into bickering with you, so I'm done and will ignore you for the future.

[bood-boy]

Getting down to semantics now? When the band Primus performs, he is covering the vocals of Pink Floyd, no? It's my opinion that these vocals sound like crap, just like when Primus covered Have a Cigar. I won't dwindle another thread into bickering with you, so I'm done and will ignore you for the future.

im not gonna try and pretend to be smart and use words like semantics, im talking in a general forum so use general language.

[hawkofva]

I'd say a good cover is one that tends to make people forget it's a cover.

Such as Train Kept A Rollin', Summertime Blues, and (Ghost) Riders in the Sky.

Which bands do you think of when you think of those songs? Probably not the original artists. :D

[Tsavo]

im not gonna try and pretend to be smart and use words like semantics, im talking in a general forum so use general language.

It's the relating of meaning to words. Ironic?

[brobot]

Yard Birds, Eddie Cochran and Stan Jones

[hawkofva]

Yard Birds, Eddie Cochran and Stan Jones
Showoff.

10

[bood-boy]

It's the relating of meaning to words. Ironic?

i still dont follow.... and like i said stop using big words.

[Tsavo]

i still dont follow.... and like i said stop using big words.

I feel like words from grade school are fair game. Dictionary.com can help with any further confusion.

[bood-boy]

I feel like words from grade school are fair game. Dictionary.com can help can any confusion.

well were talking about cover songs then all of the sudden you start talking about doing the laundry? what?

[Tsavo]

well were talking about cover songs then all of the sudden you start talking about doing the laundry? what?

Weird how that happens.

[bood-boy]

Weird how that happens.

youre ur the weirdo changing topics out of nowhere

and im not going to your little advice taking website why dont you go read a book tough guy

[brobot]

This is shallow and pedantic

[benson111]

Back on topic, i hope......
Great White - Babe I´m Gonna Leave You (Led Zepplin Cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOV7kAGt1vs

[Alright_Computer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErqhqJGRZ3w

Get it? Hahaha...

It's a cover by the band Live. Hence, a Live cover.

[hawkofva]

This is shallow and pedantic

And I LOVE IT!

Seriously though. Shallow and pedantic indeed.

[tormz]

best live covers I remember were when I saw Pearl Jam way back and they did Keep on Rockin in the Free World and Baba O'Reilly

[trench762]

I disagree, Tool covering Demon Cleanor and Tool doing Vacant that was originally written by Trent with the tapeworm project. The Doors doing who do you love is great also. Also nirvana doing The End/Waffle house theme cracks me up.

[Ultimatum]

Dream Theater's Master of Puppets was pretty good.

I thought the cover was rubbish, along with the rest of that Live CD.

[Renrock]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TotqF9U6yK0

[Zeleii]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TotqF9U6yK0
His voice is not so good for the mellow sound Radioheads songs are aimed for.

The piano is played way too energetically as well

[Renrock]

His voice is not so good for the mellow sound Radioheads songs are aimed for.

The piano is played way too energetically as well

I expect artists to throw in their own style when performing someone else's song and they did that.

I don't think it should be a 100% duplicate attempt of the original recording. (that's what cover bands are suppose to do)

[trench762]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5Ft2msosjA

[Zeleii]

I expect artists to throw in their own style when performing someone else's song and they did that.

I don't think it should be a 100% duplicate attempt of the original recording. (that's what cover bands are suppose to do)
But the composition, the way Radiohead makes their songs...

They are MADE to be played softly

[bood-boy]

I expect artists to throw in their own style when performing someone else's song and they did that.

I don't think it should be a 100% duplicate attempt of the original recording. (that's what cover bands are suppose to do)

exactly dude. unless ur a coverband then you should be turning the cover into a song of ur own. like hawk said, your not supposed to know theyre covering a song when theyre playing it.

[Lord_Mhoram]

Dream Theater's "The Big Medley"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhDPIgM1xQw

Covers Pink Floyd, Kansas, Queen, Journey, Dixie Dregs and Genesis.

[Zeleii]

exactly dude. unless ur a coverband then you should be turning the cover into a song of ur own. like hawk said, your not supposed to know theyre covering a song when theyre playing it.
Since when were you a muscian

I'm friends with a couple people in a band and I play and instrument myself.

My good friend is in a Radiohead and Joy Division cover band. My friend (The bassist) was argueing with a guy at his show about another band who had covered Fake Plastic Trees similar to the way PATD covered Karma Police.

saying
"Yes to give the song a unique sound to your band is ok. But to completely ignore the tone and feel the song is aimed for is just completely ******ed.

Take this song for example it's totally cool to change the tuning, mess around with non falsetto vocals play the song with instruments other than what the song intended to... but to change that feel the song was written for just completely ignores the fact your "honoring" that band"

[franticfish]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqRytQospMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAG-kX_IlUw

Both songs show their ability to not just cover the song but also personalize it, I think both these versions are better than the originals.

[Soror_YZBL]

You can all say what you will, and make other suggestions, but in the end nothing will ever top this.
Primus covering The Spirit of Radio by Rush back in 1989.



LOL That's hilarious. It's not good by any means, Les Claypool is not meant to sing like Geddy Lee, but it's pretty awesome especially for the time.

[Ultimatum]

I really wish I had the Keller Williams version of Another Brick In The Wall.

[bood-boy]

LOL That's hilarious. It's not good by any means, Les Claypool is not meant to sing like Geddy Lee, but it's pretty awesome especially for the time.

thats the whole thing, they turns it into a wicked awesome primus song :D

[A7x4RockBand]

I like this these 2 best...

Tool - No Quarter (Led Zeppelin)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzKWge4rLfI
They done their own interpretation of the song


A Perfect Circle - Imagine (John Lennon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqKA9_ddFk
Once again a different interpretation

[Lakers_Fan_24]

Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy, Last Caress (5.98 ep and Garage Inc.)
Ozzy/Randy Rhoads - Paranoid, Children of the Grave and Iron Man
Also a nod (posted before) on DT - Master of Puppets
Heart- Zep stuff

[Villas]

Pink Floyd's-time covered by Dream Theater (Live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiaGECY8LWw

[TheGreatKtulu]

Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy, Last Caress (5.98 ep and Garage Inc.)
Ozzy/Randy Rhoads - Paranoid, Children of the Grave and Iron Man
Also a nod (posted before) on DT - Master of Puppets
Heart- Zep stuff

I don't think Ozzy doing Black Sabbath gets to count as a cover.

Unless you also want to include Rob Halford touring solo and playing setlists composed of about 70% Judas Priest songs.