Cover songs versus the original track, which ones are better?

[Hornbein]

This is not very good, it is out of her range, her tone is weird in places (probably due to the range) and the guitar solo is awful. Did he not learn vibrato? Could he have not changed to a strat for this?
You need the harmony too and she cuts it short.
However, she is doing Comfortably numb! For her! Why for her? Because she likes good music???
She has not messed with the key, how low does she go!? Sure it affects her tone but she is still doing it. Live.

This is my second MC, the first being Jolene.

I like Miley's rock singing. People forget that rock is supposed to break all the rules. Key is that your parents can't stand it.



It helps that the Cyrus team can afford the best touring musicians.

 

[Hornbein]

From one of the best musicals ever this arrangement is played by one of the greatest drummers ever.

It's live too which is....cool.

Very swinging. Combos are a cheap substitute for big bands. Tokyo has really good ones.

Alice Cooper used to play a little of this tune. They had an album entitled Easy Action (a line from West Side Story. One of the characters is named Action and they're telling him to cool it.)

 

[Hornbein]

These guys wrote it. The is OGWT and are usually live so I assumed it was.


I like this version too.

Never heard this tune before. I like the Kiss version. It sounds a lot like Queen.

I recall an interview with a man who was offered the choice of producing Boston's first album or one by Kiss. He saw little room for improvement with Boston so he went for Kiss, where he felt needed.

 

[Hornbein]

The Philippines' Charice Pempengco. Mariah Carey and Celine Dion both think she's great.



Charice has since had trans surgery, even on her vocal chords.

 

[pinball1970]

Never heard this tune before. I like the Kiss version. It sounds a lot like Queen.

I recall an interview with a man who was offered the choice of producing Boston's first album or one by Kiss. He saw little room for improvement with Boston so he went for Kiss, where he felt needed.

Argent did "Hold your head up." Rick Wakeman described the organ solo as the best he had ever heard.
Rod Argent was previously with the Zombies, "She's not there" a great track.

 

[pinball1970]

This one

 

[pinball1970]

The Philippines' Charice Pempengco. Mariah Carey and Celine Dion both think she's great.



Charice has since had trans surgery, even on her vocal chords.

Charice can obviously sing but I simply detest this style. The song is already amazing, the tune immense and the words beautiful.
Eric Carmen used that little part from Rachmaninoff to link to the chorus, brilliant.
Maria Carey destroyed "I'll be there," and I hated Celine Dion version of this too.
I just cannot take all the extra ornaments, imagine them singing yesterday? 12 extra notes per bar? Not for me. It would be like drawing a mustache on the Mona Lisa. It is already dood enough.

 

[Hornbein]

Well whaddya know. Sisters, they've been making music together their whole lives. It shows.

Love that harmony but the steel solo is way subpar. Give Megan another chance with her best Dickie Betts.

 

[Hornbein]

 

[gmax137]

....

Well that's a weird tune.

 

[pinball1970]

Well whaddya know. Sisters, they've been making music together their whole lives. It shows.

Love that harmony but the steel solo is way subpar. Give Megan another chance with her best Dickie Betts.

No!!!!

 

[pinball1970]

Well whaddya know. Sisters, they've been making music together their whole lives. It shows.

Love that harmony but the steel solo is way subpar. Give Megan another chance with her best Dickie Betts.

WHY, are they replicating that version? Lori? Roberta?

 

[pinball1970]

Didn't know these guys. I like it though

 

[pinball1970]

This is great. The drummer looks awkward but has a good sound. Overall sound is just awesome and look at them?
Time machine? 1966 I think, catch the Beatles, Hendrix, The Who, Yes and work my way through to 1972 when Gillan left Purple. Time to come home then.

 

[Hornbein]

This has dozens of hit songs I didn't know were covers. How did he figure all this out?

 

[pinball1970]

This has dozens of hit songs I didn't know were covers. How did he figure all this out?

I knew some but not all.

Alone was NOT Heart!

 

[Hornbein]

Should I Stay Or Should I Go

 

[Hornbein]

Teach Your Children

 

[Hornbein]

Senri Kawaguchi plays Herbie Hancock's Actual Proof (which was based on Tower of Power's Oakland Stroke) live in Montreal. I'd like to know more about that keyboard player.

 

[pinball1970]

23.24 she drops a stick with her left switches right to left then picks up with her right out of her spares. Close your eyes you cannot tell.

 

[pinball1970]

Senri Kawaguchi plays Herbie Hancock's Actual Proof (which was based on Tower of Power's Oakland Stroke) live in Montreal. I'd like to know more about that keyboard player.

Some lovely runs 23.30.

 

[pinball1970]

Teach Your Children

Not keen on country slide. I like Pink Floyd slide, just not country.

 

[Hornbein]

 

[pinball1970]

Special girl there. Saw some of her arrangements a few years ago. Brilliant.

 

[pinball1970]

Yep she is great reminds of Walter.

 

[pinball1970]

A nod to Astrid. Walter does this justice.

 

[Ibix]

Special girl there. Saw some of her arrangements a few years ago. Brilliant.

Her cover of Losing My Religion is great:

 

[pinball1970]

Her cover of Losing My Religion is great:

Fantastic.
See how uses her nails on her right hand to create that percussive rythym as a regular chop? Whilst picking chords, tune and bass?
Great technique.

 

[BWV]

Cool cover of Fela's Colonial Mentality

 

[Ibix]

Fantastic.
See how uses her nails on her right hand to create that percussive rythym as a regular chop? Whilst picking chords, tune and bass?
Great technique.

Yeah. REM is a four-man outfit and she's doing the work of three of them. Never mind automation, she needs to be banned before she puts everyone else out of a job.

 

[pinball1970]

I hated this. It has one of those totally unnecessary key changes at the end.

 

[pinball1970]

This should have been left well alone. If you are going to do an Elvis track, you have to bring something of substance. This is basically the original arrangement with his voice, not a nice voice either.

 

[pinball1970]

This is a cover but I did not know it, Written in 1939 and covered here by Elvis.
So many great things about this. Acapella, his range, high but light, he was still only 21 or so here.
Also, singing with the expression he had at 21. His biographers put it down to spending years singing Gospel music but did everyone turn out like that? Singing like that?
Also look at him! Like Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Ian Gillan, Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, they were so visually appealing that the combo of the music and the look made them special.
So, apologies FYC if you are going to do Elvis you have to bring your A game.

 

[pinball1970]

Senri Kawaguchi plays Herbie Hancock's Actual Proof (which was based on Tower of Power's Oakland Stroke) live in Montreal. I'd like to know more about that keyboard player.

The drummer is nuts I love her. When she looks up for a cue she smiles like she is ready to go but is secretly thinking, "when the guys are done I'm going drink a litre of vodka and get into a bar fight."

Keeping our highest standards alive (drummers)

 

[pinball1970]

Ok more garbage. I remember this very well. I was in Wales with a gf and I had been looking forward to the ten year anniversary for John Lennon, 1990.
What happened was an absolute sh1t show. Music John Lennon would have never had connection with performed by pop stars. Truly truly awful. My gf insisted we watch all plus a few Beatles nut friends who came round and wanted to watch.
Unbelievably this was not the worst track.