I am not necessarily referring to the best cover but the one that brings something new and stands on his own ground.
My vote goes to Indigo Sun - You Don't Fool Me
The Tango Cafe Mix is even better
The vocals may be mediocre but the beat and the strings really bring a strong nostalgic vibe.
I like it.
Sheer heart attack . It's a mess and hard to listen to the live version. That's not to say, being in the audience on that particular night, it wouldn't have worked. It's all about a moment in time.
master marathon runner wrote:
Sheer heart attack . It's a mess and hard to listen to the live version. That's not to say, being in the audience on that particular night, it wouldn't have worked. It's all about a moment in time.
I think you may have posted this in the wrong topic.
master marathon runner wrote:
Sheer heart attack . It's a mess and hard to listen to the live version. That's not to say, being in the audience on that particular night, it wouldn't have worked. It's all about a moment in time.
I think you may have posted this in the wrong topic.
for me (not necessarily in this order):
1) stone cold crazy by Metallica
2) 39 by the Swales (on horse feathers & animal
crackers cover album)
3) it's late by Anthrax
4) one year of love by Stevie Ann
I thinks that Valensia's reinterpretation of "I'm in love with my car" as a duet between Freddie Mercury and Kate Bush really has its own soul.
And on the side, I really like his interpretation of The man from manhattan too, especially the guitar work between 1:20-1:30.
Lplix wrote: for me (not necessarily in this order):
1) stone cold crazy by Metallica
2) 39 by the Swales (on horse feathers & animal
crackers cover album)
3) it's late by Anthrax
4) one year of love by Stevie Ann
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1)one year of love by Stevie Ann is indeed interestin and hartwarming
2) searching for 39 by the Swales i found this kid's cover. Nice job. link
And now EXTREMELY interesting fact.
Looking for Anthrax - it's late i found on you tube
News Of The World - Complete Covers Album
It's length is 46:11 including other covers. I placed the curser on a random spot (although i new Its Late was somewhere towards the end) and voila. The first note of Its late!!!!
The chances was about 1 in 2760 (or 1 in 500 since i knew it was beyond the middle of the video) ...go figure...
svsplun wrote:
I thinks that Valensia's reinterpretation of "I'm in love with my car" as a duet between Freddie Mercury and Kate Bush really has its own soul.
And on the side, I really like his interpretation of The man from manhattan too, especially the guitar work between 1:20-1:30.
Do you have links to these? Would love to see them! :-)
This is a pretty interesting album. On many of the songs, they don't perform them exactly as Queen did, but instead come up with arrangements very much in Queen's style.
The down side of this approach is it can come off a bit contrived, and it has also typecast the artists involved as Queen knock-offs.
But for what it is, it's a great album that can only be truly appreciated by Queen aficionados.
The Real Wizard wrote:
This is a pretty interesting album. On many of the songs, they don't perform them exactly as Queen did, but instead come up with arrangements very much in Queen's style.
The down side of this approach is it can come off a bit contrived, and it has also typecast the artists involved as Queen knock-offs.
But for what it is, it's a great album that can only be truly appreciated by Queen aficionados.
I am listening the album right now.
1) I find Liar to be the most creative
2) Love of my life is beautifull
3) Killer Queen. Interesting slowing down the tempo.
4) 2:41 on Take my Breath away i thought i heard Freddie on the line "anywhere you go"
The Queen Tribute album by Valensia remains still my main favorite cover-album, which I actually listen back from time to time. Most other cover albums I have are more for 'collection' purposes: listen once/twice, and then keep them nice and stored :).
Going back to the initial question on covers with their own soul,
the cover by Karin Hougaard & Carlos Vamos of "All dead, all dead", on the album "Karin Hougaard sings Queen", is quite a nice different versions, which I would describe as a bit more rythmic and Santana-like guitar.
(ps. with the remainder of Karin Hougaards covers, I had some trouble adjusting to her way of singing, but kudo's for her covering less known songs).