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Good-ass cover songs

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Well that was pretty amazing.

While I've never been much in to Frank Zappa (and I did see the Allman Bros once, but after the second or third song they were all sitting down so I left, I really was there to see the opening band "Little Feat" anyway), I was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to see Dweezil doing, as it was called then, "Zappa does Zappa". And that was a pretty extraordinary show. Really amazing performance.

I believe he still tours, but it's now called "Dweezil plays whatever the * he wants" because apparently he doesn't actually have access to the Zappa name.

Worth checking out if they come by.
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Yeah, Dweezil's been amazing from day 1. I've seen videos from lots of the "Z plays Z" and after and have always come away impressed. Turns out my high school guitar buddy's wife plays sax and keyboards for DZ. HaHaHaHa - totally jealous. :laughing
 
you want some Patti Smith, yeah I got your Patti right here

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yeah it's going to weird up in here

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you are most familiar with this version.

BOC covering Patti

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'Jolene' by Dolly Parton, slowed down.
Haunting.

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mean dad said:
'Jolene' by Dolly Parton, slowed down.
Haunting.

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Jolene is an emotionally charged haunting song at any speed, but think that it was actually written by Dolly Parton. She also wrote, "I will always love you", which other artists have successfully covered.

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Halestorm has done some great covers. Here are a few.

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Rickie Lee Jones has done some great covers.

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A couple of covers by Phantom of the Opera star Deborah Dutcher I really like

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surprised these haven't come up:
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and i'm a fan of most of Leo's stuff, but besides Africa, this one is high on the list of good covers:

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and this one...just because

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Speaking of Kashmir....

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Of course, whenever I see impressive guitar work, I always think about Roy Clark and his cover of Malagueña

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or just to make you feel really old

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well now I guess I'm not all that original after all

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Abacinator said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOAHpLBNiUw
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I'm really disappointed that this isn't a cover of the S.O.D. version.

Since we're deep in the realm of metal covers of pop songs, I submit this club classic:

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Also I gotta admit that I'm stone cold impressed that no one has suggested any of the hundreds of versions of "Hallelujah." because they all suck ass compared to the original.

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I always liked this cover of The Best Motorcycle Song:

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Jane’s Addiction, Ripple; Bobaflex, The Wall ... :applause

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covering Bernstein, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, I guess.

godspeed, Mr Sondheim ... :rose
 
Some random

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I feel we have wandered away from GOOD cover songs into just any random shit people have found on intarwebz.
 
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