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johncorrigan

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20-10-14, 09:51

I see Radio 2 are looking for the best ever cover record that you can vote for from an agreed 50. No sign of Rachid's wonderful rasping vocals in there...

Rachid Taha - Rock El Casbah - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DbFYsi9iSg

Algerian rocker Rachid Taha covers the Clash's classic "Rock the Casbah"
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johncorrigan

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20-10-14, 10:00

...no Peruvian 60s psychedelia in there either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpALI1jAnas
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Beef Oven!

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20-10-14, 10:00

Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post

I see Radio 2 are looking for the best ever cover record that you can vote for from an agreed 50. No sign of Rachid's wonderful rasping vocals in there...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DbFYsi9iSg

You are MrGG and I claim my £5.
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20-10-14, 10:02

...and this one must have been worth a shout, doncha just think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLF46JKkCNg
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MrGongGong

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20-10-14, 10:41

Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post

You are MrGG and I claim my £5.

No I'm Spartacus/Simon/MrGG

(I could do this all day......)

The BBC list is a bit tame IMV
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20-10-14, 10:50

Some other good things

- YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V18SztTlxpQ&spfreload=10%20Message%3A%20JSON%20Parse%20error%3A%20Unexpected%20EOF%20(url%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DV18SztTlxpQ)

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vodnI38cNI0&spfreload=10%20Message%3A%20JSON%20Parse%20error%3A%20Unexpected%20EOF%20(url%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvodnI38cNI0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l1T2tiaVX4&spfreload=10%20Message%3A%20JSON%20Parse%20error%3A%20Unexpected%20EOF%20(url%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-l1T2tiaVX4)
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20-10-14, 11:42

Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post

Some other good things

- YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V18SztTlxpQ&spfreload=10%20Message%3A%20JSON%20Parse%20error%3A%20Unexpected%20EOF%20(url%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DV18SztTlxpQ)

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Schneider TM & Kptmichigan, The Light 3000 (official, full length, high resolution, mono) - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vodnI38cNI0&spfreload=10%20Message%3A%20JSON%20Parse%20error%3A%20Unexpected%20EOF%20(url%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DvodnI38cNI0)

This is the full length version in high resolution of the official clip for Schneider TM & Kptmichigan's The Light 3000 by Oszo TM, (Richy Riediger & Elger E...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l1T...3D-l1T2tiaVX4)
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20-10-14, 14:48

Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post

No I'm Spartacus/Simon/MrGG

(I could do this all day......)

The BBC list is a bit tame IMV

Miles better than the original MrGG - loved it! Laibach was something else too - scary!

petra haden sings the who sell out - i can see for miles - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc6IqwM0Z_U

petra, haden, sings, the, who, sell, out, can, see, for, miles
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20-10-14, 14:53

Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post

Miles better than the original MrGG - loved it! Laibach was something else too - scary!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc6IqwM0Z_U

Classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB3uVARNhmM&spfreload=10%20Message%3A%20JSON%20Parse%20error%3A%20Unexpected%20EOF%20(url%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAB3uVARNhmM)

This is also essential IMV (the whole album)

- YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk7_YtFKxhg&index=7&list=PL6zAZ2mrckvekU72yaR7wVM_sdoTDbm10

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20-10-14, 15:24

Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post

Classic

William Shatner - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB3uVARNhmM&spfreload=10%20Message%3A%20JSON%20Parse%20error%3A%20Unexpected%20EOF%20(url%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAB3uVARNhmM)

William Shatner does a unique cover of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.From the 1967 album The Transformed Man.

This is also essential IMV (the whole album)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk7_...7wVM_sdoTDbm10

...and while we're on the subject, this gem should be there.

Robert Wyatt - I'm A Believer [totp2] - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7PBPd3UA7Q

[Video] Robert Wyatt - I'm A Believer [totp2] (Wiggy St Helens UK 2008)
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20-10-14, 15:28

Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post

...and while we're on the subject, this gem should be there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7PBPd3UA7Q

Pretty similar to Chas 'n' Dave's version.
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#12

20-10-14, 16:10

one for lovers of the classical rep.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvT2ziG1Amk

or this tearjerker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV8a0-cXzNs

never thought the big O could be improved on, until this !!!!!

I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

I am not a number, I am a free man.
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20-10-14, 16:16

on a serious note, this is how to make somebody elses great song your own.

They should make every politician listen to this every ******* day before they start " work", until the madness stops.

IMO.

I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

I am not a number, I am a free man.
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MrGongGong

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20-10-14, 16:24

Originally posted by teamsaint View Post

- YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV8a0-cXzNs

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

never thought the big O could be improved on, until this !!!!!

Or this ?

(Not for those who object to "bad" language )
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21-10-14, 07:57

Mr Young in top form earlier this year ably assisted by Mr White complete with the scratches.

Neil Young - If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot) - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8ya7YrSz1c

From "A Letter Home" (2014)
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