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Right, new thread for some reasonOn my lunch break I was unfortunate enough to hear the abomination that is Scissor Sister's mangling of "Comfortably Numb". Is this the worst cover version of all time? I'm saying probably not, I think that has to go to All Saints' "Under The Bridge". What say you?
Alt: Best cover version. Please say something more inventive than "Hurt" by Johnny Cash, yes I know I'm the only person in the world who prefers the original.
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Dropped the soap in the showers, did you?(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:00,
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I'm Not In Love by Fun Lovin' Criminals(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:01,
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I meant best/worst :-)I really enjoyed their version of We Have All The Time In The World, although that may have been to do with my discovering marijuana at the same time as their album coming out.
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What does a high altitude parachutist have to do with all this?(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:02,
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Yeah I hate people who do repetitive threads!b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1872880
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that poll makes me sad. (
Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:08,
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I feel a bit teary, like I've finally been accepted :'o)(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:15,
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I can finally go to a lolb4sh without fearing for my life(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:19,
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bloody hell nakersi type out a long and sensitive reply and you delete the cunting thing
also if the 2.0 wahbaby strikes with a thread, i entertain myself with a few searches from time to time. i know who has your old name now...
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:09,
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Sorry, I hate having double threads though, it waters down the post poolWho's got it then? I think it's Rory's old account
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:16,
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i was reading an epic meltdown about deleting and crying and whiningand someone popped up there with your old name
i think it might have been bert's sister
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:22,
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He got his old name back, within 24 hours he said he didn't like it any moreAnd thus the legend that is "Badmons Dukas" was born
Well that and he stole it from one of Battereds posts
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:17,
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i liked the no doubt cover of "it's my life"and there's 4 young lads from liverpool with guitars and bowl haircuts who do some buddy holly stuff i believe
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:03,
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The Glee cover of 'Don't Stop Believing' is pretty spectacularly bad.Any of the Marilyn Manson covers too, all fucking awful. Especially Tainted Love. Also, Girls Aloud cover of I'll Stand By You. How Deep Is Your Love was shit in the first place, but Take That made it worse.
Alt: That probably would be my pick, as it's fucking excellent. I'm also fond of Live and Let Die.
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Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:04,
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Glee ripped off note for note Jonathon Coultons "Baby got back" cover.(, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:04, Reply)
Some bloke on the internet did in depth digital analysisand they actually used his karaoke version rather than re-recording the instruments, the idle fucks.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:13,
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it was a bloke. On the internetof course he does.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:42,
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They should totes release the Cameo "Word up" cover used in that hair gel ad.
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:06,
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??????? But Cameo only released in in the early 80's(
hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:10,
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What, cover versions have been made?(
hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:09,
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I quite like Mel BUntil she speaks
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:11,
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I don't mind the All Saints Under the Bridge and I don't like the Scissor Sisters' version but I don't hate it because at least they did something different with it instead of just a straight cover.At least they tried y'know.
Alt: The Mountain Goats - The Sign
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Theoban What of it, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:08,
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I quite like The Mountain Goatscan't listen to too much or I start cutting myself, mind. He's a bit depressing.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:14,
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I dunno why I like him so muchI don't find him depressing really, even though he's clearly depressing
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Theoban What of it, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:50,
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What's that Coldplay song, Lavender Hill?Pendulum did a cover of that. I say "cover", what they did was do a standard Pendulum song (some might say Pendulum's only song) and then sing the lyrics to Lavender Hill along to it.
I *wanted* to like it, but I just couldn't because it used all the same components as every other Pendulum track.
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Kroney, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:10,
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Violet HillThe Pendulum version was ace. As was their upgrade of Linkin Park's "The Catalyst"
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Had there not been the lyrics to Violet Hill on it, DarthYou wouldn't have been able to distinguish between that and Slam.
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Kroney, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:14,
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STOP THE INTERNETNakers is wrong about something, I think we all need to take a moment to absorb the shock of this unexpected chain of events.
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you are the only person that likes them, sozthey are generic, repeatative and dull and definately NOT drum and Bass
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:21,
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You're right about the last pointThey're far too good to be classified as drum'n'bass
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you know that you have undermined any of your musical arguments by listening to sadcore(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:23,
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Are Combi Christ not Sadcore?and you don't dance like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUA6e-s2pBw
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:29,
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Watched about 5 seconds of that video and had to turn it offGot scared.
