Trifolium: Sput's MAY 2019 Song of the day

Trifolium 05.01.19	This gonna be goooood! Rec away! I hope the 'cover'-theme hasn't been done before. But if it has: who cares!
Trifolium 05.01.19	I'll start with today's song, Torre Florim's cover of Firestarter, seemed appropriate and the track is huuuuuuge!
Papa Universe 05.01.19	Badbadnotgood - Seasons (Future Islands Cover) not really sure, whether or not to call this a cover, because they even enlisten Sam Herring to do the vocals, but it is their bluesy reinterpretation of the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWyJEhMHFdM
Trifolium 05.01.19	Added! If it's not on an album I'll just put their highest rated one up for show.
SlothcoreSam 05.01.19	Spanish Love Songs- Funeral Off the album Various Artists-Sea Shepherd Benefit Vol 3 Original by Phoebe Bridgers The original is great, lyrics are stellar. But Spanish love songs add that pop-punk angst and turn it into a classic. https://youtu.be/HHvVU9CAZMY
ArsMoriendi 05.01.19	Song: "American Woman" Band: Butthole Surfers Album: Rembrandt Pussyhorse Genre: noise rock/punk The artist that they're covering: The Guess Who Description: Super fun and way better than the original, if not, then far more abstract https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw_lyHDOUoU
Trifolium 05.01.19	Added and added. 4 down, 27 to go.
DungeonBoy 05.01.19	OH NO, not again.
Trifolium 05.01.19	YES AGAIN! MUHAHAHA! What exactly didn't appeal to you? A specific rec? Covers as theme? The month May?
DungeonBoy 05.01.19	Covers? yay! Here's my submission: Myrkur - 'Song to Hall Up High (Live)' Bathory cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPP9z1CyiTg Performed live, in the Emanuel Vigeland Mausoleum in Oslo, Norway. A very delicate piece that really showcases Myrkur's incredible voice and it's a Bathory cover performed in a large burial chamber m/
DungeonBoy 05.01.19	lol it all appealed to me, I actually really enjoyed it, until I started slacking and had to catch up in the end! Good idea Trifolium, i'm excited about this month
Papa Universe 05.01.19	Torre Florim - Firestarter surprisingly pleasant cover of an anything but a pleasant tune. 4
Trifolium 05.01.19	@DBoy Haha, I know that feeling man. Happens to me all the time. But this month I'll just have to pull through. May 5th is yours and Myrkur's.
Trifolium 05.01.19	Ooh nice score Papa! I like what he did with the track a lot. It's almost unrecognisable, but still has a connection to it which is cool.
Metalrain 05.01.19	Coroner - I Want You(She's So Heavy) From Mental Vortex, Beatles cover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qamBmWt8Cwo This shouldn't work at all but it kinda does.
RunOfTheMill 05.01.19	Commenting as a reminder :3
neekafat 05.01.19	"Spanish love songs add that pop-punk angst and turn it into a classic. " literally the alst thing that song needed but its pretty good regardless
Trifolium 05.01.19	Yessss Beatles! Added it Metalrain, you're on May 6. Curious what you will add Mill and Neek!
neekafat 05.01.19	Bradi Carlile - "Madman Across the Water" (originally by Elton John) My dad showed me this cover earlier today and it's gotta be one of the coolest covers ever, especially since the original is probably my favorite Elton John track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVOstw9eKdE
JohnnyoftheWell 05.01.19	Gonna try to wrap April up in the soon! I'm not that strong on great covers everyone hasn't already heard, so y'all can have some raw entertainment instead. Shonen Knife - When You Sleep (from a compilation, so I guess just use Loveless for the list) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jN8SII8ytI I cannot decide whether this is hilarious, charming or just silly but it's adorable regardless
Minushuman24 05.02.19	I am cautiously interested in Metalrain's pick
Minushuman24 05.02.19	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R5lcZFWEwg My Generation - Patti Smith Just like the original except, louder, angrier, uglier, and dripping with pure, raw energy.
Trifolium 05.02.19	Great work! 10 down, 21 to go.
budgie 05.02.19	just will give an easy 5/5 to #8, that's like the best song ever
Trifolium 05.02.19	Yes it so is budgie. The original you meant, right? Don't know the cover yet...
Trifolium 05.02.19	Do you have a great cover for us to hear?
budgie 05.02.19	oh shonen knife, i actually don't love that cover haha. it's alright. relistening now, 3-3.5/5 i guess? agree with johnny, silly and cute. could imagine it playing as the credits cut at the end of a bittersweet comedy romance flick
budgie 05.02.19	sure, Mazzy Star's Blue Flower album She Hangs Brightly original artist: Slapp Happy been listening to this album with love since the early 2000s and only recently noticed this was a cover, it's always been quintessential mazzy star. upbeat jangly bluesy rock track with killer sandoval vocals! i guess it's my favorite cover
Trifolium 05.02.19	Thanks budg! May 11 is now yours, your own, your precious.
Trifolium 05.02.19	(Oh and that's such a great track agreed!)
Papa Universe 05.02.19	6 is sach, just so you know.
Trifolium 05.02.19	Haha, you meant 9 right? Or are you just casually trollin'?
Trifolium 05.02.19	Does someone know how to get this list featured by the way? Some tips or tricks that I'm unaware of?
Papa Universe 05.02.19	Oh yeah, 9. But that could have been a heck of a subtle troll. Y'know, calling someone's rec a "sach's rec".
Trifolium 05.02.19	Yeah man, but I wouldn't be surprised if you meant it that way, which says a lot.
ArsMoriendi 05.02.19	"Firestarter'' The original rules, so this is gonna be interesting. Is that backmasking? I can't take this seriously... is this a joke? Who decided to turn a big beat dance track into psychedelic indie folk? I'm half impressed, half puzzled. It's not bad either. OH NO DON'T USE THE ORIGINAL BEAT FOR A GUITAR SOLO AAAAH Strawberry fields mellotron? What IS THIS? 3.8/5 "Seasons'' Don't know the original, the voice reminds me of Britney Howard of Alabama Shakes though. Pretty soulful and I like the pickup here. It's like a modern take of a Motown song with that guitar too. This month is off to a good start. :) 3.9/5
DungeonBoy 05.02.19	"Firestarter" Agreed Ars, I can't tell if this is supposed to funny or what. I listened to it and all I can think is, welp that exists. It's not bad, but it's really not good either, more of a conversation piece than anything of actual enjoyment. Certainly not as good as the original, but obviously, cause that song is a masterpiece: 2.5 "Seasons" well, the cover certainly brings the Future Islands vibe in its own unique way. Pretty cool cover honestly, digging it. This is how a cover should be IMO. Takes the original but puts the bands spin on it. Even though I have no idea what BADBADNOTGOOD actually sounds like: 3.7
Trifolium 05.02.19	Good busy! Any more recs, dear readers? Even if you didn't ever join, there's a first time for everything!
SlothcoreSam 05.03.19	Firestarter, 3.3 this guy has such a fucking punchable face, at least he can sing. Song is definitely a unique take on the original. Hard to compare to the original, but i connect more with the Prodigy. Seasons, 3.3 i like everything about the vocals on this, but the music is a bit blah. The drums drown out a lot of the other instruments. The original is better.
Asdfp277 05.03.19	My rec: Deleted Scenes (UK) - "Reasons" (from the 12'' 'Hysteria / Reasons') For some reason it's hard to find a full version, there's this tho: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbDjs4AInc Dubstep. It's Distance + Pinch.
Asdfp277 05.03.19	oh fuck is it supposed to be covers? :[
ArsMoriendi 05.03.19	You don't have to follow the theme, it's just a fun suggestion
Asdfp277 05.03.19	yayy
budgie 05.03.19	yay
Asdfp277 05.03.19	Trifolium dude, may i recommend: if someone adds a song that's not currently on any of the bands albums, just put any album at random, but don't put the single's name as the album title, as it creates a new empty album with broken artwork, as is the case for 2 (BADBADNOTGOOD) --- ratings: 1. Firestarter - 3.0 2. Seasons - 2.9 3. Funeral - 3.5
Trifolium 05.03.19	Yeah I think that's fair. But that one is broken because I fucked it up, it is an actual EP, but I pressed Enter a little too early and booooooom.
budgie 05.03.19	and boom goes the dynamite
neekafat 05.03.19	Yo trif can you follow in the tradition of updating the ratings on here too every few days or so?
Trifolium 05.03.19	Yes of course! I've added the first batch. Asdfp, you're number 12!
Trifolium 05.03.19	That dynamite more commonly known as Sput is a little finicky at times.
Asdfp277 05.03.19	yay, a sublime number!
