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alan
PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 12:00 pm    Post subject: cover songs Reply with quote



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since there are quite a number of cover songs on i-bands, what do you guys think of cover songs being recorded and uploaded.

in my opinion, it's definately not something i would want to even listen to. why would i want to listen to covers when i could hear the actual band play it. well, it's a different case if you would to cover it differently. a good example would be me first and the gimme gimmes, they cover old songs and twist it to punk rock beats. those are good covers.

i keep asking myself, why are there cover songs? what is there to prove? this is not why people come here, i personally come here to look for new stuff, new bands, new sounds. not covers.

is this a rant? maybe.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 12:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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i don't mind cover songs at all...
not a big fan of tribute/cover bands though...
but who am i to judge..
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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playing cover song can prove the ability of a band to play other musician's songs... (almost) any band can write and play their own song, but not many can play other person's songs! For example, how can we judge Bode whether he's good enough to be labeled as a shredder? Well, just listen to his "Shyboy" cover, listen to his solos in that song!

Maybe its just another way of showing their influences in song writing. hey, not everybody listens to what you're listening, ok?! for example, i've to search for Atreyu's and Darkest Hour's songs to figure out A New Fall's musical influences... And i've to listen to Meshuggah to know what drives Ridzi to write such bastardized songs!

But i totally agree with the part where you said, it's a different case if you wanna cover it differently - just like my band's cover on Wings - Misteri Mimpi Syakilla and Kembara - Hati Emas! We totally raped those songs like hell! hahaha..
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 01, 2004 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



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For us, we upload covers because we're desperate to upload something, but haven't got the time to finish off our original tunes ( due to job/family/pets/bla bla bla)! Very Happy
It's just in the name of fun really...nothing complex...but we hope that people concentrate more on listening to our own songs of course...the covers are just there as 'starters' or 'desserts'... Very Happy
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GryMlock
PostPosted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



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well for me.. the less covers on i-bands is better. Not that I have anything against people doing covers. My bands and most of other local bands do covers as well.. but when playing live lah. It's fun...

but I just want to listen to more original stuffs coming out from our own locals. Kalau ada upload lagu sendiri..& some covers, takde hal lah. But kalau upload semua covers... aiseyyyy.. sakit skit la mana aku pasal lagipun the webspace here is quite limited see. dah la tu.. bikin tak best pulak hehe.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 4:02 pm    Post subject: covers are fun Reply with quote



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covers are fun..shows ur interest n influence when u play it...better live...its fine to hear a good cover version on i-bands by our local brudders of muzik ( but its actually an artiste choice..if he/she/it/they wanna put covers rather than original material , then who am i to say dun want to listen?ekeke....some good covers here i must say...Smile

we do covers of many bands..many bands could be a-few-band fer cover-bands..we are not a cover-band...but love playing good covers...like the rain song from led zeppelin and regular john by queens of the stone age....

theres a acoustic band in sweden who has done a cover of the rogenz ' s the starfish song....that version fer sure , must sound better than the way we did it..Smile

anyone has done sonic youth's diamond sea cover? HEHE...lemme know..i wanna hear...Razz
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Ridzi
PostPosted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 5:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



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Speaking of which...i think everyone should listen to Beatallica.. Beatles songs in the style of Metallica.. really good parodies!!

www.beatallica.org

check em out...all their songs are free. (I think Omar told me about this band)


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