This is a deep cut and the only way you've heard this song is if you're from DC but the Rare Essence version of "Pieces of Me" goes unfathomably hard, way better than the original
Honestly I could make an entire thread of Go-Go covers
This is cheating (and much respect to the legend Willie Hutch) but what UGK and OutKast did on "Int'l Players Anthem" using the "I Choose You" instrumental is musical alchemy of the highest order. Not strictly a cover but one of my favorite songs of all time
I lived in Baltimore in the 80s. Used to pop down to DC to catch go-go shows. Loved that go-go shows were almost an endurance test. More than once I didn't leave a club until 4am and the music was still going. Trouble Funk playing with punk bands at the 930 was my intro to the scene.
Hmmmm…as a person who claims metal as my absolutely preferred genre, it pains me to say this, but I usually hate metal covers of 80s pop and prefer the originals—including this one.
One of the more strangest shows I went to was MM, NIN and Soundgarden. After the first two played thousands of vampires vacated the park and were replaced with thousands of metalheads and grungers.😀
That's also a cover of the same song. Gloria Jones did the original, Soft Cell flipped genders in their cover, and the ones by Manson, Coil, and others followed their lead.
yikes! :) just can't hang with that song...and that's primarily because that version is SO hard to listen to (that I can't)...but this is a cool idea for a thread...how about Parquet Courts version of "These Boots Were Made For Walking" ... though I also love Nancy's...
Examples: Jimi Hendrix Watchtower, Byrds Tambourine Man, George Harrison If Not For You, Sam Cooke Blowin in the Wind, Staples Singers Masters of War, Rod Stewart Mama You Been on My Mind, Siouxsie and the Banshees Wheel’s on Fire, Kurt Elling Hard Rain, Isley Bros Lay Lady Lay, etc etc etc.
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2) Every GNR performance/recording is boring.
https://open.spotify.com/album/53G0wIj5krTlE4LUTlLJ3y?si=mi15Zcb2TWW778Cyb9fwMw
https://open.spotify.com/album/53G0wIj5krTlE4LUTlLJ3y?si=mi15Zcb2TWW778Cyb9fwMw
also the music video awakened something in me, iykyk
(Marilyn Manson can eat shit, btw)
Honestly I could make an entire thread of Go-Go covers
https://youtu.be/e0EorNrwZVo?si=y2cKSNiCFNwzxawc
https://youtu.be/WG3qnNkmqvU?si=0sQuCbEwB2BgQE71
https://youtu.be/EH4yq-goqiA?si=XMERt7uOXayJFUnV
🙌🏻
Along the Watchtower”
All Along The Watchtower: Hendrix >>> Dylan
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=v0ROBctyF1o&si=um0GviCVcCqbbS1-
____’s version of “_____” > Bob Dylan’s version.