I generally don't tend to like covers of Queen songs, even my own.
This one was pretty good, no doubt about it.
My favourite cover a Queen song is, and will probably remain, Michael Bublé's cover of CLTCL.
MadTheSwine73 wrote:
My favourite cover a Queen song is, and will probably remain, Michael Bublé's cover of CLTCL.
Really? Each to their own I suppose, but I can't stand anything that bloke produces I'm afraid, and least of all that version! :-)
However, I so think one of the best and most vibrant Queen covers is also a Crazy Little Thing... cover, the one by Josh Kelley from the 'Killer Queen' tribute album.
I also really like the version of Stone Cold Crazy by Eleven/Josh Homme from that same album.
Whilst I'm not a fan generally of Queen covers, I either prefer them very much reimagined like the two examples I give above, or to be exact spot on covers - I have no time for ones that try to match the original but end up just being lame copies missing the feel, detail and required sound of the originals.
matt z wrote:
this has always been my favorite cover ... (though it's an instrumental)
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"Though" ??
You say that as if music is inferior by default if it doesn't have a vocalist.
Thing #1453 that sucks about pop culture - nearly everyone thinks that way.
To most people, instrumental music is background music, despite the fact that that most music pre-1950 wasn't vocal...
Never mind.
Nickelback > Stravinsky
What was I thinking ?
Not at all. I prefer these instrumental interpretations rather than someone trying and failing to do the original justice.
It's not being "of the age"
This cover is dedicated delicate and farrking beautiful. Never would I dismiss anything. .. let alone this guy "troubleclef"
His work is exhaustingly amazing.
It was implied that this is not a "full on" cover. There ARE differences. No need to get snobbish.
It's just that to my mind a full on cover is band AND vocal
Thing is... I'm curious. . What is #1454?
Not a huge Metallica fan, but their version of Stoned Cold Crazy is probably my favorite Queen Cover...Testament's Dragon attack I hated at first, but Alex Skolnick's guitar work won me over a bit.