I have never seen 1 cover as polarizing as this...
Ozzy liked it... so who am I to complain?
Ozzy liked it... so who am I to complain?
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War Pigs... but Funky
- Thread starter Acoustic356
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Polarizing…how so? I have had bands play my songs and I always felt stoked
regardless of their spin or take. Dig it!
regardless of their spin or take. Dig it!
My band crush for the past couple of years,.. the Main Squeeze.
I'm not sure I'd even call it polarizing. When T-Pain's covers material started getting released over the past year or so, the reaction was pretty strongly these two things:
1) Wow, T-Pain can sing like an angel
2) Wow, that is among the best recorded covers of War Pigs ever
It's really perfect. Just enough creative liberty, a fantastic vocal performance... perfection.
Here's our version. A little different than most takes and probably a bit polarizing for some, since we mash it up with Britney Spears. This was one of my first gigs with this band a couple years ago. The band has become my main gig and we're tighter nowadays.
(It's a 360 video so you can click and drag the camera angle around)
(It's a 360 video so you can click and drag the camera angle around)
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Brown Sabbath was the first band I thought of when I saw this thread, smokin'!
Guess I missed the "Funky" part but that's a damn good cover. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
What's not to like? Respected the source material with their own twists. I'm a long time Ozzy/Sabbath fan, and I thought it was great. I approve.
How about the Casualties of Jazz version?
don't forget about Jazz Sabbath...
(but Brown Sabbath is still my favorite!)
(but Brown Sabbath is still my favorite!)
And then there's Fishbone's mind-blowing take on Alice In Chains' "Them Bones":
I think I've read that this was far and away Jerry Cantrell's fave verion of one of his band's songs that night, and I can understand why.
I think I've read that this was far and away Jerry Cantrell's fave verion of one of his band's songs that night, and I can understand why.