DungeonBoy 05.03.19	"Funeral" Shaky voice guy strikes again. Never heard the original. Music is great, band has that Americana "pop" punk sound that resonates with the kiddos these days. This dude's voice is great minus the overuse of the shake, like he doesn't need to do that all the time, or really at all. but that's just my opinion cause everyone is eating this band up. 3.5
Papa Universe 05.03.19	Spanish Love Songs - Funeral having heard enough of their and Phoebe's material, I couldn't even tell that it wasn't their song from the get-go. 4
SlothcoreSam 05.03.19	Papa, having or haven't?
Papa Universe 05.03.19	what I wrote
Papa Universe 05.04.19	Butthole Surfers - American Woman now we have two bands I never listened to (or rather not in any significant or memorable capacity) and I am not sure that I want to necessarily continue my exploration of either of them after hearing this. I certainly 'liked' it, but cannot say that I am encouraged to listen on. 3.5
ArsMoriendi 05.05.19	"Funeral'' Pop punk vocals that sound like they're on the verge of tears, bland guitar line. Man this is just sooooooooooooooooooooo boring oh my god. And of course, there's a bit of gross whine screaming at the end. 2.3/5
Trifolium 05.05.19	Seasons: Nice bass, nice vox, great vibes, good song! 3.9 Funeral: Ugh I hate this drum sound. It's yucky eew. Vox aren't my thing either. Plus those lyrics. Oof. Sorry! 1.9 American Woman: Kinda dig the weirdness, drum machine is cool, it has a nice flow too! I like it! Who would have thought with that name? 3.7 Song To Hall Up High: Oh man that echo on her voice is great. Sad song, but nice and short! 3.2
Trifolium 05.05.19	Updated the scores too! Any new recs, dear readers? I would like to have at least half of the month covered before having to open the second recs!
Papa Universe 05.05.19	Myrkur - Song To Hall Up High: I liked it, but I actually prefer the mash-up version on youtube, where Quorthon and Myrkur are put alongside each other and the song just sounds absolutely stunning. 4
ArsMoriendi 05.05.19	"Song to Hall Up High (Live)" Folk metal? Wait, no just folk! Surprising. Soothing and calm. 3.5/5
budgie 05.05.19	Mykur - Song To Hall Up High: i love the style, everyone knows i love this ethereal female vox style, however song to hall up high/home of once brave has been a favorite track of mine for years beyond years, and this cover of it is completely bereft of any of the substance of the original. took a godlike, powerful track, and hollowed it out. it's pretty. rating would be slightly higher if i had no relationship with the original. 2.0/5.0
budgie 05.05.19	Torre Florim (De Staat) - Firestarter: fun track, sounds nice out my speakers, wouldn't be annoyed if the bar bumped this. but probably wouldn't buy the album either. good cover, anyway? haven't heard the original? maybe i have. esp. dig the chanting vocalizations in the outro 3.0/5.0 Badbadnotgood - Seasons: it's certainly not bad but i don't like the style, so that puts it at a 2.5. i liked the part where it finally finished, though Spanish Love Songs - Funeral: this is awesome, feel like i'm in an early 2000's high school slasher movie. never got into pop punk but i appreciate it. 3.0! Butthole Surfers - American Woman: ...i was waiting over 3 minutes before i realized this song wasn't going to start. and then it somehow managed to get worse 1.5/5.0
Trifolium 05.05.19	Yay budgie! I've added a column for you and your scores to the GoogleDrive doc too. + the list is updated.
ArsMoriendi 05.05.19	Damn, Budgie is trying to take my place as the guy who rates things the lowest
Trifolium 05.05.19	Haha yeah, those are some low scores. I always feel mean too, but compared with you two...
budgie 05.05.19	yeah that's why i've avoided participating in these threads, if something isn't within my very narrow range of preferred genres i think it sucks lol.
Trifolium 05.05.19	Well you're super welcome to hate our recs and ruin our days man! The more the merrier!
ArsMoriendi 05.05.19	Agreed^
Papa Universe 05.05.19	he pulled an ArsMoriendi at us. or a Papa Universe. or a sach. or a LordePots. or a Sinternet. whoever is the negative prick on your mind.
budgie 05.05.19	that would b LordePots
ArsMoriendi 05.05.19	No one on that list deserves to be compared to sach, not even Chinternet
Papa Universe 05.05.19	is sach the ultimate SCU (Sputnik Cinematic Universe) villain?
SlothcoreSam 05.05.19	American women, 1.4, sounds like a super long intro that goes nowhere. Not for me. Song to hall up high, 3.0, one word to sum this up. Pleasant.
Trifolium 05.06.19	You know what would be nice? More recs!!!!
Trifolium 05.06.19	''SCU (Sputnik Cinematic Universe)'' Perfect.
Metalrain 05.06.19	Firestarter: It works well as a cover, but as its own song it's a bit meh. 3.5 Seasons: Decent tune, original is better though. 3.3 Funeral: Fun song, but it doesn't stand out much. 3.3 American Woman: I don't get it. 1.5 Song to Hall Up High: This is a great cover off a decent Bathory track. 3.5
Egarran 05.06.19	Song: "Fermented Offal Discharge" Artist: Caleb Canatheviphth Genre: Tech death The artist that they're covering: Necrophagist https://youtu.be/50vL1uAXn7s Description: Super fun and way better than the original, if not, then far more abstract
DungeonBoy 05.06.19	'American Woman' do people actually listen to this band? I'm still not convinced they can play their instruments. This is the worst cover I've ever heard. Thank you for sharing. -1 / 5 for the song but an easy 5/5 for them just doing whatever they want and calling it a cover, or really even a song for that matter. but actual rating is -1 "Song to Hall up High" Myrkur gets a lot of flak. Some of it is probably warranted. Her Black Metal stuff isn't very good and the novelty surrounding her is she is a female black metal solo artist that Ulver worked with to produce her debut, and maybe later albums. Even Haavard (Ulver) plays acoustic guitar on this track/album. Song is a 4.3/5. Mausoleum Reverb is a 5/5. "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" Coroner slays, Mental Vortex slays, this cover is better than the original but it's really just a long groovy jam session with the same stupid lyrics over and over again. the cover itself it a 4.5/5 easy, but I enjoy it about a 2.5/5, so if you combine the average, divide by the square root, carry the one, final score is a 3.2/5
Trifolium 05.06.19	Thanks Egarran! This was your chance and you took it. Good to see. I'll add your ratings too DungeonBoy, although a -1 translates to a 1 in Sput-rating terms. The possibilities aren't endless.
DungeonBoy 05.06.19	well... i mean... you're the boss dude!
Egarran 05.06.19	Firestarter - Pretty awesome. Jfc I know it's on purpose, but it's like being dragged behind a really slow moving vehicle. Play it on 1.25 speed ftw. rip. 3.7/5 Seasons (Waiting On You) - Don't know the original, but this feels good. 3.9/5 Funeral - Damn I really hate this. Wow. 'Pop-punk angst' checks out. Wow. 1.5/10 American Women - Holy fuck. Well, at least this is original and makes my rec look better. But that beat is highly irritating. I lasted 2:46, seems about right. 2.46/5 Song to Hall Up High - Aw my little dark elf. Was waiting for that choir in the pic though (: 3/5
Trifolium 05.06.19	Added, thanksss! Those first few days are looking good guys. Keep up the good work, thus keeping me from doing actual work for actual â‚¬â‚¬â‚¬â‚¬s.
ArsMoriendi 05.06.19	"I Want You (She's So Heavy)" Yeah, this seems like an appropriate genre to cover this in. Extreme metal covers Beatles just kinda works for songs like "Helter Skelter" "Revolution" "Yer Blues" and of course "I Want You." Thrash isn't really my favorite genre, but the bass is still ever-present and while it's safe, it ends up being enjoyable in a way just because it's so fitting. It is TOO safe though and doesn't bring much else to the table that the original does outside of stereotypical thrash ideas. 3.2/5
ArsMoriendi 05.06.19	"do people actually listen to this band?" Yes, many people. People who like noise rock and weird psychedelic bullshit... so me
JohnnyoftheWell 05.07.19	Firestarter - Very impressed by the way they made this their own, but for all they took it out of the original's shadow I'm now sure how well it stands on its own; a little bit one-tone, but extra points for their singer's voice. Similarly, I liked the aesthetic of the MV but thought it was v v boringly shot 3.4/5 Seasons - Smooth stuff, not quite grabbing me in the way I'd like it to. Little bit clean, but decent performance and points for mixing up dynamics. 3.3/5 Will catch up with the rest soon!
