Originally posted by @saintbletch
As someone who finds perfect music in a single human with a message and a wooden, acoustic guitar, I lament the addition of instruments, musicians and electricity.
I therefore find myself at the opposite end of the musical spectrum from Metal (Heavy or otherwise). If you’re a fan of that type of music, you are wrong. Harsh, but true.
However, I’ve got the perfect cover album to bridge the musical gap between us. It’s called What’s Next to the Moon? by Mark Kozelek. Kozelek was the lead singer of the grammatically ambiguous Red House Painters - who I also have a soft spot for.
The album is a series of reimaginings (sorry) of early AC-DC songs with a folky feel. I love it. I’m afraid I don’t even know the originals, so I’d love to know how any AC-DC fans feel about them. Horrified I would imagine.
Thing is Bletch, you say if you’re a fan of Metal etc. then you’re wrong, yet you like the ‘reimaginined’ versions. You can’t have one without the other really.
Although I am, and pretty much always have been, a rock/metal fan, that doesn’t preclude me from enjoying all sorts of other music from Ska/Reggae to Jazz, punk, classical, Dance or whatever.
Metallica toured some years ago with the San Francisco Symphony orchestra performing their songs in a metal/classical mash-up that was an absolute masterstroke. I know Deep Purple/Rainbow’s Richie Blackmore has also done this in the past. I personally, don’t think there are many other genres that would work in that sense. That doesn’t mean that genre is any better or worse than any other, but it does prove that one is not “wrong” to be a fan of it.
I love the Kinks original and Van Halen’s in equal measure, even though I’m not at all keen on Van Halen in general. I think the new version is true to the original, but the extra licks really pump it up.
This is better than the original from Wacko imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=CDl9ZMfj6aE
Prefer this version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fregObNcHC8
Originally posted by @Halo-Stickman
Being a teenager through large parts of the seventies I was a fan of David Bowie; therefore, I’m slightly embarrassed to say that I much prefer Lulu’s version of The Man Who Sold The World, mainly because of the saxophone.
Yes, that is a nice cover, Mangobean.
But no sax.
Along the lines of what Bletch was on about. One of my favourite covers, it really takes a cracking song, gives it a new feel and makes it feel almost unrecognisable from the original.
Uncanny, Mange Noba.
This is certainly one of my favourite covers, and I’d forgotten all about it.
I dabble with the guitar and as soon as I heard this, I had to learn to play it.
Thanks!
Another strong shout…
Definitely better than the original. #controversial.
Nowt controversial bout it. 100% true.
On the subject of Jimi Hendrix, it was only recently that I learnt that my favourite song of his was actually a cover:
Originally posted by @Mangobean
This was a good version too
This is the best cover of a Hendrix song i’ve heard . it’s also features the best three guitarists on the planet IMHO.