straightforward, blues-based rock songs by bands/artists who usually don't do that sort of thing

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gimme some examples of bands who traffic in art-rock or prog-rock or folk-rock, or even bands who don't usually play rock, letting loose for a straightforward bluesy romp.

stuff like:
Roxy Music - "If It Takes All Night"
Joni Mitchell - "Raised On Robbery"

there have got to be a few more, right?

hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Friday, 2 February 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

omar little, Friday, 2 February 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link

Japanese Hip Hop group Rip Slyme recorded a straight forward cover of Muddy Waters' Mannish Boy on their album Tokyo Classic.

MarkoP, Friday, 2 February 2018 18:53 (six years ago) link

Yeah, I suspect a lot of these will be covers. The Fall did a few, obviously Mr. Pharmacist and Rolling Dany, which I love.

hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Friday, 2 February 2018 19:03 (six years ago) link

tribute to johnny - smashing pumpkins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLrOLHmWEjQ

flappy bird, Friday, 2 February 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link

Super Furry Animals - Golden Retriever

afriendlypioneer, Friday, 2 February 2018 19:28 (six years ago) link

King Crimson, ProzaKc Blues, kinda

imago, Friday, 2 February 2018 19:34 (six years ago) link

I mean it isn't exactly straightforward. Maybe disregard

imago, Friday, 2 February 2018 19:34 (six years ago) link

Spratleys Japs - Pond

imago, Friday, 2 February 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link

Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan

― omar little, Friday, February 2, 2018 1:51 PM (fifty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the Dan has a few of these, enough that they prob don't quite qualify for this thread: "Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More," "Black Friday," "Bodhisattva," "Chain Lightning"

hoooyaaargh it's me satan (voodoo chili), Friday, 2 February 2018 19:49 (six years ago) link

Scott Walker's cover of "Blanket Roll Blues" is less weird than anything he did in the fifteen years prior.

airdnb (Tom Violence), Friday, 2 February 2018 19:59 (six years ago) link

can we have a thread for all the threads that are like "Songs where the first 16 syllables are an anagram for a song title on at least one LP produced by a woman who remains nameless but still makes a sexy record" ?

because i like those threads a lot but then i forget what they're called all the time

budo jeru, Friday, 2 February 2018 21:27 (six years ago) link

Funkadelic, "Qualify and Satisfy"

Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Friday, 2 February 2018 22:14 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCtMzdsymes

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 2 February 2018 23:16 (six years ago) link

Blues based rock is mostly fucking terrible, isn't it? And I say that as a Canned Heat fan.

Roger Troutman, "Blue (A Tribute to the Blues)"

Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Friday, 2 February 2018 23:26 (six years ago) link

Some Pink Floyd stuff that I can't be bothered finding the titles for 'cuz it's so shit.

Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Friday, 2 February 2018 23:28 (six years ago) link

This entire terrible album:

http://www.skysaxonseeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/A-Full-Spoon-cover.jpg

Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Friday, 2 February 2018 23:59 (six years ago) link

James Taylor, Steamroller.

I think it qualifies. If it doesn't qualify then almost nothing does and I am not interested in what the thread is trying to achieve thxbye

the yam with the plan to hand the land to the man (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 3 February 2018 00:04 (six years ago) link

Elvis Costello - Eisenhower Blues

kornrulez6969, Saturday, 3 February 2018 00:13 (six years ago) link

Talking Heads: Swamp

Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 3 February 2018 00:47 (six years ago) link

"Weird Al" Yankovic – Generic Blues

(the blues version in his Broadway show) (crüt), Saturday, 3 February 2018 00:59 (six years ago) link

lol

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 3 February 2018 01:33 (six years ago) link

Lou Reed - I Wanna Be Black

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 3 February 2018 01:39 (six years ago) link

three months pass...

Peter Gabriel's "Waiting For The Big One" is a great example of this

808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Monday, 21 May 2018 18:11 (five years ago) link

six months pass...

Belle & Sebastian - "The Blues Are Still Blue"

galaxy brian (voodoo chili), Thursday, 29 November 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link

The Cure - The Weedy Burton

MaresNest, Thursday, 29 November 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link

Miles Davis "Red China Blues"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuKhccJi_GI

chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 29 November 2018 19:46 (five years ago) link

Beach Boys - "All I Want to Do"

Lee626, Thursday, 29 November 2018 19:52 (five years ago) link

red china blues is killer

marcos, Thursday, 29 November 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link

Does Nirvana's Lead Belly cover count?

change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 29 November 2018 23:24 (five years ago) link

'Personal Jesus'

earlnash, Thursday, 29 November 2018 23:25 (five years ago) link


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