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drjim Cedar Rapids Kernels

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And I always go back to this one by Pearl Jam, right before the 2004 election, less than 2 years into the Iraq War.

 

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I'm sure there are a few here who already knew I'd post this one ... bluegrass meets hard rock ... THIS is what covers should be ... take a song and put it into your own style, even into a different genre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc

 

And not only that ... these guys are musicians of the first-rate, unlike Pearl Jam. ;)

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I'm sure there are a few here who already knew I'd post this one ... bluegrass meets hard rock ... THIS is what covers should be ... take a song and put it into your own style, even into a different genre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc

 

And not only that ... these guys are musicians of the first-rate, unlike Pearl Jam. ;)

I'm not a huge Pearl Jam fan by any means but Mike Mcready is a pretty good guitar player.

drjim Cedar Rapids Kernels

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I'm not a huge Pearl Jam fan by any means but Mike Mcready is a pretty good guitar player.

Even though it rightfully could (and perhaps should), not everything needs to turn into a Pearl Jam lovefest!

drjim Cedar Rapids Kernels

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I'm sure there are a few here who already knew I'd post this one ... bluegrass meets hard rock ... THIS is what covers should be ... take a song and put it into your own style, even into a different genre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc

 

And not only that ... these guys are musicians of the first-rate, unlike Pearl Jam. ;)

Now that's what I'm talking about!

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I'm sure there are a few here who already knew I'd post this one ... bluegrass meets hard rock ... THIS is what covers should be ... take a song and put it into your own style, even into a different genre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4Ao-iNPPUc

 

And not only that ... these guys are musicians of the first-rate, unlike Pearl Jam. ;)

Wasn't this the band you wanted me to see in Austin while they were touring?

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It's hard to pick only one but I'm going with this one today. When she slips into a heroin-like slurring of words, it so perfectly captures the essence of this song that I can't stand it, it's just so good.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXE1C--WezU

I recommend not covering Beattle's songs, but a mellow song, with a female artist executing it can work.

 

I thought it was great.

Craig Arko Minnesota Twins

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I recommend not covering Beattle's songs, but a mellow song, with a female artist executing it can work.

 

I thought it was great.

Here's another.

 

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One more song, this time with not 1 but 3 covers for your money. As before, I may have posted any or all of these before.

 

Often I like a cover not just for a change of genre but because it subverts the original meaning in some way big or small. (The Cake one above turns a song of determined triumph into a cold slow-burning rage, while the Beatles one twists exuberant yet understated lust into unrequited love.) The following goes somewhat the opposite direction, turning Mary Hopkin's melancholy contemplation of mortality into a goofy celebration:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROCQoqjCU6U

 

Next, I just think this video itself is awesome:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh_h-KdbBrE

 

Finally, I never thought much one way or the other about Dolly Parton, but she finds something new and IMO just-right with this oldie:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_sjHnzPyT4

 

 

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