Thumped Cover Challenge No.4 - Elvis Costello (1 Viewer)

[Beanstalk]

Get cracking!

Albums

Singles

 

[Moods For Mallards]

Lindbergh, Baby! shall be assaulting New Amsterdam, I think. Maybe New Lace Sleeves. Or Home is Anywhere You Hang Your Head. Or Human Hands. Or Party Girl. Or Sulky Girl.

 

[potlatch]

Might give Shipbuilding a go. Time will tell.

 

[Milker]

As we're politely stake-claiming everyone keep yer nasty mits off Complicated Shadows..............and Tokyo Storm Warning
..why do we caaarrreee, if the world is a joke...|..|

 

[Pantone247]

I hate Elvis ever since I read Wreckless Eric's biog...

 

[dudley]

me too

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

i might actually try do something for this, maybe 'i cant stand up for falling down'.
should be inneresting seeing as i cant play any instruments, can't sing and have never recorded a song in my whole life.

 

[Wilbert]

i might actually try do something for this, maybe 'i cant stand up for falling down'.
should be inneresting seeing as i cant play any instruments, can't sing and have never recorded a song in my whole life.

I'm sure I've seen you play drums somewhere.......

 

[Wilbert]

I think I'm going to do two. One I've recorded the music for already but it's just a piano and vocal song. Then I'll tackle one of the hits!

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

I'm sure I've seen you play drums somewhere.......

i said 'i can't PLAY any INSTRUMENTS' not 'i can't bang yokes'

 

[Wilbert]

i said 'i can't PLAY any INSTRUMENTS' not 'i can't bang yokes'

If only you had some helpful musician friends.......

 

[Beanstalk]

I hate Elvis ever since I read Wreckless Eric's biog...

What was the gist of this slander?

 

[Moods For Mallards]

Loads of people say Elvis is a bastard. He seems to have been very unpleasant in the 70s in particular.

 

[Wilbert]

Could well be true. I wouldn't let someone being a bollocks put me off their music.

I mean, I've bought Mumblin' Deaf Ro records and we all know what he's like.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

Could well be true. I wouldn't let someone being a bollocks put me off their music.

I mean, I've bought Mumblin' Deaf Ro records and we all know what he's like.

I'd be disappointed if he wasn't a bitter, cynical horror who was always spitting puns in my face. Same with Elvis hahahahahaha.

 

[Wilbert]

I'll go first then.
This is Favourite Hour from Brutal Youth. It's just me and piano. I sang and played at the same time (which I never do) it means my voice wanders here and there and I had to do a lot of fixing up on the piano stuff!
Anyway, enough excuses.....
http://www.mediafire.com/?axmzew9dwy4

 

[Moods For Mallards]

I'll go first then.
This is Favourite Hour from Brutal Youth. It's just me and piano. I sang and played at the same time (which I never do) it means my voice wanders here and there and I had to do a lot of fixing up on the piano stuff!
Anyway, enough excuses.....
http://www.mediafire.com/?axmzew9dwy4

Nice job, Wilbert! Fragile, which is definitely not something you'd ever say about an EC rendition.

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

awesome wil, never knew you could be so tender.
ok so i got the chords worked out for my song, now i just gotta learn how to play it and find a mic.

 

[Wilbert]

awesome wil, never knew you could be so tender.
ok so i got the chords worked out for my song, now i just gotta learn how to play it and find a mic.

My tender side would not go down well in the testosterone-heavy, prison-yard atmosphere of a Groom rehearsal, so I keep it hidden.

Thanks though!

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

i might actually try do something for this, maybe 'i cant stand up for falling down'.
should be inneresting seeing as i cant play any instruments, can't sing and have never recorded a song in my whole life.

ok well here goes nothing: http://www.mediafire.com/?enjmzwjkday 'i can't stand up for falling down'

here's the 'nerd' stuff:

i got the chords and lyrics from here
i learned the piano chords here
whenever i got stuck i looked at this picture for inspiration
it was all recorded on a Tascam portastudio 424mk2
i learned how to use the portastudio here
i don't own a mic so i used an old pair of headphones to record most of the parts.
i used a tama rhythm watch to record the click track
then i piled the following on top of it (in order):

autoharp
2nd autoharp (put thru a marshall mini stack on overdrive)
nord lead 2 digital analog synth
large rack tom
tamborine
broken sabian 'el sabor' cymbal
hand claps (inaudible)
3 glasses of water being hit with a pen (mostly inaudible)
tin whistle (twice)
and finally 2 really bad sets of vocals.

it was recorded last night and today
it was a lot of fun to do
it's very noisy but you might need to turn it up