(Started July 23rd, 2021) Part 8 of Great Modern Rock (Mostly) Covers of Classic Songs

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Why does taking a great song and adding a rock feel to it make the great song even better? I don't really know the answer to that question. It's even better when the band remaking the song puts their own spin on that song and not a note for note recreation.

121) Volbeat "Battleship Chains":

122) Volbeat "Marie Laveau":

123) Halestorm "Fell On Black Days":

124) Halestorm "Still of The Night":

125) Halestorm "Heathens":

126) Halestorm "Shoot To Thrill":

127) Halestorm "I Hate Myself For Loving You":

128) Foo Fighters "Band On The Run":

Why yes I do like First To Eleven quite a bit. 129) First To Eleven "Carry On Wayward Son":

130) The Foo Fighters "Baker Street":

131) Shinedown "Simple Man":

132) A Perfect Circle "Imagine":

133) Stutterfly "Cherub Rock":

134) Rage Against The Machine "How I Could Just Kill A Man":

135) No Fair Fights "Kiss From A Rose":

136) Braid "There's A Light That Will Never Go Out":

137) Ministry "Roadhouse Blues":

(Finished July 23rd, 2021) Part 7 of Great Modern Rock (Mostly) Covers of Classic Songs

Hello,

Why does taking a great song and adding a rock feel to it make the great song even better? I don't really know the answer to that question. It's even better when the band remaking the song puts their own spin on that song and not a note for note recreation.

These first three videos are from a Weezer Punk Tribute CD.

103) Latterday Saints "Tired of Sex":

104) Favorite Atomic "Getchoo":

105) The Skulls "The Good Life":

106) First To Eleven featuring Addie  "New Rules":

107) First To Eleven "Over The Rainbow":

108) First To Eleven "In The Name of Love":

109) First To Eleven "Cool Kids":

110) First To Eleven "Closer":

111) New Found Glory "The Promise":

112) New Found Glory "Don't You Forget Me":

113) New Found Glory "King of Wishful Thinking":

114) New Found Glory "Head Over Heels":

115) In This Moment "Call Me":

A decent cover of one of the greatest songs of all-time, no one will do this song as well as Terry Jacks though. 116) Hannes and Felix "Seasons In The Sun":

A very good cover of one of Pearl Jam's best songs. 117) Mark Morton featuring Mark Morales "Black":

118) Halestorm "Dissident Aggressor":

119) Halestorm "Get Lucky":

120) Twenty One Two "Wonderwall":

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(Finished July 21st, 2021) Part 6 of Great Modern Rock (Mostly) Covers of Classic Songs

Hello,

Why does taking a great song and adding a rock feel to it make the great song even better? I don't really know the answer to that question. It's even better when the band remaking the song puts their own spin on that song and not a note for note recreation.

87) Bad Wolves "Zombie": 

A lot of people love Marilyn Manson's version of this song, I'm not one of those. Give me the Eurythmics' or Emily Browning's version any day. 88) "Sweet Dreams":

89) Seether "Careless Whisper":

90) Faith No More "Easy":

91) Mayday Parade featuring Vic Fuentes  "Somebody I Used To Know":

92) Kik Tracee "Mrs. Robinson":

93) Lacuna Coil "Enjoy The Silence":

94) Blacktop Mojo "Dream On":

Yes, a cover of the Linkin Park song. 95) J. Fla "What I've Done":

96) Amy Lee "Going To California":

97) Liliac "Enter Sandman":

98) Black Rainbow "Tainted Love":

99) State of Mine featuring No Resolve "The Thunder Rolls":

100) Leo Moracchioli featuring Violet Orlandi "Listen To Your Heart":

102) Halocene featuring Serchen & Zaritskaya "Kickstart My Heart":

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(Finished July 21st, 2021) Part 5 of Great Modern Rock (Mostly) Covers of Classic Songs

Hello,

Why does taking a great song and adding a rock feel to it make the great song even better? I don't really know the answer to that question. It's even better when the band remaking the song puts their own spin on that song and not a note for note recreation.

