OT: Music Part V

[angusyoung]

Lost at trivia night on when this song was originally recorded,thought it was the sixties,but was made for the show just a few years ago. Sure sounds and looks like the sixties but that is the period of the show,complete with lsd connotations.

 

[angusyoung]

Just thought I'd share some completely random videos that keep my ears busy :









Lsdream was great, streaming sets on yt during the pandemic, while others djs went mia. Great stuff, mad respect for the guy.

Oh and this song is so beautiful it's been playing in my head a lot lately:

For every mood,there is a genre of music

 

[angusyoung]

Avril doing Shania.

I'd pay a kings ransom to see that in person!,more if I could participate

More drama and mayhem at the end.

A top notch cover.

 

[ArtPeur]

 

[peate]

I'd pay a kings ransom to see that in person!,more if I could participate

What'd 'you have in mind?

A top notch cover.

It takes balls to cover that song, especially the vocals.

 

[angusyoung]

What'd 'you have in mind?

It takes balls to cover that song, especially the vocals.

They have them! Even better is their version of this song,amazing!!!!

 

[Stive Morgan]

 

[Runner77]

They have them! Even better is their version of this song,amazing!!!!

A band doing a 15-minute cover harkens back to the days of CHOM-FM, when they’d play cuts like this in their entirety, without interruption.

Star of that clip is definitely the lead vocalist. Singers that have that kind of range and power don’t come around often. Which is why I like vocalists like Dino Jelusek, who offers those rich, powerful vocals reminiscent of the 70s. Navarone’s lead vocalist is in a similar stratosphere, save for Jelusek’s tone which is more pleasant.

That said, the band chose to go with different arrangements and sounds when compared to Deep Purple’s version. I thought some of it didn’t hold up well and felt overly improvised but as a whole, the band captured a lot of the essence of the original song thanks to its superb lead vocals.

There are two main type of covers. Some musicians like Navarone, like to experiment and give an original their own unique imprint.

Others, on the other hand, tend to stay close or closer to an original. I think both approaches have their merit, it depends on how open one might be to new interpretations.

My son is a rabid Deep Purple fan and he tends to play it closer to the original, only tweaking his sound so it plays heavier but otherwise stays true to an original performance. He’s done Highway Star as close to how Ritchie Blackmore plays it that I’ve heard — he doesn’t care to publish it but if there was an easy way for me to post it here as an audio file (without resorting to the usual social media sites), I could at least present his solo and let you be the judge.

I’m sure he’d enjoy the feedback, positive or not. I’d just download his solo to give an idea. Thx in advance for any suggestions.

And above all, thanks for sharing that amazing version of a classic.

 

[peate]

That was a good cover, with its own synchronicity.

Here's one I haven't heard in over a month, I'm slipping.

 

[angusyoung]

A band doing a 15-minute cover harkens back to the days of CHOM-FM, when they’d play cuts like this in their entirety, without interruption.

Star of that clip is definitely the lead vocalist. Singers that have that kind of range and power don’t come around often. Which is why I like vocalists like Dino Jelusek, who offers those rich, powerful vocals reminiscent of the 70s. Navarone’s lead vocalist is in a similar stratosphere, save for Jelusek’s tone which is more pleasant.

That said, the band chose to go with different arrangements and sounds when compared to Deep Purple’s version. I thought some of it didn’t hold up well and felt overly improvised but as a whole, the band captured a lot of the essence of the original song thanks to its superb lead vocals.

There are two main type of covers. Some musicians like Navarone, like to experiment and give an original their own unique imprint.

Others, on the other hand, tend to stay close or closer to an original. I think both approaches have their merit, it depends on how open one might be to new interpretations.

My son is a rabid Deep Purple fan and he tends to play it closer to the original, only tweaking his sound so it plays heavier but otherwise stays true to an original performance. He’s done Highway Star as close to how Ritchie Blackmore plays it that I’ve heard — he doesn’t care to publish it but if there was an easy way for me to post it here as an audio file (without resorting to the usual social media sites), I could at least present his solo and let you be the judge.

