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Banging tunes (vol. 56) Yet another new song thread
Originally posted by CrONoS
Sweet dreams: one of a rare cover which is better than the original.
While on the subject, I suppose Social Distortion's Tainted Love beats the original (and Manson's cover), but I can't find a video anywhere. A few others come to mind, but I'm not saying all of them are better necessarily:
Fear Factory - "Cars" (cover of Gary Numan)
George Thorogood - "Cocaine Blues" (cover of Johnny Cash)
Joe Satriani et al - "Red House" (cover of Jimi Hendrix)
Tupac Shakur - "That's Just the Way it is" (samples Phil Collins)
Metallica - "Astronomy" (cover of Blue Oyster Cult)
Metallica - "So What" (cover of David Allan Coe)
Metallica - "Whiskey in the Jar" (cover of some old Irish folk song)
Guns and Roses - "Sympathy for the Devil" (cover of the Rolling Stones)
Guns and Roses - "Cats in the Cradle" (cover of Harry Chapin)
Guns and Roses - "Knocking on Heaven's Door" (cover of Paul McCartney's cover of Bob Dylan)
Camper Van Beethoven - "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (Cover of Status Quo)
Jimi Hendrix - "All Along the Watchtower" (cover of Bob Dylan)
Quicksand - "How Soon is Now" (cover of The Smiths... the studio version was much better than this grittyass video but oh well)
Not exactly a "cover" (but neither is Tupac) but an interesting fusion of Warren Zevon and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
Originally posted by Krill
Whiskey in a jar is a Thin Lizzy song...
Eh, no.
The song's exact origins are unknown. Judging from the mention of a rapier it is likely that the lyrics date back to at least the late eighteenth century. In at least one version, the rapier is replaced with a sabre; the reference to the rapier could have originally referred to a rapaire ("half-pike" in Irish) and the highwayman could have been a rapparee - Irish irregular soldiers and bandits of the 17th and 18th centuries.
In his book The Folk Songs of North America, noted folk music historian Alan Lomax suggests that the song originated in the 17th century. As evidence for this, Lomax cites the similarities between "Whiskey in the Jar" and John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, which dates to 1728. Lomax confidently suggests "Whiskey in the Jar" inspired "Beggar's Opera," meaning that by 1728, "Whiskey in the Jar" would have been widely distributed throughout the Celtic world. In regard to the history of the song, Lomax states, "The folk of seventeenth century Britain liked and admired their local highwaymen; and in Ireland (or Scotland) where the gentlemen of the roads robbed English landlords, they were regarded as national patriots. Such feelings inspired this rollicking ballad." Lomax points out the song is about a Robin Hood-like figure, who steals from the rich but keeps the money for himself.
At some point, the song came to the United States and was a favorite in Colonial America because of its irreverent attitude towards British officials.
Originally posted by Darius871
Metallica - "Astronomy" (cover of Blue Oyster Cult)
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1. Roman Rai - Shadows
2. Matt Rowan, Robbie Lowe - Sam I Am (Stan Kolev Mix)
3. Hernan Cerbello - Soul Meeting (Original Mix)
4. Phunktastike - Cause and Effect
5. Kosmas Epsilon - Cubabe
6. Sebastian Davidson - Sky Ride (Cosmic Belt Remix)
7. Max Demand - Barcsak (Joel Armstrong Remix)
8. Spirit catcher - Loving System (Original Mix)
9. Jay Lumen - Postcard from Alexandria (Original Mix)
10. Muzzaik - Out of Reach (Add2Basket_vs_Interplay_remix)
THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF
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