Round 1: "The Ghost of..." vs "The Valley Road" *CLOSED*

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Round 1: Best Covered Song?

Poll ended at February 21 18, 10:50 am

The Ghost of Tom Joad
8
53%
The Valley Road
7
47%
 
Total votes: 15

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Round 1: "The Ghost of..." vs "The Valley Road" *CLOSED*

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http://challonge.com/GRB_cover_tourney_20 has all the tourney info.

Round 1: Round of 32!

#14: stlouie_lipp's "The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Rage Against the Machine


Originally performed by Bruce Springsteen:


#19: wart57's "The Valley Road" by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band


Originally performed by Bruce Hornsby:
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Hornsby's piano work in the cover is just amazing. The ending of the song is just sublime.

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I’ve never heard Queen do Valley Road.

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lukethedrifter wrote:I’ve never heard Queen do Valley Road.
Ok

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I can’t believe I’m voting for wart.

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Radbird wrote:I can’t believe I’m voting for wart.
You are not voting for me. You are voting for a great piece of music. I just happen to be the idiot who submitted it.

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wart57 wrote:
lukethedrifter wrote:I’ve never heard Queen do Valley Road.
Ok
Just a copy/paste error, it's been fixed.

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I had that NGDB album. Listened to it a ton back in the 90s. Some really great versions of country/folk/bluegrass songs on there.

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That's never been one of my favorite Rage songs.
The 80s are a goddam travesty. There's a beautiful song buried under all that synth in the Hornsby song. I

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BottenFieldofDreams wrote:That's never been one of my favorite Rage songs.
The 80s are a goddam travesty. There's a beautiful song buried under all that synth in the Hornsby song. I

True. That synth does nothing but date the song.

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