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Name a better cover than William Shatner's Common People

Jul 15, 2009#1

Steven Soderburgin

Hint you can't

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKbt3wRsZYw:2sgu9y44][/youtube:2sgu9y44]

Jul 15, 2009#2

Laurelai

I have that song on my iPod (heard it on radioparadise.com) and it makes me giggle like a drunk mouse

Jul 15, 2009#3

Twitch

William Shatner's Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Jul 15, 2009#4

This is a great one:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pid0nCrsQxM:btg5rd3w][/youtube:btg5rd3w]

So great, in fact, that I can't even listen to Leonard Cohen's original without cringing.

Also, it saddens me that this song is best known as "that one from Shrek"

Jul 15, 2009#5

Shegokigo

We should play that "Make your own CD Cover and Title" game with Wikipedia again...

Jul 15, 2009#6

V.Bond

William Shatner - The Real Slim Shady

Jul 15, 2009#7

Philosopher B.

Love that song. This is my personal fav Shatner cover, though:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0hTtsqiFCc:22u40b48][/youtube:22u40b48]

But then, I'm a huge Dylan fan.

Plus I always lose it 'cause of the way he says 'in the jingle ... JANGLE! mornin' and his yell at the end. :rofl:

Jul 15, 2009#8

Vagabond said:
William Shatner - The Real Slim Shady

How do you do a spoken word version of a rap song?

Jul 15, 2009#9

Ravenpoe

General Specific said:
Vagabond said:

William Shatner - The Real Slim Shady

Click to expand...

How do you do a spoken word version of a rap song?

Lower tempo.

Done.

Jul 15, 2009#10

V.Bond

General Specific said:
Vagabond said:

William Shatner - The Real Slim Shady

Click to expand...

How do you do a spoken word version of a rap song?

He found a way.

Jul 15, 2009#11

Ravenpoe said:
General Specific said:

Vagabond said:

William Shatner - The Real Slim Shady

Click to expand...

How do you do a spoken word version of a rap song?

Click to expand...

Lower tempo.

Done.

Fail. :blue:

Vagabond said:
General Specific said:

Vagabond said:

William Shatner - The Real Slim Shady

Click to expand...

How do you do a spoken word version of a rap song?

Click to expand...

He found a way.

Win!

Jul 15, 2009#12

Telephius

http://www.myspace.com/richardcheese

Richard Cheese does a few good covers hehe.

Sorry no youtube looks like alot of the videos that were just static shots but had the music are not there anymore and the live recordings sucks in quality do to all the crappy recordings by people.

EDIT: Down with the Sickness and Welcome to the Jungle are pretty good.

Jul 15, 2009#13

Enresshou

Someone posted this before:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thjCnWf-kEI:bkrntx0n][/youtube:bkrntx0n]

And one of my personal favorites (even though I love Phil Collins):

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0tsTgBKmhU:bkrntx0n][/youtube:bkrntx0n]

Jul 15, 2009#14

Steven Soderburgin

Enresshou said:
And one of my personal favorites (even though I love Phil Collins)

I like this Phil Collins cover

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kehHqPfRhPo:2j5md9do][/youtube:2j5md9do]

Jul 15, 2009#15

sixpackshaker

OMG, I agree with Kissinger. That Common People cover was one of my favorite songs about 4 years ago.

Jul 15, 2009#16

Steven Soderburgin

man, I still listen to that whole album occasionally.

Jul 15, 2009#17

sixpackshaker

That album made me want to buy some Ben Folds/Five, and get some more Joe Jackson CD's. I fell through on the Ben Folds/Five end of the deal though.

Jul 15, 2009#18

Gurpel

Enresshou said:
Someone posted this before:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thjCnWf-kEI:1cxs2gif][/youtube:1cxs2gif]

eeeeeee i got reposted.

i'm so proud

Jul 15, 2009#19

SeraRelm

Well, this-
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB1kXDVRHaY:2cepsz3a][/youtube:2cepsz3a]
(or anything by him, really)

-and possibly this?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pnk0gMUnLs:2cepsz3a][/youtube:2cepsz3a]

Jul 15, 2009#20

Re: Ashley Tinsdale...

