The Slipknot shirt is the only thing making my ears bleed.

My boss showed me this in response to me describing Jpegmafia's music as punk/metal influenced experimental trap



I patiently waited for it to end while his sides split. I don't talk to him about the shows I go to anymore

What the hell problem you got with Gloria Jones?
You act like you were in that car with Marc Bolan.
(kidding, of course).

As I was typing my dumb comment, the thought actually went through my head "what if the Soft Cell version is not even the original?".

For all I know, the Gloria Jones version might be the best. I wouldn't be surprised! (not gonna check right now because I'm listening to the album club album).

So basically, I knew I was probably typing nonsense but did it anyway.

Ridiculous comparison. The Baez version is bland 70's folk pop that's fair at best. God forbid Priest make it actually interesting and not a snooze-fest.

+1

My take is somewhat different. I'd say Priest took a beautiful, expressive song with artfully handled, carefully chosen elements in the arrangement that sound great and create a very special, dreamy and melancholy atmosphere. Then Priest decided it would be much better if it was reduced to a tacky piece of embarrassing sounding plastic metal with unintentionally hilarious vocals that completely miss the mark on expressing what the lyrics speak to. And that ****ing disco bassline. Lol.

A sort of bull-in-a-porcelain-shop situation, which is why I think the comparison with Disturbed's version of "the Sound of Silence" is dead on!

Also, I don't even like Judas Priest at all, so there's that too.

"Diamonds and Rust" is a boring Priest song tbh.

You and I must be listening to two different songs then because, although not bad per say, to say the original is much more than a by-the-numbers, psych-tinged folk tune with a slighty above average hook is hyperbolic at best.

Yes because Rob Halford crooning softly about his relationship with Bob Dylan would have been more fitting, right? "Plastic" or not, Priest are a metal band, and were getting heavier as they approached the 80's. If you ask me, I think their energetic presentation brings a completely new side to Baez' good lyricism and songwriting that previously wasn't accessible with the original. Idk what you're talking about with the "disco bassline" either. Sure it was 1977 but I don't see how a sort of "galloping" bassline is inherently disco. I thought it was fairly common, in fact. Again, hyperbolic.

Also, you like Joanna Newsom. You have no right to dis "unintentionally hilarious" vocals.

No, it isn't. Priest took a folk pop song and turned it into a metal song. Disturbed took a folk pop song and turned it into...a symphonic pop song? 'Sound of Silence', the original, is a fairly simplistic song consisting of just vocals and guitar. Disturbed replaced the guitar with piano and added orchestral elements to coincide with the song's climax. Sure it's a pretty ill fitting change but the genre shift between the original and the cover is not comparable to the Baez Priest cover. I can see Simon and Garfunkel messing around with symphonics. I can't see Baez playing metal.

And I also realize that Baez has an XX chromosome which also contributes to your love for the opposite, but at the end of the day to each their own.

Compared to much of their other material, yeah it is. Still pretty standout in their catalog, imo

Chris Cornell (RIP)...musical god/legend:cool: deserves another mention here with Temple of the Dog doing Black Sabbath:clap:

Thats awesome

The last word is not said in the MicShazam vs Windsock/Baez vs Priest saga!
But I'm at work so I can't type a full reply.

We could also just call it quits before someone gets hurt and accept that I'm undisputedly right.

Whatever you wanna do, pal. Honestly I think I lost the willingness to get into a long-form argument about this anyway, so if you do end up posting a wall of text I probably won't respond. There's only so many times you can rebuff someone's opinion.

...or you could just admit I'm right in this scenario and everything'll be squeaky clean.

Dismissing Baez as by the numbers is pretty short-sighted given that she played a big role in establishing those numbers. And Priest is corny so I'm with Mike here. I also haven't listened to either track.

Yes Priest are corny like most early metal bands were, but pretending like Baez (especially during the mid-70's) is some enigmatic musician free from the campiness of the era herself is itself short-sighted. Miles Davis doesn't get a pass on an album like You're Under Arrest just cause he pioneered the fusion genre.

Pretty sure I haven't said anything like that.

Just cause Baez popularized contemporary folk in the early 60's doesn't make her work from the 70's not by-the-numbers. Musicians rarely continue breaking the mold in some way with every album and they eventually fall into the pitfalls and stereotypes of the genre they may or may not have helped develop. Geddit?

*by her numbers

Just a bit ironic that you're defending Priest for performing the song in their style when that's exactly what Baez is doing.

Again, You're Under Arrest isn't a good album just because Davis was the master of the genre.

I'm not criticizing Baez for doing it in her style either. It's just the style she does it in happens to be boring. Priest also do it in their style, and I don't find the style they do it in boring. I like one style more than the other.

The problem is Priest aren't suited to a song like that so the song and their style clash and we're left with boredom.

*fart noise*

You kids just bore easily.

Nah, I'm more just hard to please when it comes to folk music.

I just have a vendetta against that word since it doesn't actually communicate anything about the music.

Right, but it conveys my general opinion, which is what I've been expressing this whole time. I'm not tryna do a objective critical breakdown of anything here ya feel?

You can do better.

I ain't going above and beyond for this ****hole, that's for certain.

That's boring.

Yes it is. Glad it got noticed.

Think Prince/genius:bowdown: but have to go with Sinead O'Connor's version on this one:
(So sad, both RIP)

Sinead is still alive?

Prince's version is better.

Maybe Karen was implying her career is dead. You know, for doing that unspeakable heinous act of ripping up a picture of an assh*le on a live TV show.

i m going to continue the prince cover sequence with a personal favorite:

Hi. Sorry about any confusion on Sinead O'Connor. I'd written under both Prince and Sinead O'Connor (RIP). I'd thought that was a well-understood term :(- it's respectful, "rest in peace" (they've excited this life).

Whenever I write on anyone who's passed away, (so long as I remember to add it) I'll put (RIP) as I'll add here, too...since I've been binging on Chris Cornell (RIP) lately - and, am always freshly blown away by that voice!:bowdown:

(Great choice of Patti Smith doing When Doves Cry; but I'll stick w/Price on that one)

I'd never heard her version before, but it's pretty damned good. Took a couple listens to grow on me, but now it's wormed its way into a bunch of my playlists. Good call!


I adore Debbie Harry, so I have a high bar for Blondie covers.



Imo, it just works better as a punk song.

no they didnt. sinead o conor is alive, hence the other comments..