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What are you listening to? Part III
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Okay.. There are some things, especially related to covers of great hits that are just taboo. I mean, there are some great songs to cover, and they come out well: For example, Faith No More covering the Commodores' Easy Like Sunday Morning, because they stuck as true as they can to the original; Wilson Phillips' cover of Fleetwood Mac's Go Your Own Way, because they also stayed true to it while making it their own..
While some are... regrettable. Yes, I'm looking at you, Korn (Cameo's Word Up), Rob Zombie (Commodores' Brick House), and Disturbed (Tears for Fear's Shout). But have you ever really noticed that one artist who to my knowledge has only had one song covered by another band? That artist is Stevie Wonder, and he begged for Red Hot Chili Peppers to cover Higher Ground.
Yes, other people have sampled his music (Wil Smith, Coolio, etc.), but not covered, especially in taking it to a metal cover.
Enter Leo Moracchioli. He owns his own studio and record label. His artists are very eclectic, ranging from flamenco to classical to folk to rock to new age. But in his own time, and basically for S&Gs, he'll take a great hit and make a metal cover out of it. Some of them are great, some are funny (he knows he's having a go at it, so he's having fun while doing it)..
Then comes something that he gives some great respect. In this case, Stevie Wonder's Superstition. This is just great, and I can't stop listening to it, so I thought I'd share it. Enjoy!
BL.
While some are... regrettable. Yes, I'm looking at you, Korn (Cameo's Word Up), Rob Zombie (Commodores' Brick House), and Disturbed (Tears for Fear's Shout). But have you ever really noticed that one artist who to my knowledge has only had one song covered by another band? That artist is Stevie Wonder, and he begged for Red Hot Chili Peppers to cover Higher Ground.
Yes, other people have sampled his music (Wil Smith, Coolio, etc.), but not covered, especially in taking it to a metal cover.
Enter Leo Moracchioli. He owns his own studio and record label. His artists are very eclectic, ranging from flamenco to classical to folk to rock to new age. But in his own time, and basically for S&Gs, he'll take a great hit and make a metal cover out of it. Some of them are great, some are funny (he knows he's having a go at it, so he's having fun while doing it)..
Then comes something that he gives some great respect. In this case, Stevie Wonder's Superstition. This is just great, and I can't stop listening to it, so I thought I'd share it. Enjoy!
BL.
Love a bit of blur.
Today I listened to a few dido tracks whilst driving and mowing the grass.
Country Hose, Charmless Man and Song 2 would be three you omitted.
And yes I prefer them to Oasis normally.
Oh, yes.
How could I have forgotten Charmless Man, and Country House? (I think it was that I did not wish to list everything that they had done which I liked).
And yes, Song 2.
But, my favourite of that lot is still probably "The Universal".
Great track.
And, for comparison (and contrast) take a listen to the song (by Jethro Tull) "We Used To Know". Given that the Jethro Tull song predates that of The Eagles by a few years, I think it quite possible that the former influenced the latter.
Meanwhile, my appetite for Renaissance (and Baroque) music remains strong: Currently listening to the excellent CD: "Air - A Baroque Journey".
I like the Eagles a lot. I recently(last year) purchased the "Hell Freezes Over" DVD (I have the CD).
If you want to get your money's worth from your high-end headphones or sound system, have a listen to "New York Minute" off the CD/DVD. It's an epic tune.
Cheers
If you want to get your money's worth from your high-end headphones or sound system, have a listen to "New York Minute" off the CD/DVD. It's an epic tune.
Cheers
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I had not heard of 'Sanctus'. What is it like?
Awesome.
A powerful, disturbing piece.
A few years ago, before my mother deteriorated to the stage where she needs 24/7 care, on Christmas Day, attending Christmas Mass with my brother - we were able to leave Mother for a few hours - (Henry IV - one of the most attractive kings ever to rule France - the man had wit, intelligence, a sense of humour, an attractive political vision that couldn't see why peasants should be impoverished - "every Frenchman should have a chicken in his pot on Sunday", liberally seasoned with tolerance - he was a Huguenot who converted to Catholicism after a series of bloody religious and civil wars - in order to be able to to lay claim to the throne - "Paris is worth a Mass," he was famously said to have remarked), well, I think Christmas is worth a Mass, too.
Anyway, that day, the superlative choir sang the Sanctus by Karl Jenkins - spine-tingling stuff. Electrifying. I had never heard it live before then.
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I love this guy, he has some super cool covers. I don't remember how I found him, but yeah he does some very cool stuff!
I dig this one also....
Adele - Hello
Or this one
Michael Jackson's - Beat It
Dude has some crazy talents.