I challenge you to cover the Robert Wyatt cover of Elvis Costello's Shipbuilding.
But which Shipbuilding? Costello (lyrics) & Langer (music) wrote it with Robert Wyatt in the frame then Costello realized how wonderful it was & he did a version.
Of the 2 the Wyatt is the more plaintive though the Costello has the Atkins trumpet solo.
I challenge Elvis Costello to cover a robgreen song.
Woah, dangerous statement. I must say I enjoyed Joe's 1st LP = Get Sharp. It was sharp but was also very Clone Costello & then he went jazz/light/MOR/AOR (Joe not Declan).Isn't Elvis Costello just a poor man's Joe Jackson?
Woah, dangerous statement. I must say I enjoyed Joe's 1st LP = Get Sharp. It was sharp but was also very Clone Costello & then he went jazz/light/MOR/AOR (Joe not Declan).
No more work until 2015... I was able to play the drums from my "challenge" song before and I'm cranking out the rest now. Given my lack of perfectionism in recording, I might be able to finish this before the sandman gets me.
Woohoo! It'll be next week before I can start on mine! I wish I'd been given "Ace of Spades", though!
JJ's is a good song writer - he just decide to write for a different audiance & I didn't follow.
Is She really Going Out With Him? KNocked on the top 5 in Oz & Sunday papers is great, as is most of LP1. LP2 - so so. My girlfriend at the time preferred JJ to EC. That was 78 I suppose, maybe 79.
I'm OLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. Keep banging out the track mate.
A few notes- first, I tried to record this in 24-bit, but my DP-24 machine seems to have a problem with that... so this is 16-bit like everything else I've done. Second, this was the first recording I ever did using the "recorderman" overhead mic method. Hopefully I didn't screw up anything with it. I can't detect phasing because I don't know what to listen for, but I'm sure someone here can tell. Third, it seems I used the wrong preposition in the lyrics. I was singing "shot BY both sides" as opposed to "FROM" both sides. Didn't realize that until just now. Either way makes sense, as far as I can tell. Hopefully Bubba isn't too much of a purist with his Magazine covers.
You succeeded in at least one of your goals, Bubba... I do like the song and I am glad to have been introduced to it. So thanks for that. I forget what the other goals were, so the hell with it, here's the song.
https://soundcloud.com/user92696274096/shot-from-both-sides/s-nmF1Y
You must spread some reputation around before giving it to NotThatBright again.
Bubba said:Well, that's fucking awesome, my friend. No boxiness in the sound, a very good interpretation of the song itself, a very, very good drum sound and much tighter playing than usual. If I have any crits at all it's that the kick seems a bit loud, but perhaps that's because it's as punchy as hell, and that the stereo spread of the toms is uncomfortably wide for me. Bass is great, with a good warm tone and the embellishments are nice. It is Shot BY Both Sides, btw - you got that right.
You've set a very high standard, for the first response to a challenge.
Well, I finished the recording and fell asleep shortly after writing that, but since I was drinking Coors Light during the recording, my bladder woke me up after a little over three hours. Nature's alarm clock. Did you know that the Indians used to drink a lot of water on the nights before they'd go on early morning raids so they'd get up early? I learned that from a Simpsons episode.
Isn't 'water' an old Indian word for 'Coors Light'?