Search and Destroy?
I think Red Hot Chili Peppers did this when they were still good, i.e. 20 years ago. Was it done originally by someone else?
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:34, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

*runs for cover*

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:37, Reply)

* dons flame-retardant suit *

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:38, Reply)

*tears lower lip from face belming so hard*
It was The Stooges, Reverend. I have not had the pleasure of hearing the RHCPs' version but I'm thinking the original will be better.

You should hear it and decide for yourself.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:38, Reply)

I've heard both
You are correct, Monty. Very much so. However the RHCP version is no disgrace to the original, having been recorded, as the Reverend says, when they were still good.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:43, Reply)

That must have been before they ever recorded anything, then.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:44, Reply)

Lies! Lies and deceit!
There is a very specific period in the Chili's 30-year history when they were terrific. This period is best known by the year "1992", when they released Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The next album was pretty good but we can put that down to having Dave Navarro in the band, cos he then left and they went horribly to shit.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:46, Reply)

I concur with Darth on this
BSSM and the previous album Mother's Milk were both excellent. I haven't heard the original version of S&D but I can confirm that the RHCP version is very good indeed.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:48, Reply)

that is some impressive accuracy there
well done
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:54, Reply)

Thank you
I neglected to mention Mother's Milk because I only consider it to be quite good, although significantly better than Californiwhatthefuckareweplayingatcation
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:59, Reply)

I will take your advice and You Tube this later on.
And I recommend that you give the RHCP version a whirl.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 29 Mar 2011, 10:56, Reply)

All I can say
is that the original is so fucking brilliant it makes you wonder how anyone would dare try to cover it, because there'd be no way they could touch the original no matter how good they are.

Motorhead's cover of God Save The Queen by The Pistols is a case in point - come on, Lemmy, was yours really going to be better/as good?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:00, Reply)

I concur absolutely with the principle of this post
Ref. Megadeth's extraordinarily dubious decision to cover Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid', and more or less any of the thousands of attempts to have a go at the Queen back catalogue
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:04, Reply)

How about the RHCP cover version of Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground on Mother's Milk?
Awesome.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:07, Reply)

Oh yeah, that's a belter
No question. Love it. You have to admit that was a good choice of track though, they wouldn't have got away with Superstitious
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:09, Reply)

Indeed. This is another one for Monty to check out if he still thinks they're pish.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:10, Reply)

I cannot abide the hideous 'funk' bass playing that infests all I've heard of theirs.
I have an extensive funk collection - well over 500 records, so I am not against funk in any way, but that bloke's playing annoys the hell out of me.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:15, Reply)

Flea's bass is the backbone of every Chilis record
So I would recommend you stay the hell away from everything of theirs you haven't already heard.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:21, Reply)

This is how I understood it, and filed them under 'not for me' nearly 20 years ago.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:25, Reply)

semi-interesting factoid
Flea is a really rather good trumpet player.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:28, Reply)

See also 'Pretty Little Ditty' on Mother's Milk.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:34, Reply)

that's a good tune
ruthless ripped off and mangled by some shit band whose name escapes me but used the guitar part in a song called Butterfly.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:50, Reply)

The Pale?

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 12:23, Reply)

don't think so
my mind is telling me it's Crazy Town, but I don't know if that is right
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 12:29, Reply)

Yep

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 12:31, Reply)

Oh good
I quite like The Pale.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 12:41, Reply)

A bit like me and the Pumpkins owing to Billy Corgan having the worst singing voice in history

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:30, Reply)

Metallica's Stone Cold Crazy is pretty good

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:08, Reply)

I'll give you that one
My problem with Queen covers is that unless the song is actually performed by Freddie Mercury it almost always falls on its face due to a lack of the necessary pomp and flamboyance that he provided so effortlessly. Metallica chose their song very wisely and are also possessed of a ludicrously charismatic frontman, even if he is a bit of a cunt.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:10, Reply)

^^ This.
Queen songs without Freddie is just nonsense.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:11, Reply)

Nine Inch Nails do a great cover of Get Down Make Love

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:35, Reply)

Some covers are incredible:
'All Along The Watchtower' gets trotted out every time we talk about this, but it's a superb example of how to record a cover. No-one give two shits about Dylan's original version.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:11, Reply)

'cos Dylan is shit

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:14, Reply)

It gets trotted out every time we talk about this for exactly those reasons
Dylan's version is only alright, and no-one has ever, in the history of the world, described the Hendrix cover as "average". I think popular (uneducated) opinion is that Hendrix' is the original.

I know you're going to give me shit for this, but Pendulum's live covers of both 'Violet Hill' and 'The Catalyst' are vastly superior to the originals also. The admittedly not great originals.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:15, Reply)

Pendulum's live cover/remix of Voodoo People is immense
Better than the original, and I like early Prodigy.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:31, Reply)

I disagree
the original is the business.

Not as good as the Narcotic Suite stuff though.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:33, Reply)

The original is good
But Pendulum give it more oomph.
Claustrophobic Sting is the best of the Narcotic Suite stuff, but then that whole album is sublime.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:35, Reply)

that is very true
I have a good load of quality cover songs like A Perfect Circle's take on Imagine. Infintely better than the original pap.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:15, Reply)

God yes
Thank you for the reminder, I'm off to look that up on We7
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 29 Mar 2011, 11:22, Reply)