Coversdome Nomination Thread - covering all the basses

[Torzelbaum]

Hi everybody, I'm back in the running-a-Dome saddle again. In this Dome we will cover the topic of cover songs/versions.

If you want to participate then list up to 4 cover songs and provide a link (not an embed) to each song that everyone can access. For this Dome please exclude covers of music that was originally from video games. Why? Just to mix things up a bit (and also because I've exhausted my list of video game covers that I like).

Also, the following previous Dome winners are not eligible to be nominated:

• Hurt - Johnny Cash (originally by Nine Inch Nails)
• Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants (originally by The Four Lads with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and music by Nat Simon)

The nomination deadline is the 25th (tentatively).

If you have any questions then post them here.

 

[Issun]

Because the Night ~ 10,000 Maniacs
Other 3 TBD

 

[Torzelbaum]

• All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (originally by Bob Dylan)
• The Man Who Sold the World - Nirvana (originally by David Bowie)
• Listen to your Heart - DHT (originally by Roxette)
• Mystery Entry

 

[Exposition Owl]

-“Born Under Punches” by Talking Heads, as covered by Angélique Kidjo

-“Found a Job” by Talking Heads, as covered by the Linda Lindas

-“Raining Blood” by Slayer, as covered by Tori Amos

-“Fever” by Peggy Lee, as covered by La Lupe

 

[Johnny Unusual]

I See a Darkness – Johnny Cash (originally Bonnie “Prince” Billy)
Africa – Low (originally Toto)
Sunny – Boney M. (originally by Bobby Hebb)
Iron Man – The Cardigans (originally by Black Sabbath)

 

[WildcatJF]

Last Kiss by Pearl Jam (Wayne Cochran)
Firestarter by Jimmy Eat World (The Prodigy)
Drive by Our Lady Peace (The Cars)
Dancing on My Own by The Regrettes (Robyn)

 

[SpoonyBard]

1. Bohemian Polka - Weird Al (originally by Queen)
2. My Way - Takahata101 as Perfect Cell (originally by Sinatra)
3. Take On Me 8-bit Cover by 8 bit Universe (originally by a-ha)
4. All Star - But It's 24 cartoon impressions, by Brock Baker (originally by Smash Mouth)

(previous #3 removed)

 

[Torzelbaum]

Number 3 might be a stretch because it's much more of a remix than a cover. I'll remove if it's not really in the spirit of the dome.

@SpoonyBard Unfortunately, I would say that remix is not in the spirit of the Dome.

 

[Violentvixen]

I Will Survive - CAKE, original by Gloria Gaynor
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston, originally by Dolly Parton
Down With the Sickness - Richard Cheese, originally by Disturbed
Sound of Silence (official) Sound of Silence (live) (I need to decide which version to select before the deadline going with live)- Disturbed, originally by Simon and Garfunkel

 

[Baudshaw]

Hotel California by Gipsy Kings, originally by the Eagles

The other 3 not sure yet

 

[Kirin]

Ended up with too many, left the extras in case we need to fill out a bracket or anyone else wants to steal them.

Stand By My - Florence and the Machine (original by Ben E King)
We've Got a World That Swings - TMBG (original by Lil Mattis and Louis Yule Brown (though maybe better known by Mel Torme or Jerry Lewis))
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Aretha Franklin (original by Simon and Garfunkel)
Common People - William Shatner & Joe Jackson (original by Pulp)

I Love Rock and Roll - Joan Jett (original by The Arrows)
Tainted Love - Soft Cell (original by Gloria Jones)
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Tori Amos (original by Nirvana)

 

[Torzelbaum]

Still a couple more days left if anyone else wants to join. (And for @Issun and @Baudshaw to fill out their picks - if they want to.)

 

[Purple]

Tainted Love - Soft Cell (original by Gloria Jones)
Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles (original by Simon and Garfunkle)
Always Something There to Remind Me - Naked Eyes (original by Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and Dionne Warwick)
Always on my Mind - Akira Yamaoka and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Original by Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, and Mark James)

 

[Torzelbaum]

Nominations are now closed.

 

[Torzelbaum]

Sorry for not posting this sooner but the voting thread is up:

Coversdome - Covered With Glory

Hello one and all. Welcome to the Coversdome where the cover songs we picked will face off until only one remains. Since we don't have a balanced bracket we need to start with a couple of play-in matches. So without further ado, here they are. Match 1: First we have the Johnny Unusual pick of...

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