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Bob Dylan sings (non-SF).....
I would absolutely love to do an album.
An album entitled "Bob Dylan sings....Nirvana".
Of course, I realize I might be hard pressed to get anyone to want to do only Nirvana songs, so unless I'm wrong, I propose the following....
1.) We discuss the schematics forever, because, well, that's what we do
2.) We select 10 to 15 songs that Bob Dylan should sing (or "Nirvana - Nirvana", including the never-before-released-except-on-bootlegs-under-a-different-title single "You Know You're Right".... j/k really, it can be any song by any group assuming I or SF'ers can sing it; but really, don't we want songs that will be cool with Dylan singing them?)
3.) Someone with some skills must agree to master this piece (see what I did there)
4.) Presto! We've got the greatest thing since Richard Cheese's lastest album!
This could be done with me doing all the singing (I *think* I can do a fair enough Dylan voice), or it could be done in a CoverFight style. If its like the later, then I invite someone more experienced to take charge of this as I don't wanna get in over my head.
My idea is to use a Dylan-esque voice and "the original song modified to a way similar to the way Dylan might do the song if he wrote it himself without doing solely the G&G thing, though a G&G tune or two would be perfectly acceptable ".
So those are the two requirements.... and .... go!
An album entitled "Bob Dylan sings....Nirvana".
Of course, I realize I might be hard pressed to get anyone to want to do only Nirvana songs, so unless I'm wrong, I propose the following....
1.) We discuss the schematics forever, because, well, that's what we do
2.) We select 10 to 15 songs that Bob Dylan should sing (or "Nirvana - Nirvana", including the never-before-released-except-on-bootlegs-under-a-different-title single "You Know You're Right".... j/k really, it can be any song by any group assuming I or SF'ers can sing it; but really, don't we want songs that will be cool with Dylan singing them?)
3.) Someone with some skills must agree to master this piece (see what I did there)
4.) Presto! We've got the greatest thing since Richard Cheese's lastest album!
This could be done with me doing all the singing (I *think* I can do a fair enough Dylan voice), or it could be done in a CoverFight style. If its like the later, then I invite someone more experienced to take charge of this as I don't wanna get in over my head.
My idea is to use a Dylan-esque voice and "the original song modified to a way similar to the way Dylan might do the song if he wrote it himself without doing solely the G&G thing, though a G&G tune or two would be perfectly acceptable ".
So those are the two requirements.... and .... go!
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Heh, maybe folks just don't like Bob Dylan's voice.
Actually, I'm genuinely curious: can you expand on why "Bob Dylan sings Nirvana" appeals to you? Is it just the novelty? Or the PB&J combining of two things that you love? Or something else that I'm missing?
I might be alone on this, but I never totally got the appeal of "X sings Y"-type projects, or Richard Cheese for that matter. They tread dangerously close to mash-ups, the lowest form of art our culture has yet devised.
Granted, they're not as bad as mash-ups 'cause at least the artist (you in this case) gives his own performance. But at the end of the day, even if I initially find a particular "X in the style of Y" project somewhat novel, they're all ultimately a huge waste of time that I'd never listen to more than once.
What am I missing?
Actually, I'm genuinely curious: can you expand on why "Bob Dylan sings Nirvana" appeals to you? Is it just the novelty? Or the PB&J combining of two things that you love? Or something else that I'm missing?
I might be alone on this, but I never totally got the appeal of "X sings Y"-type projects, or Richard Cheese for that matter. They tread dangerously close to mash-ups, the lowest form of art our culture has yet devised.
Granted, they're not as bad as mash-ups 'cause at least the artist (you in this case) gives his own performance. But at the end of the day, even if I initially find a particular "X in the style of Y" project somewhat novel, they're all ultimately a huge waste of time that I'd never listen to more than once.
What am I missing?
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I knew people felt that way. So I take it you don't like Weird Al?
I guess it is the novelty that attracts me to it. When I read comic books, my favorites to READ were "What If..." where they explored scenarios like "What if Peter Parker never got bitten by a radioactive spider?"
There's nothing like Paul Anka singing "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
I guess it is the novelty that attracts me to it. When I read comic books, my favorites to READ were "What If..." where they explored scenarios like "What if Peter Parker never got bitten by a radioactive spider?"
