An attempted sound-alike cover of Humble Pie's cover... but Humble Pie took the original and made it into something completely different whereas WASP...
An attempted sound-alike cover of Humble Pie's cover... but Humble Pie took the original and made it into something completely different whereas WASP...
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As great as it is, musically, I do agree that they took a sentimental song and turned it into a misguided exercise of form-over-function. They could have written their own lyrics and created a timeless classic, IMO.Originally Posted by Oreb
Agree about "Across the Universe." What a mess. And, to think John was involved, too. Not familiar with the other.
I was never a fan of the over-dramatic, constipated rendition of "Little Wing" by Derek and the Dominoes.
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Beggar's Opera is my choice.
Not that I'm pushing it but if only one by VF, Renaissance would be it.
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
My computer exploded from the awesomeness of this. My favorite version of this song of all time.
for starters, I think we should pitch in and send them a guitar tuner, gratis....when I stop laughing, maybe!
I'm pretty sure the Animals learned "House..." from Dylan's first album.
But its a horrible tune anyway, and I will give the kids 1 point for trying, 1 point having the nerve to be on a stage whithout more rehearsing, and 1 point for maybe having the intent to mock the tune artisticly.
3 points, ladies and gentlemen.
Actually, they first heard it in a club when they were touring with Chuck Berry. Oddly enough, when Dylan heard their version, it was a revelation to him. He has gone on record stating that it inspired him to go electric. And, the rest, as they say...
"The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
Guns 'n' Roses - Knocking On Heaven's Door
How does "door" get to have four syllables?
Actually it's the only Dylan song i can think of where I actually prefer Dylan's version to most of the covers. Australia's Cold Chisel also did a rather dreadful plodding cover of this song.
dude! those are CLASSIC!
"Alienated-so alien I go!"
"Alienated-so alien I go!"
+1
I agree, as long as your laughing along with Shat.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
some music is Shakespeare, some is Hellmark Channel and some is Plan 9 From Outer Space. Shatner makes no bones about being Plan 9 From Outer Space.
"Alienated-so alien I go!"
Nah, even then I'd still rather listen to that hokey hillbilly version by G n R than have to endure Dylan's awful noise!
So would I
I hate the GnR version. WTF is up with adding a profanity laced telephone rant in the middle of the extended and utterly dreadful cover? I actually think Dylan's version is better and is one of the few Dylan songs I can tolerate (mainly because he does not sound like a hypercharged animated kazoo in it).
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"Alienated-so alien I go!"
I'm sure some will disagree but I think most of the Grateful Dead's covers were very inferior to the originals.
I've never heard a Grateful Dead cover of a song and I agree with this.
You're too funny!
I also prefer G n R's version of Sympathy for the Devil over the Rolling Stones version.
That's like saying I preferred being butt-raped by that 500 pound guy who hadn't washed for a year over the gang of cannibals on Viagra.
^
Who are these people?
I would tend to agree with the word "most" there. I'll certainly agree that their attempts at selections associated with the likes of Johnny Cash, Marty Robins, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Kingsmen, Bubby Fuller Four and George Jones songs were ill conceived, sounding more like a barely competent bar band than a top flight headline worthy rock group. The disco arrangement of Dancing In The Street was...I dunno, it worked better onstage than it did on the studio version (mainly because it somehow became a jamming vehicle onstage).
But I thought Morning Dew tended to come off quite well, as did their versions of various Chuck Berry songs and also Not Fade Away.
The Dead must be the only band that world that regularly played in front of thousands of people on any given night, yet rely so heavily on bar band style cover tunes. Check any setlist from the mid 70's right up through 1995, around half the songs in the first set of any show is cover tunes, typically being sung by Bob Weir. Maybe all those jokes about the recreational drug use of Dead fans is true. (shrug)
Devo 'Satisfaction' .
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