Good evening Deadsplinter- do not adjust your viewing apparatus! You are seeing in double for a reason.
Groundhog Day might have come and gone, but still we’re going to do it over and over again. Tonight’s DUAN is gonna have us all seeing double.
For each submission, I want you to give me two different favorite versions for any song that you choose. It can be original and cover, album version and live, full mix and acoustic, etc… The only rule is two different videos- same artist or different artists.
Thanks for stopping by for tonight’s DUAN and supporting Deadsplinter.
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@farscythe I’m really loving that Gimme Gimme version. Cool stuff 😎
@CestLaVie they are a great cover band 🙂
John Lennon – Jealous Guy
And an excellent cover from Colin James
Mad world, Tears for Fears
And again, Imagine Dragons
It’s International Clash Day, so….
Bobby Fuller Four – I Fought the Law
The Clash – I Fought the Law
Speaking of International Clash Day. . . .
The Clash – “Lost in the Supermarket”
The Afghan Whigs – “Lost in the Supermarket”
(also featuring little snippets of “Train in Vain” and “Stand by Me” for good measure. . . .)
“Lost in the Supermarket” is the anthem to my quarantine-era shopping.
@MemeWeaver great choice! 👍
Iron Maiden –
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Bluegrass version
I’m sorry but I’m going to go ahead and pretend “favourite” isn’t in there because this irritates me almost every day as The Bare Naked Ladies’ version is STILL over-played and I will never forgive them for turning this great song into shit:
Dear God, whatever you do, do NOT click that!
Click this one:
I’ve been needing to get this off my chest for quite some time. Thanks for the outlet!
@myopicprophet That version by Bruce Cockburn is so much better! It’s a fantastic song and the Barenaked Ladies definitely ruined it
THANK YOU!
Gladys Knight is pissed, while Marvin Gaye is mournful.
I say go Gladys, go.
Thank you for not posting the CCR version, which is one of my least favorite covers. Great band, but not a great effort on their part.
@bluedogcollar This has been one of my favorite songs since I was a kid. I’m partial to Marvin Gaye’s version myself, but Gladys has got such amazing vocals!
A very special double, from The Dells, out of Chicago’s Thornton Township High School. The first version was 1956 Windy City doo-wop.
And their second version – from 1969 – was a greasy slice of deep-dish Chicago Soul. You want to see shit jump off, start a discussion in some South Side bar about which version was better. You’ll be able to compare, because it’s 100% that both versions will be on the juke box.
@Luigi-Vuoto. Wow cool. I’m digging that first version more, I think. Which is your favorite?
That’s a tough one, like asking me which puppy in litter is my favorite. The ’56 version is more my thing, but I have a sentimental attachment to the ’69 version. The Dells were a very fine group. I guess it’s the first version in the streets and the second version in the sheets, if you catch my drift.
Hey Lawdy Mama
Steppenwolf
Minutemen
Never met a girl like you before, again:
Edwyn Collins, “A Girl Like You”
https://youtu.be/6oqJ0JpMj6I
Tame Impala cover Edwyn Collins’s “A Girl Like You” for Like A Version
https://youtu.be/Wt5DwYAu1ao
And this might be stretching it a bit, but I searched in vain for a cover version of Pulp’s “Bad Cover Version”, which I know exists, but was thwarted by how search engine unfriendly that endeavour is. So I’m counting the live and album renditions as being separate from the official video version, because the faux “We Are the World” celebs in the video are “covering” the Pulp track in lieu of Jarvis’s actual vocals. Enjoy:
Pulp, “Bad Cover Version (live)”
https://youtu.be/wDmkxXdZnYU
Pulp, “Bad Cover Version (official video)”
https://youtu.be/xR5xGHPUEew
I hate myself.
Edwyn Collins, “A Girl Like You”
https://youtu.be/6oqJ0JpMj6I
Tame Impala cover Edwyn Collins’s “A Girl Like You” for Like A Version
https://youtu.be/Wt5DwYAu1ao
Pulp, “Bad Cover Version (live)”
https://youtu.be/wDmkxXdZnYU
Pulp, “Bad Cover Version (official video)”
I’m almost beginning to think you’re doing this on purpose 😛
It’s great theater!
I wish. Every time I post lately, I’m proud of how much time I spend formatting and checking to ensure the little failsafe tricks I’ve learned are in there. But I’m clearly missing something, because I faceplant every time.
Basically, these could be five-parters, but I usually throw in the towel after the third post.
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I thought maybe this was payback for nagging you (for a year) to join this little corner of the interweb.
I’m gonna post an extra, because I love both the original and the cover so very much.
Led Zeppelin – Kashmir
Alice in Chains – Kashmir
I’ll pile on…
The ones singing in the video version:
The ones actually singing version:
While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Martin Luther McCoy & Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe)
Followed by the original by The Beatles
https://youtu.be/hwdNYnv3uRw
@Loveshaq Okay this is beautiful and I am so happy you introduced me to this artist!
Why one and not the other?
I’m confounded by that daily.
How about 2 covers of a very fine song instead ?
Ok, I’ll play the real game
AWESOME! I’m far from a music-know-er like you guys and as much as I like a lot of their songs I can’t say I’m a “fan” – in its literal “fanatic” sense of the term – of the Cure so would I be wrong in saying they are among the best for bass-lines?
They do have some great catchy bass lines. This one comes to mind immediately …
The guitar work overshadows the bass in this one but the bass line is really cool
https://youtu.be/s1oWf07FRCw
I love “These Foolish Things” an entire album worth of covers by Bryan Ferry and Tom Waits ‘Somewhere’, I got that album for xmas one year and enjoyed the horrified look on the ‘rents face when they recognized the song. The best live cover ever was NYE, I forget the year, the song was ‘I wanna be sedated’ slowed way down, and just gorgeous.