Minushuman24 05.07.19	1. Firestarter - De Staat - 3.9 - two for two on this group, I should really start listening to them shouldn't I. 2. Seasons - BADBADNOTGOOD - 3.6 I adore the feel of this song, it's such an easy listen, and will definitely stay in my library. 3. Funeral - Spanish Love Songs - 3.8 This song fits their sound so well. I'm just a sucker for Spanish Love Songs, they're one of my favorite new bands. The only complaints I can think of is that the song has some muddy production which holds it back, but fuck it. It's great. 4. American Woman - Butthole Surfers - 1.6 boring and needlessly "weird" 5. Song to the Hall Up High - Myrkur - 3.5 hauntingly beautiful, I don't foresee myself ever listening to this again, but I'm glad I did 6. I Want You (She's So Heavy) - Coroner - 3.3 a faithful, and fairly interesting metal adaptation of a classic. It doesn't touch the original of course, but it is a fairly serviceable treat as most covers are. I actually like the vocals in this band, but I wasn't a huge fan of it here, but I was left impressed with their skills as musicians.
ArsMoriendi 05.07.19	"imagine thinking the butthole surfers were/are a good band" Don't you mean: "Imagine thinking every band/group ever were/are a good band" cuz that's how you feel about literally everything that isn't auto-tuned to all hell or ear piercing tinnitus?
ArsMoriendi 05.07.19	"equates to being a real fuck up" Why do you think being a fuck up is cool? lol Who listens to music because they sound like fuckups? That's bizarre and says way more about you than it ever will me. Is that why you think "yuppies making music" is so bad? Because they're not fuck-ups?
budgie 05.07.19	can you please not do this here
ArsMoriendi 05.07.19	I'm gonna oversimplify, so you can understand my perspective without me having to type a book's worth" I like them because I find them find fun, goofy, think they have catchy memorable songs, and like psychedelic music -especially when it's fun and goofy and catchy. Them being "weird for the sake of being weird" makes them stand out among all of the overserious artists out there in their scene, which I tend to find admirable. Being weird for the sake of wake is fine if it's part of an artist's aesthetic, often, if done right, this can open up options because silly artists are more willing to dig into unexpected genres because people will forgive them more for doing it than serious artists, there's more freedom. Some fans might try to pretend they're more profound than they actually are, but who cares what the fans think? It may be stupid, but it's stupid fun. In some cases, a lack of focus just adds to it all. No one listens to this band expecting Beethoven and nor should they.
Trifolium 05.07.19	Haha budgie! I'll update the scores today again.
DungeonBoy 05.07.19	solid entertainment guys, keep it up
DungeonBoy 05.07.19	"Madman Across the Water" - Great performance, excellent musicianship, don't really care for jam bits unless I'm watching it live. hmm.. also long rec bro, 8 minutes, ambitious. Great, but not really for me: 3/5
Egarran 05.07.19	Never been a huge fan of Beethoven tbh.
DungeonBoy 05.07.19	His demo EP was tight, but he sold out when he went mainstream
budgie 05.07.19	beethoven's 7th is perfect though ;_;
Trifolium 05.07.19	Haha, yeah, he shouldn't have done that. But hey, a deaf person becoming so popular with music has to mean something good right? All of Beethoven is perfect to me. Loved him since forever.
RunOfTheMill 05.07.19	Here's my rec: (album: Live at the Star Club, Hamburg) "Jerry Lee Lewis - Money (That's What I Want)" Original artist: Barrett Strong Rec'd by RunoftheMill https://youtu.be/ZVtyHz4Gu7g So these rock 'n' roll guys were the pop stars of yore and similar to those of today, they rarely wrote any of their own songs. I can't really compare it to the original (Barrett Strong also didn't write the song, so w/e). Jerry Lee really has a great energy to his performance and makes this smooth, jazzy and incredibly fun. Shine your dancing shoes, wear your nice shirt or skirt, and get those feet movin'!
budgie 05.07.19	hey trif! do you know what time it is? also did you ever listen to melting sun?
Trifolium 05.07.19	For coffeeeeee! Was I right? I'm drinking coffee right now. And no I didn't, it was on my list but I wasn't in the mood. Hope I will check tomorrow!
Trifolium 05.07.19	...or was it the Alcest?
budgie 05.07.19	yeah coffee time lol dude if you have ecailles de lune 5'd i mean, it's pretty really close to melting sun in sound
Trifolium 05.07.19	Niiiice! I was hoping that. The .neon one even came close to their sound too. I've ordered that one already, it's superb. Enjoy the coffee, this is like a long-distance coffee date!
RunOfTheMill 05.07.19	get a room you two
budgie 05.07.19	i am only sexually interested in meg myers so, no need to worry about us runofthemill
Trifolium 05.07.19	Exactly! We know where we stand!
Egarran 05.07.19	There's always room for more, join the fun Run girlish giggle â¤â¤â¤
Trifolium 05.07.19	THERE'S THE HEART AGAIN â¤â¤â¤â¤â¤â¤â¤â¤â¤â¤â¤â¤
Trifolium 05.07.19	I always lose them
budgie 05.07.19	skullandcrossbones arrr mateys i come to kill you and drink your rum!
SlothcoreSam 05.08.19	I want you (She's so heavy), 3.0, musically this is good and is a great unique rendition of the Beatles classic. The repetitive lyrics sung by this vocalist don't quite fit. Madman across the water, 3.2, good live performance showcasing her amazing voice. Something isn't meshing with the band and the song as a whole however, sounds a bit clumsy and clunky. To many instruments. Watching Elton perform this live, it's mainly his voice, piano and drums, which works a lot better for a live performance. Fuck Elton's voice on this is amazing. Is there a modern day Elton John? A male vocalist with that sort of range?
Egarran 05.08.19	I swear those hearts were red for a while yesterday.
Egarran 05.08.19	nope, it was prolly just a hallucination
DungeonBoy 05.08.19	"When You Sleep" - 10 seconds in I was like, I'm definitely gonna hate this, but that roo doo doo, roo doo doo doo doo... bass/guitar part a minute in is hard not to love tbh. Now I've listened to it 3 times so I don't know what to think anymore. Solid 4/5 for its sheer charm.
ArsMoriendi 05.09.19	"Madman Across the Water" This is fine. The orchestral parts keep my attention, but the rest of this is pretty bland. Thank god for violin. 2.8/5 "When You Sleep" Well, I find My Bloody Valentine meh, so this is a step up. Is this even the same song anymore? lmao, what did they keep the lyrics and nothing else? 3.3/5 "Bixxx Fishmixxx'' Trap, but far away in a tunnel? The album cover makes me think whoever made this is a fucking weeb. What boundary does this stretch? Recording music on your phone instead of in a studio? 1.5/5
Trifolium 05.09.19	I'll update the ratings today.
DungeonBoy 05.09.19	big fishman. -1/5 awful.
Papa Universe 05.09.19	Coroner - I Want You: 3.5 Brandi Carlile - Madman Across the Water: 4 Shonen Knife - When You Sleep: 3.5 Ruben Slikk - Bixxx Fishmixxx: 2
JohnnyoftheWell 05.09.19	Funeral - Funny, I haven't heard any of Phoebe Bridgers' solo stuff (time to fix that!) or this band, but I could recognise her vocal melodies pretty easily from the Better Oblivion album. Those melodies were the highlight of the song, but I quite enjoyed this in general 3.7/5 American Woman - This takes a long while to pick up; loved the attitude in those drums when they first came in, but they have to hold the floor for way too long. Oh. Okay, that's the whole track. I like the intent behind this but there's nowhere near enough going on texturally to make it work in the way I feel it should 2.5/5 Song to Hall Up High - Nice stuff, beautiful voice and strong atmosphere. 3.5/5
Trifolium 05.09.19	Apparently today means tomorrow. Weeeiiiird. Didn't know that.
budgie 05.09.19	votes for shonen knife are pretty consistent - 3.3, 3.3, 3.5
Trifolium 05.10.19	I still haven't checked that. Super curious too.
DungeonBoy 05.10.19	"My Generation" that did nothing for me, but I respect the punk attitude of it, so for that I give it a 3
Papa Universe 05.10.19	Patti Smith - My Generation 3.5
ArsMoriendi 05.10.19	"My Generation'' You're talking to a guy who has Horses 5'd. Her performance is so strong and fun and punky! Might be better than The Who's version honestly. I DON'T NEED THEIR FUCKING SHIT! lmao yes! Damn that part 2 mins in is so noisy, why have I never heard this cover? 4.5/5
Minushuman24 05.10.19	I forgot the first time I heard it, but I swear it was on my Horses cd when I was 19ish. Ever since then it's been like top 5 covers ever.
Trifolium 05.10.19	Updated! Also going to catch up tonight. One last call for new recs, after that we'll just do the second recs are cool thingy.
