"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
02/03/2016 at 13:00 • Filed to: Song Showdown, Musiclopnik, Not Battle of the Covers
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"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
02/03/2016 at 13:00 • Filed to: Song Showdown, Musiclopnik, Not Battle of the Covers | 4
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Welcome to the newest variation of pointless Oppo song competitions, Song Showdown. The premise is simple, we take two good (or at least popular) variations of the same song and pit them head-to-head. Sometimes this means two covers, sometimes this means the cover vs the original, hell even electric vs acoustic and live vs studio is fair game.
For our opening round we go to the well known
Metallica
Bob Seger classic “Turn the Page,” a song about the hardships of living on the road as a musician. If your over 20 years old it’s a virtual guarantee you’ve heard at least one of these two versions. But which is better?
Bob Seger (1973)
Metallica (1998)
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Feel free to post suggestions for future battles. I can tell you now that round two is already planned, and it will make Gamecat cry.
BrtStlnd
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:06 |
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I love me some Seger.
Saracen
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:06 |
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I love listening to Metallica’s cover. With the sound cranked way, way up.
Alfalfa
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:07 |
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I really do like both versions, but I have to vote Seger on this one.
Stapleface
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:08 |
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Bob Seger, hand’s down. And it’s not even close.
Two for the future:
Hurt- NIN vs Johnny Cash
Take on Me- ah-ha vs Reel Big Fish
RallyWrench
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:08 |
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Bob shoots Hetfield with a silver bullet on this one, no contest.
Future: Higher Ground, Stevie Wonder vs Chili Peppers. Correct answer is Stevie Wonder.
fhrblig
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:11 |
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I’m not really a fan of either performer, but I do like this song. I’d go with the Bob Seger version of the song, but the Jonas Akerlund video for the Metallica version is jarring and provocative. Be warned, for those who haven’t seen it it’s a sexually graphic description of a woman who works as a stripper and a prostitute while raising a little girl and gives a horrifyingly real portrayal of the sexual abuse these women face. It’s very NSFW.
BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:15 |
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Bob Seger, no contest.
My suggestion is Caravan first the original by Duke Ellington, vs the one by the Mills Brothers.
thebigbossyboss
> fhrblig
02/03/2016 at 13:17 |
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:(
Gamecat235
> Stapleface
02/03/2016 at 13:18 |
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Are you teaming up with Dusty to make me cry?
You are, aren’t you?
#NIN4LIFE
Loping Camshaft
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:19 |
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I’m going against popular wisdom and prefer the cover. Seiger definitely has the better voice and feeling, but the music and especially the guitar solo make the Metallica version much more dynamic and interesting song. The original sounds like a lounge act after listening to the cover.
Bob’s a great dude though.
BJ
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:19 |
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Can you add a “both” option to the poll? I like them both...
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Dusty Ventures
> fhrblig
02/03/2016 at 13:23 |
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and that, kids, is why I didn't go with the official video for the Metallica version
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Gamecat235
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:25 |
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Now I’m really concerned. This is going to try to prove that Tiga’s version of Down In It is the superior version isn’t it? Or that Linkin Park’s cover of Wish is better.
I for one, think that the better choice (better even than the inevitable Hurt comparo), would be Get Down Make Love. =)
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thebigbossyboss
> fhrblig
02/03/2016 at 13:25 |
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thebigbossyboss
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:29 |
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Gonna have to put this on a driving disk. Got a job 500 miles away from here down in Alberta, I’ll be going on Sundays and home in the middle of the night on Friday.
Gonna be some lonely roads. I remember the last time I came that way, I only saw another vehicle every 10-20 minutes or so. Very isolated in between Prince George and McBride.
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thebigbossyboss
> fhrblig
02/03/2016 at 13:31 |
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I dated a girl that quit that lifestyle once. The stories she’d tell man.
