Battle of the Covers Special: Battle of the Champions

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures) 09/15/2014 at 12:30 • Filed to: Battle of the Covers, BOTC, Musiclopnik, Get out of here Gamecat!, Security!

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Guess what! Today marks exactly one month since the first round of Battle of the Covers! And to celebrate I have decided to be a bit difficult and try doing things differently.

Below are the winners of the first eight rounds of Battle of the Covers. Your task is to decide which of these winners did the best job of covering their song. Note that "best job" doesn't by any means mean truest to the original. Carina Round, for example, won her round by making the song her own while her competitors were basically just tweaking the original to fit a genre. The Gimmies won their round by taking a soulful, cherished classic and making it ridiculous. (The Muppets won by being the Muppets, and by everyone else being terrible). The best cover may well be one that's truest to the original, but it doesn't have to be.

In an interest to fairness I made an executive decision to remove Ram Jam (who tied with Spiderbait for best cover of "Black Betty") and The Animals (who won best cover of "House of the Rising Sun"). As their two covers are generally considered the "original" versions of the songs I felt including them would skew the results.

Here are your (first) elite eight:

Spiderbait: Black Betty

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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Search and Destroy

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Five Finger Death Punch: House of the Rising Sun

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Lacuna Coil: Enjoy the Silence

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Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies: A Natural Woman

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Carina Round: Come Undone

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The Muppets: Smells Like Teen Spirit

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Local H: Toxic

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Results from Friday's round (Holding Out For A Hero) will be posted on Wednesday. Don't forget to make your guesses on the identities of the artists in the "FIGHT" box.

CalzoneGolem > Dusty Ventures 09/15/2014 at 12:35

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Spiderbait ... I don't even need to think about it. The song and video are awesome.

mcseanerson > Dusty Ventures 09/15/2014 at 12:46

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THE GIMMES!

Mattbob > Dusty Ventures 09/15/2014 at 12:49

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I'd have to go spider bait, but close second and third by the gimmie's then local H. This being who made it their own. Only because spider bait did it in the style of the "original", but did it better.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures 09/15/2014 at 13:10

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In an interest to fairness I made an executive decision to remove Ram Jam

RMudkips > Dusty Ventures 09/15/2014 at 13:18

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I probably voted the Muppets one because it's a completely different song compared to the original.

I got a suggestion too! "Bizarre Love Triangle"! It's catchy and there's probably a certain winner but it would still be neat!

Dusty Ventures > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 09/15/2014 at 13:58

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You know it was the logical decision.

Dusty Ventures > RMudkips 09/15/2014 at 13:59

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I'll give it a listen and see what there are for covers.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures 09/15/2014 at 14:00

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Dusty Ventures > Dusty Ventures 09/15/2014 at 14:05

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This is a tough one for me. I own two of these covers, Spiderbait's "Black Betty," which has been in my iTunes library for over five years, and Carina Round's "Come Undone," which I fell in love with after listening to it a few times creating that round of Battle of the Covers. But at the same time Cristina Scabbia's voice puts me in my happy place, and sometimes I like to put on my silly hat and sing along with the Muppet Barbershop Quartet. (Does that make us a quintet?) The only thing I'm certain of is I can't vote for the Chilis after they beat out Skunk. Go home and put a shirt on, you jerks!

/getoffmylawn

Dusty Ventures > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 09/15/2014 at 14:16

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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures 09/15/2014 at 14:18

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Dusty Ventures > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 09/15/2014 at 15:21

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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures 09/15/2014 at 15:37

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Gamecat235 > Dusty Ventures 09/15/2014 at 21:51

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After a VERY long day at work, I find this??? Much debate and thinking to be done. =)

Dusty Ventures > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 09/15/2014 at 22:11

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Dusty Ventures > Gamecat235 09/15/2014 at 22:11

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Look at it this way: no terrible new covers today!

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures 09/15/2014 at 22:25

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Dusty Ventures > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 09/15/2014 at 23:32

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leicester > Dusty Ventures 09/16/2014 at 12:55

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IMHO, the 'art' of a good cover is for the band to take the song and make it theirs, not to reproduce the original artist's work. Examples - damn near any ska cover. Tori Amos' Smells Like Teen Spirit, Richard Cheese cheesing up Rage Against the Machine, Marilyn Manson doing 'Sweet Dreams' or 'Tainted Love', or the Ultimate: Johnny Cash doing 'Hurt' - not even a fair fight there.

Dusty Ventures > leicester 09/16/2014 at 14:01

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Someone suggested Hurt and I said it was pointless because Johnny Cash was going to destroy any competition.

So who'd you vote for? ;)

leicester > Dusty Ventures 09/16/2014 at 14:25

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Came in late to the voting, so will be on the lookout for future aural assaults.

leicester > Dusty Ventures 09/16/2014 at 15:56

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Doh - the poll thingy isn't showing up on my Chrome. Have to dust off Explorer to vote...