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Post by noleafclover1980 on Sept 22, 2010 18:25:34 GMT -5
So, I was thinking of this.. when it come sto doing covers, there has to be a balance. Some sound so much like the original, that there seems to be no point to it ala Megadeth's version of Paranoid (don't get me wrong,I love Megadeth)
Others sound NOTHING like it... I saw Lamb of God live, and they claimed to be doing a live cover of "Overkill" by Motorhead, but totally changed the riff, the drum beat,a nd his screaming made the lyrics totally unintelligble.
Then you have the UB40 effect.... pretty white boys covering older songs, slightly different and somehow getting famous from it.
To me, a succesful cover must still be easy to recognize, but also put enough of your own spin on it to make it worth while. Ala Metallica's "Turn the Page" cover. Thoughts?
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Post by Jiren on Sept 22, 2010 18:37:46 GMT -5
Girls aloud, They take great songs and just butcher them.
Walk this way was the bigger offence though.
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Post by spec on Sept 22, 2010 18:50:21 GMT -5
I liked Megadeth's version of Paranoid, prefer it to the original actually. It's a short, relatively fast tempo song, there's not a whole lot that you can do to make it different. Slow it right down maybe, but would that sound any good? And not really something Megadeth would do. They did change the guitar solo. I agree that it's better for a band to put their own unique spin on a cover, but with some songs changing it radically just for the sake of it wouldn't work.
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Post by ICBM on Sept 22, 2010 18:58:12 GMT -5
Never say an unkind word about UB40
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Post by Bake Or Die on Sept 22, 2010 19:36:26 GMT -5
Covers that sound barely different from original
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Post by darthalexander on Sept 22, 2010 22:40:00 GMT -5
It really depends because sometimes covers that sound close to the original aren't that bad (Kashmir for example), and others that sound completely different (You Were Always On My Mind) aren't too bad either. There are exceptions all around of course.
Raul Malo has done some covers where he turns the song into something else - Blue Moon, My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You, etc. I like them a lot.
It depends on my mood I suppose.
I will say that I detest with all my soul those god-awful covers that:
a) are "sung" by cats/dogs
b) are done by "cutesy" kid bands (stuff so corny even your grandparents would roll their eyes)
Those recordings should be destroyed.
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Post by Nacho STAYS Hyped on Sept 22, 2010 22:42:36 GMT -5
Red red wiiiiiiiiiine....
Stay close to me.......
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Post by elektro on Sept 22, 2010 22:54:15 GMT -5
I'm not the biggest fan of a cover when it's barely any different from the original song. If that's the case, I'd rather hear the original, thank you.
However, I detest covers that sound so different from the original, it might as well be a different song.
If the cover in question is done extremely well, whether it's almost a carbon copy or a completely different song, then I really don't care as long as I like it.
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Post by saneiac on Sept 23, 2010 0:44:38 GMT -5
I liked Megadeth's version of Paranoid, prefer it to the original actually. It's a short, relatively fast tempo song, there's not a whole lot that you can do to make it different. Slow it right down maybe, but would that sound any good? Type O Negative does a cover of Paranoid that's slowed way down. Is it any good? Well, Type O is an acquired taste to begin with, and their slow dirge stuff especially so, so I guess that's up to the listener. I dislike UB40-ing the most. Hawaiian radio is REALLY bad with it being done by local bands, Hawaiian-izing every good pop, rock, or metal song and turning them all into dull, harmonized crap. |
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Post by Baixo Astral on Sept 23, 2010 2:03:58 GMT -5
UB40 had a lot of hits, just not in the USA. Red, Red Wine is pure perfection.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Sept 23, 2010 2:16:52 GMT -5
UB40 had a lot of hits, just not in the USA. Red, Red Wine is pure perfection. That avatar is still the creepiest thing ever. |
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Sept 23, 2010 2:19:07 GMT -5
Just look at Faith No Mores version of War Pigs. Still sounds like the original but it's all cleaner sounding and it's even better than it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2010 3:43:24 GMT -5
I'm not the biggest fan of a cover when it's barely any different from the original song. If that's the case, I'd rather hear the original, thank you. However, I detest covers that sound so different from the original, it might as well be a different song. If the cover in question is done extremely well, whether it's almost a carbon copy or a completely different song, then I really don't care as long as I like it. Pretty much this. |
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Post by mybraveface on Sept 23, 2010 3:46:20 GMT -5
Auto-tune.
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Post by celticjobber on Sept 23, 2010 3:51:56 GMT -5
I love UB40.
And I generally don't like it when covers sound alot different from the originals.
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Post by Chronos on Sept 23, 2010 4:48:56 GMT -5
Covers that sound barely different from the original, I can't stand Aerosmith's "Come Together." Don't even bother if you're not going to put your own unique spin on the song.
Though Todd Rundgren's "re-creation" of "Strawberry Fields Forever" is the exception to this rule.
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Post by who throws a shoe?! on Sept 23, 2010 6:24:21 GMT -5
UB40 in general, not just covers.
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Post by default on Sept 23, 2010 8:07:40 GMT -5
Girls aloud, They take great songs and just butcher them. Walk this way was the bigger offence though. This. Their cover of Teenage Dirtbag almost made my head explode. |
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Post by Steveweiser on Sept 23, 2010 8:11:22 GMT -5
Girls aloud, They take great songs and just butcher them. Walk this way was the bigger offence though. "Jump" improves on the original in a major way. The other covers they've done, you have a case for. |
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Post by Phosphor Glow on Sept 23, 2010 8:46:49 GMT -5
I much prefer covers that sound different from the originals. I don't see the point in doing a recorded cover if you're not doing anything different with it.
Live is a different story. Sometimes it's just fun to play a cover.
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