Here is a snippet of some lifelong friends of mine who have a killer bluegrass group doing a cover of Jimi's "Are You Experienced".  You don't have to buy...just listen to the sample.  And yes...they ARE experienced:-)

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0010X2R4S/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk12

space_cowboy

I love the Buzzcocks!  Everybody's happy nowadays! Most melodic punk ever.  

Agreed 100% Bo, and they're still playing to this day.
 
 

G3 did a version of Little Wing which was particularly awesome.

The 3 were Vai, Satriani & Johnson.

I like to search for Twigman posts just to watch his avatars.

Twigman

craigb


I like to search for Twigman posts just to watch his avatars.

I tend to try to avoid craigb posts because of his anti-office browsing huge sig pic

I've been meaning to create a newer, slimmer one...  let me work on that.  I'll avoid enlarging phallic symbols for those of you covertly posting from work, 'K?

This version of Black Dog is horrible.

space_cowboy

SteveStrummerUK

space_cowboy

I love the Buzzcocks!  Everybody's happy nowadays! Most melodic punk ever.  

Agreed 100% Bo, and they're still playing to this day.

For a "punk" band, they sure turned out some melodic sing-a-longs.



Ever fallen in love?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRE79bxfMtY

Everybody's Happy Nowadays
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNCTD185opo

What do I get
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EEPvXlTUnU

I don't mind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIQYOHopSbs&feature=related

There were a few of these bands - Television was great too! Echo and the Bunnymen - Never Stop - Lips like Sugar - The Cutter

 
My favourite Buzzcocks song - Noise Annoys
 
And I love Marquee Moon - it's a wonderful album.

Here's a pretty bad one......... 

http://youtu.be/zHtuGMHWAf0

But she is nice to look at .

Tim

spacey


Before I say...I hope I don't offend anyone.

I've never heard anybody do a Jimi Hendrix tune that I liked. If Jimi did it....couldn't
be done better. JMO so be nice. :)

Agreed.

The best version of Jimi Hendrix I have ever heard, would be in Guru Guru's "Kan Guru" and "Dance of the Flames" albums ... I always thought that Kan Guru was the best Hendrix ever done without Jimi.

The only other one I thought was amazing, was listening to Terje Rypdal in the album "EOS" with David Darling, which is, for all intents and purposes an album of chamber music with electric guitar and electricized bass.

The only other one I can think of right off, is Toni McPhee on the album "Crosscut Saw", but I think that buzzsaw effect with the guitar will get Bapu really sick! And Strummy figuring out how to do it right away, too!

Not sure Jimi can be exactly copied since so much of it was a feeling, and not just the music.

SteveStrummerUK


 
Bo, have you listened to any 'Magazine'?
 
They were a band formed by ex-Buzzcocks member Howard Devoto.
 
They did some interesting stuff, but will always be remembered for the marvellous Shot By Both Sides
 
Rather fittingly for this thread, Radiohead did a rather shabby cover version of it

I have to look them up.  I loved the Buzzcocks so Magazine has to be cool.  


And Marquee Moon/Television - awesome.  I got to go to CBGBs a couple times.  5 bands in 5 hours!  All original.  

Steve this'll surprise you, as you know that I'm a huge Stranglers fan but their cover of "Summer in the City" is IMHO atrocious.

Easily the worst song they've ever recorded and probably the worst cover I've ever heard to.

It's on "Written in Red" which wasn't their finest moment.

If you haven't heard any of the more recent stuff Suite XVI is well worth a listen. I think Relentless from that album is up there with their best songs ever, maybe even the best. I can't find a link for "Summer in the City" (probably just as well) but Relentless is HERE

They are touring again next March, I'll be at Cambridge on the 8th and maybe another if I can get the time.

Moshkiae

spacey


Before I say...I hope I don't offend anyone.

I've never heard anybody do a Jimi Hendrix tune that I liked. If Jimi did it....couldn't
be done better. JMO so be nice. :)

Agreed.

The best version of Jimi Hendrix I have ever heard, would be in Guru Guru's "Kan Guru" and "Dance of the Flames" albums ... I always thought that Kan Guru was the best Hendrix ever done without Jimi.

The only other one I thought was amazing, was listening to Terje Rypdal in the album "EOS" with David Darling, which is, for all intents and purposes an album of chamber music with electric guitar and electricized bass.

The only other one I can think of right off, is Toni McPhee on the album "Crosscut Saw", but I think that buzzsaw effect with the guitar will get Bapu really sick! And Strummy figuring out how to do it right away, too!

Not sure Jimi can be exactly copied since so much of it was a feeling, and not just the music.

I actually think this reworking of Hendrix samples is quite listenable.....a whole album's worth:
http://new.music.yahoo.co...f-60s-were-90s--152179