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khyber
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 Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:47 am Post subject: Songs for a Bluegrass band to cover.... |
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There are, of course, some great bluegrass songs to cover:
Man of Constant Sorrow
I'll fly away
Going down the Road feelin' bad
Anything by Gillian Welch....
But I'm thinkin that we (my posse) should incorporate some not so bluegrass songs to fill voids.
Some songs I got now:
No Surprises Radiohead
Fight Test - Flaming Lips
We wanna have some fat boy harmonies but my mind is pretty open to songs.
So what song COULD sound great if it was played by a bunch of back country yokels? Extra points for extreme genre bending. |
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gang ah jee
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cwemory
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:14 am Post subject: |
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2Pac- How Do You Want It
David Bowie- Golden Years
Depeche Mode- People Are People
Outkast- So Fresh and So Clean
The Pogues- The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn
R.E.M.-Radio Free Europe
Do you play in Korea? If so when and where? I couldn't think of many things more subversive than a bluegrass concert in Korea... |
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Delirium's Brother
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There's a bluegrass band called AC Dixie, which covers AC DC songs. They're actually pretty cool. They even played privately for AC DC. I think one of the band is a fan of AC Dixie. Given that precedent I think any thing is fair game, now. But you'd need a clever name.  |
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coldcrush
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 2:50 am Post subject: |
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| gang ah jee wrote: |
| Shame on a n*gga - Wu Tang Clan |
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huffdaddy
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 3:09 am Post subject: |
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| Delirium's Brother wrote: |
| There's a bluegrass band called AC Dixie, which covers AC DC songs. They're actually pretty cool. They even played privately for AC DC. I think one of the band is a fan of AC Dixie. Given that precedent I think any thing is fair game, now. But you'd need a clever name. |
Not to mention the whole "Pickin On.." series.
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Qinella
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| Anyone hear that boyz in the hood rendition that was done by a dude on an acoustic guitar a few years back? That was pretty funny. |
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khyber
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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re: pickin' on.
...funny. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds did a bluegrass version of The Wall...in fact, they toured with it a few years ago (as far as I know, it was that EXCLUSIVELY). People were going sh!thouse crazy for it too.
I'll have to take a listen to the ones suggested (as I don't really know them).
Have though about kickin' in some "We will Rock you"...
...we haven't had shows yet...only one practice. We're just putting this together new like |
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tiger fancini
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skinhead
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:25 am Post subject: |
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Wow.
I'd've called it The (Trailer) Park Side of the Tune.
BTW, Hayseed Dixie don't cover tunes, they recreate them. Bluegrass is so f*****g good it doesn't have to lend or blend. Some of the songs posted on this thread contravene a parking bylaw relating to the space provided for songs that are as close to being bluegrass as to avoid any possiblility of there being any difference between the original and the bluegrass version. But most of them don't. You kids watch yer silly asses. |
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Norm
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:36 am Post subject: Re: Songs for a Bluegrass band to cover.... |
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| khyber wrote: |
But I'm thinkin that we (my posse) should incorporate some not so bluegrass songs to fill voids.
Extra points for extreme genre bending. |
I nominate Igor Stravinsky's The Rites of Spring. |
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cwemory
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 1:47 am Post subject: |
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| Anyone hear that boyz in the hood rendition that was done by a dude on an acoustic guitar a few years back? That was pretty funny. |
by Dynamite Hack... what was funnier than the song was how bad it pissed off Dr. Dre and MC Ren (old members of NWA).
Dr. Dre had his (and Dynamites Hack's) record label pull the single several days after its release to edit out the n-word. Apparently, Dynamite Hack aren't Bob Dylan. The song was re-released (minus the n-word) and became a hit.
Dr. Dre was rumoured to have told Jimmy Iovine (record label head) that if the n-word wasn't removed Dynamite Hack would be shot.
There was a brief (one concert) NWA reunion at the time of the cover's popularity. Dynamite Hack had been scheduled to play as an opening act, but MC Ren's "staff" prevented them from entering the concert's venue. |
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Benicio
Joined: 25 May 2006
Location: Down South- where it's hot & wet
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khyber
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Some of the songs posted on this thread contravene a parking bylaw relating to the space provided for songs that are as close to being bluegrass as to avoid any possiblility of there being any difference between the original and the bluegrass version. |
This is supposed to be clever + I don't get it = khyber's a fool |
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hossenfeffer
Joined: 07 Oct 2006
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I don't know about your Gillian Welch suggestion Khyber....
I would strongly recommend almost anything by:
Larry Sparks (a.k.a. Spark-o-matic)
The Louvin Brothers
Reno and Smiley
The Stanley Brothers
Jimmy Martin
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
Charlie Moore
and....if you're feelin a little "progressive"....Tony Rice
No matter what you say, Nickle Creek is NOT Bluegrass. |
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