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I like covers where the song is either improved, updated or modernised (or in some cases metallised) or covers which present the song in a different and interesting way.

Hate covers where it's pretty much the same song rerecorded.

 

Not many covers are better than the originals, but some are.

 

Some of my favorites are

Radar Love - White Lion

Sound Of Silence - Bobaflex

Everything I Own - Tesla

Fuck You - Vains Of Jenna

 

Then you have songs which completely overshadow the originals

Cum On Feel The Noize - QR

Mama Weer All Crazy Now - QR

white lion absolutely spot on and you're right about the QR songs. I'm not familiar with the others. I'll have to check them out.

 

Another obscurish one is Jane Doe's version of Devil Woman. It's a great hard rock version and it also allows me to have a song in my collection that i love without the stigma of owning any Cliff Richard material.

I was just listening to a couple of wonderful cover songs that couldn't be more different. Adrenaline Mob's Barracuda, which is an almost note for note perfect rendition of the original (except fot the male vocals of course) and Rob Lamothe's (Riverdogs) version of paranoid which is a complete re-working of the original. Both magnificent. Just wondering what some of your favorite cover versions were and if you prefer one's that stay true to the original or ones that differ from it.

I was just listening to a couple of wonderful cover songs that couldn't be more different. Adrenaline Mob's Barracuda, which is an almost note for note perfect rendition of the original (except fot the male vocals of course) and Rob Lamothe's (Riverdogs) version of paranoid which is a complete re-working of the original. Both magnificent. Just wondering what some of your favorite cover versions were and if you prefer one's that stay true to the original or ones that differ from it.

Wig Wam - 667...The Neighbour of the Beast is one of the wittiest titles i've ever come across. Brilliant!

Dead Pool - pretty great

Hilarious portrayal of a metal lead singer by Jim Carrey (His "Welcome to the jungle" lip syncing performance is priceless. It also has one of the best car chase scenes ever. I don't know how an explosive delivery system like that hasn't become more popular in real life.

At the moment, can't stop listening to,

Evidence One - Mind Mines

Tango Down - All Fall Down

 

I love "4:00am forever", "Bring 'em down" and "We'll bring an arsenal" by "Lost Prophets", but for obvious reasons i just can't bring myself to listen to them.

 

Their good songs are still good - and they do have some great ones. No excuse in the world for what the lead singer did, but like I said in another thread, I'm just lying to myself if I think it has any impact on how I view their music.

 

And I do have empathy for the other guys in the band too. From every report I've read, the other guys in the band were as shocked as the rest of the world and part of me would feel bad for them to completely bar their music from my ears forever.

 

Anyway, I'm just lucky I'm a simple person. A good song is a good song. Life is really that simple for me. Whether it be One Direction, Lostprophets or christ forbid, if The Darkness ever create a good song.

I completely agree, but unfortunately i'd be lying to myself if i thought it didn't impact my views on their music. I think because of watkins' creative input (music, lyrics and i believe cover art design), it just spoils my enjoyment of their stuff. I wish it didn't.

I love "4:00am forever", "Bring 'em down" and "We'll bring an arsenal" by "Lost Prophets", but for obvious reasons i just can't bring myself to listen to them.

 

although for the Babylon AD debut i would've gone with Bang go the bells.

 

different albums mate.

Yes, of course. What a dickhead i am. Good on you Glen.

Great selections, especially Epic, More wine waiter please, Wanna be the one and In your arms, although for the Babylon AD debut i would've gone with Bang go the bells.

I'mma say Tyketto's "Forever Young."

Don't Come Easy is a great album, but that first track is a bit heavier than the rest, and I often wonder what they'd be like if they stuck with that particular sound.

Spot on! The first one i thought of as well, also perhaps,

Valentine - Runnin' on luck again

Paradise - Nightmares

and of course,

AC/DC - Thunderstruck

I'm sure i'm completely off the mark, but i'll have a go. How about,

Fate - Bridges are burning

Pretty Maids - Little drops of heaven

Gotthard - I wonder

HEAT - Livin' on the run

Aldo Nova - Touch of madness

Thanks KarpetRyd. Great job. It's always good to have new leads. You're a Champion!

I guess there's a few but the one that comes to mind is Drew Hannah from "wildside". "Under the Influence" is one of my favourite albums of all time and although Hannah has a terrible voice it just seems to fit perfectly with the music. I couldn't imagine anyone else on vocals.