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Dusty Ventures
> BJ
02/03/2016 at 13:33 |
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Nope. You must choose
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Saracen
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:37 |
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Future battle suggestions:
The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie vs Nirvana
Dancing Days - Led Zeppelin vs Stone Temple Pilots
Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy vs Metallica
Die Die My Darling - The Misfits vs Metallica
Pony - Ginuwine vs Far
Into The Black (My My, Hey Hey) - Neil Young vs Chromatics
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty vs Foo Fighters
Down in the Park - Gary Numan vs Foo Fighters vs Marilyn Manson
Birddog
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:38 |
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I love me some Metallica but it’s Seger all the way for me.
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BrtStlnd
> Gamecat235
02/03/2016 at 13:38 |
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That NIN version of Johnny Cash’s “Hurt” was really good.
#Trollololol
Party-vi
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:43 |
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maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan all you people on here must have grey ball hair. Seger’s version is boring as hell and he can’t even lip sync in that video. Metallica took this easy listening crap and made it something worth listening too.
/flamesuit
/comeatme
/inb4GTFAC
Ash78, voting early and often
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:44 |
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Metallica spiced it up just right, IMO. Not really a fair comparison, since Seger had to do all the hard work of writing the words and music. But I still like to play along.
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Ash78, voting early and often
> Stapleface
02/03/2016 at 13:44 |
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In both of those cases, I also would take the cover :D
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BJ
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:46 |
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Fine. I chose.
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Dusty Ventures
> Gamecat235
02/03/2016 at 13:47 |
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*writes down Gamecat’s fears for future rounds*
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Dusty Ventures
> Saracen
02/03/2016 at 13:55 |
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So basically what you’re saying is “future rounds: Garage, Inc”
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Saracen
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:57 |
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Huh? Why, because two of my nine suggestions are from one double album?
Those are two pretty good covers but the rest of Garage Inc is passable.
camaroboy68ss
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:59 |
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Both are actually good but Segars voice is better for this song.
Future ideas
Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC vs Guns N Roses
Superstition - Stevie Wonder vs Stevie Ray Vaughn vs Raven Symone
Hoccy
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 13:59 |
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Not a fan of Metallica, so I’ll take Bob Seger this time. Suggestions?
Live And Let Die - Wings vs Guns’n’Roses
Behind Blue Eyes - The Who vs Limp Bizkit
Whiskey In The Jar - Dubliners vs Thin Lizzy vs Metallica
Over The Hills And Far Away - Gary Moore vs Nightwish
Come Together - The Beatles vs Michael Jackson
You Really Got Me - Kinks vs Van Halen
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Hoccy
> Stapleface
02/03/2016 at 14:00 |
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Include the A1 version of Take On Me and it would be very interesting
leicester
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 14:02 |
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RUSH!
oops, sorry, wrong song.
Seger is iconic, but going with Metallica’s rough and dirty take on it.
Shamoononon drives like a farmer
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 14:32 |
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Metallica, and he’s better looking. I don’t like folksy stuffy.
Jcarr
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 19:53 |
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Yes! Thank you for bring this (sort of) back Dusty!
May I suggest Electric Feel (original by MGMT, remix by Justice)?
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> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 20:03 |
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The obvious:
Cars: Gary Neuman vs Fear Factory.
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> BrtStlnd
02/03/2016 at 20:22 |
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Cash actually wins that one by a mile. And I’m not a cash fan, but I am a reznor fan.
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> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 20:25 |
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Ministry - The Cover Up album has a ton of good ones.
Cash Rewards
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 20:27 |
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Suggestions:
Johnny cash’s version of rusty cage compared to the sound garden original, since everyone has already suggested hurt.
Anything off rage against the machine’s renegades album. Personal favorites include ghost of Tom joad (springstien), Maggie’s farm (dilan) or kill a man
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> fhrblig
02/03/2016 at 20:29 |
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Pretty sure that’s Ginger Lynn.