Egarran 05.10.19	QOTD: "Being weird for the sake of wake is fine." I Want You - Bad vox, nice fast parts, but it's all about how well they make that final riff work. It didn't crush me, so eh. 3/5 Madman Across the Water - Don't think I know the original, but this was a mighty fine performance. Ooh headbanging with an acoustic guitar, haven't seen that since Tenacious D. Also that electric guitar sound is NICE. 4/5 When You Sleep - I was ready with a 3.4 but this is a great and original cover. 4/10 BIXXX FISHMIXXX - This actually has some potential, but unfortunately it ends up being terrible. 1.5/5 My Generation - Does nothing for me. 2.5/5
RunOfTheMill 05.11.19	Trifolium, you didn't add mine :(
ArsMoriendi 05.11.19	"Blue Flower'' I mean I already like this album a lot. Sandoval's voice is lovely and drunken and the guitar line is nice too. Not my fave from the album, but it's still really good. 3.8/5
Trifolium 05.11.19	Noooo sorry Run!! I'll do so asap!!!
Trifolium 05.11.19	Fixed. Run, you're on May 14th, which has got to be the best date ever so it wasn't a bad thing after all that I forgot to add your rec.
SlothcoreSam 05.13.19	When you sleep- 3.8 This is a great cute little cover. I could see this song being used for a movie. Bixxx fishmixxx-2.1, it actually starts off pretty good, but goes nowhere. Then with lyrics like " when i fuck that pussy the shit came out her ass", i thought i was back in my preteen years discovering "edgey" music for the first time. My generation, 4.3, a great messy distorted cover. I saw Patti live in 2014, and she still has so much energy. She was more punk then most of the other bands on the bill. Blue flower, 3.7 another good song, Hope has a tremendous voice, the guitar solo to finish the song works really well. Reasons, 3.6 that was a nice change in tempo, glitchy darkened dub, i need to hear what else they got.
ArsMoriendi 05.13.19	Are 2nd recs soon?
budgie 05.13.19	i think trif asked us to rec more earlier
ArsMoriendi 05.13.19	"Reasons" This sounds like loading music to a 2000s-era video game about jungle exploration. Like Lara Croft idk? Boring. Also, are we not doing covers anymore? That'd be a shame. 2.5/5
ArsMoriendi 05.13.19	2nd rec: Song: "Summertime" Band: The Zombies Genre: pop rock Album: Begin Here Original: by George Gershwin from the play Porgy and Bess Smooth and filled with mellow, but flashy keys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKu2P8zT_F4
Metalrain 05.13.19	Madman Across The Water: Solid cover even if it's kinda generic. 3.3 When You Sleep: What a unique and fun cover. 3.5 Bixxx Fishmixxx: This is Sach, isn't it? Anyway, those lyrics are disgusting and so is the instrumentation. 1.5 My Generation: This captures the spirit of the original really well. 4.0 Blue Flower: Beautiful cover, especially love those noisy guitars. 4.0 Reasons: This didn't grab my attention in any way, probally because I never listen to this kind of stuff. 2.5 Fermented Offal Discharge: When and how does this guy breath? This isn't really a cover and more of a technical showcase and in that sense it succeeds. 3.5
Metalrain 05.13.19	My second rec Voivod - Astronomy Domine(cover of pink floyd, from Nothingface) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGNMeLTClBw One of those metal covers that understands the original and builds upon it, instead of just adding distortion.
neekafat 05.13.19	2nd rec: TV on the Radio - "Mr. Grieves" (from Young Liars) Probably the best, creepiest a capella song I've ever heard, taking the psychotic Pixies track and turning it into something short of a demented Disney villain tune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acopyx54fw8
budgie 05.13.19	2nd rec: Owsey - "July, You And I" Original artist: Lana Del Rey Original track: "Young and Beautiful" i'm not a fan of lana del rey despite her sometimes being called a successor of mazzy star for whatever reason. in any case, this ambient-style remix is super fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZR5JHjfMQk
Trifolium 05.13.19	Yeeesss, keep them coming, high time for 2nd recs!! I'll add them today.
Trifolium 05.13.19	Updated! Budgie, your rec came from an album that didn't exist, so I filed it under the originial's artwork (Lana apparently made that track for the Great Gatsby soundtrack, who knew!?)
Egarran 05.13.19	2nd rec: Sparklehorse - "My Yoke Is Heavy" Original artist: Daniel Johnston Genre: Autism https://youtu.be/uw6lIEAO4NU
Trifolium 05.13.19	Thanks Egarran, added your second rec! We need more still! 19 down, 12 to go!
DungeonBoy 05.13.19	"Blue Flower" - good song, but really don't have much to say other than that. 3/5 "Reasons" - Sounds like music to an abandoned mine level in Donkey Kong. I can't imagine a situation in my life where I would listen to something like this. 2.5 /5 "Fermented Offal Discharge" okay.. so I know this guy's stuff. He's ridiculous for figuring these songs out on clarinet, and his overall shredding and 16th notes are awesome, but this is the kinda novelty stuff on YouTube that gets a "wow that's cool, what's next" kinda comment from me almost every time. The reverb and delay on the solo are pretty cool, and I mean, that solo is obviously totally nuts. I don't know how to rate stuff like this. Dude's a 5/5 nerd. I'll give him a solid 4/5.
Trifolium 05.13.19	And we're on 20 recccsss!!! 11 to go. Will one of them be yours, dear reader?
Papa Universe 05.13.19	no, it'll be me: CHVRCHES - Bela Lugosi's Dead (Bauhaus cover) this song might've already been rec'd in this series before, but I don't care. I love the original, I surprisingly enough enjoyed this cover. to this day it stands as one of the few decent pop renditions of old classic anything-but-pop-songs, as well as perhaps the only great Chvrches song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yqMBQ0f1I8
Papa Universe 05.13.19	the song's not on any album in the database
Trifolium 05.13.19	Hmm, I saw that! I've placed it under the original, the Bauhaus-single. 10 more to go! Get them while they're lukewarm!
SlothcoreSam 05.13.19	So my second rec is going to be a cover of a movie theme, off my favourite covers album of all time. The Directors Cut. Fantomas- The Omen Originally composed by Jerry Goldsmith https://youtu.be/BarHdvc8tp8
Trifolium 05.13.19	Greeaat! Added, only 9 to (5) go!
Trifolium 05.13.19	I Want You (She's So Heavy): That drum sound is awful, the actual track's superb of course. Kind of nice cover! 3.2 Madman Across The Water: Her voice is very cool, nice arrangement too. Plus the guitar playing's great too. 4.0! When You Sleep: Omg so weird yet also kind of cool! You just hear how great the actual composition is when this kind of works. Nice one! Makes me crave for the original though... You know what? The ending makes this totally cute and lovable. HOW THE HELL DOES THIS WORK!? 3.6 Blixxx Fishmixxx: No. 1.0 My Generation: Yeeeaaah! I've been so lucky to catch Patti in concert last year and she ruuullleed the whole festival. Awesome woman. Great cover. So much energy. 4.2 Blue Flower: Oh my some great ones in a row here! This is goooood. Nice vibes, production, guitar sound, laid-back, everything's well. 4.0 Reasons: Nice flow, production's good. They build a nice world in so short a time. 3.5 Fermented Offal Discharge: Insanely cool, but of course also a bit of a wow-cool-kind-of-cool. 3.5
budgie 05.13.19	"The ending makes this totally cute and lovable. HOW THE HELL DOES THIS WORK!?" 100% my thoughts
Trifolium 05.13.19	Yeah it's so weeeeiiirrd! It starts, and you think 'hah, cute, fun idea, nothing special', yet when the end comes along you're somehow sucked in?! Whaaaat!? Japanese witchcraft.
Asdfp277 05.14.19	Hey!! Are we doing 2nd recs?????? Now I got one that fits the theme !! Lotte Kestner - "Halo" Original Artist: BeyoncÃ© Rec'd by: Asdfp277 (Not featured in any album, so put Lotte Kestner's 'China Mountain' or BeyoncÃ©'s 'I Am... Sasha Fierce' i guess) :0 It's the singer of Trespassers William, not really much else to say https://youtu.be/MK4rhSdUwg8
budgie 05.14.19	nice lotte kestner!!
Asdfp277 05.14.19	11. It's cute, 3.2 12. (it's my own rec) 13. Really ugly until the solo, 2.0 :[ sorry that y'all didn't like my first rec that much, if my second rec is featured i hope you enjoy it more! and sorry if i lower y'all's recs' averages too much :z
Trifolium 05.14.19	No prob Asdfp, it makes us look elite. I'll add your 2nd rec and ratings later today.
neekafat 05.14.19	I love how excited Trif's write-ups are lol (:
budgie 05.14.19	what's neeka doing here >:{{{ we don't treat with patrician folk >:{ silly mod
ArsMoriendi 05.14.19	neeka made this list idea, show some respect
budgie 05.14.19	yeah before he became a mod
neekafat 05.14.19	woahhhh what the frick budge >:c
Trifolium 05.14.19	Haha thanks neek! We're keeping the energy high on this one!
neekafat 05.14.19	< 3 And thank you ars for defending my honor
budgie 05.14.19	ugh you guys are so boring. whatever happened to hatred and discontent!