I honestly don't know what's classified as Sadcore but CombiChrist it ain't. They're commonly described as Aggrotech or EBM (I know, don't get me started) but there ain't much that's sad about their music.
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Aggrotech? That would explain their track "tractor"(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:36,
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Sadcore is just a gay renaming of Slowcore.And, despite the Dozer connection, includes some great bands.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:36,
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Can you give me some examples?Am not taking the piss, genuinely curious.
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The basic idea of the genre was, rather than playing faster and louder than everyone else, they would play slower and quieter.It may not be to your tastes, but try Low or Codeine or The Red House Painters.
RHP are towards the maudlin end of the scale, so don't listen to them while you are coming off your meds.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:48,
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Already off them but thank you for the words of warningWill give these bands a listen in the interests of openmindedness, thank you
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowcore
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:51,
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You can say that about any band or style of music that doesn't interest you though"All their songs sound the same" is an accusation levelled at pretty much everyone at some point. I bet I could happily say that about several bands that you like, when what I really mean is "I don't like this band enough to listen to them for very long"
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I quite liked Slam.And they released another track, and another track and then I thought, wait a minute, they used that exact drum loop in this other song.
As since I started hearing it, I've never been able to un-hear it.
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Kroney, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:19,
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why doesn't anyone ever cover anything by captain beefheart?(
The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:10,
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It's too fast...and bulbous.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:15,
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Actually, pretty much any cover of a Queen song you care to name is fucking awfulAnd there are a lot of them
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The Hendrix tribute album (Stone Free) has some great tracks onOddest of which is The Cure covering Purple Haze
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:13,
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Oh God no you're fucking joking(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:35,
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Has anyone successfully covered a Hendrix track?I seriously doubt it.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:37,
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Body Count did a version of "Hey Joe"They succeeded in making it sound like they thought Joe's bitch had it coming.
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Not a Hendrix original.And the best version of that song is by The Leaves.
Monty will back me up on this.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:42,
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You learn something new every dayToday, what I've learned was not very interesting.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan had a reasonable stab at Little Wing(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:45,
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Closest to 'not being a fucking appalling nightmare and insult to Jimi' that I can think of.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 16:01,
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It leans more towards the 'loving tribute' end of the scale rather than the 'make it your own'Which I guess is the difficult thing about covering Hendrix.
If you are playing it on a guitar you are going to struggle to do it better than he could have.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 16:03,
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The Cure are terribleIt is silly to listen to them
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Theoban What of it, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 16:01,
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I really like that version of Power of Love on that advert, and also that "wherever you go" that was on the tea advert.(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:15,
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her new song "ghost" is goodin a depressing whiney kind of way
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:19,
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*looks it up*(
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I can't work out if its in english(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:29,
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Natalie Imbruglia - Torn(
Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:20,
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I only found out that was a cover yesrerday, weird(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:22,
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she's bound and she's ashamed, lying broken on the floorYeah, sounds like anal to me.
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Kroney, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:24,
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Sporty would be up her poopchute in a wink(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:26,
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She likes Pringles?(
hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:30,
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:32,
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b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1879915
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sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:28,
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it was the best newspaper headline ever, though, when that came out"RIPPED OFF!!!"
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rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:26,
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Well what do you knowmentalfloss.com/article/20811/quick-10-10-most-covered-songs-ever
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:28,
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I really like that song, It's moving.
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Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:31,
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I'd probably go with your suggestionsand I'll throw in Iris by that fucking Ronan prick. Similar to the original, but just a little bit shitter. Why the fuck bother then you cunt?
Higher Ground by RHCP. And cue Monty....
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Funnily enough I thought of that onebut Higher Ground is a Stevie Wonder song isn't it? You're thinking of Fire
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I dont think he likes the Chilis(
sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:30,
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No, I am thinking of the song 'Higher Ground' by RHCP, from the album "Mother's Milk"which was originally recorded by Stevie Wonder. Hence my use of this answer to the 'best cover version' question.
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Fire was a cover of the Hendrix track and appeared on the same album...I think(, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:32, Reply)
I meant because "Fire" would have been Monty-baiting because it's originally a Hendrix song(, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:32, Reply)
OIC. Nah, I think we've had this convo before where he started harping on about Higher Ground as well.(, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:33, Reply)
Ah right. Were I equipped with this knowledge I could have avoided making a tit of myself
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Hendrix played loads of covers though so he wouldn't really have leg to stand on(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:37,
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I imagine Monty's argument would run along the lines of claiming that all of Hendrix's covers were better than the originalsthen citing "All Along The Watchtower" which, unfortunately, is pretty hard to argue with.
