What songs are you covering right now?

[jrmy]

funky town / lipps inc.

I would pay to hear the Masked Elwood version of Funkytown. Frrealz.

[Nejra Leffor]

I don't cover songs Why cover songs if you can write your own?

[masked elwood]

I don't cover songs Why cover songs if you can write your own?

because it's sometimes fun and you can learn from other peoples writing styles. especially when you put your twist on a song...if you can retain your personality and style while doing a well know song, it's a positive achievement IMO.
very seldom do i perform a cover song "live" but when i have it's gone over fukking great. if you "own" that shite it'll be nothing but fun.

elwd

[Blurillaz]

I don't cover songs Why cover songs if you can write your own?

So you can mess em up n stuff. Like nirvana did with love buzz.

[V0id]

Just for a show we are covering Beck - minus. Fucking awesome crazy song.

[Ghost Hip]

I don't cover songs Why cover songs if you can write your own?

wow, so the moderators "edit" button is where the quote button was and I almost retyped your original post. Good thing I caught that.

Anywho, my response: It's just fun. I can relate to the mentality of wanting to be original, but I cannot resist putting a cover song as the first song of a set list. It gets people's attention, and I always get good comments on them. As musicians i don't think cover songs appeal to us when watching a band but to non-musician audience members I think it makes a difference if you play just one cover song as opposed to none.

[veteransdaypoppy]

The Books - None But Shining Hours
Guitar Vader - Magical Girl
My Bloody Valentine - Honey Power
and the occasional Oh Comely by Neutral Milk Hotel.

We're indie douchebags, and we have terrible voices. And that's the point.

[aen]

Im pushing for "Helter Skelter" by The Beatles at the next show

but before it I have to say some shit like "Hey kids remember when the beatles fucking invented metal?"

[veteransdaypoppy]

hahaha!
well said, aen.

[aen]

Wait no, itd be

"Hey kids, remember when the beatles invented FUCKING METAL?!?!"

[Ghost Hip]

Or Hey kids remember when the beatles invented fucking?

But hey I wasn't born till 1990 so I maybe wrong.

[starcastic]

There's a video of my band from this past weekend in Chicago playing Mission of Burma's "That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate" over at the Union Rock Yards blog:

http://unionrockyards.blogspot.com/2009 ... r-red.html

Last video of the bunch, yo.

[hatshirt]

There's a video of my band from this past weekend in Chicago playing Mission of Burma's "That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate" over at the Union Rock Yards blog:

http://unionrockyards.blogspot.com/2009 ... r-red.html

Last video of the bunch, yo.

dude, that was fuckin awesome!

[starcastic]

dude, that was fuckin awesome!

Thanks! The audio isn't that great, but it's full-on Shoe Gazer the whole way through. The SG just KILLS with that song.

[effetebomb]

Guitar Vader - Magical Girl

sickness