Trifolium 05.14.19	< 3333333333333 They died.
Papa Universe 05.14.19	i don't like dogs
Egarran 05.14.19	SAM I love you for Fantomas - that is definitely one of the best cover albums ever made. It would be hard to pick one from that. I've always been partial to Golem because it's so fucking heavy.
Trifolium 05.14.19	Is it May 15 yet!?!?!?! Summertime has to be one of the best songs in historyyyyy, curious what The Zombies are able to do with it.
budgie 05.14.19	when you say i do oooh i dont believe you!!!
Trifolium 05.14.19	Omg budgie I want to jam that really loud now!
budgie 05.14.19	â™¥â™¥
DungeonBoy 05.14.19	"Money" - Put on a skirt per the instructions and jammed this bad boy. This greedy dude knows what he wants and he lets you know it for a solid 4 and a half minutes. 3/5
Minushuman24 05.16.19	Ya boy passed his Calc 2 Final! I'm graduating. so let me get caught up. 7. Madman Across the Water - Brandi Carlile 3.5 love this song, and this was a pretty solid cover. I absolutely adored the jamming at the end. 8. When you Sleep - Shonen Knife 3.6 This is so fun, oh my god. I could see this growing on me a lot. 9. Bixxx Fishmixxx - Ruben Slikk - 1 Water is wet. Sach rec's a shitty song. 11. Blue Flower - Mazzy Star 5 This is actually my second favorite song on She hangs Brightly, the first being Halah (top 3 favorites songs ever). So yeah, this fucking rules. It just drips with coolness, it's perfect to walk or drive to. Ugh. 12. Reasons - Deleted Scenes - 2.8 Uh, yeah, I mean this was alright. Maybe a little too bare bones for my liking, but it was fine I suppose. 13. Fermented Offal Discharge - Caleb 3 I mean I won't ever listen to this again, but the "boop" 12 seconds made me very happy so. 14. Money - Jerry Lee Lewis 3.9 Got to see him live last september, it was an absolute blast, and this performance rules. It's so energetic, I love it. 15. Summertime - The Zombies 4.1 incredible, I'm in love with the tone on this song.
budgie 05.16.19	nice minus!
hexfix93 05.16.19	Revocation - Sworn to the Black (Morbid Angel Cover) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8_uc_fvvMo Revocation - Pull the Plug (Death Cover) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njzqJyjTOcg
Minushuman24 05.16.19	I vote the Death cover
Trifolium 05.16.19	Haha! I'll add both of them since 2nd recs are open, but I'll put some blank days for others to fill in between.
Trifolium 05.16.19	Congrats Minus!
DungeonBoy 05.16.19	oh man, Revocation and their covers. Their cover of Dyers Eve is great too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MobVwStq-G0
Trifolium 05.16.19	Shall I add this as your 2nd rec DungeonBoy or is this juat a casual cover for the world to enjoy at their leisure?
DungeonBoy 05.16.19	"Summertime" - huh so that's where Sublime got that line from. Weird cover doesn't make me think of Summer.. makes me feel like I'm at a funeral. mmm 3.5! "Astronomy Domine" - Have never really gotten into Voivod, which I feel sometimes makes me lose my metal cred but whatever. Not super familiar with the Floyd version either. But what's weird is a definitely get a Terminal Redux vibe from this cover, and there are parts on TR that are very Floyd inspired, and Vektor are huge Voivod fans.. so could it be that this cover specifically was a massive inspiration for Terminal Redux... Case closed. cool cover. 3.8 / 5
DungeonBoy 05.16.19	hmm no.. let me find one I enjoy more, I'll respond today. I'm more of a fan of covers that are less direct covers, and more like, this is one band playing another bands song in their own unique style
Trifolium 05.16.19	Yeah that's super cool, agreed. That's what I like about covers too. There's no rush, we still have some days to spare.
Egarran 05.16.19	I was gonna rate some more, but then I listened to that genius shonen knife-cover again instead.
DungeonBoy 05.16.19	lol, right?
Egarran 05.16.19	Holy fuck it's an entire album: https://youtu.be/Lbf8h3sykiw
Trifolium 05.16.19	Yeah I know, I so want to hear it but I'm hesitant too. Will it be awesome for a whole album?
ArsMoriendi 05.16.19	"Fermented Offal Discharge" Songs like these make me wish more metal was just clarinet solos. No vocals, no guitars, no bass, no drums, just clarinet. I wish the song wasn't also playing in the background. Down with death metal and up with death klezmer! You wish I was kidding. -.2 for having the song playing the background. 3.8/5 "Money (That's What I Want)" Pretty decent cover. The piano is bright and flashy and the drums crash around in a memorable way. The laughing end is lame though... maybe he ran out of lyrics ugh.... why? 3.4/5 "Astronomy Domine'' His vocals sound like he's trying to be "badass" rather than magical and psychedelic. Kind of a mood killer. I don't think this song needed to have a heavier edge. Not my thing. I guess there's nothing "wrong" with it though functionally. 3/5
Papa Universe 05.16.19	been a while, y'all: Mazzy Star - Blue Flower: 4 Deleted Scenes - Reasons: 2.5 Caleb Canatheviphth - Fermented Offal Discharge: 3 Jerry Lee Lewis - Money (That's What I Want): 3.5 The Zombies - Summertime: 4.5 Voivod - Astronomy Domine: 3
Egarran 05.17.19	"Down with death metal and up with death klezmer! You wish I was kidding. -.2 for having the song playing the background." No I agree, a full klezmer version would be awesome.
SlothcoreSam 05.17.19	So this isn't a rec, just highly relevant to this thread. Lana Del Rey just covered "Doin Time" by Sublime (the song with the "summertime and the living is easy" line), for a new docco about Sublime. Check it out here. https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/lana-del-rey-cover-sublime-doin-time-documentary/11122992
ArsMoriendi 05.17.19	"Mr. Grieves" Pixies are in my top 5 bands of all time, so I'll be extra critical for this one. A cappella like Bobby McFerrin? Weird choice, but it works so far. Takes balls no not use the "Hope everything is alright. hope everything is alright" opening lines. This is anything BUT a safe cover choice. I respect this, but I don't love it. +.3 for ballsy interpretation. 3.3/5
Egarran 05.17.19	why not .4 though
DungeonBoy 05.17.19	"Mr Grieves" - A cappella is Italian for "in the manner of the chapel". 3 is the rating for this a cappella tune. Good day to you.
Trifolium 05.17.19	Updating in progress. Please do not touch the power button... ... .. . .. ... .. .
budgie 05.17.19	statewide power outage
Trifolium 05.17.19	Thanks for your patience list is upda---________________________________ ///
Trifolium 05.17.19	It's turning out to be a great month though guys! Keep up the good work, only 6 more recs to go!
budgie 05.17.19	fucking stapel onzin echt ik kan niet geloven dat deze ongelooflijke absolute onzin onwaarschijnlijk ook hitler zuigt
Trifolium 05.17.19	Hahaha bugie! He zuigt, indeed.
Trifolium 05.17.19	Also, he was an ongelofelijke klootzak.
budgie 05.17.19	klootzak kokosnoot
Trifolium 05.17.19	Haha, were you intentionally this funny? A 'klootzak' is literally a 'scrotum', and 'noot' in 'kokosnoot' means 'nut'... I'm not sure whether Hitler had testicles the size of coconuts though, I think we would have known if that were the case.
budgie 05.17.19	that was not intentional lol!
Minushuman24 05.18.19	16. Astronomy Domine - Voivod - 3.3 This is probably my favorite voivod song thus far. It feels less spacey and more mechanical though, not that that's necessarily a bad thing. The instrumentation is tight, and definitely more prog than thrashy, which makes sense I suppose given this is a cover. 17. Mr. Grieves - Pixies - 3.6 This is one of my favorite pixies songs, so expectations are a bit high from the get-go. Oh shit this is already pretty cool, it starts off pretty ominous. I kind of loved this, it feels so unique while keeping that memorability factor that makes a great cover. This is great.
Trifolium 05.18.19	Thanks Minus! You're one of this month's winners for sure! (Updated)
Egarran 05.18.19	Porque no soy en el listo?
Papa Universe 05.18.19	Il no speak tortilla.
budgie 05.18.19	whats the english equivalent il no speak-o fush n chups
Trifolium 05.18.19	Did I forget to add something Egarran?
