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Play what you like... I like some good covers by the kids, and some original, too.

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System Of A Down - Toxicity (GUITAR SHRED) || Sophie Lloyd

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Adam Sandler - "Werewolves of London" (2004) - youtu.be

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-09-25 05:34 PM | Reply

thread link

Sophie Lloyd
www.youtube.com

original

System Of A Down - Toxicity
www.youtube.com

article from yesterday about 25th anniversary celebration of the original song release

blabbermouth.net

(this was 2001, and I wasn't paying much attention to this music, so I do like the instrumental cover, the band song is ok, I guess for veteran headbangers)

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-25 05:38 PM | Reply

Doc!

I bet YOU were a better headbanger than me, ahaha...

We'll always have Bach...

www.youtube.com

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-25 05:54 PM | Reply

"This 70s classic rock song is only famous in the US.
sina-drums"

www.youtube.com

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-25 05:57 PM | Reply

How Marty McFly would play the Back to the Future Theme Song

www.youtube.com

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-25 06:11 PM | Reply

Billy Strings rippin! "Freeborn Man" Portland, ME 7/24/26

www.youtube.com

Billy Strings: Full Live Concert | Austin City Limits TV

Sep 19, 2026

www.youtube.com

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-25 08:54 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

They were young once.

Vanilla Fudge, "You Keep Me Hangin' On."

Full album version.

www.youtube.com

#7 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-09-26 12:30 PM | Reply

Live: Joe Williams with Lambert, Hendricks and Ross - Every Day I Have the Blues
www.youtube.com

#8 | Posted by morris at 2026-09-26 12:32 PM | Reply

The Seldom Scene, "Baby Blue":

www.youtube.com

#9 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-09-26 12:33 PM | Reply

Quicksilver - Gold And Silver
www.youtube.com

#10 | Posted by morris at 2026-09-26 12:40 PM | Reply

Saw them open for The Byrds on a snowy night in KC.

Flash - Small Beginnings
www.youtube.com

#11 | Posted by morris at 2026-09-26 12:52 PM | Reply

Angine De Proitrine

www.youtube.com

#12 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-26 01:11 PM | Reply

POItrine.

#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-26 01:11 PM | Reply

Revorgandrum - THE Reverend Horton Heat in an organ trio.
Strollin' With Bones -
www.youtube.com

James Bond Theme - www.youtube.com

Hang 'Em High - www.youtube.com

------ Tonk (Side A & B) - www.youtube.com

Time Is Tight - www.youtube.com

Ain't That a Kick in the Head - www.youtube.com

#14 | Posted by morris at 2026-09-26 01:13 PM | Reply

Call Any Vegetable (Live At Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, 1971)
www.youtube.com

#15 | Posted by morris at 2026-09-26 01:17 PM | Reply

Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd) Cover feat. Elsa

www.youtube.com

some good young German and Brit musicians

#16 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-26 01:24 PM | Reply

Simon & Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair/Canticle (Josh Turner Cover feat. Bobo & Smith)

www.youtube.com

The kids are alright...

#17 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-26 01:36 PM | Reply

The word "------" couldn't get past the algorithm?
Give me a f-ing break.

#18 | Posted by morris at 2026-09-26 01:38 PM | Reply

Young people figuring out some total improvisation.

youtu.be

Paul Sakai (Percussion)
Alex McGrath (Elec.)
Francesca H (S. Sax)

UNSCRIPTED SOUNDSCAPES
June 27, 2026
Ibeam Brooklyn

#19 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-09-26 02:40 PM | Reply

18. We need an annual posting of the evolving list of banned words. Maybe on New Year's Eve. Followed by a three-day anything-goes purging. Then the clampdown can recommence.

#20 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-09-26 02:45 PM | Reply

Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull Cover
ThomasBradleyProject

www.youtube.com

short version

#21 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-26 02:49 PM | Reply

California Dreamin' - The Petersens (Live)

www.youtube.com

bluegrass version

#22 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-26 03:13 PM | Reply

Crimson Jazz Trio, "Court of the Crimson King":

www.youtube.com

They have a few albums out there. Before you could probably have AI do it for you.

#23 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-09-26 05:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The Stranglers - Walk On By

www.youtube.com

#24 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-26 06:27 PM | Reply

@#24

Stranglers - Skin Deep (1984)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

www.azlyrics.com

...
Many people tell you that they're your friend
You believe them
You need them
For what's round the river bend
Make sure that you're recieving the signals they send
Cos brother, you've only got two hands to lend

...

Better watch out for the skin deep
Better watch out for the skin deep
(Better watch out) Watch out for the skin deep
(Better watch out) Watch out for the skin deep
Better watch out for the skin deep

One day the track that you're climbing gets steep
Your emotions are frayed
And your nerves are starting to creep
Just remember the days
As long as the time that you keep
Brother, you better watch out for the skin deep
...



#25 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-26 06:50 PM | Reply

@#23 ... Crimson Jazz Trio, "Court of the Crimson King": ...

How 'bout Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon performed in a jazz style?

Sam Yahel, Ari Hoenig, Mike Moreno, Seamus Blake - Jazz Side Of The Moon - Breathe (2008)
www.youtube.com


#26 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-26 07:03 PM | Reply

Duncan Sheik - The Ghost in You (2017)
www.youtube.com

R.I.P. Duncan Sheik, and thank-you for the music!


#27 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-26 07:09 PM | Reply

Eddie Hazel - California Dreamin'
www.youtube.com

#28 | Posted by morris at 2026-09-26 07:20 PM | Reply

Juluka - Scatterlings of Africa
www.youtube.com

#29 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-26 07:46 PM | Reply

When the cover precedes the songwriter's version:

Manfred Mann, "The Mighty Quinn":

www.youtube.com

For Corky: When Dylan went through his Saved incarnation, one Jesus-inflected reviewer asked, "Who did everyone think the Mighty Quinn was?"

