7 Excellent Prog Covers of non-Prog Songs
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Topic: 7 Excellent Prog Covers of non-Prog Songs
Posted By: Gandalff
Subject: 7 Excellent Prog Covers of non-Prog Songs
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 10:31
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This is a humble selection of Prog cover songs which I like (and remember). If you´ll suggest me another excellent covers, I´d be very pleasant. ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
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Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 10:36
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I want to recommend you to listen to a cover of Sleeping satellite by Tasmin Archer from Karnivool.Check it out. |
Posted By: friso
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 12:28
| Eight Miles High is magical. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 12:35
| I LOVE Nice's version of She Belongs to Me |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 12:41
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Prog Geo wrote:Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 12:43
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King Crimson's version of "Get Thy Bearings" is an excellent cover, and it gets my vote.
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 12:46
Every Little Thing is a great cover. The missus loves it too
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 12:50
I mean it´s the only one King Crimson´s cover, if we don´t count Mars aka The Devil´s Triangle. But Holst is also Prog, that´s plain enough.  ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 12:56
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I haven't heard most of these, but I HATE Manfred Mann's version of Blinded by the Light. It is drastically inferior to the original.
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 13:06
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: mourningknight
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 13:19
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The fact that "Down To You" was included here made it an easy, instant choice. If it hadn't been, I would've chosen Blinded By The Light (which I think blows Springsteen's version out of the water, by the way). I would also add "Father Of Day, Father Of Night", the Dylan song covered by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Cool poll! ------------- 
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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 13:20
I'm with you.
Springsteen always sounds like a wounded bull moose when he tries to sing. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 13:29
Yes,but Karnivool is a prog band. |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 13:30
| 801 - a league of it's own ;) |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 13:32
 ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 13:35
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 13:44
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 13:48
Yes,of course. |
Posted By: CryoftheCarrots
Date Posted: November 15 2010 at 17:41
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Roine Stolts cover of Sex Kills by Joni Mitchell. From the list -801 ------------- "There is a lot in this world to be tense and intense about" MJK |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 02:52
No vote. I only know Blinded by the Light. But if you make a poll the other way around (7 Excellent non-Prog covers of Prog songs) I suggest State of Independence (Donna Summer, original by Jon and angelis). It's even better than the original  .------------- 
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 08:43
Donna Summer?  Jon and Vangelis? ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 09:56
No Vanilla Fudge????  ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: XTChuck
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 10:41
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I'm really surprised not to see "America" Yes/Paul Simon.
That would've definitely got my vote.
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 11:02
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 11:04
Edit (after watching of America on You Tube):
Besides, song suggested by mine is better. ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 12:39
 cover tunes!
I'd pick "Every Little Thing" from the ones listed, but here are a few more worth checking out:
"Truth" - Wovenhand (New Order)
"Ain't No Sunshine" - Wovenhand (Bill Withers)
"Clowns" - Rasputina (Goldfrapp)
“Seasons in the Sun” - Pearls Before Swine (Jacques Brel - made famous by Terry Jacks)
“My Father” - Pearls Before Swine (Judy Collins)
"Nature Boy" - Will-o-the Wisp (Eden Ahbez - made famous by Nat King Cole)
"The Smell of Incense" - Smell of Incense (The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - made famous by Southwest F.O.B.)
“Riding In My Car” aka "Car, Car" - Hapshash & the Coloured Coat (Woody Guthrie)
“Rosemary Lane” - Espers (Bert Jansch)
“Black is the Color” - Espers (Famous Jug Band)
“Like a Rolling Stone” - Spirit (Dylan) - quite possibly the best cover by a prog band ever
"Stand by Your Man" - Verdun (Tammy Wynette)
"Bringing it Back" - Kansas (J.J. Cale)
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 12:44
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: mohaveman
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 12:58
| Manfred Mann rocks! |
Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 15:08
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Forget 'Every Little Thing'
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Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 17:02
| From this list, Manfred Mann, but Yes' America is the best. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 17:16
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this is just fantastic
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 17:28
How about Blondie and Fripp covering Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" and Bowie's "Heroes"? |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 17:50
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 17:51
WIll-o-the Wisp is Psych (an outstanding, newer psych band from Greece BTW). Verdun is Crossover, Hapshash and Spirit are Proto-prog, Smell of Incense is Prog Folk but really should be Psych (the band name says it all). The rest are Prog Folk. ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 20:35
I always suspect that the large amount of hate that gets thrown Springsteen's way around here is a result of no one having heard his first two albums. Sure, if you go by what they play on the radio, it's mostly garbage, but those first two records are brilliant. Brilliant I say! -------------
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Posted By: Mifesto
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 21:31
| I think that Tool's cover of No Quarter was really good because of how different it was from the original version which was done by Led Zeppelin |
Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 21:40
Good pick. I like their take on it.