ArsMoriendi 05.18.19	"July, You And I" Lana sucks, but maybe this cover is good. No, wait her voice is on this anyway ugh.. Why does she always sound so tired and bored? It's like all they did was take the original and remixed it. God this sucks anyway. 1.9/5
Egarran 05.19.19	No trif I'll just go to the spreadsheet and enter the ratings myself. Also lana is pretty great if you get rid of your angry preconceptions.
Trifolium 05.19.19	Ah, I didn't understand 'listo' meant 'GoogleSpreadsheets'. My bad.
Egarran 05.19.19	It's just that my first batch of ratings are on the list, but the second aint and I don't know who or what or why.
neekafat 05.19.19	Because you supposed to add them yourself
Egarran 05.19.19	It's just that my first batch of ratings are on the list, but the second aint and I don't know who or what or why.
ArsMoriendi 05.19.19	I've heard all of Ultraviolence multiple times and she's not for me
Egarran 05.19.19	Fair enough. Blue Flower - I do have a soft spot for Hope, she always makes me feel slightly high. Nice but nothing special. 3.5/5 Reasons - Where's the god damn drop? 2.5/5 Money - Good stuff, although I do feel a bingo game is about to start. 3.5/5 Summertime - Underrated band tho. Never heard this before, but it's sweet. 4/5 Astronomy Domine - I don't know if I should be proud or ashamed over it, but I heard this before the original. Quite a lot. Didn't even know it was a cover. I was a teen ok? Anyway, best song Voivod ever did. But their weakness of having metal's tinniest sound slightly hurts this spacey trip. 4.3/5
Egarran 05.19.19	Wut, there's also a Korean V/A Loveless: https://youtu.be/ZIW_nEvU3RM Their When You Sleep is pretty bad though.
Trifolium 05.19.19	Haha, will surely give them a go too, just out of curiosity.
budgie 05.19.19	egar have you heard the memoryhouse cover of when you sleep?
Egarran 05.20.19	Yes.
DungeonBoy 05.20.19	"July, You And I" - don't really know much about Lana Del Rey, but I really enjoy the music on this being pretty tired this sunny Monday morning. The pumping swell thing going on though is super annoying, like would have been cool on a bridge but holy heck stop. 3/5 "My Yoke Is Heavy" - Oh boy, a Daniel Johnston cover.. lol at the genre tag. Kind of get an Atom and his package vibe. I don't hate it, but I don't want to listen to it. 2.5/ 5 "Come Wander With Me" - Beautiful. 4.3 / 5
Trifolium 05.20.19	Omg Dungeon that rating for Come Wander is < 3
DungeonBoy 05.20.19	I need a whole album of that
Trifolium 05.20.19	YES ME TOO.
garas 05.20.19	Omg, I know that Bauhaus song, that's easily 5/5! I may check the others too. EDIT: Silly me,I meant the original. The cover is not even close. Maybe a 2.4~
Trifolium 05.20.19	Yeeaah garas bro! There's always room for you!
garas 05.20.19	Can you add me please to the spreadsheet? I think I'll have some time to actively participate in this. And can I rec a song for 25th May? (that's mah bday)
Egarran 05.20.19	Aww can he, please Trif?
Trifolium 05.20.19	Yeeesss garas of course! You can add your own column, wherever you want bro. I'll add your rec of choice on your b-day! What will it be?
Egarran 05.21.19	Are you cool with making a column, Garas? I know I would be flustered.
garas 05.21.19	Yeah, I guess I succesfully added myself and updated the counters. Since I don't listen cover songs that much, it was easy to pick which one is my favourite. I know it's lame or whatsoever, but this is my favourite under the criteria: Vader - Raining Blood (https://youtu.be/T-i6J03j6Bo)
Egarran 05.21.19	No worries, we all fucking love extreme metal. I only post other genres for diversion.
garas 05.21.19	Oh, cool then :] I was thinking a lot what should I pick for rec. I had a very good and interesting idea: that was a >drone< cover over of a Burzum song, BUT I totally forgot the artist and which song was covered... it was very interesting, and I think that genre is very much overlooked and is falsely tagged as "boring af".
Egarran 05.21.19	We have to admit there's an overlap.
Trifolium 05.21.19	Cool! I'll add it later garas, and I'll add your ratings for the others too of course.
DungeonBoy 05.21.19	"Bela Lugosi's Dead" - The first time I heard this song was an Opera IX cover: https://youtu.be/caxvSztlvjY it's uhhh much different. Didn't realize it was even a Bauhaus cover until today. The CHVRC3Z version is fun, and well done, those drums at the end are hilarious and I love them. also RIP Bela Lugosi. 3.7 / 5
garas 05.21.19	Thanksss. I've listened all, I added my ratings to the datasheet.
Papa Universe 05.21.19	TV on the Radio - Mr.Grieves: 4.5 Owsey & Resotone - July, You & I: 2.5 Sparklehorse - My Yoke Is Heavy: 3 Agua de Annique - Come Wander With Me: 3
ArsMoriendi 05.21.19	"My Yoke Is Heavy" Weird voices and yep that's a pretty standard Daniel Johnston piano line. This is lo-fi indie weirdness and I can get down to that. Needs more going on though. 3.4/5 "Come Wander With Me'' Simple and folky. Not much else to say, but it's pleasant. Possibly boring and generic, though. 2.7/5 "Bela Lugosi's Dead" I like the original, but this is kinda annoying. Did the goth rock classic really need a sweetly sung synthpop update? Methinks not. Yup, taking all of the edges just makes this seem lame. Charlie XCX or whoever else Sputnik likes jerking off too might as well be singing. 2/5
garas 05.22.19	"The Omen" was pretty good. Too bad it's so short.
budgie 05.22.19	papa you rated my cover higher than ars did
ArsMoriendi 05.22.19	"The Omen'' Mike Patton's cool, but this just seems like brick-walled aggression with no hooks. Gregorian parts too? I mean it's entertaining, though. 3.1/5
Papa Universe 05.22.19	"papa you rated my cover higher than ars did" i'm so sorry, i'll go lower my rating right now
budgie 05.22.19	no no NO!!!
Trifolium 05.22.19	Cooool! I've finally added your rec garas, and I'll add your ratings to the list when I play catch-up this weekend. Way to go on rating them all bro!!!
neekafat 05.22.19	Thanks so much for staying on this Trif, you've been doing a great job hosting (:
SlothcoreSam 05.23.19	Caleb Canatheviphth. 3.3. This guy has crazy technical skills, would love to see him fully incorporated into a band, not just playing over the song. Money, that's what i want. 3.5. Piano fronted rock n roll. Good song, but drags a bit. Summertime. 3.5, a stripped back simplistic version. Guy has a great voice. Astronomy Domine. 3.1, takes a bit to get going. Production appears off, i.e. vocals eclipse guitars and drums. Solo saves the song. Mr Grieves. 3.5. Tv on the radio should do Boyz II Men next. Great acapella rendition. July you and I, 3.8. Dreamy, glitchy, great cafe music. My yoke is heavy, 3.5, good, but not quite grabbing me by the short and curlys. Was waiting for something else to happen.
budgie 05.23.19	fuck yeah slothcoresam that is what i am talking about. THAT is what i'm talking about rest of all could learn a thing or two from this guy
Trifolium 05.23.19	Thanks neek! I'm blussshhinngg! It's been a greaat month though! So many active participants.
Trifolium 05.23.19	Ok guys! I've added all the ratings up to now. We're still in need of 5 recs. Anyone who didn't add their second rec yet? garas, you for instance? Or new people! We could also use many of those (~5) of course! Rec us your fave cover and come join the party!
Metalrain 05.23.19	Money: Fun, but needs to be shorter. 3.5 Summertime: Short and sweet. 4.0 Tv on the radio: Another fun cover. 3.5 July, You and I: This is decent background music. 3.0 My yoke is heavy: Can't get into this. Those vocals, the muddy production and the repeating chords are not my taste I guess. 2.0 Come wander with me: Always felt like Anneke does best when The Gathering is backing her. Feel like other covers in this style are much more interesting, but this is still beautiful. 3.5 Bela Lugosi's Dead: This cover sounds terrible in theory, but the execution isn't half bad. Doesn't mean it's good, but it could be worse. 2.0 The omen: When I read that Mike Patton, I knew this couldn't be normal. Doesn't leave an impression even if it's weird. 2.5 Sworn to the black: Catchy and awesome solo, but kinda generic. 3.5
AsleepInTheBack 05.23.19	If you're taking more recs John Denver - Junk Original by Paul McCartney https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4W0tAQ3Xbo&feature=share John's version is stripped bare and more potent for it
garas 05.23.19	Then my second one shall be this one: https://youtu.be/jD__8avKric I LOVE how Zakk "modified" this song. (And this would be a brutal drinking game: take shot after each pinch harmonics, hehe)
ArsMoriendi 05.23.19	"Sworn to the Black" Thrashy with death metal growls? IDK, whatever it is, it's heavy. Yup, that's a lot of shredding. There's talent here, but this isn't my thing at all. 2.6/5
hexfix93 05.23.19	It's a dm band covering another dm band haha Should've put a disclaimer that those who don't like death metal are unlikely to enjoy it lol
Trifolium 05.23.19	Added garas and AsleepInTheBack! Welcome to the game! I've also added an own, personal, fantastic column for you if you want to rate these tracks as well, Asleep. See our GoogleSheet for that. Only 3 more to go... Who will be the lucky last?
budgie 05.23.19	how about....... a double feature? ulver and megadeth both have a cover of KISS' strange ways off the Hotter than Hell LP. two really different takes, both really awesome
Minushuman24 05.24.19	Been a while, I don't know if there is any available spots, but maybe the Replacements' cover of Black Diamond
ArsMoriendi 05.24.19	There are, but give Trif a link^
budgie 05.24.19	KISS' black diamond minus?
