The Best Amateur Covers

**Wild Card** · 03-15-2013, 10:34 PM

The web is full of people playing and singing covers of popular songs some good some not so much. Here's a chance to post some of your garage band type covers. I am not looking for major artists, I am not looking for the "cute kid", I am not looking for the play/sing along with the record. OK, what am I'm looking for? Glad you asked. I'm mostly looking for people with some talent. Solos are ok as long there's no record involve. One man bands are ok as long as they are really playing the instruments. Groups playing anywhere is ok. Collaborations are most welcome. I suggest only posting once in a 24 hour period.

I'll start off with a collaboration cover of G'n'R's Rocket Queen

**Artycool8or** · 03-15-2013, 11:40 PM

It's going to be hard for me to participate here, since these type of things are not my cup of tea.
Don't get me wrong I love undiscovered talent, but sorting through the ones that aren't is a tedious task.
That being said, on our Hawaiian vacation we attended the Germaine's Luau. While the Luau was great by itself the bus ride back from it was the prize entertainment --I didn't expect. Our host pulled out his el. ukulele, and made the evening unforgettable. This video (taken fairly recently) attests that he is still doing this. If you are in Hawaii, make sure you visit the aforementioned Luau and ask for Cousin Alika's bus. You can thank me later.

Originally Posted by Wild Card

The web is full of people playing and singing covers of popular songs some good some not so much.I am not looking for the "cute kid",

Does that mean I can't post my cover version of "Slovenska"?

**Professor Moriarty** · 03-16-2013, 07:40 PM

**Miss Fantastic** · 03-16-2013, 08:16 PM

Hope instrumentals are allowed...

**Artycool8or** · 03-17-2013, 12:33 AM

I'll assume this is for real.
In which case he has more talent in his little finger than most people have in their entire body.

**Wild Card** · 03-17-2013, 01:21 AM

Here's a couple of girls playing for some kind of music class. I know that I already posted one version of Rocket Queen anyway here's another.

BTW: Miss Fantastic does that answer your question about instrumentals

**Wild Card** · 03-18-2013, 08:37 PM

Here's a one man cover of Metallica's Enter Sandman. About the only thing that not him is the kid's voice.

**Miss Fantastic** · 03-18-2013, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by Wild Card

Here's a one man cover of Metallica's Enter Sandman. About the only thing that not him is the kid's voice.

THAT. WAS. AWESOME. Dude did a phenomenal job.

Discovered this one earlier tonight...

**Cold Water** · 03-19-2013, 11:25 AM

DAMMIT. I cannot find this amazing cover of Nick Cave's "God is in the House". I don't know how "amateur" the band was, but it was one of the best damn cover songs I have ever heard. Amazing video, too.
I cannot even remember the name of the band.
Freaking hell.

**Wild Card** · 03-19-2013, 10:22 PM

First of all Cold Water welcome to CBR please feel to post videos in this or any other video thread we got going on here.

Now for the business at hand. This next video has as an intro a guy playing a mean iphone, yeah that's right an iphone. Dream Theater's On the Back of Angels.