better than the real thing

I said:

I'm all in favour of doing something different with a cover version...

Excuse me. Wrong addressee.

(In case you're wondering, I've just heard a rather interesting version
of I Can't Get No Satisfaction by Cat Power on the Andrew Collins show
BBC 6Music)

d.

davek said:

I said:

I'm all in favour of doing something different with a cover
version...

Excuse me. Wrong addressee.

(In case you're wondering, I've just heard a rather interesting
version of I Can't Get No Satisfaction by Cat Power on the Andrew
Collins show BBC 6Music)

d.

Heard Devo's version?

"Simonb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

davek said:

I said:

I'm all in favour of doing something different with a cover
version...

Excuse me. Wrong addressee.

(In case you're wondering, I've just heard a rather interesting
version of I Can't Get No Satisfaction by Cat Power on the Andrew
Collins show BBC 6Music)

d.

Heard Devo's version?

Please to get back in aus.bicycle if you are a Devo fan :-)
--
"I'm constantly shocked at how low ARKites opinions
are of me. Probably shouldn't be, but I am."
- Stacia in ARK

"Simonb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

davek said:

I said:

I'm all in favour of doing something different with a cover
version...

Excuse me. Wrong addressee.

(In case you're wondering, I've just heard a rather interesting
version of I Can't Get No Satisfaction by Cat Power on the Andrew
Collins show BBC 6Music)

d.

Heard Devo's version?

Way too many bands and artists doing covers these days. It's pathetic. And
the [censored] of record companies releasing said covers as singles instead of
originals. An example is David Bowie's new album. He records a cover of
Waterloo Sunset, and the radios go on and play it till death. It's not a bad
cover, but, still! And the new bands? Covers of Talk Talk (No Doubt) of
Tears for Fears (can't even remember the name) and The Who (someone else!).
What happened to original songwriting? And how hugely popular these cover
bands are becoming? I mean, hello?? Ok, the Counterfeit Stones are a damn
good tribute to the greates Rock n' Roll band in the world, and good fun!
Always making a quick buck with less effort!

Rock on, Bruce!!!

--
Vivian
-------
"We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school".
No Surrender

Vivian said:

"Simonb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

davek said:

I wrote:
> I'm all in favour of doing something different with a cover
> version...

Excuse me. Wrong addressee.

(In case you're wondering, I've just heard a rather interesting
version of I Can't Get No Satisfaction by Cat Power on the Andrew
Collins show BBC 6Music)

d.

Heard Devo's version?

Way too many bands and artists doing covers these days. It's
pathetic. And the [censored] of record companies releasing said covers
as singles instead of originals. An example is David Bowie's new
album. He records a cover of Waterloo Sunset, and the radios go on
and play it till death. It's not a bad cover, but, still! And the new
bands? Covers of Talk Talk (No Doubt) of Tears for Fears (can't even
remember the name) and The Who (someone else!). What happened to
original songwriting? And how hugely popular these cover bands are
becoming? I mean, hello?? Ok, the Counterfeit Stones are a damn good
tribute to the greates Rock n' Roll band in the world, and good fun!
Always making a quick buck with less effort!

Rock on, Bruce!!!

Yebbut, have you heard it?

mae <[email hidden]> wedi ysgrifennu:

Quoted message said:

"Simonb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Heard Devo's version?

Way too many bands and artists doing covers these days.

To be fair to Devo, their version was originally released in early 1978, so
"these days" doesn't really apply. It was (and remains) rubbish, BTW, as
does the original <runs for cover[1]>.

--
Rob

[1] Don't excuse the pun if you don't want to.

Please keep conversations in the newsgroup so that all may contribute
and benefit.

"Simonb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Vivian said:

"Simonb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

davek wrote:
> I wrote:
>> I'm all in favour of doing something different with a cover
>> version...
>
> Excuse me. Wrong addressee.
>
> (In case you're wondering, I've just heard a rather interesting
> version of I Can't Get No Satisfaction by Cat Power on the Andrew
> Collins show BBC 6Music)
>
> d.

Heard Devo's version?

Way too many bands and artists doing covers these days. It's
pathetic. And the [censored] of record companies releasing said covers
as singles instead of originals. An example is David Bowie's new
album. He records a cover of Waterloo Sunset, and the radios go on
and play it till death. It's not a bad cover, but, still! And the new
bands? Covers of Talk Talk (No Doubt) of Tears for Fears (can't even
remember the name) and The Who (someone else!). What happened to
original songwriting? And how hugely popular these cover bands are
becoming? I mean, hello?? Ok, the Counterfeit Stones are a damn good
tribute to the greates Rock n' Roll band in the world, and good fun!
Always making a quick buck with less effort!

Rock on, Bruce!!!

Yebbut, have you heard it?

Nope! But listening to the Cat Power version of Satisfaction right now...

--
Vivian
-------
"We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school".
No Surrender

Vivian said:

Nope! But listening to the Cat Power version of Satisfaction right now...

What do you reckon? I didn't even recognise it as the same song.

I've not heard the Devo version either.

d.

"davek" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Vivian said:

Nope! But listening to the Cat Power version of Satisfaction right

now...

Quoted message said:

What do you reckon? I didn't even recognise it as the same song.

I've not heard the Devo version either.

d.

Not bad, but that song w/o the riff it's not the same. It's what made the
song, that riff is that Keith had in his head for days until him and Mick
penned the song down.

Still, rock on Bruce!

Vivian
-------
"We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school".
No Surrender

"Robert Bruce" <[email hidden]> wrote in
message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Please keep conversations in the newsgroup so that all may contribute
and benefit.

We are!

--
Vivian
-------
"We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school".
No Surrender

Quoted message said:

Way too many bands and artists doing covers these days. It's pathetic.
And the [censored] of record companies releasing said covers as singles
instead of originals.

Didn't it used to be ridiculous a few decades ago, with the covers being
released while the original was still in the chart, and the two vying for
the top spot? I think we might have it lucky these days :-)

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 21:29:25 +0100, "Vivian" <[email hidden]>
wrote (more or less):

Quoted message said:

"Simonb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

davek said:

I wrote:
> I'm all in favour of doing something different with a cover
> version...

Excuse me. Wrong addressee.

(In case you're wondering, I've just heard a rather interesting
version of I Can't Get No Satisfaction by Cat Power on the Andrew
Collins show BBC 6Music)

d.

Heard Devo's version?

Way too many bands and artists doing covers these days. It's pathetic. And
the [censored] of record companies releasing said covers as singles instead of
originals. An example is David Bowie's new album. He records a cover of
Waterloo Sunset, and the radios go on and play it till death. It's not a bad
cover, but, still! And the new bands? Covers of Talk Talk (No Doubt) of
Tears for Fears (can't even remember the name) and The Who (someone else!).
What happened to original songwriting? And how hugely popular these cover
bands are becoming? I mean, hello?? Ok, the Counterfeit Stones are a damn
good tribute to the greates Rock n' Roll band in the world, and good fun!
Always making a quick buck with less effort!

It's less effort, but you only make 1/6th of the money.

--
Cheers,
Euan
Gawnsoft: http://www.gawnsoft.co.sr
Symbian/Epoc wiki: http://html.dnsalias.net:1122
Smalltalk links (harvested from comp.lang.smalltalk) http://html.dnsalias.net/gawnsoft/smalltalk

Vivian said:

Quoted message said:

Heard Devo's version?

Way too many bands and artists doing covers these days. It's pathetic.

It depends. Some covers are as good as a whole new song. Devo's version
of "Satisfaction" shines some new light on it, while the Residents'
version (which also dates from around the same time) - well, I'm not
sure how to describe it. Someone said it was like an evisceration with a
blowtorch, which is OK by me.

Daniele
--
Apple Juice Ltd
Chapter Arts Centre
Market Road www.apple-juice.co.uk
Cardiff CF5 1QE 029 2019 0140

mae <[email hidden]> wedi ysgrifennu:

Quoted message said:

"Robert Bruce" <[email hidden]>
wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

Please keep conversations in the newsgroup so that all may contribute
and benefit.

We are!

The sig is mainly for the benefit of users of the peer-to-peer tech support
groups that I frequent. It's not unusual to answer a simple query in one of
those groups only subsequntly to be bombarded by follow-up emails.

--
Rob

Please keep conversations in the newsgroup so that all may contribute
and benefit.

[email hidden] (D.M. Procida) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

It depends. Some covers are as good as a whole new song. Devo's version
of "Satisfaction" shines some new light on it, while the Residents'
version (which also dates from around the same time) - well, I'm not
sure how to describe it. Someone said it was like an evisceration with a
blowtorch, which is OK by me.

Quite right. Would anyone describe The Clash's English Civil War
(Johnny Comes Marching Home) or Wrong 'Em Boyo (Staggerlee) as mere
covers?

Trying to get it back on topic, what of Senor Coconut's re-working of
Kraftwerk (including Tour de France) in a latin-style?

Toby

Toby Barrett said:

Trying to get it back on topic, what of Senor Coconut's re-working of
Kraftwerk (including Tour de France) in a latin-style?

I have a friend who is a keen cyclist, and a while ago - after the Tour
de France album came out - he was struggling painfully up some really
steep hill until he suddenly hit the rhythm of "Tour de France" - the
pedalling and the breathing - and found himself almost coasting up, not
effortlessly, but smoothly and powerfully. So as with most things to do
with Kraftwerk, there's probably some precisely-observed truth hidden
away in it.

Daniele
--
Apple Juice Ltd
Chapter Arts Centre
Market Road www.apple-juice.co.uk
Cardiff CF5 1QE 029 2019 0140

D.M. Procida said:

Toby Barrett said:

Trying to get it back on topic, what of Senor Coconut's re-working of
Kraftwerk (including Tour de France) in a latin-style?

I have a friend who is a keen cyclist, and a while ago - after the
Tour de France album came out - he was struggling painfully up some
really steep hill until he suddenly hit the rhythm of "Tour de
France" - the pedalling and the breathing - and found himself almost
coasting up, not effortlessly, but smoothly and powerfully. So as
with most things to do with Kraftwerk, there's probably some
precisely-observed truth hidden away in it.

Or perhaps not. A good rhythm at /any cadence/ is important in cycling.