Trifolium 05.24.19	Yessss, a link would be most welcome (read: without one, your rec isn't complete and someone can snipe your spot). I like the idea budgie, you're up for the 30th and 31st, let's compare those covers. Minus, you're currently up for the 27th. But both of you: linksssss!!!!
budgie 05.24.19	honestly because they're kiss covers they could take up the same spot :P save slots for others https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akMDvmjjWtw ULVER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNtZVQcHwPM MEGADETH
Trifolium 05.24.19	Yes but that would bring infinite complexities. For starters: what about Our Majesty the GoogleSpreadsheet? It has one cell only per person per day...
budgie 05.24.19	ah i guess, do as you see best, months nearing its fin anyway
Trifolium 05.24.19	Hmm yes I think the idea is nice enough, and everyone will be able to rec their pants off in the June thread (hosted by Johnny, right?!) one day later.
garas 05.24.19	Well, this 'Halo' cover was much better than the original, but still lacking something... she does have a great voice, but that's not enough. (The youtube description and comments are cringy af.)
ArsMoriendi 05.25.19	"Halo'' A boring pop song that now evidently has a boring indie pop cover. 2.5/5 "Raining Blood'' ...I don't get extreme metal and I'm not sure I ever will. 2.5/5
ArsMoriendi 05.25.19	@garasL if you give it a rating out of 5, you can contribute to our scoring doc thingy
garas 05.26.19	I did! I put up there all my ratings.
Trifolium 05.26.19	And I'm putting them in the list... ... Now!
Trifolium 05.26.19	Ok, now comes a Sunday full of playing catch-up. I'm still at May 13... Oops.
garas 05.26.19	"Junk" Honestly, this is much better than the original. I usually like Paul's singing over, but the original song was annoying. John Denver's version is much better in every aspect. 3.6
Trifolium 05.26.19	Money (That's What I Want): Nice one, nothing too much going on, but it's groovy and it swings. Also kind of uneventful. 3.0 Summertime: One of my fave tracks of all time, cool interpretation. but I do miss some looseness and always prefer this one slooooooow and lazy, this one's way too fast. Still a 3.5 for the track's awesomeness. Astronomy Dominae: Great cover, nice drummer and vox are very Floydian. Production's good too. 3.3 Mr. Grieves: Fun song, a bit too long. Good vibes, groovy, but also a bit gimmicky or something. 3.0 July, You And I: Sunny, that guitar is delish. I've never been too big on her vox for some weird reason. And the wooooshing loud-quiet dynamics are annoyinnnngg. That's going to cost some points. Like your ears are broken. The ending is cool though. I just wish those dips in loudness weren't used all the time!!! 3.0 My Yoke Is Heavy: Save from those guitars the track is good! Fun and nicely layered. But those generic riffs are a bit tiresome to me. The rest is cute, like really cute. 3.3 Bela Lugosi's Dead: Spooky, love the ongoing synthline in the background, but some of the more poppy elements are not for me. Has a lot of potential! And cool that they covered this. 2.8 The Omen: This is W E I R D. Hello!? How weird. And also, not really my thing. But also fun. But also a 2.3 Sworn To The Black: Riffs are delish, vox are a bit flat. They use that rocket launching effect in the guitars (how'd you call that in actual music terms?) a lot. And if four minutes feel long, something's off. 2.5 Halo: A sad singing lady with a guitar! Sweet voice, nothing else much going on. A bit to sweet for me, where's the savoury note? And this doesn't warrant being four and a half minutes long either. Yes yes yes, you can see my halo. 2.5 Raining Blood: Woah, you can actually hear the blood raining down. Ok, I might have to check them finally, this track's good. 3.5 Junk: Short but sweet. Very inoffensive. 2.4
Trifolium 05.26.19	BOOOOOOM! Guess who's caught up again!?
RunOfTheMill 05.26.19	Halo: stripping away the bombast of the original turns this song into something a little more personal - the restraint makes it all the better, is good 3.5
ArsMoriendi 05.26.19	Why so much KISS?
Trifolium 05.26.19	Yeah I wondered the same. It just kind of happened.
Papa Universe 05.26.19	did I sleep for too long and Kiss suddenly became good or something?
Trifolium 05.26.19	Well, the covers might be good! Who knows? There might be something in their songs which other bands can exploit while they themselves cannot.
budgie 05.26.19	kiss has always been good
garas 05.27.19	"Black Diamond" - This song was pretty good, I liked it! 3.1
Egarran 05.27.19	Kiss is great when you're blind drunk. So cheers I guess guys! BURP
hexfix93 05.27.19	Wait can anyone rate covers, or just people who "signed up"? Also are we rating as stand-alone songs, or also listening to the original and simply comparing? E: Eh, it's the 27th, so I'm a little (a lot) late anyway. Kinda forgot the date lmao. Maybe I'll get into the next month, whatever the theme is.
Trifolium 05.27.19	Yes, anyone can play! If you want to, you can even hop in at this moment and just rate the last few. And you can also compare them with the originals if you want.
Egarran 05.27.19	Mr. Grieves - This band alway annoys me, but interesting effort. 3/5 July, You & I - I like Lana, but this went in one ear and out the other. 2.7/5 Air - I like Anneke, but this was quite uneventful. 2.7/5 Bela Lugosi - Nice lil pop ditty. 3.5/5 The Omen - Short and sweet, but there are better covers on that album. 3.5/5 Sworn to the Black - Ahh, at last a song I've heard a lot. This isn't bad, the solos are good, but it somewhow seems slightly pointless. It does a good job at reminding me how great the original is, though. 3.7/5 Halo - Nice. Do you know Dead Girl by Acid Bath? Very different, but eerily similar. 3.4/5
Minushuman24 05.27.19	sorry, was on a roadtrip. Aye sick mine was added. And yeah Kiss has always been terrible except for strutter.... and detroit rock city...
budgie 05.27.19	shame on you
Trifolium 05.27.19	What budgie was trying to say: Minus we've missed you! Was the roadtrip nice?
JohnnyoftheWell 05.27.19	"Hmm yes I think the idea is nice enough, and everyone will be able to rec their pants off in the June thread (hosted by Johnny, right?!) one day later." Sorry sorry, have completely dropped the ball on this month (although plz chalk up a solid 4/5 for Blue Flower - love that song!) - definitely happy to host June though if I'm not in the sin bin !
Trifolium 05.27.19	Nope you're not! I don't know if I'm in the position to pass on the baton, but HERE CATCH! Better think of a good theme though! Adding ratings now.
Trifolium 05.27.19	Guys we're doing so well, only a few more days to go! I'm proud of you.
Egarran 05.27.19	There are only 29 days in this month, right?
Trifolium 05.27.19	Yers, just like in Hanuaryarch.
Minushuman24 05.27.19	awww budgie Road trip was tiring for three days, went to bled fest and through the upper peninsula of michigan to get back home to mn. Was sick tho. 18. July, You And I - Owsey 2.8 I very much dislike Lana's music, but this is fine, it kind of overstays it's welcome a tad bit. 19. My Yoke is Heavy - Sparklehorse 2.9 This was a bit dreamy, but it never really pulled me in much, so I can't say that I especially enjoyed it. Not bad tho. 20. Come Wander With Me - Agua de Annique 2.9 this was a bit spooky. It's a little plain for me, but again, not bad at all. 21. Bela Lugosi's Dead - CHVRCHES 2.8 I can't fault them for doing something different with this song, and really it's not that bad of an execution. 22. The Omen - Fantomas 3 oh it's this song, I honestly think that the Omen is a bad movie, but that's beside the point. This cover is pretty fun I think, another one I don't find myself listening to, but it's a fun little song. 23. Sworn to the Black - Revocation 3.3 br00tal. Not bad actually, I have lost my taste for this style of death metal, but once in a rare while it's pretty fun. 24. Halo - Lotte Kestner - 3.4 o shit I know this song. I like this a lot more than the original actually. 25. Raining Blood - Vader 3.1 I kinda love how shitty this sounds if I'm being honest, the rawness adds to the intensity. They just did not stick the landing with the raining blood part so boo 26. Junk - John Denver 3
Trifolium 05.29.19	I feel a message from the future incoming! How weird. Also: updating ratings, please wait...