...no. NO!! Good god, NOOOOOOOO!!!!!! :waah:

Jul 15, 2009#21

SeraRelm

That Nick Pitera Guy? :heythere:

Jul 15, 2009#22

CynicismKills

Ben Folds does some awesome cover work.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSsB74HG7jo:2qe9pqnx][/youtube:2qe9pqnx]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_N3CK-6CHk:2qe9pqnx][/youtube:2qe9pqnx]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCIrE445BXw:2qe9pqnx][/youtube:2qe9pqnx]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6behxER33-c:2qe9pqnx][/youtube:2qe9pqnx]

Jul 15, 2009#23

Chibibar

SeraRelm said:
Well, this-
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB1kXDVRHaY:2xcn75zz][/youtube:2xcn75zz]
(or anything by him, really)

Oooo.. Swoon

he does have a pretty voice. If I love men, I would so date him for his voice (yea sounds kinda shallow doesn't it?)

Jul 15, 2009#24

Fun Size

Ah, so it's your fault that the idea to build a William Shatner station on Pandora popped into my head this morning.

Thank you? :bush:

Jul 15, 2009#25

Shannow

Kissinger said:
man, I still listen to that whole album occasionally.

Same.

Jul 15, 2009#26

Batdan

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGBZf5oKspk:2sbfmz8w][/youtube:2sbfmz8w]

Jul 15, 2009#27

Batdan said:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGBZf5oKspk:2sq1bekx][/youtube:2sq1bekx]

That reminds me...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go:2sq1bekx][/youtube:2sq1bekx]

Jul 15, 2009#28

Cat

Fun Size said:
Ah, so it's your fault that the idea to build a William Shatner station on Pandora popped into my head this morning.

Thank you? :bush:

I tried that. After Shatner's Romeo and Juliet it played Bloodhound Gang - Bad Touch.

Jul 15, 2009#29

Fun Size

Cat said:
Fun Size said:

Ah, so it's your fault that the idea to build a William Shatner station on Pandora popped into my head this morning.

Thank you? :bush:

Click to expand...

I tried that. After Shatner's Romeo and Juliet it played Bloodhound Gang - Bad Touch.

Yeah. It got really weird fast. I'm moving through the Shat, Tom Jones, Bloodhound Gang, Tiny Tim...I gave up for a while and moved to this weeks podcast. I might have to break down and download the Shatner stuff directly.

Jul 15, 2009#30

Cat

Just a few more songs and I will have the best road trip playlist ever.

Jul 15, 2009#31

Enresshou

Also, I love this cover:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnQ9r1hul6k:2rsqu2pa][/youtube:2rsqu2pa]

Jul 15, 2009#32

Krisken

Failure- Enjoy The Silence
Dishwalla- Policy of truth
The Replicants- Destination Unknown, Are Friends Electric
The Vandels- Dance of the Sugarplumb Faeries
Johnny Cash- Hurt
God Lives Underwater- Flies on the Windscreen
Nine Inch Nails- Dead Souls

All better than anything Shatner has done.

Jul 15, 2009#33

figmentPez

Tina Turner's version of Proud Mary is definitely one of the best covers of all time.

Jul 22, 2009#34

Forgot this one

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Y26JNd3g4:2i9vcfm7][/youtube:2i9vcfm7]

Edit:

also:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foDpiNF3MYQ:2i9vcfm7][/youtube:2i9vcfm7]

Jul 22, 2009#35

@Li3n

The OP is still right... though Cash comes close...

Jul 22, 2009#36

Wahad

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH9oi15A1lU:3nbglvmb][/youtube:3nbglvmb]

I like this one way better than the original. It's not the best cover out there, but it's a good one.

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