I’m sure he’d enjoy the feedback, positive or not. I’d just download his solo to give an idea. Thx in advance for any suggestions.

And above all, thanks for sharing that amazing version of a classic.

I remember going to clubs ans seeing bands,mostly doing covers,most start like that. Most can play the music aspect well to very good,the tough part is replicating the vocals. Many musicians can play very well,the more difficult part is composing and arranging to make a song a hit. Navarone started out doing covers but now they have a handful of albums. Doing covers usually only gets you so far and not so easy to cover a wide range of artists and get the vocals close to all the artist you're covering, Even pros don't always do a good job,remember Dio doing Ozzy or Johnson doing Bon?These guys do a pretty decent job and will attach a few of their better ones. Saw them a few months ago at a festival but they only did original material. In Child in time,thought it was one of the best organ jobs.


If you got something,I'll listen and give feedback,not that it's worth much,@peate might have some insight to this.

 

[angusyoung]

That was a good cover, with its own synchronicity.

Here's one I haven't heard in over a month, I'm slipping.

I've seen more tame porno's!

When you wrote this song about Miley,was it intended to be a duet?

 

[peate]

I've seen more tame porno's!

When you wrote this song about Miley,was it intended to be a duet?

I had a DJ copy of that song on a 10" vinyl. And she is an obsession, one that even surprises me.

 

[Stive Morgan]

 

[Conflicted Habs fan]

 

[peate]

I like these old rockers, never heard of them before.

 

[Stive Morgan]

 

[peate]

Great news, my guitar has cleared customs and is now in Canada post's hands. I'm getting excited. A Les Paul Standard for under 300$. C. Even the serial number checks out. If this turns out be a genuine LP, I know a certain brother-in-law who's gonna hate me.

 

[OldCraig71]

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

X gonna give it to ya.......go punch up that song on YouTube and you'll see 208,000,000 views......bad???? Don't think so.

Most people have terrible taste in music.

People buy McDonald's more than any other restaurant in the world yet the food is objectively of poor culinary quality.......same applies to most pop music which is just the musical equivalent of fast food chains feeding garbage to the masses that are hooked on it.

 

[jaffy27]

Most people have terrible taste in music.

People buy McDonald's more than any other restaurant in the world yet the food is objectively of poor culinary quality.......same applies to most pop music which is just the musical equivalent of fast food chains feeding garbage to the masses that are hooked on it.

I've listened to lots of rock that just plain sucks. Same with country, and House music. 80's had tons of bad music but they also produced good music. Any form of Rap has good tunes and lots of bad ones.

Thing is, through that garbage music, there are many good songs, in ALL genres. You may not be a fan of rap but it doesn't mean that a song which has 208m hits is a bad one because your taste in music does not align with the masses who love it.

Ya, DMX doesn't play harmonica and guitar in sync like Neil Young does, but he brings his own talents in the form of beats and messaging...... his delivery.

He's got the ability to literally make millions of people bob their heads, swing their arms and make them feel tough........ through his music, a team can blast "X gon' give it to ya" tune in the locker room and make every player feel badass and psych them into battle.

That's the power of a good song hence why 208m people on youtube hit up that track.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

I've listened to lots of rock that just plain sucks. Same with country, and House music. 80's had tons of bad music but they also produced good music. Any form of Rap has good tunes and lots of bad ones.

Thing is, through that garbage music, there are many good songs, in ALL genres. You may not be a fan of rap but it doesn't mean that a song which has 208m hits is a bad one because your taste in music does not align with the masses who love it.

Ya, DMX doesn't play harmonica and guitar in sync like Neil Young does, but he brings his own talents in the form of beats and messaging...... his delivery.

He's got the ability to literally make millions of people bob their heads, swing their arms and make them feel tough........ through his music, a team can blast "X gon' give it to ya" tune in the locker room and make every player feel badass and psych them into battle.

That's the power of a good song hence why 208m people on youtube hit up that track.

208m hits on youtube is just an example of how many sheep have been brainwashed by the industry to consume trash. If you have ever heard of twitter, facebook, intagram, snap chat etc.....you would know not to make a foolish conflation between quality and quantity.

