Let's have a best cover of Hallelujah contest!

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My daughter Hannah and me

This is what we recorded, a German version was the motivation which we did for the christening of my nice.

 
My older kid was part of a team from his primary school that won this borough wide dance contest last year, doing an interpretive dance to that song. All the other contestants were dynamic hip hop dance crews that were throwing each other and themselves all over the stage and my son's lot, who went on last, thought they'd be blasted out of sight because their dance was so unlike all the others.
I have this hilarious photo of his face as their school group {Faith} were announced winners. "Shock" doesn't do it justice !
So I forever will have fond memories of the song. I had no idea it was by Leonard Cohen.
 
Greg_L said:
Thanks. Now I'm gonna spam and cram it into every thread I post in! :D
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LOL!


"How do you mic your drums."



"I mic them like xxxx. Here's a recording I made of it.



Hallelujah."




But, I like how you changed the lyrics! You didn't butcher it with too much change. It was just the right amount for the style.
 
CrowsofFritz said:
LOL!


"How do you mic your drums."



"I mic them like xxxx. Here's a recording I made of it.



Hallelujah."
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But, I like how you changed the lyrics! You didn't butcher it with too much change. It was just the right amount for the style.
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Thanks. The lyrics are too corny and too many for my liking, so I changed just a few.
 
I bet you can punk out most any song out there. Howzdat for a challenge??

Kick ass, man. Thanks for doing this one.
 
Cool tempo/rhythm changes in that one Greg.
Every Monolith needs a little undermining to restore it to reality.
How many rhythm guitars are there in the recording? It SOUNDS like 2 dozen!
The lyrical liberties are really rather good.
Where can I download this?
 
Chili said:
I bet you can punk out most any song out there. Howzdat for a challenge??

Kick ass, man. Thanks for doing this one.
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Thanks a lot Chilidog. Ya know, yall can blame my old lady for this one. Lol. I started doing this with scratch tracks, and kind of lost interest. My wife heard me playing with it from the other room the other day and came in and said "is that Hallelujah?!?!?" throwing me a look of how-dare-you mixed with intrigue like she was semi-appalled yet interested that I would massacre such a famously morose song. I told her about this thread and she said "you should finish it". She usually likes my irreverent punk covers of famous songs, so I got back on it and tracked it for real. :o :thumbs up:

rayc said:
Cool tempo/rhythm changes in that one Greg.
Every Monolith needs a little undermining to restore it to reality.
How many rhythm guitars are there in the recording? It SOUNDS like 2 dozen!
The lyrical liberties are really rather good.
Where can I download this?
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Thanks a lot Ray. I'll PM you a link for a MP3. I'm glad the guitars sound big to you. It's just two rhythm tracks, hard panned L & R. Les Paul and big loud tube Marshall. :thumbs up: The L rhythm is a SM57 on a Greenback, the R rhythm is a SM57 on a G12T-75 - both in the same 4x12 cab. The two rhythm tracks are the same guitar and amp settings w/ the R rhythm pushed a little harder with a Tube Screamer set up like a clean boost (Drive 0 - Level full). The lead track is the same boosted setting as the R rhythm, but I ran it through my Vintage 30 2x12 mic'd with a 57. Three guitar tracks total.
 
I saw you at
The high school dance
With pants for shirt
And a shirt for pants
A-WALKIN' UPSIDE DOWN AND EATIN' POO-YA!!
 
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