Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted September 26, 2022 Moderators Share Posted September 26, 2022 23 minutes ago, gmoney said: You get a lot of that on Spotify. I only notice it when the original isn't on there for whatever reason, for example Nasty Girl by Vanity. I guess it fills a void, but they're usally just off enough as to not be enjoyable. I've been using Spotify recently as I got a few months few, and noticed that you'll also get a cover version for a song that doesn't have a legit 'clean' version, and that clean cover will get mad plays. It's pretty funny. That said it's not a new phenomenon. My mate's dad has told me that he remembers back in the 60s a lot of big hit singles would get covers released concurrently, with the labels pressing them cheaply and then undercutting the price of the original in stores, or released on cover compilation LPs. It's fun when you find these gems in record bins from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) In a similar territory, multiple studio recordings of the same song by the same artist but with slightly different production or instrumentation. Ultimately one ends up being your preferred version but you have to faff about on Youtube or Spotify to find that specific recording. I remember having a nightmare trying to find the "proper" version of "I Put A Spell On You" by Screaming Jay Hawkins. I'm sure I found three or four different versions of it by him. I think it was a common practice in the 50s and 60s, it gets recorded once and then the single does well so it got recorded again, but I've had it happen a couple of times with more modern songs. Edited September 26, 2022 by cobra_gordo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted September 26, 2022 Moderators Share Posted September 26, 2022 Speaking of which I've never been able to find the version of Deodato's cover of "Do it Again" with the flute playing the lead on record. Only the version with the guitar playing the lead. The flute version is the one that was on GTA Espantoso CD (and the CD re-release of the Deodato album as it happens) and therefore the one I heard first and my favourite version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted September 26, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted September 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Chest Rockwell said: That said it's not a new phenomenon. My mate's dad has told me that he remembers back in the 60s a lot of big hit singles would get covers released concurrently, with the labels pressing them cheaply and then undercutting the price of the original in stores, or released on cover compilation LPs. It's fun when you find these gems in record bins from time to time. Yeah, you'd get stuff like Hallmark's "Top Of The Pops" LPs, that were just anonymous session musicians covering things that had been in the charts recently. This sort of thing: https://uk.rarevinyl.com/collections/top-of-the-pops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted September 26, 2022 Moderators Share Posted September 26, 2022 £11 for that shite? Fucking hell. A hallmark indeed - of charity shop record garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Just had the fittest, and I mean the FITTEST Amazon delivery driver. She said to me "Enjoy what you bought" and I replied "You too!!!" 🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keith Houchen Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Was watching a daytime game show on ITV called Riddiculous and one of the contestants was wearing a T shirt and knee length shorts. Thankfully he didn’t win. Billy G must be turning in his grave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted October 25, 2022 Awards Moderator Share Posted October 25, 2022 On 10/12/2022 at 2:35 PM, SuperBacon said: Just had the fittest, and I mean the FITTEST Amazon delivery driver. She said to me "Enjoy what you bought" and I replied "You too!!!" 🙃 Well if you’ll use that shower of cunts you deserve every humiliation possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miqasam Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 On 10/25/2022 at 8:10 PM, Keith Houchen said: Was watching a daytime game show on ITV called Riddiculous and one of the contestants was wearing a T shirt and knee length shorts. Thankfully he didn’t win. Billy G must be turning in his grave. What's wrong in wearin knee length shorts, I use to practice in half pants. Its about choices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted November 2, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted November 2, 2022 5 hours ago, miqasam said: What's wrong in wearin knee length shorts, I use to practice in half pants. Its about choices Imagine signing up for a wrestling forum and this is your first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted November 5, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted November 5, 2022 Mike who owns a Google Pixel in that ad with his mates being so “random” for putting chips in his photo, manages somehow to instantly remind me of every tosser I’ve met in the last twenty years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 On a training course on Teams today and one of the participants video is really dark, so she looks like she is in a silhouette and you just get flashes of her eyes/glasses Someone piped up "Oh Sandy you look like one of those creatures in Star Wars...you know the ones, they live in the desert and wear robes" and I replied "You mean the Jawas?" but because 3 people spoke over me and said something about sand people, no one heard me. Then Andrew said "They were called Jawas I think" and got all the praise and laughs for remembering (more likely he was the only one that fucking heard me!) and I sat there absolutely fuming. Fuck off Andrew. Completely ruined my day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fatty Facesitter Posted November 7, 2022 Paid Members Share Posted November 7, 2022 Similarly, people at work who still can't work out how to log into Zoom or Teams. It's been two years now. We've all used it. Come on now, play the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 1 hour ago, SuperBacon said: I replied "You mean the Jawas?" On the bright side, you're lucky she didn't mishear it as Jabba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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