This song makes for a surprisingly spot-on metal cover!
It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever
So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We'll let 'em come true
The Ohio Express classic has been in my rotation for as long as I can remember, so Leo's metal take works for me. The song's intro goes metal surprisingly easily.
The Ohio Player's knocking it out of the park with Love Rollercoaster:
Here's the Ohio Express:
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Finally! A version of this song I can turn up loud!
Family road trips seemed to have this song on repeat, though my father would occasionally swap Denver out for Manilow. I consider this akin to General "Mad Max" Thurman's auditory torture of Manuel Noriega in 1989. — Read the rest
This 1988 standard covers what the Proclaimers would do for you, which mainly involves a lot of walking and havering. In addition to a pumping beat, this song is the reason why all of Gen X learned that havering means to get drunk and talk out one's ass. — Read the rest
Billy Joel's super popular list song does well as a marching metal scream fest.
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Bill Idol's 1983 "Rebel Yell" defines hard rock. Moracchioli's cover is a wonderful tribute.
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Yes, I know the Muffin Man. Leo Moracchioli's metal covers of popular music are some of my favorite things on the YouTubes.
Not that the Kurt Cobain needs any improvement, but Leo's version is a ton of fun!
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This Spin Doctors song has been in my rotation since it came out. Leo's cover is a welcome gift!
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Oh, baby! Leo always hits it out of the park. I frequently get lost in his YouTube channel.
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Yet another fun cover by Leo.
Bonus:
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Ah, classics.
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Boing Boing readers are likely familiar with the incredible metal covers of popular songs that Leo Moracchiolo shares via YouTube. I enjoy them all, but this video is something special: original work by Leo himself.
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Come on, Sprocket! Scream your cares away!
Bonus:
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A metal cover of hard rockin' Led Zepp is pretty recursive. You gotta get like 2/3rds of the way in before it isn't just "a cover."
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This version certainly offers a more cocaine version of "Cocaine" than I have heard previously. I am a huge Leo fan.
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Bonus:
Huey Lewis and the News 1986 album "Fore!" may have given us a boatload of unremarkable Huey Lewis sounding songs, but "Hip to Be Square" has always stuck with me.
Good way to kick Monday off.
I frequently go down the rabbit hole of listening to Leo covers for hours.
A Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson duet is reimagined by Leo.
