Greatest Cover Band

as of tonight, i nominate the flaming lips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFREWbwgIMA&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHsLZ7zYKsQ&feature=related

youtube clips appreciated to support your nominee.

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Substitute "greatest" for "really incredible," and here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqTKN8DQIXI

That's from their 2005 live record, Kicking Television: Live in Chicago.

(For what it's worth, I'm note sure if I've ever heard the original of that song. Or, if I have, if I listened to all of it.)

hm. i like wilco. also: your blaring sirens are most convincing. i'd better give this more thought.

you guys have obviously never seen the Vulgar Boatmen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOJ1lDHhv84

From the "Distant Relative" release show at Second Story in beautiful downtown Bloomington, the Vulgar Boatmen rip through a medley of the Velvet Underground's "Foggy Notion", the Stooges' "No Fun", their own "Margaret Says" and the Sex Pistols' "EMI". Dale Lawrence: vocals/guitar, Matt Speake: guitar, Jake Smith: bass/backing vocals, Andy Richards: drums. (Very beginning of the video is missing, but don't worry, the Boatmen show up at about the 0:45 mark...)

Yes! the Vulgar Boatmen are the greatest band. I'm hoping this will someday see the light of day...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4UnvGCrhCw

Any fan of Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs/Twilight Singers) knows this is absolutely no contest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgwfsi9yzww

the only band i can think of where all of their covers are somewhere between almost as good and better than the origs (imo) is galaxie 500

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5200/shitn.jpg

great thread idea btw

i don't think of them as a good cover band, but this radiohead clip is pretty f---g brilliant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mojJSYSjP18

they did a pretty good cover of a james bond theme, too.

ilxor otm

the fukken cramps imo.

http://chocoreve.blogspot.com/2005/11/birth-of-psychobilly-songs-cramps.html

The Feelies are in the conversation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_0Hok-2Prs&fmt=18

NB THIS HAS TO BE A BAND THAT MAKES CONSISTENTLY GREAT COVERS NOT A BAND THAT DID ONE GOOD COVER THIS IS NOT A THREAD CALLED 'GREATEST COVER SONG' THANK YOU

how bout the Dirtbombs?*

*I am not on a browser currently that supports Flash or Youtube clips, but next time I am, I will dig up some great covers

Faith No More's live covers are always excellent (if brief).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLA0F42eLsI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0NUPb3tGm8

NB THIS HAS TO BE A BAND THAT MAKES CONSISTENTLY GREAT COVERS NOT A BAND THAT DID ONE GOOD COVER THIS IS NOT A THREAD CALLED 'GREATEST COVER SONG' THANK YOU

why . . . so . . . serious?

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-10-02/entertainment/0909300462_1_rock-n-roll-original-song-sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o10TMM55L-M&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SfaVWSzbik&feature=related

what does "NB" mean anyway? IMHO i see that "internet acronym" everywhere IIRC.

NOTA BENE

aka NOT A MEME

It's not an internet acronym, it's academic. Means 'pay attention' basically, from some Latin phrase I guess.

xposts

so much shouting.

also: thank you chap.

my confusion arose from seeing an academic phrase in one of l0uis' posts.

Thin White Rope, maybe because they covered a lot of my favourite songs.

The Flamin' Groovies

Yo La Tengo

I thought this was a thread about best tribute band and I was all set to nominate The Australian Pink Floyd Show.

Metallagher, the Metallica cover band fronted by a Gallagher impersonator.

Greatest band that did a lot of great covers: The Clash

Metallagher, the Metallica cover band fronted by a Gallagher impersonator.

haha, okay, i have to see that.

Pearl Jam always do a great job with covers

Yo La Tengo

― Binjominia, Saturday, June 26, 2010 5:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

This.

Metallagher:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0cJG7Z1BP0

Killdozer! Bongwater!

Phish is beast of a motherfucking cover band. Not only for the showmanship they brought to their stunt covers, like their Halloween shows (White Album, Dark Side of the Moon, Quadrophrenia) or 99 Problems, but for the songs that were a regular part of their repetoire and they just made 'em their own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lD3zg6V9_I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHjptrvQnJE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56C2wCR55d0&feature=related

I know I'm not gonna win any converts or anything, but it's gotta be said.

Metallagher's biggest coup might have been opening for the actual Gallagher at a metal club in St. Paul last year (Station 4, formerly Ryan's).

Great Dirtbombs covers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0tSiJet9TM&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3ifQ7Se2JE&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Gv2UsdqoI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKqrTlnmgHQ

seriously, Ultraglide in Black might be the best all-covers album ever...

a few more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qufxd1Dywy8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eszVjAgV8Ec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PONewV-4KGM

(that last one turned out not to be all that much of a cover...

technically ultraglide isn't entirely covers but yeah