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TheJoker138 posted:It's some pretty thin commentary about the nature of electronic music. It's not a great, well thought out point, but it's at least there. You could also argue that the nature of the anonymity the masks provide is important, especially as other people have worn the masks in videos/movies/whatever, but I don't want to go all Supermechagodzilla on a techno group. 
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TheJoker138 posted:It's some pretty thin commentary about the nature of electronic music. It's not a great, well thought out point, but it's at least there. You could also argue that the nature of the anonymity the masks provide is important, especially as other people have worn the masks in videos/movies/whatever, but I don't want to go all Supermechagodzilla on a techno group. I mean you could do the same thing w/r/t making an argument of the meaning with steampunk or whatever. Other people wearing the helmets doesn't do anything-dudes have wore red leather jackets and sequined gloves, it didn't mean MJ was wearing that poo poo for any reason other than he thought it looked cool. It still ends up with having two dudes who look like TRON cosplayers vs. a bunch of dudes who look like an Emilie Autumn fanclub. I'm just not seeing the extreme reaction from the same type of acoustic cover tons of songs get, besides the aforementioned fact of Daft Punk being a SA sacred cow.
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TheJoker138 posted:It's some pretty thin commentary about the nature of electronic music. It's not a great, well thought out point, but it's at least there. You could also argue that the nature of the anonymity the masks provide is important, especially as other people have worn the masks in videos/movies/whatever, but I don't want to go all Supermechagodzilla on a techno group. The LED helmet in particular is a very powerful method to convey and invoke emotion in the audience. For example, if the LED helmet displays the word love, it will make the audience think about love.
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little munchkin posted:The LED helmet in particular is a very powerful method to convey and invoke emotion in the audience. For example, if the LED helmet displays the word love, it will make the audience think about love.
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Daft Punk makes dumb disco music. They're KC and the Sunshine Band for a new generation. Hell, I appreciate that steampunk giraffe is out there trying to make a living as musicians/street buskers with absolutely zero singing ability. They have half the talent and all of the gender dysmorphia of your average youtube ukulele cover song dude but they can afford smoke machines so they're doing something right.
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stay depressed posted:daft punk is a sacred cow and steam powered giraffe is low-hanging fruit I don't know, I don't even like Daft Punk that much. the cover is pretty mediocre, but pretty laughable because of the gimmick imo
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steam powered giraffe has a gimmick. It's no worse than, for example, KISS. anyway, here's the worst cover ever: Aaron lewis mumbling his way through Peter Gabriel's In Your Eyes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5HlCP8UFX4 it's baaaaad
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3N9kadMxhc I'm still mystified that Fred Durst managed to get onto the 9/11 benefit concert somehow.
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colonel_korn posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3N9kadMxhc Oh wait, that's right, he's not Bob Durst.
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colonel_korn posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3N9kadMxhc  It was on that day that the terrorists truly won
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Weep. http://youtu.be/dsN0LhkQpjk
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exquisite tea posted:The Onion AV Club had a similar segment going where bands (some well-known, mostly unheard) would do covers of Top 40 hits. The well-known acts generally did a good job with the material, but the lesser known acts all had to let you know how much cooler and above the songs they were. But I'd rather listen to Semi-Charmed Life on the radio for the umpteenth time than listen to whatever this incomprehensible poo poo is supposed to be: I agree with the sentiment in general but that specific example isn't bad at all, and the band doesn't seem to be taking the piss, it seems like an earnest attempt to turn that song into something good, and it... isn't really that bad. e: Unless you turned it off before the song started proper, I guess the intro with the saw is a little annoying. By the 3 minute mark it just sounds like the original song being played acoustic and by people with a lot more talent precision fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Apr 7, 2015 |
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:His family owns one of the largest property management firms in Manhattan. They probably bought his way in. How has someone not euthanized you yet
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colonel_korn posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3N9kadMxhc Limp Bizkit's cover of Behind Blue Eyes qualifies too, but I'm not going to bother to link it because gently caress that guy.
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sticklefifer posted:Limp Bizkit's cover of Behind Blue Eyes qualifies too, but I'm not going to bother to link it because gently caress that guy. I believe they misspelled Pete Townshend's name on the songwriting credit as well.
