Pink Floyd Cover Songs
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Topic: Pink Floyd Cover Songs
Posted By: frenchie
Subject: Pink Floyd Cover Songs
Date Posted: October 06 2004 at 16:54
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I have heard lots of covers of Pink Floyd songs and it seems like most modern bands have decided to butcher the songs by the great band. Occasionally there will be some good ones. Here are the covers i have heard... scissor sisters - comfotably numb - an awful pop butchery with stupid high pitched vocals, techno-ish backing music and not even a solo which is the best part of the song! korn - another brick in the wall (parts 1-3). combining all 3 parts of this song really didn't work as they are meant to be separate from each other, not together. Also i did not care for the nu-metal distorted guitar noise used. Korn have also decided to disgrace the floyd. I sware to god they just blagged the choir from the original as well! marilyn manson - another brick in the wall (part 2), this is much better than korn and has his own manson interpretation by using a more dramatic choir and his distorted vocals. Its not brilliant but it i like the way it has its own tint to it and isnt a disgraceful copy. dream theater - in the flesh?/ comfortably numb/ hey you - i've heard these covers tackled live by dream theater and they toned down their heavy guitars slightly to do brilliant versions of these tracks. they know how to make proggressive rock and john petrucci is excellent at gilmour style solos. best floyd covers i have ever heard think floyd - well they are a tribute band so they dont count as much. what do you think? ------------- The Worthless Recluse 
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 06 2004 at 17:01
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Good - "Shine on you crazy diamond" - Transatlantic. Pretty faithful, but a nice interpretation. Bad - "A tribute to Pink Floyd" - Rosebud/Discoballs, no wait , make that one awful! Disco versions of DSOTM era tracks. |
Posted By: frenchie
Date Posted: October 06 2004 at 17:12
ooh i shall have to check that out! ------------- The Worthless Recluse
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Good - "Shine on you crazy diamond" - Transatlantic. Pretty faithful, but a nice interpretation.Posted By: frenchie
Date Posted: October 06 2004 at 17:13
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there is also a reggae version of DSOTM called "dub side of the moon". sounds reli bad. ------------- The Worthless Recluse
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Posted By: frenchie
Date Posted: October 06 2004 at 17:14
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radiohead have done wish you were here. it wasnt great but it was only a dinky unreleased song. pearl jam did it too i think. ------------- The Worthless Recluse
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Posted By: penguindf12
Date Posted: October 06 2004 at 17:18
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(off topic a bit:) hey frenchie, you know "Atom Heart Mother?" I've heard mixed reviews about it and the furthest back into Floyd I've gone is "Meddle." I have everything after that. You seem to like "AHM" pretty well, and I was wondering if you could tell me some stuff about it (in detail) about the sound of the songs, especially the title suite. You know, divide it into its parts and tell about each one. Do the same for the smaller songs. Is AHM better than Dark Side or Meddle? |
Posted By: frenchie
Date Posted: October 06 2004 at 17:36
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atom heart mother. if you loved "echoes" and "one of these days" then should fit into AHM pretty well. at first it sounds like a soundtrack to a horror film, the title track is full of choirs and everything! it is very demanding to listen to but it is one of their best pieces. I think you should definetly get this album. The rest of the tracks are good too but its a brilliant album. atom heart mother = amazin epic suite that flows like a dream, similar to echoes if = acoustic ballad by waters. its ok but not the strongest one here summer 68 = an uplifting piano based piece by wright. tis good. fat old sun = a bluesy guitar based piece by gilmour APB = a roadie cooks up breakfast while the floyd jam away.sizzling instrumental i think the reason it gets mixed reviews is because its a lot harder to appreciate than the other albums as it is mainly instrumental based. as to the last question, i cannot say if AHM is better than dark side or meddle, they are very different pieces and its very hard to judge but i would say meddle wins. dark side and ahm are both incredible pieces tho. my fave era is piper - meddle. ------------- The Worthless Recluse
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: October 06 2004 at 18:10
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Came across a NW (of US) band Obscured By Clouds
a few years ago, who largely do unplugged Floyd (although an odd Doors