DMX has zero talent.....the gangster rap era was an embarrassment to real rappers like Erik B. and Rakim who spoke out against tyranny and inequality. The Gangster idiots were largely sociopathic, talent-less bums who boasted and bragged about how much better they were as individuals than everyone else including their own fans. All the while they put money in the coffers of the same people who oppressed the original rappers who built the platform that these idiots were now deficating on. Basing a human's worth on their wealth and stepping on the oppressed was exactly what their predecessors fought to destroy only to have these fools embrace it and show that they were no better than the forces that birthed them.

You are also making claims on my behalf that I did not make. Of course there are good songs in all genres, I like all genres of music to varying degrees including rap but it is absolutely true that rap has a very high percentage of trash artists but they are not all bad. The main reason is that many of them are entirely without any musical talent and solely sell image while the production company doctors their voices through auto tune and integrate it into the same chord progression over and over. Give me raw, intelligent rap without auto-tune and preferably with a real drummer and a real bass guitar and I am happy.

I shit on contemporary pop music which includes pop garbage from rock, country, electronic and rap/hip hop. They primarily share variations of 1-4-5-(6) chord progressions that have been programmed into the heads of musically illiterate fans from the late seventies until now. It is just a mob of pattern seeking sheep who are largely without a musical palate from which to discern good from bad and are oblivious to the mass produced poop that they consume.

An easy way to tell if a band has real talent......look at the audience, if it is not full of musicians then they are probably poop.

For full transparency, I like alot of music that is objectively trash. Nostalgia is an incredibly powerful drug that we are all hooked on and there is nothing wrong with that. Everybody is free to like what they like but they should also be honest about things that they like that are crap and have a good laugh about it. I just get frustrated when non musical people try and tell me something is good when they don't have the first clue about what it actually is.

 

[MarioLeMoose]

DMX has zero talent.....the gangster rap era was an embarrassment to real rappers like Erik B. and Rakim who spoke out against tyranny and inequality. The Gangster idiots were largely sociopathic, talent-less bums who boasted and bragged about how much better they were as individuals than everyone else including their own fans. All the while they put money in the coffers of the same people who oppressed the original rappers who built the platform that these idiots were now deficating on. Basing a human's worth on their wealth and stepping on the oppressed was exactly what their predecessors fought to destroy only to have these fools embrace it and show that they were no better than the forces that birthed them.

You are also making claims on my behalf that I did not make. Of course there are good songs in all genres, I like all genres of music to varying degrees including rap but it is absolutely true that rap has a very high percentage of trash artists but they are not all bad. The main reason is that many of them are entirely without any musical talent and solely sell image while the production company doctors their voices through auto tune and integrate it into the same chord progression over and over. Give me raw, intelligent rap without auto-tune and preferably with a real drummer and a real bass guitar and I am happy.

I shit on contemporary pop music which includes pop garbage from rock, country, electronic and rap/hip hop. They primarily share variations of 1-4-5-(6) chord progressions that have been programmed into the heads of musically illiterate fans from the late seventies until now. It is just a mob of pattern seeking sheep who are largely without a musical palate from which to discern good from bad and are oblivious to the mass produced poop that they consume.

An easy way to tell if a band has real talent......look at the audience, if it is not full of musicians then they are probably poop.

For full transparency, I like alot of music that is objectively trash. Nostalgia is an incredibly powerful drug that we are all hooked on and there is nothing wrong with that. Everybody is free to like what they like but they should also be honest about things that they like that are crap and have a good laugh about it. I just get frustrated when non musical people try and tell me something is good when they don't have the first clue about what it actually is.

This rant sounds exactly like something that would cause somebody to turn the DMX song up even louder so they don’t have to listen to you anymore

 

[Sasha Orlov]

208m hits on youtube is just an example of how many sheep have been brainwashed by the industry to consume trash. If you have ever heard of twitter, facebook, intagram, snap chat etc.....you would know not to make a foolish conflation between quality and quantity.