69) Flyleaf "Something I Can Never Have":

70) Nonpoint "Evil Ways":

71) P.O.D. "Bullet The Blue Sky":

72) Mudvayne "King of Pain":

I've got to be honest in that I've never heard of this Portishead cover, but this isn't bad. 73) Blank Theory "Sour Times":

74) Disturbed "Land of Confusion":

75) Fear Factory "Cars":

76) Evanescence "Heart Shaped Box":

77) Seether "Careless Whisper":

78) Orgy "Blue Monday":

79) System of A Down "Metro":

80) Sunflower Bean "Harvest Moon":

81) Lake Street Drive "I Want You Back":

82) J. Mascis "Fade Into You":

83) Chromatics "Into The Black":

84) Lorde "Everyone Wants To Rule The World":

85) Soccer Mommy "I'm On Fire":

86) Kari Kimmel "Cruel Summer":

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(Finished July 19th, 2021) Part 3 of The Best of Broadway (As Much As That Is Possible)

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I was talking with a friend recently and she told me how she was listening to "Les Mis". Well of course I had to do the same as that's my favorite Broadway musical. And then this past Saturday I went on a full Broadway binge.

From "Annie". 35) "It's A Hard Knock Life":

I have "Greased Lightning" on Part 2 of this blog series. From "Grease":  36) "You're The One That I Want":

37) "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee":

Why couldn't have Olivia Newton-John sang this song to me? 38) "Hopelessly Devoted To You":

39) "Summer Nights":

From "Aspects of Love". 40) "Love Changes Everything":

From "The Threepenny Opera". 41) Bobby Darin "Mack The Knife":

These next two songs are from The Four Seasons play "Jersey Boys". 42) "My Eyes Adored You":

43) "Walk Like A Man":

These next two songs are from "Chess". 44) Murray Head "One Night In Bangkok":

45) I Know Him So Well":

From "Pippin". 46) "Magic To Do":

From "Sunset Boulevard".  47)"As If We Never Said Goodbye":

Such a great song!! 48) "Boy Meets Girl":

49) "The Lady's Paying":

50) "With One Look":

From "Oklahoma". 51) "Oh What A Beautiful Morning":

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(Finished July 18th, 2021) Part 2 of The Best of Broadway (As Much As That Is Possible)

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I was talking with a friend recently and she told me how she was listening to "Les Mis". Well of course I had to do the same as that's my favorite Broadway musical. 

From "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". 18) "Any Dream Will Do":

This is from the musical "Pal Joey". 19) "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered":

From the play of the same name. 20) "Singin' In The Rain":

From "The Wiz". 21) "No Bad News":

This is from "Sweet Charity". 22) "If My Friends Could See Me Now":

From "Cats". 23) "Memory":

Obviously this is from "Grease". 24) "Greased Lightning":

Also from "The Wiz". 25) "Ease On Down The Road":

From "Jesus Christ Superstar". 26) "I Don't Know How To Love Him":

 From "Footloose". 27) "Footloose/ On Any Sunday":

28) "Holding Out For A Hero":

From "The Lion King" 29) "Circle of Life":

From "Tick, Tick.... Boom!". 30) "Louder Than Words":

31) "Hair":

From "Adia" 32) "Written In The Stars":

From "Jesus Christ Superstar". 33) "Heaven On Their Minds":

From "Dream Girls". 34) "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going":

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(Finished July 17th, 2021) The Best of Broadway (As Much As That Is Possible)

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I was talking with a friend last night and she told me how she was listening to "Les Mis". Well of course I had to do the same as that's my favorite Broadway musical. 

From "Hair". 1) "Age of Aquarius/ Let The Sunshine In":

From "Sweet Charity". 2) "Big Spender":

From "The King and I". 3) "Getting To Know You":

These next two songs are from "The Sound of Music". 4) "The Sound of Music":

5) "My Favorite Things":

Obviously from the "Hello Dolly" Broadway musical. 6) "Hello Dolly":

From "South Pacific". 7) "I'm Going To Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair":

I had no clue this was from a Broadway play. This is from the early 30's musical "Roberta". 8) "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes":

From "A Little Night Music". 9) "Send In The Clowns":

From "Starland Express". 10) "One Rock and Roll Too Many":

From "The Man of La Mancha". 11) "The Impossible Dream":

12) "There's No Business Like Show Business":

13) "Don't Rain On My Parade":

14) "Tomorrow":

From "Fiddler On The Roof". 15) "If I Were A Rich Man":

16) "Everything's Coming Up Roses":

From "Fiddler On The Roof". 17) "Tradition":

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