Fishing in the Dark - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Wynonna Judd - it doesn't matter what song, I hate 'em all
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
What songs are like fingernails on a chalkboard to you. Not just songs you dislike but REALLY dislike/hate.
Anything by Meatloaf
That one Spin Doctors song
That Santana song with the dude from Matchbox 20 or whatever
Werewolves in London
The Heat is On--Glen Frey, and I like the Eagles
What songs are like fingernails on a chalkboard to you. Not just songs you dislike but REALLY dislike/hate.
And now a song from The Moody Bl...... CLICK
I would add America (yes, I hate America 
), Kansas, and most all forms of heavy metal to the list.
The Moody Blues and Kansas??? 
BLASPHEMER!!!! 
OBTW, for those who missed it...
RIP Mac Davis.
ETA: In a statement released by his family, they confirmed that he will, per the song's closing lines, be buried in Lubbock, Texas, in blue jeans.
Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes - Harry S Truman
OBTW, for those who missed it...
RIP Mac Davis.
ETA: In a statement released by his family, they confirmed that he will, per the song's closing lines, be buried in Lubbock, Texas, in blue jeans.
He also wrote the MN Gopher Hockey Fan Anthem:
As far as fingernails:
Fishin' In The Dark
that Fried Chicken Saturday Night hick song.
Wagon Wheel
anything by Oasis
anything by Childish Gambino
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Janelle Monae, "Turntables" NSFW, there is an F-bomb in there.
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When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Fingernails: most songs by Journey but especially Don't Stop Believing.
Anything by Oasis, especially Wonderwall.
Basically everything Nirvana ever did.
Pretty much all Van Morrison, Toto, and Journey is nails on chalkboard. A lot of fleetwood Mac is pretty bad to except, The Chain. That song bangs.
'29, '40, '74, '76, '79, '02, & '03
GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
In the opposite direction pretty much anything from the Stones, Floyd, ELO, Bowie, Beatles, Arctic Monkeys, and Tame Impala are all bangers.
'29, '40, '74, '76, '79, '02, & '03
GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
Someone should check on Hammy.....RIP Eddie Van Halen 
I am the official Iowa Hawkeye football fan of GPL!
Someone should check on Hammy.....RIP Eddie Van Halen
Damn....
https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1313567033443971072?s=21
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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Eddie Van Halen and Neil Peart in the same year. Not a good year but a heck of band is being formed in the great beyond.
Dang. I still remember the day my brother brought me into his room (this rarely was allowed) to play Eruption on vinyl for me on a volume of 11 and I instantly became a fan.
RIP
Hardly surprising, but still painful. Ugh. This sucks.
I was never a huge Van Halen guy, but, sadly as this seems to be a common practice after people pass, I’ve delved in hard the last few days, they have some really great stuff out there. Sammy Hagar I like “Right Now”, the rest doesn’t do much for me, but man, what a legend on the axe.
So, AC/DC wrote new lyrics to that one song of theirs. It rocks, as usual. 
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When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
At a bottle share today, talked with a Queen fangirl, who was not aware of the Freddie Mercury tribute back in the day (she was too young). Looking back...what a concert....
Full:
(wait for it,some bs is at the start...)
The song that started the convo was "Somebody To Love" which George Michael covered for the concert, and he BROUGHT it:
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Top 89 cover songs, as voted by Current (89.3 MPR) listeners. Some relative clunkers in there, IMO, but hard to argue with the top pick.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Some good pulls on that list. Not sure how they leave Sturgill Simpson’s version of In Bloom off there, though. It’s incredible.
Some good pulls on that list. Not sure how they leave Sturgill Simpson’s version of In Bloom off there, though. It’s incredible.
They had Metalllica's "Whiskey In The Jar" but not "Stone Cold Crazy." Also, Nine Inch Nails' "Get Down Make Love" was not on there.
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Compared to Queen's:
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When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
I’ll assume that most know what Nirvana did, so I’ll just post Simpson’s version of In Bloom.
Love covers like this. Pulls something completely different out of the material.
I will say that Nirvana's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" was worthy. Outstanding original, and outstanding cover.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
Cake, the Lemonheads and Van Halen got screwed!! 
Actually for a voters poll that list is fairly solid and complaining on the whole would be nit-picking.
Cake, the Lemonheads and Van Halen got screwed!!
Actually for a voters poll that list is fairly solid and complaining on the whole would be nit-picking.
They missed a couple but that's OK. I'm outside of their demographic.
Still miss SVR....he was the man. Can't imagine what wonders he would have produced the past 30 years.
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
George Thorogood and Joan Jett (as much as I love 'em) have made careers (Jett's being a solo career) out of covers. Just saying.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
George Thorogood and Joan Jett (as much as I love 'em) have made careers (Jett's being a solo career) out of covers. Just saying.
That truth said, did Elvis ever write a hit of his own?