I prefer, however, Yes's take on America. I always mention it in cover threads. (Though I must admit I prefer the Simon and Garfunkel version over even that) ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 22:09
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From this list I only know Every Little thing, and I may say I don't really like the song so much (neither the cover nor the original); however, I do admire the kind of work Yes did with this song, totally converting it to their stile, I wish they had done even more of this.
One cover I really like a lot is Rick Wakeman's version of Eleanor Rigby, he totally made it his own. By the way, I've seen that Transatlantic did a cover of "And I Love Her", made into 7 min. I'm really curious about it, but it seems it is no longer available. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 16 2010 at 22:13
King Crimson also did "Heroes" from David Bowie (On Collectible King Crimson Vol 4, I think), and "Free as a Bird" from The Beatles (On Vroom Vroom). |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 02:22
Well, I´ve got only one Springsteen´s album, on vinyl:
The best what he ever did. Quite good but not brilliant. His style of singing is simply not my cup of tea. The same case is Bob Dylan. His songs are pretty good, but just not in his interpretation. ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: November 17 2010 at 07:10
Transatlantic have also covered Magical Mystery Tour, Strawberry Fields, I Need You (Beatles/America) and Soul Sacrifice. There's also the Yellow Matter Custard Beatles' cover album.
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Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: November 20 2010 at 16:30
I finally managed to listen to all these songs. Good selection!  From the list I like the Brian Eno/Phil Manzanera (801) version of 'Tomorrow Never Knows' most. Though, if 'other' were an option, I still would have voted for the already mentioned Father of Night, Father of Day from Manfred Mann's Earth Band. |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: November 22 2010 at 17:26
I love their Dylan covers of Country Pie and My Back Pages even more.
Phil Collins covered Tomorrow Never Knows as well.
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: November 23 2010 at 06:07
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: November 23 2010 at 19:44
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^I don't disagree. I also wanted to mention that 3 (Emerson, Berry, Palmer) also covered Eight Miles High.
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: November 26 2010 at 03:00
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If you "don´t disagree", then you agree?
I´ve never heard about "3" before, but as I could judge from their profile on this site, this is less significant project only for hard ELP- fans. I´m sorry but Golden Earrings´ 19 min. version of Eight Miles High is simply invincible! ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: November 26 2010 at 05:51
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Nice - She Belongs To Me, Dylan cover |
Posted By: KABSA
Date Posted: November 29 2010 at 17:09
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worth hearing is : beggars opera version of `McArthur Park` judas priest `diamonds and rust` to also : green manalishi nazareth`s `ballad of hollis brown`
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Posted By: claugroi
Date Posted: November 30 2010 at 17:05
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Every Little Thing. They simply transformed a simple Rock song into a great progressive song. Surely the best on that controversial album ! ------------- Symphonic Prog Master |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: November 30 2010 at 17:29
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Mine would be Yellow Raven, Pain of Salvation's cover of the song by Scorpions. From the list, it's gotta be the Yes version of Every Little Thing. I absolutely adore the first Yes album (I'm in the minority), and their take on the Beatles classic is magical. ------------- 
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Posted By: Gandalfino
Date Posted: December 10 2010 at 13:56
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Posted By: claugroi
Date Posted: December 10 2010 at 21:01
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Posted By: parapet
Date Posted: December 13 2010 at 03:51
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yes did it the best
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 13 2010 at 15:10
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Voted for The Nice - She Belongs To Me. Emerson chucks in a bit of The Magnificient Seven as well.
MMEB's version of Blinded By The Light is also superb although it has to be the album version with Mann's very clever use of the piano refrain 'chopsticks'.
One not on the list is Lone Star's excellent version of The Beatles - She Said She Said
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 15 2010 at 12:52
| Smak' live version of Tabacco Road |
Posted By: rod65
Date Posted: December 15 2010 at 13:17
| I've always loved Manfred Mann's cover of Springsteen. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 15 2010 at 13:31
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Smak Crossroads
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Smak Hit the Road Jack
live in Niš, 1993
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: December 15 2010 at 13:55
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Well, if anybody likes a national versions of popular songs, there is another one of them! ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: December 15 2010 at 17:04
| Robert Wyatt's I'm A Believer (Monkees) is awesome! |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: December 16 2010 at 05:08
Nice music, thank you for posting this one!
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