There's nothing like Paul Anka singing "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
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Beatallica singing "Got to Get You Trapped Under Ice" cracks me up, but for the most part I agree with everything Deshead said.
I love Dylan, I love his voice, I think the only imitation I thought was ever funny was on the Zappa song "Flakes" especially when the Bob Character responds with random harmonica breathing to a direct question.
The Dylan imitation is really tired and old. Novelty songs are fun and funny for very few listens.
I have the 1st 3 Weird Al albums and I have to say all I ever really want to listen to anymore are the originals therin. "One more Minute" , "Dare to be Stupid". I actually knew the song Yoda before I ever heard Lola, so I kind of consider the Kinks to be doing the cover. Oddly enough the Kinks song is funnier than the Weird Al song.
I love Dylan, I love his voice, I think the only imitation I thought was ever funny was on the Zappa song "Flakes" especially when the Bob Character responds with random harmonica breathing to a direct question.
The Dylan imitation is really tired and old. Novelty songs are fun and funny for very few listens.
I have the 1st 3 Weird Al albums and I have to say all I ever really want to listen to anymore are the originals therin. "One more Minute" , "Dare to be Stupid". I actually knew the song Yoda before I ever heard Lola, so I kind of consider the Kinks to be doing the cover. Oddly enough the Kinks song is funnier than the Weird Al song.
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I like Dylan, I like Nirvana, I even like Mash-ups.
I just don't have any interest in hearing Wages imitate Bob Dylan imitating Nirvana.
I WOULD be interested in hearing a "Wages covers some soft/jangley/indy-ish band or other." I think that would be a good exercise, and might help you to break free of the 90's grunge thing that people have been criticizing you for lately.
Perhaps you should cover a Stephin Merritt or Pavement song.
Or Throwing Muses.
That would interest ME more.
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I just don't have any interest in hearing Wages imitate Bob Dylan imitating Nirvana.
I WOULD be interested in hearing a "Wages covers some soft/jangley/indy-ish band or other." I think that would be a good exercise, and might help you to break free of the 90's grunge thing that people have been criticizing you for lately.
Perhaps you should cover a Stephin Merritt or Pavement song.
Or Throwing Muses.
That would interest ME more.
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Yeah but who wants to track down the dude from Dread Zeppelin?Billy's Little Trip wrote:Now if you do Elvis singing like Dylan doing Nirvana songs, but with a reggae beat.....I'd be interested.
Also, I'm totally interested in this idea, Wages. However, I'm terrible at mastering. But if you let me do a song, I'd be ridiculously happy.
I call "Rape Me."
Am I rockin' hard, or hardly rockin'?
Just like how the Presidents' song "Lump" is a much better, funnier song than Weird Al's version. Honestly I never understood it when he made parodies of already comedic songs. That never stopped me from liking "Yoda" though...glennny wrote: I have the 1st 3 Weird Al albums and I have to say all I ever really want to listen to anymore are the originals therin. "One more Minute" , "Dare to be Stupid". I actually knew the song Yoda before I ever heard Lola, so I kind of consider the Kinks to be doing the cover. Oddly enough the Kinks song is funnier than the Weird Al song.
Am I rockin' hard, or hardly rockin'?
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Did you want to do RAPE ME "all by yourself", or did you wanna do the music and have me sing to it? Either way, I say we get this one song done and post it here. Then if anyone thinks they can master it better than you or I, we'll send them the tracks.WesDavis wrote:Also, I'm totally interested in this idea, Wages. However, I'm terrible at mastering. But if you let me do a song, I'd be ridiculously happy.
I call "Rape Me."
THEN maybe we can drum up more interest for further Dylan Does songs.
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Actually, I don't need to do all the vocals... this was just my initial plan. I don't care who does it, but I'm desperate to hear it. So if you wanna do it, by all means do Dylan does Rape Me. Maybe if you post a demo, a drummer could be snagged. Mmmmm, nasally, winddy vocals.
As we all know, I lack the guitar skill of "tone", so the best I could do too would be just crappy guitar and vocals.
As we all know, I lack the guitar skill of "tone", so the best I could do too would be just crappy guitar and vocals.
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