Comments on: Heavy, Dude

By: fod

fod — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:49:49 +0000

Ahoy ye scurvey dog!

Did “holy diver” by killswitch engage (nee DIO) get a mention?

I came across this whilst idly surfing satellite channels.. and it stood ou to me as all rather big and clever. Listening to the two tracks back to back it’s amazing how simplistic the DIO recording is and how much things have moved on in twentysomething years. An object lesson in advances in recording techniques and a great treatment of a hairy old classic.

Listen to it.

Fod.

(p.s. Love ya man)

By: Nige

Nige — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:57:53 +0000

How about Gamma Ray covering the Pet Shop Boys ‘It’s A Sin’? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1faii8c-hyg

By: Geoff Leppard

Geoff Leppard — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:37:17 +0000

Forget Purple Haze by Winger at your peril, beryl…

By: Evil Dave

Evil Dave — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:40:44 +0000

Eleanor Rigby, covered by Godhead

anything covered by Beatallica

And in a slightly different vein, I’m rather fond of “Pickin on Pink Floyd” (an album of bluegrass covers) and “Dub Side of the Moon” (reggae version of Dark Side of the Moon).

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:52:45 +0000

Better than the original. IMHO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp0_vLMrMy8

Very cool and Donny Osmond has belting voice on this I kid ye’ not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kt5uHxqdIs
All star solo’s from Nuno,Zakk et al’

By: jonah

jonah — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:12:28 +0000

The opposite of the heavied-up cover is this abomination:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEswnMQRsYU

I’m so, so very, very sorry. I blame muttley for giving it the oxygen of publicity here:
http://deflatermouse.vox.com/library/post/crimes-against-humanity.html

Don’t even look at the second clip on there with that comeback-special-looking stank-ass-melonfarmer Twain.

*shudder*

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:36:27 +0000

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OBviQXfuu3c

by the way.

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:36:05 +0000

Surely the best cover of all time:

Wuthering Heights - China Drum

By: Ross

Ross — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:15:50 +0000

I think I’ve got around 400 (known) covers in iTunes, including:

California Girls - DLR (Beach Boys)
Wild Thing - Jeff Beck (The Troggs)
The Man Who Sold The World - Nirvana (and Lulu!) (Bowie)
My Way - Sex Pistols (Sinatra)
White Wedding (The Murderdolls) (Billy Idol)
Bodies - Velvet Revolver (Sex Pistols)
Manic Depression - Seal feat Jeff Beck (JH)

Plus two albums of the Cybernauts (Def Leppard plus Spiders from Mars) and one Hayseed Dixie album…

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:43:01 +0000

This had me thinking all last night..I need to get out more LOL.
Boys of summer-The Ataris(Don Henley)
Keep me hanging on-The Rods(Supremes)
Whiskey in the jar-Metallica(Lizzy)

Fath No More did some great covers,Commodores and BeeGee’s songs.Also WASP did “Paint it Black”.
Ok i’m spent!
D.