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Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 3:43 pm
by jrmy
masked elwood wrote:funky town / lipps inc.
I would pay to hear the Masked Elwood version of Funkytown. Frrealz.
Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:01 pm
by Nejra Leffor
I don't cover songs
Why cover songs if you can write your own?
Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:17 pm
by masked elwood
Nejra Leffor wrote: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
Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:43 pm
by Blurillaz
Nejra Leffor wrote: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.
Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:20 pm
by V0id
Just for a show we are covering Beck - minus. Fucking awesome crazy song.
Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:32 pm
by Ghost Hip
Nejra Leffor wrote: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.
Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:31 am
by 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.
Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:21 am
by 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?"
Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:23 am
by veteransdaypoppy
hahaha!
well said, aen.
Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:26 am
by aen
Wait no, itd be
"Hey kids, remember when the beatles invented FUCKING METAL?!?!"
Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:41 am
by Ghost Hip
Or Hey kids remember when the beatles invented fucking?
But hey I wasn't born till 1990 so I maybe wrong.
Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:55 pm
by 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.htmlLast video of the bunch, yo.
Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:23 pm
by hatshirt
dude, that was fuckin awesome!
Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:26 pm
by starcastic
hatshirt wrote: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.
Re: What songs are you covering right now?
Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:03 pm
by effetebomb
veteransdaypoppy wrote:Guitar Vader - Magical Girl
sickness