Great cover or devolution into elevator music?

[rufus.K]

Her scarf annoys me.
The electric guitar annoys me.
Maybe I'm just irritable.

 

[btmpancake]

It was okay, I get weak in the knees for a tight sight reading string section-and they were tight as pros are suppose to be.

 

[gln1955]

Tough crowd

 

[Ric5]

Great cover or devolution into elevator music?

a little of both

 

[Pauly 4001]

I dunno.
At least this was made by a person who was involved with the original version: Bruce Woolley was briefly a Buggle and was the primary songwriter on the original.
I feel strangely tired and listless suddenly.
I guess I'll go stare off into space.

 

[Ostie]

I actually kind of like it. Not as much as the original though. If I heard a cover band doing it in a club, I would like it. If it was a LZ tribute band, not so much.

The intro did nothing for me or the song, though.

 

[40Hz]

For those that aren’t familiar with Blue Cheer, in the 60s they were the loudest band in the world. They did a recording on the Hudson River, where they played on one side, the recording equipment was on the other side...to kind of give you an idea.

LOL! Boy does that name ever bring back memories...

Ain't no cure for the summertime blues. Or the long term hearing damage you'd eventually experience after listening to Blue Cheer play that song in concert.

Douglas Adams based the band named Disaster Area ("most destructive rock band in the universe") in his scifi classic The Restaurant at the End of the Universe on Blue Cheer.

 

[Wolford]

I wanted to punch them both as soon as I heard those cheesy keyboards.

lol. agreed.

 

[jbasedig]

I understand your concerns dear TBrs...... BUT (especially the INTRO.... it doesn't fit) but then they pretty much play the cover faithfully........... ( except they don't) we used to call this Fuzak.... basically you take the edge off at certain points with chords... that have too many notes.... or... chords that just don't fit the style. The little thing they do at the end of the chorus... it just pisses me off, what can I say.. BUT... yeah these are a bunch of SOLID players... good camera work...and I actually really like the instrumental part the end where they change keys a couple of times.....JPJ would like that. I've got my Zeppelin Vinyl..... so you guys you who are yelling..."Get offa my lawn" !... I get it.. at the same time... there is a lot of respect in this version. IN A WORLD... where so much music that sucks.. I think they did a good job... bassist stepped up... thank you OP.. because I probably never would have heard this without you

 

[jbasedig]

I am reminded of my high school band director. We would all, with some justification, dump on Muzak. But he pointed out that elevator music kept a lot of musicians gainfully employed so they could work on other things that didn't pay.

I have no problem with radically reinterpreting a song. Postmodern Jukebox does it all the time and it's amazing. The problem with this, in my opinion, is that it's actually TOO much like Zeppelin. They make a gesture toward rocking out the chorus, but then stuff it with a couple of easy-listening chords at the end. If they had gone for a full-on sophisticated Lake Street Dive-style take on the song it could have been very cool.

Here's an example of a totally changed cover, mellowing out a rock song, that I think really works: Joss Stone making a funk tune out of the White Stripes.



(original song for those who don't know it):

+1

 

[buldog5151bass]

This is a song open to a lot of options to play with it, but the intro is a total waste, and the rest is just a re-hash.

Pass.

 

[Rum Ham]

Brought to you by the new drug culture, Prozac. Zepp had coke and barbiturates this is fueled by anti depressants and probiotics.

 

[jbasedig]

I actually kind of like it. Not as much as the original though. If I heard a cover band doing it in a club, I would like it. If it was a LZ tribute band, not so much.

The intro did nothing for me or the song, though.

The intro... ah yes... clearly the KB player was the contractor... agree 100%

 

[jbasedig]

This is a song open to a lot of options to play with it, but the intro is a total waste, and the rest is just a re-hash.

Pass.

+1 EXACTLY!

 

[higain617]

 

[Smooth_bass88]

Eh, it ain't too bad, but I don't really like it.

 

[wraub]

This cover song is a well produced video.

 

[pbass2]

It's totally fine. But it is most definitely NOT edgy. The entire presentation is too slick for my taste. Sometimes all this tech available to us all now, works against us. I think my mom would dig it though.

 

[FugaziBomb]

Some things in this cover are kind of interesting and its executed well but I miss the fire of the original seems diluted.

What you guys think?

Many Shubs and Zulls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of a Sloar that day, I can tell you.

 

[juancaminos]

I thought it was great, could have done w/out the intro. The Train version was good too.