Genre change. (electronic, hip-hop, punk, The Police, John Lennon)

littleknowitall · 01-09-2007, 06:20 PM

I got an assignment coming up in the next year for my music tech course which basically is to pick a song, change it's genre completely along with 3 instruments in the song and record it, any suggestions? ideas as to any interesting songs that could be given an interesting genre change?

swim · 01-09-2007, 06:32 PM

Pete Seeger- Shenandoah
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5NT9USPL
Turn it into a punk song.

**cardboard adolescent** · 01-09-2007, 06:33 PM

Maybe a song off of John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, all those songs seem pretty dark to me and could afford a genre reenvisioning. Then there's the obvious funny ones, a Backstreet Boys or Britney Spears song or something like that. I could think of a few hip-hop songs, NWA's **** the Police springs to mind, maybe a Frank Zappa song like Trouble Every Day, or a punk song, such as Anarchy in the UK or I think Blitzkrieg Bop could make a good industrial song.

It could also be interesting to take a new wave, electronica, or prog song with heavy synthesizer and replace the synths with guitars and such and give it a more organic feel.

**boo boo** · 01-09-2007, 06:59 PM

Black Flag - Damaged I

Turn it into a prog song, now THATS a challenge for you.

littleknowitall · 01-09-2007, 07:26 PM

And if i was looking for one i'd take it, i just need to come up with something interesting and gain marks, You reckon an up-tempo ska version of Joni Mitchels 'big yellow taxi' would work??

_Spinning_ · 01-09-2007, 07:33 PM

^^ Yes.

Definitely.

littleknowitall · 01-09-2007, 07:55 PM

Hah, i'm glad to hear, i was a little unsure, i might go with that, you guys can keep putting out ideas if you want, i'd have probably posted a thread like this even if i didnt have an assignment anyway.

Trauma · 01-09-2007, 08:12 PM

Turn a pop song into a punk song, or a DHR/4-beat song into some kind of indie, downtempo track with digitally panned instrumentals.

Pop->punk, ie. 99 Red Balloons covers.

**boo boo** · 01-09-2007, 08:51 PM

A punk into a prog song and vice versa would be pretty interesting.

Or best yet, turn a death metal song into big band jazz.

**cardboard adolescent** · 01-09-2007, 09:06 PM

I thought it would be interesting to turn something electronic into something more organic, or vice versa. Or something lo-fi into a piece of studio wizardry, or again vice versa.

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01-09-2007, 06:20 PM
littleknowitall Last of the Musicologists Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: swansea, wales, uk Posts: 1,478	Genre change. I got an assignment coming up in the next year for my music tech course which basically is to pick a song, change it's genre completely along with 3 instruments in the song and record it, any suggestions? ideas as to any interesting songs that could be given an interesting genre change? __________________ My Myspace. My Bands Myspace - Please Show Some Love Here. My Youtube. My Ultimate Guitar.

01-09-2007, 06:32 PM
swim Everyone Does Everything. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: coastal plain North Carolina Posts: 4,396	Pete Seeger- Shenandoah http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5NT9USPL Turn it into a punk song. __________________ you should be ashamed to be so proud of what you got http://www.mediafire.com/?ryxhwjmb1y9 http://www.mediafire.com/?g4wzjzjz1gu

01-09-2007, 06:33 PM
cardboard adolescent time isn't on my side Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,378	Maybe a song off of John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, all those songs seem pretty dark to me and could afford a genre reenvisioning. Then there's the obvious funny ones, a Backstreet Boys or Britney Spears song or something like that. I could think of a few hip-hop songs, NWA's **** the Police springs to mind, maybe a Frank Zappa song like Trouble Every Day, or a punk song, such as Anarchy in the UK or I think Blitzkrieg Bop could make a good industrial song. It could also be interesting to take a new wave, electronica, or prog song with heavy synthesizer and replace the synths with guitars and such and give it a more organic feel. __________________ Free Music! Free Art! The Ocean Will Have Us All

01-09-2007, 06:59 PM
boo boo Dr. Prunk Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Where the buffalo roam. Posts: 6,690	Black Flag - Damaged I Turn it into a prog song, now THATS a challenge for you. __________________ http://www.progarchives.com/

01-09-2007, 07:26 PM
littleknowitall Last of the Musicologists Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: swansea, wales, uk Posts: 1,478	And if i was looking for one i'd take it, i just need to come up with something interesting and gain marks, You reckon an up-tempo ska version of Joni Mitchels 'big yellow taxi' would work?? __________________ My Myspace. My Bands Myspace - Please Show Some Love Here. My Youtube. My Ultimate Guitar.

01-09-2007, 07:55 PM
littleknowitall Last of the Musicologists Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: swansea, wales, uk Posts: 1,478	Hah, i'm glad to hear, i was a little unsure, i might go with that, you guys can keep putting out ideas if you want, i'd have probably posted a thread like this even if i didnt have an assignment anyway. __________________ My Myspace. My Bands Myspace - Please Show Some Love Here. My Youtube. My Ultimate Guitar.

01-09-2007, 08:51 PM
boo boo Dr. Prunk Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Where the buffalo roam. Posts: 6,690	A punk into a prog song and vice versa would be pretty interesting. Or best yet, turn a death metal song into big band jazz. __________________ http://www.progarchives.com/

01-09-2007, 09:06 PM
cardboard adolescent time isn't on my side Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,378	I thought it would be interesting to turn something electronic into something more organic, or vice versa. Or something lo-fi into a piece of studio wizardry, or again vice versa. __________________ Free Music! Free Art! The Ocean Will Have Us All