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still cannot understand for the life of me this enduring fascination with cover music/bands. surely a musical-creative equivalent of 'sarcasm is the lowest form of wit'.
having said that, an underground rock impresario covering burt bacharach songs, enlisting a number of his japanese musician friends in the endeavour, is pretty witty in-itself ...
having said that, an underground rock impresario covering burt bacharach songs, enlisting a number of his japanese musician friends in the endeavour, is pretty witty in-itself ...
some people find karaoke fun i guess? tv talent show regularly features cover artists with judges dropping their jaw at the first syllable of a michael jackson impression. not my thing, but doesn't have to be.
actually sounds cool on the 1770s when it gets active. i need more flacsuziq wrote:
well yeah, obviously i know a thing or two about the allures of karaoke. but that involves copious amounts of drink, and doing the singing yourself. plus the possibility of a handjob from a hostess at the end of it, depending on the venue.
listening to cover bands when the real recordings are right there isn't really the same thing, though. some covers are 'creative reinterpretations', i'll grant you, and i can see the merit in covering a 'standard' tune and partaking in a sort of tradition or lineage (a la jazz or chanson); but still.
listening to cover bands when the real recordings are right there isn't really the same thing, though. some covers are 'creative reinterpretations', i'll grant you, and i can see the merit in covering a 'standard' tune and partaking in a sort of tradition or lineage (a la jazz or chanson); but still.
There will be plenty of places in the world which will never have a live visitation from any band of note, so cover bands are the only option.uziq wrote:
still cannot understand for the life of me this enduring fascination with cover music/bands. surely a musical-creative equivalent of 'sarcasm is the lowest form of wit'.
Secondly small bands in small underground venues can be a lot more engaging and fun than being one of 100,000 people with piss-sodden feet squinting at a soundstage on the horizon listening to indistinct boomy noise overlayed with passing Boeings.
For me its nice to hear a different and often better take on a song.
No-one gives a crap about that.having said that, an underground rock impresario covering burt bacharach songs, enlisting a number of his japanese musician friends in the endeavour, is pretty witty in-itself ...
https://youtu.be/wxqgAcgkdqc?si=GP6VTg09JkLpLAPN
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lmao you make it sound like you’re on one of the smaller and less visited islands of indonesia or something. yeah, i understand why teenagers form Oasis cover bands growing up in SE asia.
australia has a great and interesting live music scene. too bad for you if your only concept of live music is stadium tours or giant festival fields. you do not need to be consooming youtube covers every day. it’s like a bird being fed regurgitated meal by its mother or something. a severe lack of imagination and curiosity all round.
watching cover bands in the west is very working-class coded i think. “oh we’re off to see the Abba experience at the palladium”. “a wonderful young lady was down t’legion club this friday doing adele songs”. was it fun, gran? did you remember the words n tha? it’s an admission simultaneously of treacly sentimentality and of local impoverishment. musical soap opera.
jim o’rourke has won a grammy so clearly many people do care about his thoughtful interactions with the classic pop song canon. who the fuck is patrick hernandez?
australia has a great and interesting live music scene. too bad for you if your only concept of live music is stadium tours or giant festival fields. you do not need to be consooming youtube covers every day. it’s like a bird being fed regurgitated meal by its mother or something. a severe lack of imagination and curiosity all round.
watching cover bands in the west is very working-class coded i think. “oh we’re off to see the Abba experience at the palladium”. “a wonderful young lady was down t’legion club this friday doing adele songs”. was it fun, gran? did you remember the words n tha? it’s an admission simultaneously of treacly sentimentality and of local impoverishment. musical soap opera.
jim o’rourke has won a grammy so clearly many people do care about his thoughtful interactions with the classic pop song canon. who the fuck is patrick hernandez?
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