Cover music

[SineSwiper]

I wish commercials would stay away from themes from my favorite movies. Leave Requiem for a Dream and Donnie Darko alone. Make your own goddamn songs!

Why can't more people be like The Doors?

[Kupek]

I wish commercials would stay away from themes from my favorite movies. Leave Requiem for a Dream and Donnie Darko alone. Make your own goddamn songs!

Somewhere, a Tears for Fears fan is saying that about movies.

[SineSwiper]

Somewhere, a Tears for Fears fan is saying that about movies.

I -am- a Tears for Fears fan, but I like the remake better. Hell, that movie was responsible for getting the band back together. (Seriously.)

[Julius Seeker]

Yeah, the cover of Mad World was quite terrible. Shout 2000 was fairly good though, but the singer could have been better. I haven't heard either in years though so my opinion may differ a little on Shout, but the Mad World cover will probably still want to make me vomit.

[SineSwiper]

Yeah, the cover of Mad World was quite terrible. Shout 2000 was fairly good though, but the singer could have been better. I haven't heard either in years though so my opinion may differ a little on Shout, but the Mad World cover will probably still want to make me vomit.

Well, whatever. The original song sounds too "dated" now. Too many 80's synchs and ugly drum machines. By the time they put out "Songs From The Big Chair", they actually had some good equipment to produce with.

[Julius Seeker]

Well, if you prefer stripped down emo cover of Mad World over the real song, then more power to you.

[Julius Seeker]

My taste in music is garbage.

Fixed =P

[SineSwiper]

Please. Next thing you're going to tell me is that the David Bowie version of Golden Years is better than the MM version.

[Imakeholesinu]

Who's is better? P.Diddy or Sting?

Case fucking closed.

[Blotus]

Who's is better? P.Diddy or any of the other musicians he's made a career out of ripping-off/"sampling"?

Case fucking closed.

QFT

[bovine]

some covers can be awesomazing. I guess Final Fantasy is just amazing doing whatever he chooses to.

[RentCavalier]

Who is this Violin master? And why does his name coincide with that of popular video games?

[bovine]

he is the violinist from the Arcade Fire, his solo act is entitled "final fantasy". If you're in Regina, Saskatchewan you can see him playing at the folk fest August 8-12. He has two albums out (one with a funny name), and his live show is incredible. I recommend you procure yourself his albums and see his show if he passes through your section of the earth.

I don't know where the name comes from, but you can hear some videogame inspired lyrics here and there in his albums.

Also, Canadian.

[Kupek]

Yes, covers can be amazing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM

[SineSwiper]

Who's is better? P.Diddy or Sting?

Case fucking closed.

Everything rappers have covered is total shit. I don't think anybody is debating that. (Though, I'm sure Seeker will try.)

However, some covers are just plain better than the original song, because the original song was some oddball thing that nobody listened to.

Hell, who wrote All Along the Watchtower? Who actually made that fucking song famous?

[SineSwiper]

Yes, covers can be amazing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-8nkkOA_AM

Are you being sarcastic? Anyway, Hooverphonic's cover of Shake the Disease (Depeche Mode song); a 1000x better than the original. (Also, the first song I heard from these folks.)

[Kupek]

...No. I like the original, but that guy has an amazing voice.

Are you being sarcastic? Because if you don't like that cover, something other than blood runs through your veins.

[Julius Seeker]

Who's is better? P.Diddy or Sting?

Case fucking closed.

Sting, Puff Daddy's a jackass who only got popular by dancing around in everyone elses videos and getting featured on their albums who were on his label.

[bovine]

I'm sure everyone's already seen it and it's mildly off topic.... but prepare to not be rickrolled even a little bit.

[Julius Seeker]

Everything rappers have covered is total shit. I don't think anybody is debating that. (Though, I'm sure Seeker will try.)

Rappers generally don't do covers; I can't think of many good examples. I can only think of one cover off hand, Rappers Delight by Def Squad (which is an awesome cover)... Limp Bizkit did Jump Around, and perhaps even the Fugees cover of Killing me Softly (though that's more Soul R&B with a bit of rap)... None of them are "shit". What is all this stuff you are talking about?