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Cool Buff Man posted:How has someone not euthanized you yet It's a joke about how the Associated Press literally reported that Fred Durst had been arrested for murders because they hosed up and thought he was Bob Durst. Like not just the name, but by actually saying that he was both a real estate mogul and the lead singer of Limp Bizkit. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6502389/the-jinx-star-accused-murderer-robert-durst-not-limp-bizkit-fred-durst
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precision posted:I agree with the sentiment in general but that specific example isn't bad at all, and the band doesn't seem to be taking the piss, it seems like an earnest attempt to turn that song into something good, and it... isn't really that bad. To be honest I skimmed through the rest of the song after the loving bandsaw intro, but I still hate the singer's whiny delivery. I hate the indietastic trend of singing like a trembling warbly retard instead of putting some conviction into the words you're saying. Mostly I just dislike the idea that a perfectly good piece of pop cheese like Semi-Charmed Life needs to be rehabilitated by a bunch of dudes with sloppy beards and bad haircuts, the original knows exactly what kind of song it is and if you're covering it you should just embrace the cheese. That goes for most covers of Top 40 songs in general.
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TheJoker138 posted:It's a joke about how the Associated Press literally reported that Fred Durst had been arrested for murders because they hosed up and thought he was Bob Durst. Like not just the name, but by actually saying that he was both a real estate mogul and the lead singer of Limp Bizkit. 
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Limp Bizkit's cover of "Faith" is also terrible.
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Much as I can't stand Limp Bizkit, I think Faith actually works and is a bit of fun.
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Wheat Loaf posted:Limp Bizkit's cover of "Faith" is also terrible. God yes. Especially since the original is such a fantastic pop song. George Michael is criminally under appreciated, at least by straight people
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precision posted:George Michael is criminally under appreciated, at least by straight people As far as white soul singers from the 1980s go, I'd rank George Michael above a lot of them. Above Mick Hucknall (Simply Red was never a cool band), Michael Bolton (I've made my thoughts clear on Michael Bolton already in this thread) and Lisa Stansfield, certainly, and leagues ahead of Boy George's solo work. Not sure where I'd put him in comparison to Paul Young; his solo work is a bit too soft rock for my tastes, and George Michael probably had better songs on the whole, but the Q-Tips (and their two albums) were a really good band; as far as retro-influenced soul bands from the 1980-1982 period go, only Dexys Midnight Runners were better. One thing I like about George Michael is that, unlike a lot of the English pop singers who became popular in the 1980s, he didn't sound like a clone of Tony Hadley. 
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precision posted:God yes. Especially since the original is such a fantastic pop song. "Fantastic" pop songs don't sound as dated as Faith. The hand claps in the background haven't aged well.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue5kotMLjws All I needed to do was search one page down google and I found this. I never listened to it, knowing what it is. Tell me how bad it gets.
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BigFactory posted:"Fantastic" pop songs don't sound as dated as Faith. I don't know man, "Safety Dance" sounds both dated as gently caress and completely awesome. Speaking of which, and getting back on topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IacSW-rmxsc
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Speaking of songs made metal, here's a song made a bit too metal (or made the wrong kind of metal in this case): Them Bones - Suicide Silence - YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KTCg66kb4IY
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precision posted:I agree with the sentiment in general but that specific example isn't bad at all, and the band doesn't seem to be taking the piss, it seems like an earnest attempt to turn that song into something good, and it... isn't really that bad. Agreed, that one's not too bad, and the ones where the band/artist goes completely outside of the box to do the cover are some of the best ones in that series (sorry, I know this is the worst covers thread, but these are so off the wall that they work). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HTajp3sGww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xetZZLmmEw8
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BigFactory posted:I'm surprised at all the Pomplemoose hate. They're fun and quirky and they're out there trying something new. I say give them a chance. I think it's pretty incredible that 2 people can make that much music, surprised they haven't been in commercials and stuff. I've liked a couple of covers they've done, but I don't believe I could sit through an entire concert.
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yeah this poo poo owns so hard
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I think this and this entire channel are in the running for best especially in a thread where loving Pomplamoose got posted. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goxI-zv3R4o
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Remember this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MteSlpxCpo
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i want the black guy's glasses. i would see things w/ them
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Many normal people would consider this the worst thing they ever heard, but its actually the best cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWsG-4V31Ns Man Mr. Bungle so many great covers, especially the RHCP "gently caress you Anthony" concert
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Liturgy gets a lot of poo poo but this was pretty cool. but I hadn't heard the original until afterwards so i was going in fresh
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