Prog-metal cover of Pumped up Kicks
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Topic: Prog-metal cover of Pumped up Kicks
Posted By: bensommer
Subject: Prog-metal cover of Pumped up Kicks
Date Posted: November 19 2011 at 19:27
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Hey all - forgive the bit of pluggery but..... Thought folks would appreciate, if not outright like, how I twisted & tortured that insufferable pop hit "Pumped up Kicks" with a bit of prog magic. Worked real hard on it and would welcome feedback! ------------- http://bensommermusic.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: November 19 2011 at 20:02
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Wow! Very good, great cover. 5 stars.  Though i like the original too  Also welcome to PA! Hope you post more often, Ben. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: bensommer
Date Posted: November 19 2011 at 20:21
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Thx! Original - yeah its nice but constant radio play manages to kill everything, and after seeing those guys w/their hipster poses on SNL, that did it for me... And yes - my jewish guilt will only allow 1 promo post per ~10 community-oriented posts, so stay tuned :) ------------- http://bensommermusic.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Hober Mallow
Date Posted: November 20 2011 at 12:05
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That was EPIC ------------- “When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.” John Kennedy Toole |
Posted By: Hober Mallow
Date Posted: November 20 2011 at 20:42
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Not cool (YOU, not the song) Visited yer website... seemed cool Looked at yer music, LYRICS of songs Comments: note:add very to the following,IGNORANT, VERY RACIST, D--KISH, OFFENSIVE Speekie Engrish or whatever. WHAT THE HELL MAN?!?!?!?!?!?! Wow, I thought proogers were good wholesome people. You can be anti-immigration or kkk or whatever but DAMN what you conveyed in those lyrics, man. I respect the political affiliations of everybody but I do not respect RACISM. *shaking of the head*
------------- “When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.” John Kennedy Toole |
Posted By: bensommer
Date Posted: November 20 2011 at 20:51
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Wow YOU - with that R word throw around so cavalierly I think we're darn near proving http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwins_law" rel="nofollow - Godwin's law for the 10,933,153th time, and I haven't even said 50 words... :) What can I say? Some are more sensitive - and dare I say - knee-jerky than others. If I take the trouble to elaborate on the lyrics to prove that irony does exist alongside sincerity, things would just get silly. But know that not everyone freaks out so bad when they get my "message" - and they're not racists :) Love the bad publicity - wish it would spill out into the public at large! ------------- http://bensommermusic.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: bensommer
Date Posted: November 20 2011 at 20:55
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P.s. does this mean you won't join my email list?
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: November 20 2011 at 21:19
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I wanted to look into Hober's interesting comment (he's had some interesting views in the past, from my experience), and I found the song "Little Hitlers".......... that's a little low, don't you think? I'm open minded on just about everything, but yikes, that's a little too edgy for just about anyone's tastes. And lol, Godwin's law proves true yet again. Cool cover nonetheless. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: bensommer
Date Posted: November 20 2011 at 21:28
Well you see, I can see the future, so when I wrote the song I knew that in the far off year 2011 I'd have to defend myself against the R word and possibly the N word, so I figured I'd give up in advance and call myself Hitler. Cause the song is all about how I am an intolerant little hitler. 
Glad you like the cover! ------------- http://bensommermusic.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Hober Mallow
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 19:46
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Look, I re-thought that pesky comment of mine, and it seemed a bit over the top. Apologies. Say what you want to say and you do make good music and a great cover of Pumped Up Kicks (I showed all of my prog/pop-mainstream loathing friends it, they appreciated it as well). side note: Andyman1125, what interesting views of mine? ------------- “When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.” John Kennedy Toole |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 20:31
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Let's keep to the cover, not his opinion on other matters. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 20:34
Probably a bad choice of words, but I was referring to this post: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=74525&PID=4299162#4299162" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=74525&PID=4299162#4299162 Total respect though, no offense intended.  ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Hober Mallow wrote:Posted By: Hober Mallow
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 21:35
 ------------- “When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.” John Kennedy Toole |
Posted By: mono
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 06:39
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The cover's OK. Other than that, you ARE racist. Ask a few people that aren't your friends. ------------- https://soundcloud.com/why-music Prog trio, from ambiant to violence https://soundcloud.com/m0n0-film Film music and production projects https://soundcloud.com/fadisaliba (almost) everything else |
Posted By: mono
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 06:40
Keeping the subject close to the thread title is not PA's strong... ------------- https://soundcloud.com/why-music Prog trio, from ambiant to violence https://soundcloud.com/m0n0-film Film music and production projects https://soundcloud.com/fadisaliba (almost) everything else |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 16:43
Great album!  ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: MattGuitat
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 16:54
| I actually saw Foster the People on SNL and they sounded a lot better. the producer made his voice sound like crap on the radio |