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[Papus79]

[Papus79]

[Papus79]

[Pattern-chaser]

PC, my favourite Mike Giles performance was the extended version of Cat Food - fantastic!

I listened to "In the wake of Poseidon" after you posted this. The 2010 mix. Is that the "extended" version of "cat food"? It was great, anyway. The I followed up with Michael Giles' Mad Band. That was fun!

Giles' timing is so impeccably perfect it can't be measured scientifically, but only poetically. He doesn't keep time for the band, he plays pattern-phrases that 'harmonise' (rhythmically) with what the rest of the band are playing. Genius.

[Sy Borg]

PC, my favourite Mike Giles performance was the extended version of Cat Food - fantastic!

I listened to "In the wake of Poseidon" after you posted this. The 2010 mix. Is that the "extended" version of "cat food"? It was great, anyway. The I followed up with Michael Giles' Mad Band. That was fun!

Giles' timing is so impeccably perfect it can't be measured scientifically, but only poetically. He doesn't keep time for the band, he plays pattern-phrases that 'harmonise' (rhythmically) with what the rest of the band are playing. Genius.

Back in the day I was obsessed with those jazz licks Mike Giles played in Cat Food :)

Yes, he had a more symphonic approach than most, seeing his role an not just a time keeper, but as a colourist. Beautiful player.

[Sy Borg]

A change of pace - dark covers of old classics:

John Cale - Elvis's Heartbreak Hotel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Bn0Kq7rls

Here JC exposes the darkness of the lyrics, hidden by the Elvis's bright treatment. Super atmospheric.


Wall of Voodoo - Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FyTfLAlASU

A ethereal, subversive and oddly comical version. Very early 80s. Stan Ridgeway introduces himself as Ramsey Lewis for reasons probably best known to him.


Or Johnny Cash's covering NIN's Hurt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbHz9p7Z4OU

It's all dark :)


Disturbed - Simon and Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4

Some of the finest pop vocals you will ever hear. Talk about nailing a cover. Even Paul Simon loved it.

[Pattern-chaser]

A change of pace - dark covers of old classics:

John Cale - Elvis's Heartbreak Hotel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Bn0Kq7rls

Here JC exposes the darkness of the lyrics, hidden by the Elvis's bright treatment. Super atmospheric.

I've heard this version, although I don't own it (yet). It is as you describe. Dark genius.

[Steve3007]

I love those cover versions which completely re-imagine a song and make you see it in a completely different way. The Disturbed version of The Sound of Silence is liquid dark chocolate.

On a lighter note, but still on the subject of great baritones, I've always loved Lee Hazlewood's super smooth and sleazy version of Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On.

[Sculptor1]

I love those cover versions which completely re-imagine a song and make you see it in a completely different way. The Disturbed version of The Sound of Silence is liquid dark chocolate.

On a lighter note, but still on the subject of great baritones, I've always loved Lee Hazlewood's super smooth and sleazy version of Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On.

Possibly the most awful thing I have heard in a long time. Redolent of This.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Fa4lOQfbA
just more ridiculous

[Steve3007]

"I come and go between your kidneys".

One of the great French lyrics (losing something in translation). Serge Gainsbourg is a musical God.

[Steve3007]

One of my favourite bits of Gainsbourgian nonsense:

[Sculptor1]

One of my favourite bits of Gainsbourgian nonsense:

Jack the Ripper?

[Sculptor1]

What do you make if this?
A guy in drag drinking coffee, whilst four women lust after Serge??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKoJAcd5RLs

[Steve3007]

No, a different Jack I think. He sang a few songs about outlaws and such. Bonnie and Clyde, with Brigitte Bardot probably being the best known one.

[Steve3007]

What do you make if this?

That is hilariously bizarre. Looks like something Vivian Stanshall would do.