
[Powderworks] Cover songs
Randy Van Vliet
bigdaddyrv@yahoo.com
Fri, 23 May 2003 08:49:11 -0700 (PDT)
Don't sugarcoat it Heidi, tell us what you really
think :)
--- Heidi Shenk <nedkellytheking@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >3 - Anything by any of the "boy bands" from the
> last
> >few years. What a waste of whatever CD's are made
> out
> >of.
>
> What a waste of sound waves and air waves too...not
> to mention everything
> else that was used in the process of making such
> shitty music!!! UGH!!!!!
> That shit just needs to be abolished!!
>
> Heidi
>
>
>
> 'Put down that weapon or we'll all be gone,
> I must know something to know it's so wrong'
> -Midnight Oil
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Randy Van Vliet <bigdaddyrv@yahoo.com>
> To: Beth Curran <bcurran@columbus.rr.com>,
> powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
> Subject: Re: [Powderworks] Cover songs
> Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 15:38:56 -0700 (PDT)
>
> 1 - Anything by AC/DC: I'd love to have seen PG
> growl
> through those.
> 2 - War by U2. Nice little ditty with some
> political
> punch and the vocals suit Rob or Bones better than
> PG.
> 3 - Anything by any of the "boy bands" from the last
> few years. What a waste of whatever CD's are made
> out
> of.
>
> Randy
>
> --- Beth Curran <bcurran@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> > I've enjoyed the recent "who else are you
> listening
> > to" thread. I tell
> > you what, it's reminded me of a whole lot of good
> > music I've somehow
> > forgotten about.hi ho, hi ho, it's off to the
> used
> > CD store I go.
> > So how about this. Propose 3 songs: One the
> Oils
> > should have covered,
> > one you'd like to see the Remainders cover (the
> > name's sticking, isn't
> > it?) and one none of them should ever, ever cover
> > under any
> > circumstances whatsoever (limited to popular
> music,
> > of course, no opera
> > or anything flaky like that).
> >
> > Here's mine:
> > For the first, "Every Generation Got its Own
> > Disease," from Fury in the
> > Slaughterhouse. I just adore painful music, but
> > their lead singer is
> > too detached, he doesn't do this great song
> justice
> > - imagine what
> > emotional excesses Pete could have wrung out of
> this
> > one! Complete and
> > utter misery! Grab the Kleenex!
> > For the second, I'm going out on a limb here and
> > guessing that JM is of
> > Irish heritage, so I'd propose the great
> Waterboys'
> > classic "Fisherman's
> > Blues." The vocal range is perfect for Bones and
> > Rob & the bouncy beat
> > irresistible. Strictly speaking, they'd need a
> > fiddle player, but what
> > the hell, maybe Jim could just use a synth
> instead.
> >
> > And for the last, let's go with a recent
> > anti-classic: "Who Will Save
> > Your Soul" by Jewel. If I hear that sappy song
> one
> > more time I'm gonna
> > puke. They played it about every 10 minutes on
> the
> > local alt station
> > YAAAAAH!
> > Excuse me - Beth
> >
>
>
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