Okay, this surprised the shit out of me. Thrash metal band doing Under pressure by Bowie/Queen.
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My passion for the oldies almost runs neck -and-neck to Jets football. Did you know the Supremes were originally known as the "Temptettes", the sister group to the Temptations
? Sad that David Ruffin lost a battle to drug use so young . Melvin Franklin another key member was gone too soon.
How about the greatest cover band of all time?
Vanilla Fudge
I hate covers that just copy the original, you want to hear that, just get the CD. The Fudge took songs and arranged them to sound like something new. The formula was usually slow the song down and stomp the speed button on the Leslie every several bars or so. They are still doing it with 3 of the 4 original guys. Ticket prices are pretty good considering the copious amount of black hair dye Appice and Martell use. Been a long, long road from The Action House in Island Park
Another is Three Dog Night, although they are just a vocal band as opposed to a music band. Just about all covers done differently.
My complaint in this regard goes to Phish and Gov't Mule, who both do a lot of covers but don't usually dare to stray too far from the original, a shame considering the prodigious skills of their respective guitarists
How's this for a cover? Been doing a mash up of the bass line from Chic's Good Times with a rap (best one can do for an old fella) of Sinfield's lyrics to In the Court of the Crimson King, sprinkled with other KC riffs in between verses (Schizoid Man, Lark's Tongue, Cirkus). Actually, comes out pretty good but people rarely get it. They mostly recognize the bass line and think that I wrote the rest myself. One guy came up to me and asked, "Did you guys just rap King Crimson to an old disco song"? "Yeah ! Wow!", I replied, "no one ever got that before". I thought nice compliment was coming next, but instead I got, "well you should be arrested for doing that to Crimson", and he walked away.
Vanilla Fudge
I hate covers that just copy the original, you want to hear that, just get the CD. The Fudge took songs and arranged them to sound like something new. The formula was usually slow the song down and stomp the speed button on the Leslie every several bars or so. They are still doing it with 3 of the 4 original guys. Ticket prices are pretty good considering the copious amount of black hair dye Appice and Martell use. Been a long, long road from The Action House in Island Park
Another is Three Dog Night, although they are just a vocal band as opposed to a music band. Just about all covers done differently.
My complaint in this regard goes to Phish and Gov't Mule, who both do a lot of covers but don't usually dare to stray too far from the original, a shame considering the prodigious skills of their respective guitarists
How's this for a cover? Been doing a mash up of the bass line from Chic's Good Times with a rap (best one can do for an old fella) of Sinfield's lyrics to In the Court of the Crimson King, sprinkled with other KC riffs in between verses (Schizoid Man, Lark's Tongue, Cirkus). Actually, comes out pretty good but people rarely get it. They mostly recognize the bass line and think that I wrote the rest myself. One guy came up to me and asked, "Did you guys just rap King Crimson to an old disco song"? "Yeah ! Wow!", I replied, "no one ever got that before". I thought nice compliment was coming next, but instead I got, "well you should be arrested for doing that to Crimson", and he walked away.