Sounds like I need to watch this movie.

 

The movie itself is nothing special really, but thanks for confirming my memory about the music in it.

I think this might be one.

 

Attakk - Thunder in the Night

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDZW3Fm68Oc

WOW. You've done well. You should change your name to MagicKarpetRydOFunk.

"Ghost Town" by Paradise is another one.

 

http://www.heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/glamcd.cgi?BandNum=512&CDName=Do+Or+Die

Thanks mate. That's great! The "skull" song isn't too bad.

The entire film is on the FaceTubes. Maybe skip to the credits and see if anything is listed there.

I found the movie on youtube (didn't even think to look there). Thanks again. The end credit song is tattoo rodeo for sure and going by the chorus it's called "restless heart". Great song, but unfortunately due to the poor picture quality i can't read the text. There is a scene in the movie where one character is playing hard rock samples to another. They sound familiar, but i can't pick them. Watching that scene after so long has peaked my curiosity even more. Still need help.

The entire film is on the FaceTubes. Maybe skip to the credits and see if anything is listed there.

I'll give it a go. Thanks mate.

Hey guys, i need some help with a soundtrack from a 1990 movie called "Kid" starring C.Thomas Howell. I saw it on laser disk when it first came out and i remember it had some great hard rock in it. Since then it has been almost impossible to find anything about it. Apparently "tattoo rodeo" sing on the end credits, but that's all i can find. Does anybody know the rest of the soundtrack tracklist? It's been so long, i can't remember anything about the songs, i just remember at the time i thought they sounded pretty good. I would be curious to see who it was. Cheers.

Welcome mate. I'm a new member too. I'm sure you'll love it here.

I always view ratings as guidelines more than anything else. Personally, I like to look at albums as more of a complete work and from an overall perspective when assigning ratings rather than rating each song and coming up with an average. I mean, a band could throw 12-13 songs on an album, have 9 or 10 absolutely outstanding tracks and a couple clunkers and they'd probably come out with an 80 overall or something because of those couple songs. I guess I just don't like holding 2-3 songs against albums for their ratings.

 

I'd agree Andrew has had a lot of good reviews recently but I wonder if maybe he's being a little more selective in what he's looking at and not bothering with the complete crap? I mean, I know there have been plenty of poor reviews from him over the years. If I see something reviewed in the 90-100 range, it's usually just a good indicator that I might need to give an album a look if it's along my line of tastes. That said, I know stuff like Rick Springfield, Toto, Journey aren't in my wheelhouse so they will never be 100's (or probably even 70's) to me personally. That's doesn't mean they can't be 100's to somebody else though.

 

I really don't care what system anybody uses to review. I think it all just comes down to getting to know a reviewer and figuring out how his tastes align with yours. An 80 might be a great score by some reviewer's standards like in the Def Leppard and Bon Jovi examples above. For a reviewer like Andrew through, if I see an 80 overall it really makes me pause as 75-80 for him is often a lukewarm endorsement. I kinda like Andrew's approach better in that I'm less likely to miss something good. If some reviewer is giving everything 70's or 80's and I don't really know the reviewer, then I don't know if I'd ever buy anything off their reviews. I just feels really odd to me reading a glowing review and seeing a score of 83 or something.

 

All I want from reviews are some good recommendations and to get an idea how stuff separates and/or compares to previous works from an artist or from similar artists in it's genre. I think Andrew does a pretty good job at pointing out stuff that is well done and needs a look. I really don't care if it's assigned a 95 or 100.

 

beautifully said, and absolutely spot on when it comes to viewing ratings. Case closed.

If there was any doubt about Rick Springfields' rock credentials, one needs only to remember Zoot (or Pink Zoot). Check out their version of "Eleanor Rigby" on youtube. I dare say it's better than the original! This track alone and the longevity of his career gives RS legend status in my books, and he's an Aussie to boot!

Welcome, and you in Dandenong area drop into Radical Records I am in there most days.

Thanks mate. I might take you up on that. I can see there's a few aussies on here, which is great and it's good to see such a diversity in nationalities on here also. The love of this music truly has no boundaries! It's like a religion and Heavy Harmonies is our Temple.

Thanks for the welcome guys. I'm from Macedon, Victoria in Australias' South East. I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to this new fangled internet business, but i'm getting the hang of it. I can see i'll enjoy your senses of humour. I'm already copping shit about my favourite disc for fucks sake. Nice.