Trifolium 05.29.19	Black Diamond: Very cool, very 80s. Very 3.5 Pull The Plug: Some great riffs, but not something I'll be returning to often/if at all... 3.0 War Pigs: Sounds good! It's also a lot to take in, but these guys certainly know what they're doing. Vox aren't my thing though. Plus it's loooong. 2.8 Strange Ways (Megadeth): Hmm, it's never a good sign when a little under 3 minutes feels long. Guess I'm not a fan. 2.3 Strange Ways (Ulver): HELLO GARM < 3. On what album is this!? It's cool! Nice and slow and calming. Oh and did I say how much I loved Garm already? 3.8
ArsMoriendi 05.30.19	"Junk" Pretty mediocre folk cover of a pretty mediocre pop rock track. Denver and McCartney both have better work. 2.5/5 "Black Diamond" Wow, The Replacements sounding like stadium rock, just what I needed in my life! 2.3/5 "Pull the Plug'' Dammit, I wanna like these, but you guys keep picking extreme metal! GAHHHHHH SHREDDING AND SCREAMING LIKE YOU'RE BEING STABBED! 2.6/5 "War Pigs'' Well, I actually like Black Sabbath, so here we go. Is this just a straight forward cover? Oh... that's uninteresting as fuck honestly. I guess it'd be cool to see live, but why would anyone bother listening to this in any other setting? Just flip on Paranoid and the official version will be the opener. The original is a 4.7/5, but this is just the same thing performed slightly worse and that makes it boring to hear. 3/5
hexfix93 05.30.19	For some non-dm Revo covers most of you will probably enjoy: Metallica - Dyer's Eve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MobVwStq-G0 Slayer - Altar of Sacrifice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibZsQ6QhVjU I feel like I should've posted one of those up + one of the dm ones. Sometimes I forget that not everyone thinks dm is the best thing ever lol. Just posting those for people to listen to at their leisure, obv. I can't think of any non-dm covers off the top of my head besides those. Was gonna rate but I can't really be objective with KISS covers haha Shit! I forgot about this, electronic (synth pop I guess) cover of Fade to Black, def not gonna be to everyone's tastes but yeah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbUKItIhFns And if you guys don't know this dude, he's got some amazing covers and his own material is pretty good too. Check out his channel, not sure why this dude slipped my mind on the topic of covers. Puscifer - Oceans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARe4gKliWuQ Deftones - Minerva https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5bsqKdggDQ APC - 3 Libras https://youtu.be/8I4MxQUSDUk
ArsMoriendi 05.30.19	Who hosts next month?
budgie 05.30.19	ur butt
neekafat 05.30.19	ctrl + f: "june" Johnny apparently
ArsMoriendi 05.30.19	Johnny is my butt? Oh shit
Trifolium 05.30.19	Yup, and he'd better be ready because it's almost time... I'll be adding the final ratings later tomorrow.
garas 05.30.19	I've finished all the recs. Ulver's version of 'Strange Ways' could have been the best, but because the low quality I can't give "just" a 4.1. I can't wait for next month!
Trifolium 05.30.19	Yeah loved it too. Especially the vox. But the quality indeed was very low. Do you know if it's on an album, garas? I thought I had them all, but this track isn't on any single one.
Egarran 05.30.19	Reign in Blood - The balls of covering this, they have to be Polish and stopped giving a fuck about anything. BTW this should always be covered with Postmortem, they belong together. 3.4/5 Junk - I have some sweet memories of being a kid and listening a lot to McCartney's original. Which is 1000 times better than this. For some reason Denver drains every bit of soul from this song, no but seriously I hate it. 1.5 Black Diamond - Is this a real band or a funny act? Kiss, but somehow even worse! Since I'm already in a negative mood since Junk, I can safely say that this is the lamest song I heard all month. 1.3 Pull the Plug - Well this was a good time for some death metal. Sweet cover. 3.8/5 War Pigs - No wonder BS is the most covered band in rock - at least that's my impression - their songs just scream 'Have fun with me!'. Heh, you can tell he's trying to sound nasal like Ozzy. I'm not completely convinced. But the boy can surely play. 3.2 Strange Ways - You better be trolling, budguy. I think I'm still asleep and having a nightmare. 1.3 Strange Ways - Alright Ulver, you rarely fail me, plz save this horrible month. Oh awesome, this sounds like crap! Screw you guys, I'm going home. 1.7 And Budgie, you better prepare that ass for a good spanking.
Trifolium 05.30.19	Hahaha those are some loooow scores Egarran!
Egarran 05.30.19	I blaem Budgei for ruining your month.
garas 05.30.19	I've looked after it, and I've found it ! But that's not part of any Ulver album. There's a compilation called 'Gods Of Thunder - A Norwegian Tribute To KISS', and that's the one containing that cover song.
Trifolium 05.30.19	Ah nice, good to know. No low scores are ruining our month, it's been a blast! Let's see how many others make it to the end...
ArsMoriendi 05.30.19	"Is this a real band or a funny act? Kiss, but somehow even worse! " The Replacements are a real band, but they usually make punk/80s indie
Trifolium 05.30.19	And updated! Only one day left to rate... Who else is going to join garas, Egarran and me by listening to all these weird/unlistanable/exciting/ok/horrible/good/whatever recs?
Papa Universe 05.30.19	been a while: Fantomas - The Omen: 3.5 Revocation - Sworn to the Black: 4 Lotte Kestner - Halo: 3.5 Vader - Raining Blood: 3 John Denver - Junk: 4 The Replacements - Black Diamond: 3 Revocation - Pull the Plug: 3.5 Zakk Sabbath - War Pigs: 3.5 Megadeth - Strange Ways: 1.5 Ulver - Stange Ways: 2
budgie 05.30.19	lol egarran DDD:
ArsMoriendi 05.30.19	:DDD narrage lol
Trifolium 05.30.19	Sounds awfully like Farage...
Papa Universe 05.30.19	you've got my attention now
Trifolium 05.31.19	Yeah I'm curious too. Does he only pretend he's from Denmark? Or, is Farage actually an immigrant himself!?
Egarran 05.31.19	I was very anti-Brexit at first, but by now I have to admit there's no better entertainment around. Just realizing how shit a brexiter like Farage is and listening to his supporters is a class mindfuck. Humans, man. Can't live with 'em, pass the beer nuts.
budgie 05.31.19	i watched some pragerU vids cuz i am masochistic god DAMN that shit is hiv in a bottle
ArsMoriendi 05.31.19	"Strange Ways'' [Thrash Edition] Well, this is boring. Kinda like butt rock, honestly. Flashy solo and all. 2.2/5 "Strange Ways" [Norwegian Edition] This is somehow even blander than the Megadeth rendition. It's just heavy metal in a 70s way. Boring. Who let Budgie pick 4 songs this month when most of us didn't even get 3? 2/5
Trifolium 05.31.19	That would be me!!!!!!!!
Trifolium 05.31.19	I'm proud of us! We almost made it without 3d recs.
SlothcoreSam 06.01.19	20. Come wander with me. 3 21. Bela Lugosi's dead. 2.8 23. Revocation. 2.3 24. Halo. 2.7 25. Raining blood. 3.0, i still like Bodycounts take on this song. 26. Junk. 3.1. 27. Black Diamond. 2.5 28. Pull the plug. 2.9 29. War pigs. 3.3 30. Strange Ways. 2.3 31. Strange Ways. 2.4 Made it, I'm done with cover songs for a while. Thanks Trif for hosting.
Trifolium 06.01.19	"I'm done with cover songs for a while." Hahahahah me too man. Ooof. A whole month of them. I'll add your ratings later today. No prob, my pleasure!
Egarran 06.01.19	I feel you try to laugh the Budgie debacle away. But I'm pretty sure we all learned a valuable lesson here.
Trifolium 06.01.19	No prob, I actually really liked the last one, so it wasn't a debacle to me.
Egarran 06.01.19	Just think about what happened here, young man. Them ratings don't lie, Budgie is fraud. Also GRATS TO BUDGIE for winning May â¤â¤â¤ Show him what he won, Trif!
Trifolium 06.01.19	Hmm, let's see. What would you like budg?
Papa Universe 06.01.19	how about a voucher for ONE immediate second rec on any future SotD thread?
Trifolium 06.01.19	If he ever wants to participate again. Sounds like a good one!
Egarran 06.01.19	Good thinking.