#30 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-09-26 09:27 PM | Reply

Dylan said he based the character on the film The Savage Innocents, in which Anthony Quinn played an Eskimo hunter.

I actually thought it was a drug song at the time; that the line was, 'everybody's going to want a dose (not doze)'.

But that was my Carlos Castaneda period, so....

#31 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-26 09:45 PM | Reply

You know who else 'went through' that period?

www.youtube.com

#32 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-26 09:48 PM | Reply

er, should have been, 'went through that incarnation'.

#33 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-26 09:50 PM | Reply

HANA - Cowgirl Bebop

#34 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-09-26 09:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Dylan Meets Donovan

www.youtube.com

#35 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-26 09:59 PM | Reply

#34

Beautiful.

#36 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-26 10:03 PM | Reply

- When the cover precedes the songwriter's version:

Dylan loved Hendrix's version of All Along the Watchtower; he even even adopted that arrangement for his own stage versions.

He never tongued his guitar, though, that I know of. &)

#37 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-26 10:23 PM | Reply

Jimi Hendrix Live at the Monterey Pop Festival (1967)
www.youtube.com

Wow.

#38 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-26 10:38 PM | Reply

@#38

Oops, forgot to include the song title.

Mr Hendrix's cover of Mr Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone."

~I want to do a little thing by Bob Dylan.

That's his grandma over there ...~


#39 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-26 10:42 PM | Reply

It Ain't Me Babe - Bob Dylan, Joan Baez/Timothe Chalamet, Monica Barbaro
(Cover by Jack & Daisy)

www.youtube.com

they do some excellent covers

America - Simon & Garfunkel (Cover by Jack & Daisy)

www.youtube.com

#40 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-26 10:56 PM | Reply

Don't Think Twice - Billy Strings

www.youtube.com

#41 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-26 11:01 PM | Reply

Molly Tuttle - Helpless (Neil Young) | The Influences

www.youtube.com

#42 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-26 11:15 PM | Reply

The Nerd Reich
Jesse Welles

[Verse 1]
I was standing on a ledge contemplating the ocean
In a boat in the Strait of Hormuz
If we ain't got a mission
And we still ain't winning
Can't you at least get the boys some food?

When they nuke Iran and Jesus don't come back
And your son's still gay and there's no cheap gas
When the vengeance of nations finally comes to port
Will you be bitching about men playing women's sports?

[Chorus]
I get weary
I get nervous
They hired a clown
We get the whole damn circus
Lord, I get tired
I feel uptight
Turn your back for a second
It's the Nerd Reich

[Verse 2]
On day 184 of a three-day war
I drove my truck to Lake America
I was thinking about drowning
When my youth pastor found me
Slapped a wedding ring on my thumb
I cried out to Jesus
I cried out to mom
I got Peter Thiel
He listens closer than God

I said, "Now, what's with these cameras
Pointing at me?"
He said, "Don't do nothing wrong
There won't be nothing to see"

[Verse 3]
I said, "Now, since you're already listening, I must ask
What's the lowown on this fella y'all call JD Vance?"

He said, "He's a carbon life form wearing khaki pants
You know, we play the song and buddy, he does the dance
He did some Catholic gymnastics
Washed his mouth out with soap
But even God, the king and two popes said nope"

He gets weary
He gets hit
But it's all bound to happen
When you drag Appalachia through shit

[Verse 4]
How fast do I gotta jog to beat a robot dog?
I know it's smarter than the guy with the leash
Get me to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Where the law can't lay a hand on me
Oh, what war is it?
What wife is it for GI Joke?

My favorite Fox and Friend
Captain Testosterone
I heard that Pete wants an office
But he lost his war
I'd laugh if I hadn't seen the show before

[Chorus]
I get weary
I get nervous
You hire a clown
You get the whole damn circus
Lord, I get tired
I feel uptight
Turn your back for a minute
It's the Nerd Reich

www.youtube.com

#43 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-26 11:41 PM | Reply

OK, instead of song "covers" maybe look at he "covees?"

i.e., the original version of a song that gained fame by another artist ...

To wit ...

Otis Redding - Hard to Handle
www.youtube.com

The evolution of Otis Redding song Hard to Handle' (2021)
faroutmagazine.co.uk


#44 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-26 11:48 PM | Reply

@#44 ... OK, instead of song "covers" maybe look at [the] "covees?"

i.e., the original version of a song that gained fame by another artist ...

Here's another ...

Badfinger - Without You (1970)
www.youtube.com


#45 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-27 01:32 AM | Reply

Bill Nelson & The Gentlemen Rocketeers - Sister Seagull

www.youtube.com

#46 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-27 01:34 AM | Reply

Re: Lamp -

Talking Heads - Take Me To The River

www.youtube.com

P.s. - saw Al Green in concert in 1974.

#47 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-27 01:36 AM | Reply

Industry - State of the Nation (1983)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[Verse 1]
I see them marching off to war
They're looking so heroic
I'm told they won't be gone for long
But that's a lie and they know it
Ten thousand gone they won't return
Never to be seen again
Strategic games is all we learn in the end
But they say

[Chorus]
Don't you worry about the situation
A message from the telephone
They out there fighting for the state of the nation
I'm waiting a chance to come home
They always have to fight the alienation
And realize I'm fighting alone
...

There's no place like home
There's no place like home
There's no place
I don't want to be anywhere else
There's no place like home
There's no place like home
There's no place
I don't want to be anywhere else
There's no place like home
There's no place like home
...


#48 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-27 01:43 AM | Reply

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