and I really feel the need to pimp the hell out of these guys cause it would be easy to dismiss them as gimmicky or jokey. They are not, this album has it's claws into me so hard!!
I was prepared to crap all over this when I read your description of a Latin Funk band doing Sabbath, but this is damn good!
Same here. I thought the joke would wear thin after a song or 2, but I'm actually enjoying this.
_________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
Add Raven's entire Party Killers album to the list of "Killer Covers". Even the more well-known tunes have been made-over and given that unique Raven-esque quality. It reminds me of how Anthrax used to put their stamp on song covers and make them their own.
_________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
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Subject: Re: Killer Covers Vol. 8675309 Sun May 10, 2015 8:09 am
Saw Tom Keifer last night. Came out and just nailed Joe Cocker's - A Little Help from my Friends. The place went apeshit.
Thrasher73 Much Cooler than the other 72
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Subject: Re: Killer Covers Vol. 8675309 Tue May 12, 2015 2:15 am
I thought this was cool. It's a bonus track from the last Communic album. A cover of Overkill's 'In Union We Stand'....
They slowed down the tempo a bit and made it sound more, I dunno, epic or something. Made it sound more like a Nevermore tune, which if you know Communic, isn't that far of a stretch.
_________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
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Subject: Re: Killer Covers Vol. 8675309 Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:46 am
I don't post in here very much, or even look at this thread often, but I feel compelled to throw in this awesomely raucous and wild version of "Summertime Blues" that may, for me, edge out Blue Cheer's as the definitive (I have so many versions of this song in my collection...but I love all the covers I've heard so far). This one comes from the Back From the Grave comp series of 60s garage/punk no-hit wonders...it's excellent.
One of the best Black Sabbath covers I've ever heard.
Soul singer Charles Bradley reimagines "Changes" as a classic soul ballad and it's f'n perfect.
(the video is really odd, but it's the music that's important...and that voice!)
Yup! That's pretty freakin' special! Thanks for posting
Citanul Metal master
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Subject: Re: Killer Covers Vol. 8675309 Thu Dec 10, 2015 4:56 am
I'm not familiar with Disturbed at all (other than basically who they are), but I do like this version of Sound of Silence.
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Subject: Re: Killer Covers Vol. 8675309 Sun Feb 21, 2016 9:10 am
I'm not sure if this qualifies as a "killer" cover but it's certainly strange. I was reading a recent interview with John Gallagher of Raven online and it mentioned that British pop singer and large breasted poster gal Samantha Fox had done a dance-pop version of Raven's "Hard Ride," (!!!) re-arranged and re-titled "Giving Me A Hard Time" (snicker, chortle). Some of the lyrics were changed around but it's definitely based off of that Raven track.
I am not sure how this factoid has managed to slip under my radar for all these years since I'm a massive Raven fanboy and a long time Samantha Fox stalker, but ... (shrugs) John Gallagher himself sez in the interview that Raven weren't even made aware of its existence till a couple of years ago.
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I just discovered this today, so I thought I'd share. It's kinda cool. Stiv Bators, former frontman of punk legends The Deadboys, covered the Ramones tune 'Poison Heart'.
Not sure when this was recorded. Near as I can figure, it's from the Last Race album released in '96, six years after his death.
_________________ I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too.
Loving this album at the moment! I got my music box version and it's creepy as hell (It plays a music box version of the intro to suspiria while a blood stained ballerina spins round! )
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Wed Feb 18, 2015 12:20 pm
) but holy sh*t, that guy's voice!!
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