The Gift of Music (SF's Holiday Cover Challenge)

Calfborg · Post by **Calfborg** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:04 am

Sorry I'm late. Here's your cover, Hujhax.

Elephant Stone (originally by The Stone Roses)

Because I was late, I decided to give you a cheap additional short bonus version.

Elephant Stone [Version Two]

Merry Holidays. I hope you like.

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:06 am

Heather. Redmon. wrote:As far as I can tell the list goes like this:

The Screwed

Dre
tviyh
Abominominous
The Hell Yeahs
Starfinger
Clafborg

The Screwers

Sven Mullet
Blue
HKD
Pray For Mojo
Tony Hightower
AWHAM

c hack and Calfborg have been removed from the "screwers" list and JOS and hujax have been removed from the list of the "screwed"

j$ · Post by j$ » Mon Jan 17, 2005 9:04 am

So who from The Screwed can wait no longer and wants to set the j$ House of Hits loose on their list?

[/tumbleweed]

j$

c hack · Post by **c hack** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:21 am

Notes on my song: first, thanks Jim for introducing me to it. Great song. Great lyrics too.

Second, I've decided the song is about drawing. And even if it isn't, it still is.

Last, the one improvement my version has over the original is that it doesn't have that guitar riff that sounds like the beginning of Blind Melon's "No Rain." I'm still sick of that song.

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:47 am

c hack - I don't like to compare people's work here to other mainstream artists. But that sounds just like someone I won't mention. As if it was on that last album. Like it could/should have been. In so many ways this is a satisfying, complete and professional presentation. And I mean that as a compliment

really. awesome.

[edit]I fear this doesn't come off the way I intended. It actually sounds entirely like you, just that the style brings up the comparison, and the level of finish and resolute execution is similar to that other artists' commercial releases.

c hack · Post by **c hack** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:05 pm

Wow, thanks! That totally made my day.

But who? You gotta tell me now (watch, you'll be like, "why, Weird Al"

)!

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:06 pm

c hack wrote:http://www.c-hack.com/mp3/c-hack_past.mp3
[edit: it's The Shins's "The Past and Pending."]

Hey, look everybody! I got c. hack! Zat cool or what?

You all have to check out this cover. Fantastic job. I couldn't have asked for a more appropriate person to cover this song, which is one of my favorite pop/rock songs of the last couple years. I love how the instruments layer in, and your muttered insouciant delivery works so well for this. Really, no quibbles at all. It's perfect. Thanks!!!

As for who the mystery artist is, are you thinking of Elliott Smith, perhaps? I was reminded of him a little bit.

j$ · Post by j$ » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:10 pm

Roymond obviously meant Boyz II Men ....

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:19 pm

Oh, come on...Beck. Is it that much of a stretch to put this on Sea Change? I think not.

c hack · Post by **c hack** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:28 pm

roymond wrote:Oh, come on...Beck. Is it that much of a stretch to put this on Sea Change? I think not.

Okay, you're getting quoted on my site. You too Jim.

(glee!)

[edit: I mean, <<glee!>*>**

*translated fromt the japanese
**translated to the japanese]

ps- Boyz II Men style song coming up...

drë · Post by **drë** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:33 pm

Heather you list now looks like this...

Heather. Redmon. wrote:
Heather. Redmon. wrote:now its like this
The Screwed
Dre ??
Abominominous
The Hell Yeahs
Starfinger
Clafborg

The Screwers
Sven Mullet
Blue
HKD
Pray For Mojo
Tony Hightower

My apologies for being so late, there no excuse except my complete laziness and procrastination. But luckily I’d did not have to work this MLK day, and had the house entirely to myself…
It took me a while to pick a song out from TVIYH list, cause there were all pretty good songs, Ultimately I had to burn them to CD and listen to them in the car until one of them stick.

After choosing, the song, it took me for ever to figure out how to remake the song,
Cause laying down the original track, and then playing along to it… sounds sooo lameeee.
Untimely I took the easy way out...

<a href="http://adserver.blaststream.com/ac/song ... stereo.mp3" target="_new">Andre was here at Midnight – Moving in stereo (The cars cover)</a>

For The voice inside you head..

Like always, to be absorbed in complete crappiness please use headphone turn all the way up.

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:24 pm

Dre- did someone already do a song for you? I had you on my list of people who didn't get songs done for them, but I had no idea that you are also AWHAM... well that makes sense I guess.

At least it's good to see that tviyh has been taken care of.

It sure doesn't look like any songs from your list have been covered:

dre wrote: Tod the wet sprock - something allways wrong
gin blossoms - found out about you
the cure - someday
bright eyes - method acting

so until I hear otherwise, you will remain on the list of the Screwed, but you (AWHAM) will no longer be a Screwer. Thanks!

starfinger · Post by **starfinger** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 3:25 pm

c hack -- finally getting around to hear your cover.
man, it takes my breath away.

-craig

c hack · Post by **c hack** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 9:57 pm

starfinger wrote:c hack -- finally getting around to hear your cover.
man, it takes my breath away.

-craig

I'm gonna pretend I didn't read that tonight and read it tomorrow morning so I can be happy all day tomorrow, rather than just for a few hours tonight before I go to bed

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:16 pm

OK folks 5 gifts are still missing and it's been over a week since the second deadline. So I think it's time to call in the reinforcements. Those who still owe songs- do them, please. But anyone who would like to do an extra song for one of the screwed (or perhaps a song from one of the other people's list- though the screwed are the priority) PM me.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:05 am

Public Service Announcement

To save everybody having to flip back through pages of stuff:

Dre:
Tod the wet sprock - something allways wrong
gin blossoms - found out about you
the cure - someday
bright eyes - method acting

Starfinger:
david bowie: look back in anger
cameo: Shake your pants
roxy music: love is the drug
cyndie lauper: girls just wanna have fun

Calfborg:
"Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth
"Crystal" by New Order
"Nothing Better" by The Postal Service
"On Fire" by Lightning Bolt

Heather:
Papa Won't Leave You Henry Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Rubber Ring The Smiths
Honeymoon Croon Bauhaus
Someone Take the Wheel the Replacements

A-bomb:
Slint - Nosferatu Man
Melvins - Jew Boy Flower Head
Boots Randolph - Yakety Sax
Thin Lizzzy - Don't Believe A Word

-bill

PS edited for Craig's correct pick.

starfinger · Post by **starfinger** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:13 am

HeuristicsInc wrote: cameo: word up

FYI, i changed this to Cameo's "Shake your pants" after finding out that there was a popular cover of "word up" recently.

-craig

j$ · Post by j$ » Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:16 am

HeuristicsInc wrote:Public Service Announcement

To save everybody having to flip back through pages of stuff:

-bill

Of course, if it was a real PSA, you'd have copied links to songs for each of them as well

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 9:37 am

When I get home from work I will post links to my songs... maybe that was the problem in the first place?!?

Phil. Redmon. · Post by **Phil. Redmon.** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 12:31 pm

HB- The names of your songs look funny all run together without any punctuation ha ha etcetera

jack · Post by **jack** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:56 pm

dre wrote:Heather you list now looks like this...

Heather. Redmon. wrote:now its like this
The Screwed
Dre ??

this one is for Dre.

Toad the Wet Sprocket's "Somethings Always Wrong"

Heather. Redmon. · Post by **Heather. Redmon.** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:32 pm

Phil. Redmon. wrote:HB- The names of your songs look funny all run together without any punctuation ha ha etcetera

ok .... hahaha... poor june... hahahaha \m/

Love!