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Re: What the .... cover songs.

mickilennial — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 20:58:20 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 11/01/2020 00:58

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Re: What the .... cover songs.

LedZep — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 20:36:31 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 11/01/2020 00:36

I've just remembered one particularly interesting cover. This time the tables have turned: non-metal guy covering a metal classic.

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Re: What the .... cover songs.

Spyglass — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:24:44 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 10/29/2020 23:24

Gowi wrote:

there are some schools of power metal that actually have huge reverence for meat loaf/steinman, for instance Tobias Sammet wrote this one with meat loaf in mind:

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I'm only familiar with the first two Bat Out of Hell's and Dead Ringer and I barely remember the third Bat Out of Hell, but the radio stations in my town play A LOT of songs from the first and a couple from the second, so this makes sense to me. Of course, Meat Loaf's debut is possibly the cheesiest album ever made. I mean it's fucking good but it's fucking dumb too. Is there a single album more cheesy???

I'm not at all surprised that Tobias Sammet of all people is influenced by Meat Loaf's style. He writes so many metal operas that it's hard to ignore.

Re: What the .... cover songs.

mickilennial — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 18:31:08 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 10/29/2020 22:31

EyeKanFly wrote:

So it's a stretch, but Celine Dion has also performed "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" written by Jim Steinman, who also wrote "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and... all of the good songs by Meat Loaf. While not metal, Meat Loaf definitely has a power-metal "over the top" vibe as does Dragonforce. So... I guess I'm trying to say that Celine Dion and Dragonforce have more in common than one might think :lol:

there are some schools of power metal that actually have huge reverence for meat loaf/steinman, for instance Tobias Sammet wrote this one with meat loaf in mind:

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Re: What the .... cover songs.

Spyglass — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 13:44:43 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 10/29/2020 17:44

EyeKanFly wrote:

Spyglass wrote:

But the problem here between Adagio and Dragonforce is that the Dragonforce one FITS and it's almost disturbing. I haven't heard that Firewind one yet, so I don't know if it's a fitting cover or not, but I kind of hope it is for the humor.

Edit: OK, yeah that was pretty fucking good.

Gowi wrote:

power metal bands just have more respect for pop standards of the past than other metal bands generally do due to their love of theatrics, musicals, etc.

plus its fun

Same sentiment just in fewer words, too true Gowi

Right, it was Meat Loaf that covered that song. I didn't know it was Jim Steinman who wrote that, which explains it.

Re: What the .... cover songs.

EyeKanFly — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:13:01 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 10/29/2020 16:13

Spyglass wrote:

Gowi wrote:

power metal bands just have more respect for pop standards of the past than other metal bands generally do due to their love of theatrics, musicals, etc.

plus its fun

Same sentiment just in fewer words, too true Gowi

Re: What the .... cover songs.

Spyglass — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:12:11 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 10/29/2020 16:12

Gowi wrote:

power metal bands just have more respect for pop standards of the past than other metal bands generally do due to their love of theatrics, musicals, etc.

plus its fun

I noticed that too. It builds itself entirely on theatrics and melody. If you don't want to count hair metal (I don't) it's probably the poppiest metal genre.

Re: What the .... cover songs.

mickilennial — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:07:13 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 10/29/2020 16:07

power metal bands just have more respect for pop standards of the past than other metal bands generally do due to their love of theatrics, musicals, etc.

plus its fun

Re: What the .... cover songs.

Spyglass — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:58:24 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 10/29/2020 15:58

I know. Look at this.

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But the problem here between Adagio and Dragonforce is that the Dragonforce one FITS and it's almost disturbing. I haven't heard that Firewind one yet, so I don't know if it's a fitting cover or not, but I kind of hope it is for the humor.

Edit: OK, yeah that was pretty fucking good.

Re: What the .... cover songs.

mickilennial — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 07:53:01 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 10/29/2020 11:53

Spyglass wrote:

I've never had such mixed feelings aboutba song before.

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On the one hand, I hate Dragonforce for doing this. On the other hand, the lyrics are pretty Dragonforce when I think about it. I'm not sure if they ruined this song or not...

This is not new for power metal.

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Re: What the .... cover songs.

Skinny — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 03:14:04 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 10/29/2020 07:14

Sorry to always bring everything back to The Fall, but I always found both the idea and execution of a cantankerous Mancunian speedfreak doing a wonky, cluttered, but obviously respectful Sister Sledge cover both wonderful and hilarious. They also manage to change the idea of being "lost in music" from something giddily euphoric into something confusingly disorienting (and maybe even ever so slightly sinister).

Re: What the .... cover songs.

Tha1ChiefRocka — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:16:52 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 10/29/2020 04:16

I think I had started a thread like this awhile ago, but here's a few for you. (BTW I love that cover by XTC. That bass.)

It's jumping the gun for my diary, but a few years ago when Weird Al was doing his "Self Indulgent Ill-Advised Vanity Tour" (which I saw) he covered a new song each night. Just songs that he liked. Aretha Franklin's "You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman" was one of them.

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Baystate, will have to listen to this on Kurtis Blow's first album.

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Here's Mike Patton covering "Glory Box".

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This Frank Zappa medley of Beatles songs. Although they changed the lyrics a bit. 😁

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Re: What the .... cover songs.

babyBlueSedan — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 22:43:54 GMT

Author: babyBlueSedan

Posted: 10/29/2020 02:43

Not as unexpected as some of these, but I've been listening through XTC's discography the past couple weeks and I found out they did a cover of All Along the Watchtower that is...out there.

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Re: What the .... cover songs.

LedZep — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:58:39 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 10/29/2020 01:58

Most of the highly bizarre covers I’ve heard are metal covers of non-metal tunes. For example, Amorphis covering Light My Fire during the Tales era, or Thou’s 2 albums of covers this year (one full of Nirvana covers, the other a lot of grunge and alternative + Black Sabbath + a few others). And here’s one bizarre cover which I love.

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Re: What the .... cover songs.

Spyglass — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:18:38 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 10/29/2020 01:18

EyeKanFly wrote:

...do "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" next

EDIT: also thanks for reminding me that Dragonforce is a thing, that's a name I haven't heard in over a decade

Fuck she covered "You Shook Me All Night Long.". Yikes.

And thanks for reminding me about that song. I heard a cover of it years ago on the radio but I forgot who did it.

Btw...

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Re: What the .... cover songs.

EyeKanFly — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:11:10 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 10/29/2020 01:11

Spyglass wrote:

On the one hand, I hate Dragonforce for doing this. On the other hand, the lyrics are pretty Dragonforce when I think about it. I'm not sure if they ruined this song or not...

...do "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" next

EDIT: also thanks for reminding me that Dragonforce is a thing, that's a name I haven't heard in over a decade

Re: What the .... cover songs.

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 20:22:17 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/29/2020 00:22

Well there's this classic.

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What the .... cover songs.

Spyglass — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 20:05:55 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 10/29/2020 00:05

I've never had such mixed feelings aboutba song before.

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On the one hand, I hate Dragonforce for doing this. On the other hand, the lyrics are pretty Dragonforce when I think about it. I'm not sure if they ruined this song or not...