tune sometimes creeps in) - some their interpretations are good. Love him or hate him - I love him - Les Claypole's Frog Brigade did Animals . Guitar maestro Gary Lucas, has done a stunning version of Astronome Domine (ex. Gods & Monsters). However, that Magna Carta tribute The Other Side Of the Moon stink IMHO. |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: October 06 2004 at 19:30
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Voivod did an incredible version of Astronomy Domine on their Nothingface album. To Penguin: I am a big Floyd fan myself and I haven't decided which album is their worst but it is definately between More and Atom Heart Mother. The 1st side...the title track is an interesting instrumental ,but by no means overwhelming. Overall I think they went too far with all the orchestration and chanting going on but it is still somewhat melodic and relaxing to listen to...that is the good side Side 2 starts off with IF and that song seems like it had potential, but the music tends to meander a bit in the middle and starts to get boring Summer 68 is a quaint tune by Wright..very melodic...best song on this side-and hardly a masterpiece. Fat Old Sun just drags on and doesn't seem to go anywhere interesting. David gilmour does a rotten job on vocals in this one Alan's Phychedelic Breakfast is the single worse piece of music(I use that word quite loosely) ever by Pink Floyd..it is too bad they didn't put Embryo,Crumbling Land, and Heart Beat, Pig Meat on this one in place of Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast, since they made those 3 tunes the same year(Embryo would later get released on Works and the other 2 were on the soundtrack to Zabriskie Point |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: October 06 2004 at 20:38
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Radiohead didn't cover Wish You Were Here. That's actually Sparklehorse, with Thom Yorke providing some backing vocals. The Foo Fighters (alongside Queen guitarist Brian May) have done a cover of Have a Cigar (albiet not a great one) |
Posted By: Vegetableman
Date Posted: October 06 2004 at 22:04
Embryo, Crumbling Lang, and Heart Beat Pig Meat are a year older than Atom Heart Mother. Embryo was discarded from the Ummagumma recordings (around April '69) and was re-mixed around 1970 by their producer at the time of the recording without permission of the Floyd. It was planned to be released on a compilation in 1970 with other artists, but the album was withdrawan. And I don't see why Crumbling Land or Heart Big Pig Meat would even get to AHM seeing how they were already released. A lot of outtakes from the Zabriskie Point Soundtrack resemble future works... Rain in the Country -> Brain Damage... Unknown Song -> Parts of AHM... The Violence Sequence -> Us and them... Those would be the ones to even get a chance on the album if it was to happen. Anyway, Widespread Panic has covered Wish You Were Here... Primus has covered Have a Cigar... and I know Dream Theater have covered a bunch. ------------- "Mister Fripp, your music is quite different than everything else out there. In one word, how would you describe it?" "Progressive.... yeah, that's it..." |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: October 06 2004 at 22:59
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TO VEGETABLE MAN:Zabriskie Point...March 1970' Atom Heart Mother...October 1970' The reason why they may want to do that is those songs would never be heard by most fans of Pink Floyd(even your biggest ones) on Zabriskie Point. Zabriskie had lots of other bands on it that proggers wouldn't be interested. To me...Crumbling Land is one of my favorites and it is a shame it is so difficult to find. Heart Beat, Pig Meat wasn't a masterpiece but neither is Fat Old Sun and I rate HBPM higher...the last tune Come in Number 51 Your Time Is Ip is just another remake of Careful With That Axe Eugene P.S..Vegetable Man was a great tune by Syd...way ahead of it's time...very loud and heavy...a little too distorted sounding though...so awesome username!! |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: October 07 2004 at 03:06
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"Atom Heart Mother" is a bit like "Ummagumma", but less so, if that makes sense. Even if it doesn't, I'm very keen on both albums - although both are more challenging in differernt ways to the later albums. "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" is great on very, very occasional listens - you tend to find yourself wandering around saying "Toast... I like toast..." for several days afterwards The live part of "Ummagumma" is very good indeed - superb renditions of early Floyd classics - although I slightly prefer the "Live at Pompeii" versions; the latter wins mainly because the video is great. The studio part is one of those things - you're either gonna love the experimentation (if you're into psychedelics, this'll blow your mind - especially the bit where it goes all "A Day In The Life"), or you're gonna hate it for all the ego-tripping. Hey - isn't that what makes great prog? Other very overlooked albums from this period are "More" and "Obscured by Clouds" - both soundtrack albums, written in just a couple of weeks each - although I'm not sure that the latter ever made it to celluloid. Both, like AHM, require time to get into, as they are not as obvious or as easy to access as later Floyd material. In my opinion, though, "Meddle" is the pinnacle of this "2nd stage" of Floyd - "Echoes" is one of my all-time favourite Floyd tracks. The only covers I have any time for are the "Dub Side of the Moon" album, and Voivod's faithful rendition of "Astronomy Domine". I haven't heard Marilyn Manson's "Another Brick in the Wall Pt II" - but I'd imagine it'd be good, as Manson always finds time to inject his own personal style into what he does (whether you like it or not is immaterial); thanks for the heads up The Scissor Sisters should apply the scissors to their tongues... |
