Battle of the Covers: Thunderstruck (Request)

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
10/06/2014 at 12:30 • Filed to: Battle of the Covers, BOTC, Musiclopnik, Tunderdont

Man, it's been a while. Yes, we set off to determine !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on Friday (POLLS STILL OPEN! VOTEVOTEVOTEVOTE!), but the last proper cover battle was a full week ago. So let's light this candle and get back into it with a request from Leicester.

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Thunderstruck is a song of simple origins, really. It was basically a melting pot of ideas from the Young brothers. Angus Young had a guitar riff he'd been toying with, Malcolm had a rhythm he'd been sitting on that paired with it perfectly. They toyed with the combination for a few months, trying to come up with lyrics, before hitting on Thunder as the theme, a decision made because it tied in with the "power" motif of the name AC/DC. I was a simple idea, but it paid dividends, as it achieved top 10 positions on multiple charts and is considered one of the greatest rock songs of all time.

I'm warning you now, some of these get ugly...

Blizzard Brothers - (2001)

Beat Crusaders - (2008)

Hellsongs - (2008)

Hinder - (2008)

Panzerballet - (2008)

David Garrett - (2009)

Ministry - (2010)

Two Cellos - (2014)

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LEST YE FORGET! If you want to check back on the results of previous rounds, or see what covers are coming in future rounds, there is a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! with past rounds and the upcoming battle schedule.

DISCUSSION (19)

Dusty Ventures > Dusty Ventures
10/06/2014 at 03:34

Prediction: Let's be honest, this is pretty much a stacked deck. 2Cellos, Ministry, and David Garrett are probably going to walk with this one (my guess is in that order). The real fight will be the battle for worst.

Mattbob > Dusty Ventures
10/06/2014 at 12:36

None really come close to the original. I give it to 2cellos because theirs is the best at making it their own without making me want to kill something.

Gamecat235 > Dusty Ventures
10/06/2014 at 12:40

Voting for Ministry on sheer principle. Scared to listen to many of these.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Dusty Ventures
10/06/2014 at 12:43

YES YES YEEEEEEES!!! I am going to listen to these on my commute to school today. AWESOME!! SO EXCITED!!

mcseanerson > Dusty Ventures
10/06/2014 at 12:44

No Steve'n'Seagulls?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
10/06/2014 at 12:47

Don't. You'll crash your car to end the misery.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > mcseanerson
10/06/2014 at 12:49

That was glorious.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/06/2014 at 12:50

I take public transit to school because I go to school downtown and it's just not fun to drive downtown. Although if I were driving, yeah probably

mcseanerson > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
10/06/2014 at 12:57

Kinja'd!!!

Vette flags. Didn't even notice until I watched it again just now. They have to take an honorary title.

NevynPA > Dusty Ventures
10/06/2014 at 13:02

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Dusty Ventures
10/06/2014 at 13:15

Saw 2Cellos in concert, they are fantastic, and walked this competition, next would be Hinder.

Dusty Ventures > mcseanerson
10/06/2014 at 14:10

Didn't show up on WhoSampled or Wiki, so I didn't know about it. Honorable mention for sure.

mcseanerson > Dusty Ventures
10/06/2014 at 14:25

If you Google search thunderstruck it's one of the first results. :)

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > mcseanerson
10/06/2014 at 21:04

for you it would, Google tailors its search results so if you've seen the video before it'll be high on your search results.

Jeff-God-of-Biscuits > Dusty Ventures
10/06/2014 at 21:40

Could you really call any battle of the Thunderstruck's complete without fire-spitting bagpipe guy?

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j…

leicester > Dusty Ventures
10/07/2014 at 23:08

Dude, you totally forgot Steve n' Seagulls - c'mon! Hillbilly Finn Bluegrass!

Being contrarian - voted ministry just to put come color in a different row. Embarrassed to say that the Blizzard Bros didn't totally turn me away.

Dusty Ventures > leicester
10/07/2014 at 23:31

I know, I know. Blame WhoSampled.

leicester > Dusty Ventures
10/07/2014 at 23:41

It's ok - you have a lot on your plate - but based on the posts - they should get honorary 2nd place.

So for overlooking S n' S ... for penance you have to do either 'Timber' by Ke$ha (two cover suggestions below)

AND/OR that annoying earworm - 'Radioactive' - winning cover below:

Dusty Ventures > leicester
10/08/2014 at 00:24

Fair enough