DMX has zero talent.....the gangster rap era was an embarrassment to real rappers like Erik B. and Rakim who spoke out against tyranny and inequality. The Gangster idiots were largely sociopathic, talent-less bums who boasted and bragged about how much better they were as individuals than everyone else including their own fans. All the while they put money in the coffers of the same people who oppressed the original rappers who built the platform that these idiots were now deficating on. Basing a human's worth on their wealth and stepping on the oppressed was exactly what their predecessors fought to destroy only to have these fools embrace it and show that they were no better than the forces that birthed them.

You are also making claims on my behalf that I did not make. Of course there are good songs in all genres, I like all genres of music to varying degrees including rap but it is absolutely true that rap has a very high percentage of trash artists but they are not all bad. The main reason is that many of them are entirely without any musical talent and solely sell image while the production company doctors their voices through auto tune and integrate it into the same chord progression over and over. Give me raw, intelligent rap without auto-tune and preferably with a real drummer and a real bass guitar and I am happy.

I shit on contemporary pop music which includes pop garbage from rock, country, electronic and rap/hip hop. They primarily share variations of 1-4-5-(6) chord progressions that have been programmed into the heads of musically illiterate fans from the late seventies until now. It is just a mob of pattern seeking sheep who are largely without a musical palate from which to discern good from bad and are oblivious to the mass produced poop that they consume.

An easy way to tell if a band has real talent......look at the audience, if it is not full of musicians then they are probably poop.

For full transparency, I like alot of music that is objectively trash. Nostalgia is an incredibly powerful drug that we are all hooked on and there is nothing wrong with that. Everybody is free to like what they like but they should also be honest about things that they like that are crap and have a good laugh about it. I just get frustrated when non musical people try and tell me something is good when they don't have the first clue about what it actually is.

This makes you sound like a huge asshole lmao

 

[Sagikev]

208m hits on youtube is just an example of how many sheep have been brainwashed by the industry to consume trash. If you have ever heard of twitter, facebook, intagram, snap chat etc.....you would know not to make a foolish conflation between quality and quantity.

DMX has zero talent.....the gangster rap era was an embarrassment to real rappers like Erik B. and Rakim who spoke out against tyranny and inequality. The Gangster idiots were largely sociopathic, talent-less bums who boasted and bragged about how much better they were as individuals than everyone else including their own fans. All the while they put money in the coffers of the same people who oppressed the original rappers who built the platform that these idiots were now deficating on. Basing a human's worth on their wealth and stepping on the oppressed was exactly what their predecessors fought to destroy only to have these fools embrace it and show that they were no better than the forces that birthed them.

You are also making claims on my behalf that I did not make. Of course there are good songs in all genres, I like all genres of music to varying degrees including rap but it is absolutely true that rap has a very high percentage of trash artists but they are not all bad. The main reason is that many of them are entirely without any musical talent and solely sell image while the production company doctors their voices through auto tune and integrate it into the same chord progression over and over. Give me raw, intelligent rap without auto-tune and preferably with a real drummer and a real bass guitar and I am happy.

I shit on contemporary pop music which includes pop garbage from rock, country, electronic and rap/hip hop. They primarily share variations of 1-4-5-(6) chord progressions that have been programmed into the heads of musically illiterate fans from the late seventies until now. It is just a mob of pattern seeking sheep who are largely without a musical palate from which to discern good from bad and are oblivious to the mass produced poop that they consume.

An easy way to tell if a band has real talent......look at the audience, if it is not full of musicians then they are probably poop.

For full transparency, I like alot of music that is objectively trash. Nostalgia is an incredibly powerful drug that we are all hooked on and there is nothing wrong with that. Everybody is free to like what they like but they should also be honest about things that they like that are crap and have a good laugh about it. I just get frustrated when non musical people try and tell me something is good when they don't have the first clue about what it actually is.

Holy shit you sound old and bitter

 

[cphabs]

This makes you sound like a huge asshole lmao

I hate getting cerebral on this forum, but? I would argue that music and other forms of art are a reflection of a culture’s character, while celebrating those values in music.

Holy shit you sound old and bitter

It’s called wisdom