George Thorogood and Joan Jett (as much as I love 'em) have made careers (Jett's being a solo career) out of covers. Just saying.
That truth said, did Elvis ever write a hit of his own?
Writing your own is one thing. Doing a cover is another. Just saying. I mean, Elton John......
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
George Thorogood and Joan Jett (as much as I love 'em) have made careers (Jett's being a solo career) out of covers. Just saying.
That truth said, did Elvis ever write a hit of his own?
Writing your own is one thing. Doing a cover is another. Just saying. I mean, Elton John......
Agreed. I think we also might agree that the classic artists knew their lanes and their limitations a little better. ?
George Thorogood and Joan Jett (as much as I love 'em) have made careers (Jett's being a solo career) out of covers. Just saying.
That truth said, did Elvis ever write a hit of his own?
Writing your own is one thing. Doing a cover is another. Just saying. I mean, Elton John......
What's your point?
George Thorogood and Joan Jett (as much as I love 'em) have made careers (Jett's being a solo career) out of covers. Just saying.
That truth said, did Elvis ever write a hit of his own?
Writing your own is one thing. Doing a cover is another. Just saying. I mean, Elton John......
What's your point?
My point is that cover bands aren't really THAT talented, sometimes. There is that gray area, like Elton John who can perform like a mofo, and write the music, but is not a lyricist. There are others (the aforementioned Thorogood and Jett) who can't really do either, but they are awesome cover bands overall. 
True singer-songwriters (whether solo or bands) are the elite, IMO.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
George Thorogood and Joan Jett (as much as I love 'em) have made careers (Jett's being a solo career) out of covers. Just saying.
That truth said, did Elvis ever write a hit of his own?
Writing your own is one thing. Doing a cover is another. Just saying. I mean, Elton John......
What's your point?
My point is that cover bands aren't really THAT talented, sometimes.
Pretty broad brush you're painting with there. If you mean bands that would play at places like the old Iron Horse I get your point. Bands that just try to recreate the original are more than likely talented but overall not that interesting if that's all they do. One of the worst covers by a big name band was The Foo Fighters doing a cover of The Who doing a Mose Allison cover "Young Man Blues." It was a ham fisted attempt at best. Van Halen covering "Won't Get Fooled Again" wasn't too hot either.
There is that gray area, like Elton John who can perform like a mofo, and write the music, but is not a lyricist.
Do you really think that a musician or band that has a lyricist makes them a cover act? Do you consider Elton John a cover act because Bernie Taupin wrote lyrics for him?
There are others (the aforementioned Thorogood and Jett) who can't really do either, but they are awesome cover bands overall.
I agree George Thorogood covers a lot of different artists but he keeps it within a musical genre. But he's really not apeing anybody's act. He really puts his stamp on a lot of great songs and puts on a bad ass show. Plus he's had great musicians playing with him. They definitely pass the Bandstand test. Plus he did write some of his best known and popular songs like I Drink Alone and Bad to the Bone.
Not much of an opinion on Joan Jett other than girl groups are pretty lame. It's the musical equivalent of watching girls hockey. I've heard enough of her over the years to have zero interest in her act. Some of her covers sound like I'm listening to the Go Go's.
True singer-songwriters (whether solo or bands) are the elite, IMO.
For example? I can't think of too many elite bands that qualify other than Pink Floyd. Even the "elite" bands have a history of doing covers throughout their careers. Your favorites, The Grateful Dead and The Ramones did plenty of covers. In addition to that Robert Hunter provided lyrics for a ton of the Dead's songs. I've never considered them a cover band. Do you?
The Beatles, The Stones, The Who, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore, Johnny Winter, John Mayall's Blues Breakers, The Allman Brothers all did covers. When they did, they owned them. I hear them doing covers as a way of paying respect to the originals.
As for Elvis, who cares if he didn't write his own material, he was a great performer, a great singer. Who did it better than Elvis?
Here's The Who covering Elton John:
Dr. John and Johnny Winter: A killer cover.
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Everyone does a cover at some point. Again, I love Thorogood and Jett, but they basically made their careers on cover songs.
E John wrote original music for Taupin's lyrics. That's different. That's like a group each contributing their strengths to make something happen. Most artists are like that.
The elite musicians write and perform their own music. For bands, it might be a couple members that contribute, and find a couple others to plug in the holes.
As far as the Go-Go's comment, the Go-Go's definitely have their own sound. They recently released a new song, and yep, that's the Go-Go's. You cannot honestly say that the Runaways, Heart, or even Vixen have that similar sound. One may argue the Bangles should be included in that group, and it's a fair point, but even THEY don't sound like the Go-Go's.
Add to that, Babes In Toyland or L7. They definitely don't sound like the Go-Go's.
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
If this doesn't get your heart pumping...
And...
LB is a bad man.
A band like The Replacement that should have been bigger:
A band like The Replacement that should have been bigger:
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They were their own worst enemies.