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Hop On Pop
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5/17/2007 1:54:52 PM
What makes for a good cover song?
I was thinking about this today and went ahead a made a mix fir myself of many of my favorites.
For me, it's being able to do one of a couple of things:
- Capturing the original spirit of the song, but using your own voice to do so
- Re-casting the song and shedding new light on it, or giving it a new meaning (as Sly Stone did with "Que Sera-Sera")
- Just having fun with it and letting the joy come through.
What makes a cover great for you? Do you like to hear a faithful reinterpretation or do you prefer to hear something new?
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5/17/2007 2:34:25 PM
I covered Buffalo Springfield's Rock & Roll Woman because, well, I heard things I could do with it, I thought I could improve it. Personally I don't think it's worth recording a blatant copy for a cover. Now if your voice is much different, that might be ok. I'd be more likely to enjoy it if you changed it some, though.
Father Time - Rock & Roll Woman
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5/17/2007 2:35:24 PM
oops my link didn't work.
Rock & Roll Woman
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The Man With No Band
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5/17/2007 2:58:10 PM
Don't know if that was an improvement or not Scott but it was pretty d***n good..
Maybe I'm not smok'in the right stuff :)
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Hop On Pop
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5/17/2007 3:04:44 PM
Awww hell!
That was a damn good cover.
And now, I'm gonna have to post my old punk band's cover of Prince's "When Doves Cry".
Yeah, a punk version of Prince:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/6c2oyp
It's not streaming, but a download, so I hope that you don't mind. We have no stream available.
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
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5/17/2007 5:24:35 PM
Covers have been my bread & butter for many years ----but I have never recorded one! I guess we always tried to sound like the original for a live performance, so consequently didn't think there was enough of us in there to make it worthwhile!
Started with Dylan songs, then Van Morrison, the Doors , Beatles & 'Stones & Bruce Springsteen-------lately we've gone back to Bob again, "All along the Watchtower" "Ain't goin' nowhere"" lay Lady Lay" but with Female vocalist! (Ana)
Maybe we''ll record some this time?
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Product Recall
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5/17/2007 6:28:06 PM
we dont really play covers, only when we're low on inspiration, obviously we do the littlest hobo. twinkle twinkle little star, bah bah black sheep and abc (in under 40 secs), now and again we play 4 non blondes "whats going on" that breaks in to the time warp, but the one i really want to do is a heavy assed screaming full on rock version of the cheesy dance classic "ride on time" by back box, how much fun would that be.................
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Duane Flock
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5/18/2007 12:55:12 AM
I've done my share of cover tunes over the years, but lately I've picked out some choice tunes. One is "From The Beginning" by Emerson Lake & Palmer. If you're going to do a cover tune, make it your own. Take a risk...... but first and foremost make the original artist proud! I would want to know the new artist worked on my tune as hard as I did when I wrote it. My thoughts............................... D.
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Spank Momma
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5/18/2007 7:53:04 AM
Well this thread is seeing some action, Ever since I could play one chord I have been writing songs. I have learned many covers in many bands and usually get some cool chord or hook out of them. Thus adding to my own sound style. 99.9% of the covers I have learned never even saw an audience. I have been a diehard original songwriter for many years. I am now going to play bass (for now) in an original / cover boogie woogie R+B type band, dance music mostly, we are all also going to do half originals and do those gigs too. They sent me a song list of 5 songs so far. Come together- Beatles
Mustang Sally- Pickett. Highway 66- stones. Where have all the good times gone-kinks. I ask you, Is this boogie woogie dance music. Scuse me, In cover bands, should these songs have something in common. I wanna do Wolly Bully. Now that is boogie woogie music.
When I do the vocals in covers I try to nail the entire original sound as best I can. With a little warming up I used to sound like Joe Cocker, Bryan Adams, Mark Farner, Glenn Frye, Jon Butcher, Joe Walsh, Chris Cornell and Layne Staley, Funny I now hear all these cats in my singing style.
I really miss the rush of the first two songs on a stage, so I'm gonna stick it out because these doods are very good players and singers. I think if your gonna do regular covers you should nail em.
If your gonna do a total classic , you can make it your own if it makes the audience respond in a positive way. Like throwing undies and flowers. Peace
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Hugh Hamilton
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5/18/2007 8:59:36 AM
Interesting topic. I'm one of those geeks who has learned every part to most of the Beatle songs, and I often record them to (a) learn the playing, (b) learn the arranging, (c) learn how to "get those sounds" i.e. "learn the gear" and mix, (d) enjoy myself immensely - to some extent I think it's a sickness...
I used to want to do everything "exactly" but lately I've been having fun with whacky arrangements ("Banjo-Bla-Di, Bongo-Bla-Da" for example - some of my friends have heard them...) and I've kind of faced up to the fact that, no matter what I do, I'll never be able to mimic their vocals.
The hardest thing for me is always the writing. I have the greatest respect for anyone who writes, especially the really prolific folks who seem to write daily. Writing is a whole other topic really, but my writing tends to come about as a direct result of intense emotion, and I lack the discipline to be a faithful writer. IAC folks like Jillianne Jawzykins and Raymond Porter absolutely astound me with the quantity of their output. Steve Ison is another committed writer, who seems to be more concerned about his writing than anything else.
Even my heros (the Beatles) cut their teeth performing and recording covers. It's a great way to learn. But the most laudable artists "do it all" in my opinion, as they came to do...
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Hugh Hamilton
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5/18/2007 9:52:58 AM
Geez, thanks Larree - if you're not careful I'll be e-mailing the "Hugo Does the Beatles" video...
LOL
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Hugh Hamilton
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5/18/2007 10:15:07 AM
Put an axe in my hands and I'll play along...
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