Taking Care of a Request
Posted on May 18, 2009 Posted by John Scalzi 18 Comments
There, that should do it.
Whatever
FURIOUSLY REASONABLE
WHATEVER
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PLAY SOME SKYNYRD!
Nice job on this. Now let’s hear “Hot for Teacher”
it’s… it’s jump, but it’s not made of pure concentrated 80s anymore…
Thanks a lot John, my brain just changed gears without popping the clutch.
That was an awesome cover.
Here’s my favorite version.
It’s odd to know the lyrics to a song and not know the song. (for at least the first minute or so anyway)
It’s “Jump” meets “All I Want Is You.”
That’s amazing. I didn’t think it was possible to make that song listenable, but this is even .. good.
Emm Gryner did something similar to Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar On Me”; you can check it out on YouTube.
Always LOVED this version of Jump!
It’s jump, but not as we know it.
In a similar vein, have a look at this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acULghgYUg0
If you liked that, you’ll love Aztec Camera’s version of “Good Morning Britain” (I hope).
I can’t believe how much better this version is than the original! Thanks for posting this, it totally made my afternoon.
Extreme awesome!
Nice version though I think Lou Reed ought to sue for repossession of that bass line.
I prefer Bruce Campbell’s “Hungry Like the Wolf”
Here is the Emm Gryner version of “Pour some sugar” mentioned in #7
It kinda reminds me of John Wetton covering Heat of the Moment with Steve Hackett back in 1996. For whatever reason, doing an acoustic cover of a lame 80s song really worked: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMjUQjp_EKE
(in fact, all of their covers from that concert worked – Watcher of the Skies, I Talk to the Wind and Firth of Fifth were all real treats to listen to)
The bluegrass version with the original vocalist is good.
And Emm Gryner has a few more covers like that, a whole album, actually. I like the cover of Blur’s “Song 2” and the Stone Temple Pilots’ “Big Bang Baby”.
Paul Anka has an album of swing covers, including Jump: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_cmmCRVs38