Subject: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:20 am
So, I was discussing covers with a friend tonight, and we got to discussing WASP's rather cool cover of "Paint It Black," a song I think it should be illegal to cover these days. Everyone covers it! There's a billion covers of this song! And sadly, few bands make it their own. A couple do. Grip Inc. does a cool cover, though it's a rare song, only available as a bonus track.
Based on uniqueness, what band does the best cover? My vote:
Brilliant! Sounds very little like the originally. What's your vote? Add a video, if you can.
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:39 am
fairly straight-forward but a nice cover...
The Tea Party
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:56 am
Eyesore wrote:
Grip Inc. does a cool cover, though it's a rare song, only available as a bonus track.
hmmm, i've never heard that one.
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:57 am
mc666 wrote:
Eyesore wrote:
Grip Inc. does a cool cover, though it's a rare song, only available as a bonus track.
hmmm, i've never heard that one.
Need an upload?
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:27 am
Eyesore wrote:
mc666 wrote:
Eyesore wrote:
Grip Inc. does a cool cover, though it's a rare song, only available as a bonus track.
hmmm, i've never heard that one.
Need an upload?
awesome, thanks for that. not a song i'd expect them to do, but it sounds pretty darn good.
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:18 am
Big Rage and Tea Party fan. Good stuff. Checked out the Grip Inc. and Anvil covers as well, and both were great too.
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:25 am
Glenn Tipton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIM7oZY76XM
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:15 am
I love W.A.S.P.'s version of Paint it Black! W.A.S.P. have done a lot of cool cover songs but I think that one's my fave.
Tipton's isn't bad either. In fact it's one of the better songs on his solo record (BAPTIZM OF FIRE).
Vicious Rumors did a cool cover of it when Carl Albert was still in the band too, I think it's on that memorial EP they put out after he died.
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:42 am
Heres a Good Cover of it
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The Grip Inc is a great cover as well
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:55 am
First one I thought of when I saw this discussion:
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:21 am
I used tyo have a mix tape some girl from canada made me....this was in like 1988. There was a power metalish band called CHINATOWN on it, doing a cover of this song, and it ruled. I have NEVER been able to find anything about the or that song again...nor anything by the other cool bands that she'd put on there: OSIRIS, NITEVIGIL...sadly.
Then there are these:
I do actually dif the band DEADSY a lot.
Then the fantastic sleaze band SMACK gave us this...
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:39 am
Rage's cover is very interesting. Very different. But,when I saw the title to the thread I thought of W.A.S.P.'s version. Probably because I just heard it the other day.
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:59 am
If you can find the 77's doing this, it's great. I couldn't find any legal samples.
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:33 pm
I don't care who covers it I still don't like that song.
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:49 pm
Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:
I don't care who covers it I still don't like that song.
Even the Rage version? Man, that one rules. But this thread illustrates my issues with this song being covered. Nearly every cover is the same.
"Brown-Eyed Girl" is another song I'd put on a Cover Ban list. Blech.
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:51 pm
TheNazgul wrote:
If you can find the 77's doing this, it's great. I couldn't find any legal samples.
This is the first band I thought of, and no I couldn't find any video of this either. I'm a big Mike Roe fan, most of the music he makes and the projects he is a part of.
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:18 pm
Eyesore wrote:
Phoenix Reign Drummer wrote:
I don't care who covers it I still don't like that song.
Even the Rage version? Man, that one rules. But this thread illustrates my issues with this song being covered. Nearly every cover is the same.
"Brown-Eyed Girl" is another song I'd put on a Cover Ban list. Blech.
Yea even the Rage version. When I first heard it I thought it sounded familiar then I realized what it was. I thought it was ok at first but I just don't like the song in general. Then when I got into WASP I heard that version, then Anvils version. The song just isn't that good of a song to cover and why so many bands have done it I have no idea. I'm not a fan of the Rolling Stones but they have better songs than that one I would rather hear.
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:27 pm
Ian Gillan is "Trashed" and can't remember the lyrics...which makes it all the more fun:
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:39 pm
is it a requirement to cover this song??? I never knew it was covered so much...
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:43 pm
exact33 wrote:
is it a requirement to cover this song??? I never knew it was covered so much...
It's absurd!
Even pop singers cover it!
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:59 pm
Eyesore wrote:
exact33 wrote:
is it a requirement to cover this song??? I never knew it was covered so much...
It's absurd!
Even pop singers cover it!
i hope the stones are making royalties off this!
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:45 pm
detuned wrote:
fairly straight-forward but a nice cover...
The Tea Party
Cool stuff - love Tea Party. Thanks!
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:25 pm
I always thought this was a cool cover of it
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:10 pm
Ben Grimm wrote:
I always thought this was a cool cover of it
The only thing in agony were my ears listening to this
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Subject: Re: Best Cover of Paint It Black Thu Feb 24, 2011 6:19 am
I only have the Rage and Glenn Tipton covers on CD. Out of those I prefer the Tipton version. To be honest though, neither really did much for me.