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fhrblig
> 1111111111111111111111
02/03/2016 at 20:46 |
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I had to look it up on Wikipedia, yes it was.
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> fhrblig
02/03/2016 at 20:47 |
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I just know the face because she did a spot in Devils Rejects.
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 21:01 |
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I see Hetfield at Whole Foods buying salad pretty often, he looks like a yoga instructor now.
f86sabre
> Dusty Ventures
02/03/2016 at 21:58 |
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I am always fascinated when big performers do covers. The results can be very cool. I don’t think Metallica’s version is intended to supplant Segar’s version. I think it is intended to compliment it. What I really enjoy is when covers are done for fun.
shop-teacher
> f86sabre
02/03/2016 at 23:09 |
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I agree. I really enjoy them both. When forced to choose, I’ll take the original, but they are both great.
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Dusty Ventures
> Saracen
02/03/2016 at 23:37 |
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I didn’t mean it as a dig or to belittle your suggestions or anything, just as an observation that two of your suggestions (along with Turn the Page) were from Garage, Inc, which is in its entirety a cover album. Really anything from Garage, Inc would be good, and I’m sure I’ll be revisiting that album a few times (maybe Metallica’s Astronomy vs BOC’s Astronomy?)
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Dusty Ventures
> Hoccy
02/03/2016 at 23:41 |
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Anyone who chooses Limp Bizkit’s “Behind Blue Eyes” over The Who’s will be permabanned.
Anyone who chooses Limp Bizkit’s anything over anything not Bizkit will be permabanned.
RTeeJay
> Dusty Ventures
02/04/2016 at 00:40 |
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Land of Confusion-Phil Collins/Genesis vs Disturbed
Sympathy for the Devil-GNR vs Motorhead
Boys of Summer-Don Henley vs the Ataris
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Hoccy
> Dusty Ventures
02/04/2016 at 03:20 |
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Good to hear.
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Hoccy
> RTeeJay
02/04/2016 at 03:30 |
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If Sympathy For The Devil ever is done, the original Rolling Stones version has to be included.
monalsw
> Dusty Ventures
02/04/2016 at 10:28 |
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Come Together...The Beatles or Aerosmith?
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Jcarr
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
02/04/2016 at 10:44 |
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At least you don’t run into Lars.
Tripper
> Dusty Ventures
02/04/2016 at 11:06 |
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Bob Seger all day. I like metallica, but fuck Lars Ulrich. Long live napster!!!
Sir Halffast
> Ash78, voting early and often
02/04/2016 at 11:07 |
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Bingo. Johnny Cash won a Grammy for that cover.
ceanderson920
> Dusty Ventures
02/04/2016 at 11:39 |
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Is this even a question? Seger all day every day!
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ceanderson920
> Saracen
02/04/2016 at 11:42 |
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Check out The Man who Sold the world cover that's in Metal Gear solid, its actually pretty cool! It isn't as good as the bowie or nirvana version but it still holds up.
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Saracen
> ceanderson920
02/04/2016 at 12:01 |
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Yeah, I have Metal gear solid V. Not a bad cover.
472CID
> Dusty Ventures
02/04/2016 at 15:39 |
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GnR’s Spagetti Incident would be another go to cover album.
Tareim - V8 powered
> Dusty Ventures
02/09/2016 at 16:45 |
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time for me to get permaband but I don’t think their version of BBE is that bad, tbf I did grow up in that era so weren’t aware of The Who at the time even still I think Limp Bizkit’s version comes across as a little more powerful, granted the bit between 2:30-3:00 could do with being removed/redone as that section lets it down
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Dusty Ventures
> Tareim - V8 powered
02/09/2016 at 17:02 |
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Oppo will miss you. Goodbye.
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Tareim - V8 powered
> Dusty Ventures
02/09/2016 at 17:05 |
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yay! I will be missed, there I was thinking that nobody would’ve cared that I was gone