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No I think Monty would simple state "It's Shit"(
hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:41,
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Hendrix was pretty good at covers.He managed the perfect combination of demonstrating his love and reverence for the original, while making it undeniably his own.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:44,
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Too many bad cover versions to choose from.Alt: One of the best cover versions EVER is The Renegades' cover of Bill Haley's 13 Women.
A great song made even greater.
I would also like to nominate my former band's cover of another local band's song, which was so good they started covering our version of it.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:33,
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You mean you all got hammeredand your band gave the other a few tips on how to make their song more awesome.
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No, I mean I am genuinely a fan of this other band so arranged a cover of one of their songs.On hearing it they preferred it to their own version and started to play it like us.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:40,
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I don't need made up anecdotes to be rock'n'roll.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:49,
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My mate's band did a rocked-up 3 guitar cover of Eleanor Rigby at their christmas gigEverybody kept requesting it at subsequent gigs but they only played it a couple more times as they hadn't asked permission or anything and I think they were bricking it a bit about getting reported.
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:49,
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I shouldn't think they would have anything to worry about.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:52,
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I might be letting myself in for a proper kicking herebut wasn't Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles? Were Macca and Ringo really likely to give a shit?
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No, nor were they losing any money or having their copyright infringed.The PRS will see them alright anyway.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:55,
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Are we allowed to name tracks that have used breaks from other songs?Like how “Ice ice baby” ripped off Queens “Under pressure”
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:40,
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No.This neither a cover nor a rip off.
You should know better than this, HH.
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tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:41,
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Well It's slowing down I was hoping to inject a new lease of lifeOhhh Fuck, I've failed again aint I
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:43,
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:52,
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I thought it was a rip off, then got challenged in the courts so they changed it just enough(
Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:53,
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You also thought that the Prodigy's music was all played by live musicians.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 16:00,
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Certain Break stealing ruin the original for you....I can't listen to Rick Jame's "Superfreak" because of MC Hammer.
*EDIT* I think the original artist should be allowed to vet the material before they let people sample their trackS
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 16:02,
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Similarly I can't read many of your posts because of the bizarre placing of apostrophes.(
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 16:06,
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I'm sure i'll lose sleep over that(
hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 16:20,
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Ew.edition.cnn.com/2013/02/20/us/california-hotel-water-corpse
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The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:47,
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Ha ha"The water did have a funny taste," Sabrina Baugh told CNN on Wednesday. She and her husband used the water for eight days.
"We never thought anything of it," the British woman said. "We thought it was just the way it was here."
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hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:49,
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I just read the UKIP manifesto,It's actually quite hard to argue with most of it, mainly because it's so fucking vague.
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So the "Daily Mail" then?(
hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:49,
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Give us some highlights(
G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩€, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 15:52,
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It's all like "improve care for the elderly" "maintain roads properly"they'll pay for everything by doing things like "cutting red tape" and "leaving the EU"
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Makes sense, you just cut the red tape here, then leave the EU there....... and before you know it, you're increasing financial stabilibty in the public sector.
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The only thing that's purely retarded.Is they go on about stopping buisness from appealing against local peoples objections for planning permission. And then also saying we'll build more power plants.
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Triffidlolz(
hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 16:00,
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WE SHOULD BURN ALL PEOPLE WOT ARE OF DIFFERENT COLOURNOT NAMING ANY SPECIFICS LIKE NIGNOGS OR OWT
OR WOGS
THE DAGOS TOO
-N.Farage
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Theoban What of it, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 16:02,
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Best: Hendrix's 'All Along the Watchtower' /acOf course. I did hear a superb US 60s garageband cover of 'Can't Explain' be the 'Oo, last week though.
Also, Steve Hillage's cover of Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan is excellent, especially on Live Herald. The Butthole Surfers' cover of the same song is good too. The original is well shit.
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Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 16:03,
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Also The Buttholes' cover of Black Sabbath's Sweet leaf (titled Sweat Loaf) is magic.(
Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 16:05,
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That Jason's a talented guy. Shame he ruined it with all that snout :((
Kroney, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 16:06,
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I was just warming to my theme in this one :((
tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 16:08,
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Leona Lewis' abominable cover of NIN
Or Ronan Keatings cover of Goo Goo Dolls 'Iris'
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GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 28 Feb 2013, 16:30,
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