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Favorite Alternate Versions of Songs

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basically all the yt comments are right on point.

Also good and made popular by the film Garden State. This is a cover of Such Great Heights by The Postal Service. I had trouble finding the studio version of the Iron and Wine version so here is a live version:

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Yeah, Tong Poo also sounds kind of like some Touhou song. Don't know the name, never played the games.

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As if the Allman Brothers original wasn't amazing enough, Zappa managed to up it yet another notch. This is how I like my covers - True to the original, with a bit of their own flare, but it's immediately recognizable. I'm not a big fan of covers that make the singing all shitty and different or whatever, like that one "pop version" of You Sexy Thing from a couple decades back.. *shudders*

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PJ Harvey - Down By The Water, solo autoharp + drummachine version. Very stripped-down and sombre.

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I love the Disturbed metal remake of Tears For Fears' Shout.

Tears For Fears:



Disturbed:



Also Gregorian did an awesome job at Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

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The versions of everything Iron Maiden did on Live After Death. UP THE IRONS! One of my all time favorite live albums along with Rush's Exit Stage Left.





Benny Goodman's version of Sing Sing Sing. The 12 minute version recorded back in 1938.



The Jeff Healey version of Stardust.



and Van Halen's (Oh) Pretty Woman.

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Lotta people don't realize this used to be a Bruce Springsteen song... heh.

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