New Bands- Classic Covers

[rocknrollchick]

I've been hearing a few really good "classic rock" covers lately and was just wondering what others were thinking about it.

For example:
- Seether, Careless Whisper (Cover of Wham!)
- In This Moment, Call Me (Cover of Blondie)
- Nonpoint, In The Air Tonight (Cover of Phil Collins)
- Korn, Another Brick In The Wall Pt.s 1-3 (Cover of Pink Floyd)

I make note of these only because these are the ones that I have heard lately and happen to really like them and am glad that the "newer" bands are binging back that "classic" sound

[Kmanfitz]

The Black Keys did a cover of the Beatle's "She said, She said" that I really dig

[bryce]

you like covers?

check out disturbed's version of phill collins land of confusion

also... there are a few albums with varying names that only have covers on them.. my personal favorite is punk goes pop albums one and two. there are amazing punk and rock bands doing covers of pop songs like brittney spears toxic and katy perrys song i kissed a girl. check them out.

[Hem]

Atreyu covered:
- Faith No More's "Epic"

Bullet For My Valentine has covered:
- Metallica's "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" and "Creeping Death"
- Ozzy's "Crazy Train"
- Pantera's "Domination"

Murderdolls covered:
- Billy Idol's "White Wedding"

Shinedown covered:
- Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Simple Man"

H.I.M., Three Days Grace and Stone Sour covered Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game"

The Used and My Chemical Romance covered Queen's "Under Pressure"

The Vincent Black Shadow covered Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit"

...Those are the ones that immediately come to mind..I'm sure I know of more.

[bryce]

[quote=Hem]Atreyu covered:
- Faith No More's "Epic"

Bullet For My Valentine has covered:
- Metallica's "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" and "Creeping Death"
- Ozzy's "Crazy Train"
- Pantera's "Domination"

Murderdolls covered:
- Billy Idol's "White Wedding"

H.I.M., Three Days Grace and Stone Sour covered Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game"

The Used and My Chemical Romance covered Queen's "Under Pressure"



really!? i have to check that out!

[Hem]

I just found out that Alex Gaskarth (All Time Low), Juliet Simms (Automatic Loveletter), and 30H!3 covered Wham!'s "Careless Whisper."

I'm sorry, but I think it's horrid. There's absolutely no passion in the cover. I feel that Seether was able to accurately relay the emotion of the song. This combo (Gaskarth, Simms,..etc.) has failed completely. Instead, they added this "popular" electronic sound that takes away from the meaning.
....An analogy for society, anyone?

Music is supposed to be about emotion. This cover conceives none.

[trbc08]

Just the thought of all of those covers frightens me. I don't think music is "supposed" to be about anything. I don't think music has an essence, considering that it's such a subjective form... Same goes for art. Individual pieces can have agendas and even that is debatable, I think, considering that you can't really objectively assign meaning to subjective forms.

I'll try to think of some covers I like sometime in the near future.

[Hem]

Just the thought of all of those covers frightens me. I don't think music is "supposed" to be about anything. I don't think music has an essence, considering that it's such a subjective form... Same goes for art. Individual pieces can have agendas and even that is debatable, I think, considering that you can't really objectively assign meaning to subjective forms.

I'll try to think of some covers I like sometime in the near future.

Very fair point. :redface:

I'll revise my former comment by saying that, to me, "Careless Whisper" holds a lot of emotion, and the cover did the emotion little justice. I personally feel like this song definitely has a destination point, but in this form, it is lost. Whether or not that's "okay" is up to the individual. I'm not a fan of that specific sound and it's relation to the lyrics, so I am inclined to dislike this cover.

[Fretup]

I really like the cover number of the Jacksons 'I'll be there ' by Mariah Carey.