Posted By: Petra
Date Posted: October 07 2004 at 05:01
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Wyclef Jean did a good cover of Wish You Were here ------------- Don't hate me I'm not special like you |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: October 07 2004 at 05:12
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Voivod did another Floyd song "The Nile Song", as well. I haven't heard it though. Plus, on the subject of covers they did 21st Century Schizoid Man, which is excellent! |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: October 07 2004 at 05:53
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Bowie did an OKish version of See Emily Play on Pin - Ups
Low do a gorgeous version of Fearless on their recent compilation box-set, |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: October 07 2004 at 10:40
| OSI cover "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun." I think they did a pretty good job. Portnoy does a fine drum solo that propels the tune forward. |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: October 07 2004 at 13:01
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Certified Wrote:"Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" is great on very, very occasional listens - you tend to find yourself wandering around saying "Toast... I like toast..." for several days afterwards I don't recall them saying that...it was Marmelade., I like marmelade unless they said both |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: October 07 2004 at 14:25
| Not forgetting of course Dave Gilmour's "covers" of many Pink Floyd songs on his (fairly) recent live DVD. The interpretations transform many of the tracks completely. Robert Wyatt guest sings on "Comfortably numb" too. |
Posted By: Vegetableman
Date Posted: October 07 2004 at 19:15
The Soundtrack may have been released in 1970, but the songs were written and recorded in 1969. I'm not a big fan of HPBM but I do love Crumbling Land, unfortunately the Floyd weren't the band to reuse material like that... (the reason why Come in Number 51 Your Time is Up was recorded for the film is because the director of Zabriskie Point was one stubborn guy.) P.S. Thanks! ------------- "Mister Fripp, your music is quite different than everything else out there. In one word, how would you describe it?" "Progressive.... yeah, that's it..." |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: October 08 2004 at 00:08
Hey Vegetable Man-Could you believe Pink Floyd actually referred Crumbling Land as their stab at country?...if thats country then I'm the pope. I would agree that the guy who directed that as one stubborn guy. Pink Floyd originally signed on thinking they would do the entire soundtrack but then he had his doubts and went with a mix....too bad. |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: October 08 2004 at 11:16
QueensRyche did Comfortably Numb and retitled it Silent Lucidity
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Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: October 08 2004 at 11:21
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Hardly.... they wished they had a guitarist that could come up with those CN solos... heck there ain't many bands out there that wouldn't wish the same thing!!Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: October 08 2004 at 12:05
actually I still can listen to SL where CN is so been there,done that, wore the t-shirt, it shrunk to me these days |
Posted By: Christa
Date Posted: October 08 2004 at 20:07
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I downloaded this file from the net: "Pink Floyd with Van Morrison - Comfortably Numb". I also have a great trance remix of Speak to me/Breathe by the Orb ------------- And then I awoke and around me was a harem of men, fanning me with their Guitars. |
Posted By: Carl floyd fan
Date Posted: October 12 2004 at 12:23
| I can't believe you guys failed to mention Phish. They did a live cover of dark side of the moon. And Trey is a very good guitarist so it sounded good, except for when someone had to do the female vocals....yikes... |
Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: October 12 2004 at 15:04
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I can't believe no-one mentioned Primus' cover of "Have a Cigar" on miscellaneous debris. I like their version alot, it's cool.
I also like their version of Peter Gabriel's "Intruder" on the same album. Good stuff. ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |