Too Early to cover (punk, rock, itunes, white stripes, effect)

TheBig3KilledMyRainDog · 11-20-2005, 12:53 AM

I get pissed off when people say things like "its too early to cover this song" because I think people (i.e. kids) think it can only be done if you reach back into the vault 20 years.

horse****, in the 60's people used to cover songs immediatly to pay homage. Otis Redding covered satisafaction by the stones months after it came out (and was obviously still ahit.)

Im writing this because The White Stripes covered Walking with the Ghost by Tegan and Sarah as a B-side and the iTunes reviews say things to the effect of

"i don't know I mean this song came out too early, this song was recorded this year"

WTF kind of review is that, I didn't ask for your producer two cents, was it good.

What do you guys think?

Merkaba · 11-20-2005, 01:22 AM

Weeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllll........

It's a crock of ****.

But in saying that I wouldn't want any old band doing any old cover any old time. It comes down to whether a band is doing it out of respect or out of guilt. By guilt I mean they have no material so they just start doing covers.

If it's out of respect I say keep on covering.

Cheese · 11-20-2005, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Merkaba

Weeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllll........

It's a crock of ****.

But in saying that I wouldn't want any old band doing any old cover any old time. It comes down to whether a band is doing it out of respect or out of guilt. By guilt I mean they have no material so they just start doing covers.

If it's out of respect I say keep on covering.

You mean like Limp Bizkit doing that total sh1tehole remake of Behind Blue Eyes and their latest crap cover of Bittersweet Symphony/Home Sweet Home.

these a$$holes need ****ing up the arse with a 12 gauge

sleepy jack · 11-20-2005, 11:28 AM

Limp Bizkit's cover of behind blue eyes wasn't bad at all you just hate it because it was Limp Bizkit and i agree with you big3.

**boo boo** · 11-20-2005, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by MIsfitspunk

Limp Bizkit's cover of behind blue eyes wasn't bad at all you just hate it because it was Limp Bizkit and i agree with you big3.

Dude, they ruined the original completely in my opinion, people just shouldnt cover who songs, EVER!...As Hilary duff and Bob Saget have already proved.

sleepy jack · 11-20-2005, 11:40 AM

Gosh they did the song and it sounded a little worse then the first that was it people sit there and say "OMG THEY THRASHED IT" when all they did was cover it and not do it as good as the original.

Imonlydancing · 11-20-2005, 01:06 PM

Yeh.
Big3 I agree with you too.
Somethings are covered well, some things aren't but surely how long ago it was recorded doesn't make much of a difference, unless a really really bad band covered a song that everyone loves...
Also, I don't think that limp Bizkits version of behind blue eyes was bad either.

**right-track** · 11-20-2005, 04:55 PM

I think if the cover is realeased close to the original, then I'd hope to hear a very different version.
If the cover is from a track some 30 years old for instance, then I'd expect to see some respect shown to the original artist and hear a version as close to the original as possible.

I always tend to think the originals are the best, however there are exceptions.

Big3, if it's done well, then I don't see anything wrong with it.

explosions-in-my-pants · 02-19-2006, 08:52 PM

back whenever Brown Eyed Girl was made.. it was covered by like 3 or 4 different bands.. and is still be covered from pop bands to punk bands nowa days.. and i think its good.. some of the covers almost sound like the same band which is strange but a good thing.

i think its cool when a band covers a song that JUST came out or came out years and years ago. it shows there willing to risk it, because coving a old song more so from a great band that made it go number 1 in the first place.. its a hard thing to beat let alone cover it. when you cover a newer song your taking the chance that your cover verison will be better and or just as.. or much worse then the first.

cover songs new or old is a big risk in its self when it comes to music and the bands that cover the songs..

thats all i have to say.

and The White Stripes verison was good.. i enjoyed it

Mama Booze · 02-19-2006, 11:43 PM

good music is good music, it shouldn't matter when it was made.

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11-20-2005, 12:53 AM
TheBig3KilledMyRainDog Maybe I can keep this one Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bostonia Posts: 3,824	Too Early to cover I get pissed off when people say things like "its too early to cover this song" because I think people (i.e. kids) think it can only be done if you reach back into the vault 20 years. horse***, in the 60's people used to cover songs immediatly to pay homage. Otis Redding covered satisafaction by the stones months after it came out (and was obviously still ahit.) Im writing this because The White Stripes covered Walking with the Ghost by Tegan and Sarah as a B-side and the iTunes reviews say things to the effect of "i don't know I mean this song came out too early, this song was recorded this year" WTF kind of review is that, I didn't ask for your producer two cents, was it good. What do you guys think? __________________ “The night falls gracefully for those who have a love to call their own. But alas, for those to whom love has turned a blind eye – love, it falls like a guillotine”* “No more waiting for fate to befall me, no. I have my dreamboat, and together we will find our destiny, choose our ladder to the sky” - Markus Pierson

11-20-2005, 01:22 AM
Merkaba Whitewater! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,794	Weeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllll........ It's a crock of ****. But in saying that I wouldn't want any old band doing any old cover any old time. It comes down to whether a band is doing it out of respect or out of guilt. By guilt I mean they have no material so they just start doing covers. If it's out of respect I say keep on covering. __________________ Right you lot, shut it. Strewth Fowler my son, all looks a bit pear-shaped round here or what. The govenor's talking, Saturday's game, very dodgy, very naughty, could go a little pear-shaped. If there's a rough things might be well iffy. These faces are a little bit hard, know what I mean, a little bit of oof, have some of that my son, bosh, sorted, ta ta, got me, so be clever. Good, now shut it!

11-20-2005, 01:06 PM
Imonlydancing raaaaaaa Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bedford Posts: 959	Yeh. Big3 I agree with you too. Somethings are covered well, some things aren't but surely how long ago it was recorded doesn't make much of a difference, unless a really really bad band covered a song that everyone loves... Also, I don't think that limp Bizkits version of behind blue eyes was bad either.

11-20-2005, 04:55 PM
right-track Avin' It! Join Date: May 2005 Location: THE PEOPLES ЯEPUBLIK ФF MAИCUИIA Posts: 4,928	I think if the cover is realeased close to the original, then I'd hope to hear a very different version. If the cover is from a track some 30 years old for instance, then I'd expect to see some respect shown to the original artist and hear a version as close to the original as possible. I always tend to think the originals are the best, however there are exceptions. Big3, if it's done well, then I don't see anything wrong with it. __________________ Choose Liverpool. Choose the dole queue. Choose to scam disability benefit. Choose mind-numbing, grinding efficiency over flair. Choose Torben Piechnik, Istvan Kozma and Paul Stewart. Choose not to win a single league title since the backpass rule was implemented. Choose penalties. Choose car stereos, hubcaps and stanley knives. Choose to trade on your proud sense of tradition and then not lift a finger in protest when two American billionaires who don't even know the name of your club decide to buy it. Choose to win the European Cup whilst only having to play seven matches. Choose to bask in a perpetual, sickening, media love-in. Choose celebrities who ** off out of your city as soon as they have earned the money to do so and then spend the rest of their lives harping on about how wonderful it is. Choose to sing about Munich until confronted with your own tragedy. Choose to end it all in an orgy of self pity, just another excuse to perpetuate the grief culture spawned by your selfish, insular **ed-up excuse for a city. Choose your future. Choose Scouse.

02-19-2006, 08:52 PM
explosions-in-my-pants angel of tragic days Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 937	back whenever Brown Eyed Girl was made.. it was covered by like 3 or 4 different bands.. and is still be covered from pop bands to punk bands nowa days.. and i think its good.. some of the covers almost sound like the same band which is strange but a good thing. i think its cool when a band covers a song that JUST came out or came out years and years ago. it shows there willing to risk it, because coving a old song more so from a great band that made it go number 1 in the first place.. its a hard thing to beat let alone cover it. when you cover a newer song your taking the chance that your cover verison will be better and or just as.. or much worse then the first. cover songs new or old is a big risk in its self when it comes to music and the bands that cover the songs.. thats all i have to say. and The White Stripes verison was good.. i enjoyed it

02-19-2006, 11:43 PM
Mama Booze Here's lookin at you, kid Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The White Hotel Posts: 310	good music is good music, it shouldn't matter when it was made.