vault of glorious acoustic cover versions

[Pevenseagull]

well done

 

[Pevenseagull]

 

[Dan Aitch]

 

[Megazone]

You wont find many better than this. Mason Williams- Classical gas.

Eric Clapton version:

 

[Albumen]

The worst form of cover version.

 

[Stato]

Clayhill and Gavin Clark who sadly died in February.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxM_eVYnDg4

 

[Brighton TID]

Clayhill and Gavin Clark who sadly died in February.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxM_eVYnDg4

the smiths original was acoustic so not sure what the thinking is here

 

[tinycowboy]

The worst form of cover version.

Sorry to be negative, but I HATE acoustic cover versions, plus any acoustic bit of any non-acoustic concert. However, I can think of two examples where an artist has done a better, acoustic version of one of their own songs: Ride With Me by The Lemonheads and My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) by Neil Young.

 

[GT49er]

The worst form of cover version.

A very useful way of seeing if the song is any good - you can tell if it can stand up on its own as a song, or does it only work with legions of backing singers, synthesisers, loops, computer generate techno sounds and drum machines.

 

[Stato]

the smiths original was acoustic so not sure what the thinking is here

Its used at the end of Shane Meadows' 'This is England.' I don't know the background, but guess it may have been covered at Meadows request , if perhaps he couldn't get the rights to the original or just liked Gavin Clark's version. He and Clark were friends, Clayhill and Sunhouse music appears in several of Meadows films and Meadows has also made a film about Clark which is available on Youtube.

 

[Stato]

The worst form of cover version.

Surely thats:

http://duranduran.wikia.com/wiki/Thank_You

 

[Shipley8312]

https://youtu.be/kHfOi_RUqCE

 

[Chief Wiggum]

Not a cover but a good accoustic version with eye candy to boot - the girl isn't too shabby either. Believe it or not this was originally written by carly Rae Jepson as a folk song. The rest is bubble gum pop history.

 

[Shipley8312]

https://youtu.be/jXkI1sTDoEg

 

[Nathan]

Nirvana, the man who sold the world


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[Albumen]

A very useful way of seeing if the song is any good - you can tell if it can stand up on its own as a song, or does it only work with legions of backing singers, synthesisers, loops, computer generate techno sounds and drum machines.

That sounds brilliant.

 

[Stato]

Surely you can't resist this Albumen?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6mAeipSTvs

 

[Albumen]

Surely you can't resist this Albumen?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6mAeipSTvs

Bah, I'm audio-disabled. I'll have a listen tomorrow.

 

[Razzoo]

Doesn't get much finer

 

[Bladders]

The Shires - Candi Staton, Young Hearts Run Free