[RentCavalier]

Would Wu Tang's "While the Heat Gently Weeps"--y'know, the one with samples done by George Harrison's son, to the tune of "My Guitar Gently Weeps" count as a cover?

[bovine]

Everything rappers have covered is total shit. I don't think anybody is debating that. (Though, I'm sure Seeker will try.)

Rappers generally don't do covers; I can't think of many good examples. I can only think of one cover off hand, Rappers Delight by Def Squad (which is an awesome cover)... Limp Bizkit did Jump Around, and perhaps even the Fugees cover of Killing me Softly (though that's more Soul R&B with a bit of rap)... None of them are "shit". What is all this stuff you are talking about?

perhaps hiphop using samples/beats from classic songs.

[Mully]

this guy is awesome for a nobody covering odd songs acoustically.

Straight Up by Paula Abdul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APGBCCYWdHY

Yeah by Usher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebd7ONuE-PA

[SineSwiper]

I'm sure everyone's already seen it and it's mildly off topic.... but prepare to not be rickrolled even a little bit.

What the fuck is up with this "Tom Goes to the Mayor" type humor being so popular? Bleh. The "so stupid it's funny" humor is really really hard to capture on a regular basis. Just look at how hit and miss "Tim and Eric Awesome Show" is. (It's usually more miss than hit.)

Rappers generally don't do covers; I can't think of many good examples. I can only think of one cover off hand, Rappers Delight by Def Squad (which is an awesome cover)... Limp Bizkit did Jump Around, and perhaps even the Fugees cover of Killing me Softly (though that's more Soul R&B with a bit of rap)... None of them are "shit". What is all this stuff you are talking about?

Maybe not covers, but you're purposely being obtuse about it. I'm talking about "stolen" songs with replacement lyrics. Songs like:

Everything Puff Daddy or P. Diddy or P on my Diddy (or whatever the fuck you want to call him) has done.

Jay-Z - Hard Knock Life (Remixing an Annie song?! What the fuck is wrong with you people??!)

Kanye West - Stronger (Again, Daft Punk steals from funk albums, but at least they don't put shitty lyrics on it.)

Eminem - Dream On (Stealing from Aerosmith? That's like stealing shit from the toilet and then pissing on it.)

That shitty Jay-Z/Linkin Park album (What were they thinking?!)

I could go on and on, but *GASP* I usually don't listen to rap.

[Mully]

Yeah, the cover of Mad World was quite terrible. Shout 2000 was fairly good though, but the singer could have been better. I haven't heard either in years though so my opinion may differ a little on Shout, but the Mad World cover will probably still want to make me vomit.

Well, whatever. The original song sounds too "dated" now. Too many 80's synchs and ugly drum machines. By the time they put out "Songs From The Big Chair", they actually had some good equipment to produce with.

Funny enough, I'm listening to Pandora and a cover of Mad World by Alex Parks. Haunting as usual, but this version is basically drum machine, piano and a cello.

[Julius Seeker]

Rappers generally don't do covers; I can't think of many good examples. I can only think of one cover off hand, Rappers Delight by Def Squad (which is an awesome cover)... Limp Bizkit did Jump Around, and perhaps even the Fugees cover of Killing me Softly (though that's more Soul R&B with a bit of rap)... None of them are "shit". What is all this stuff you are talking about?

Maybe not covers, but you're purposely being obtuse about it. I'm talking about "stolen" songs with replacement lyrics.

Sampling a beat is NOT in ANY WAY covering a song. Declaring all rap covers as trash because of songs by Puff Daddy or Jay Z which sample other songs is just ludicrous. Also, declaring all rap songs which sample other songs as trash is just very poor taste, especially in light of songs like Changes and Ghetto Gospel by Tupac Shakur.


Speaking of Rap Covers, there is Run DMC's cover of Walk this Way which totally slipped my mind. I wouldn't call that one trash either.