Changing a song's style

[alyctes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ekThQnnH2I

[alyctes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGELfHv6oQQ

[RhysP]

Bloody hell, with the amount of godawful "novelty" songs being posted as examples of good covers in this thread I'm surprised nobody has posted a clip of the Barron Knights yet.

[DiMarco]

When we want to change a song's feel we usually first play the structure of it to a different rhythm, in a different tempo. This will make you automatically come up with another bass groove or even a whole different bass line in the same key. Jam till its phat and whoop there it is.

[Conan]

[url="http://www.stsanders.com/www/pages/videos/band-shreds/sts-eagles.php"]http://www.stsanders.com/www/pages/videos/band-shreds/sts-eagles.php[/url]

[KevB]

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1385019665' post='2283424'] Bloody hell, with the amount of godawful "novelty" songs being posted as examples of good covers in this thread I'm surprised nobody has posted a clip of the Barron Knights yet. [/quote] I was going to mention this in my original post (not the Barron Knights bit) that a lot of 'quirky'covers and the bands that turned them into their own style (Hayseed Dixie and Dread Zep spring to mind) soon do in fact start to sound like novelty bands. I think with those, both bands were always playing it firmly tongue in cheek though so it fitted that 'cabaret' ethos. Always liked Nazareth's vs of This Flight though I don't think Joni was overly impressed.

Edited November 21, 2013 by KevB

[Roland Rock]

Señor Coconut's version of Sade's 'Smooth Operator'
Some may see this as novelty song, but if think it's a top quality interpretation:
http://youtu.be/zke6WpWzwd4

[flyfisher]

Surprised no one has posted clips of JJ Cale songs being covered, most of which would probably be better known than the originals.

But here's a favourite cover of mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUYo8PeO96g

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1385033927' post='2283596']
Surprised no one has posted clips of JJ Cale songs being covered, most of which would probably be better known than the originals.

But here's a favourite cover of mine:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUYo8PeO96g[/media]
[/quote]

Now that really IS a novelty song ...

[Norris]

Our guitar-bass-drums trio often does "25 or 6 to 4" by Chicago. Whatever you do with that line-up it's going to have a different spin...

[chris_b]

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1385033927' post='2283596']
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUYo8PeO96g[/media]
[/quote]

Love Alexis.I have about 8 albums. Danny Thompson's on about 5 of them.

Usually the bands were fabulous, AK on the other hand was patchy at best.

[BigRedX]

Lots of examples but little in the way of practical advice.

Surely there more be more people on here who have done something a bit different with the songs they have covered?

[razze06]

We've recently started doing Tainted Love in a swingy shuffle sort of way. No recordings of it yet, but an immediate hit with the punters. Interesting bassline possibilities, if you dare to venture past the 7th fret

It all happened when mucking about in the practice room, trying to avoid having to make the "original vs softcell" decision. I just started playing an uptempo walking bass line, and the singer just started singing just like the original. It just clicked and we just added a jazz guitar solo at the end

Edited November 21, 2013 by razze06

[casapete]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4LnrdKNt0Q

[flyfisher]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1385034757' post='2283609']
Now that really IS a novelty song ...
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I guess that's what you get when you put the original songwriter together with a bunch of wannabees like this:

Alexis Korner : vocals, Tipple, percussion
Peter Frampton: electric guitar
Nicky Hopkins: piano
Steve Marriott: electric guitar
Keith Richards: vocals/electric guitar
Rick Wills: bass guitar
Terry Stannard: drums

[Mykesbass]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1384961387' post='2282836']
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4tILEQ5dDM[/media]


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQ8GDBA8Is[/media]
[/quote]

Fabulous Big Mama Thornton clip - well found!

[bertbass]

This from 3.15,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I0t5RSYWnw

[4-string-thing]

Happy Jack beat me to the Richard Thompson version of Oops I Did It Again, so how about these?

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQpnFZPmjxY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQpnFZPmjxY[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBSTXaBOuQ4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBSTXaBOuQ4[/url]

[4-string-thing]

Or this?

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbuRA_D3KU[/url]

[Zenitram]

Yay!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWMYGLxSWPM

[KevB]

Practically any cover of a Bob Dylan song but of course the obvious one is Hendrix.

[razze06]

[quote name='casapete' timestamp='1385051487' post='2283892']
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4LnrdKNt0Q[/media]
[/quote]

At least this shows that ours was a good idea

[gelfin]

Once did Summer of 69 with three part operatic style vocals, bass and Taurus bass pedals.!!!!!

Took the audience all of verse 1 to realise what song it was, but when it dawned on them we got a great cheer with many trying to join in.