Post a favorite song, and I'll try to find a great cover of it. - General Discussion Discussion

if you could read my mind - gordon lightfoot

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[–] hownos (99688) a day ago
if you could read my mind - gordon lightfoot

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[–] mtxmind (1202) a day ago
This should be a challenge

"Hey, St. Peter" - by Flash & the Pan

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Looks like we stumped the OP with our choices!!

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[–] CKid (3816) a year ago

Johnny Cash has a truly awful cover of If You Could Read My Mind which I absolutely refuse to post a link to.
Therefore, I'll just go with Viola Willis' cover instead ...
https://youtu.be/OM5_8b9Y7O0

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[–] [deleted] a year ago

i have to find the cash cover. i didn't realize he covered it.

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[–] tcrum (29684) a year ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RSeSKp-WJms

I really like the take this band has on the song. I added this 1 to my YouTube Playlist😊

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[–] [deleted] a year ago

he hits it out of the park 👍

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[–] mtxmind (2991) a year ago

Really like the guitar work on it😎 Kind of sounds like how Coldplay would do the song.

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[–] tcrum (29684) a year ago

I really like covers that switch up the arrangement, for a new take on the song.

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[–] mtxmind (2991) a year ago

Glen Campbell's version is really good😎

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PT96txGaHkA

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[–] mtxmind (2991) a year ago

This should be a challenge

"Hey, St. Peter" - by Flash & the Pan

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[–] tcrum (29684) a year ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nI1OJ5-yDxI

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[–] mtxmind (2991) a year ago

Started out a little weird. Interesting take on it, but a bit too downbeat for me. Kind of sounds like someething Beck would do.

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[–] mtxmind (2991) a year ago

I just did a YT search for covers of it, & seems the one you posted is the best of the bunch. There are A LOT of truly awful covers of it.

I'm convinced that Hey, St. Peter may be the most UN-coverable song ever!

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[–] tcrum (29684) a year ago

Oh no Hey saint peter was a tough 1, but below Meatloaf paradise by the dashboard was definitely the hardest. Every cover sounds exactly like the original, which I'm not a fan of. I must have listened to 20 covers of that song couldn't find 1 that sounded any different from meatloaf's version.

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[–] mtxmind (2991) a year ago

I must have listened to 20 covers of that song couldn't find 1 that sounded any different from meatloaf's version.

I think it's rather difficult to translate the dramatic/theatrical arrangement of the song into other genres, which is why most covers of it don't even try to do it different than the original.

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[–] Capnbucky (2218) a year ago

Meatloaf paradise by the dashboard light

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[–] CKid (3816) a year ago

https://youtu.be/86g_hQBs9gw

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[–] tcrum (29684) a year ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cOt9K6TJO7Y

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[–] CrabgrassWilly (1616) a year ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISYi8QALClI

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[–] tcrum (29684) a year ago

Nope.....

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[–] nyctc7 (41240) a year ago

True - Spandau Ballet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR8D2yqgQ1U

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[–] tcrum (29684) a year ago

That was easy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnJz8vfedzs

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[–] nyctc7 (41240) a year ago

Well done...very nice

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[–] ItsGood2BeRight (3879) a year ago

The Cranberries - Zombie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MuhFxaT7zo

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[–] tcrum (29684) a year ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUgfDbdboS0

I went with the accent.

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[–] ItsGood2BeRight (3879) a year ago

I wasn't disappointed! Sounds nice with the violin addition and no percussion. It's different but enjoyable.

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[–] [deleted] a year ago

rhinestone cowboy

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[–] tcrum (29684) a year ago

this one surprises you and me.

Radiohead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy6OEvb1or8

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[–] [deleted] a year ago

nice, i like how they changed the lyrics just a bit.

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[–] ItsGood2BeRight (3879) a year ago

4 Non Blondes - What's Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NXnxTNIWkc

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[–] tcrum (29684) a year ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OysgMBo8Dlw

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[–] ItsGood2BeRight (3879) a year ago

OMG you know Leo Moracchioli? LOL nice. He is so talented...a one-man band. I love how he takes any song and turns it into metal. 🤘

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[–] moviechatterer (13284) a year ago

I do!

I think his "Sultans of Swing" with Mary Spender is his crowning glory

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[–] ItsGood2BeRight (3879) a year ago

https://youtu.be/gRzOxdEB3b0?t=5

I'm not a fan of the original song but what he did with this is amazing! And that whistling instrument in the beginning. LOL he had to run out and find one of those.

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