Poopot's Cover Challenge #27 - the letter N

flying_pie

Welcome to the 27th Poopot's Cover Challenge


The winner of our last challenge was me and I have chosen a song beginning with N


which is...

...


No More Heroes by The Stranglers


If you don't like that then, seriously what's wrong with you? I don't think I've ever met anyone who doesn't appreciate it. Anyway, if you don't want to cover the chosen track then you can choose any song starting with N or N preceded by "the" and there are loads of great ones out there

But… if you cover the chosen track you will automatically receive a bonus 5pts as a head start


* RULES:

Entries to be sent in mp3 format to the following Email address:

covers@thefretboard.co.uk

Please comment in the thread when you've sent an entry. And feel free to submit more than one entry if you want.

You may wish to submit artwork to go with your entry. It brightens up the playlist and might subliminally get you more votes but it's not mandatory. 

Entries close at 11.30pm on Friday 28th June 2024... so get onto it!!!!
 

A playlist of all the entries will be posted below:

https://soundcloud.com/thefretboard/sets/poopots-cover-challenge-27-n

flying_pie

And quick off the mark I've added an entry. Fingerstyle clean jazz guitar isn't usually my thing but I thought I'd give it a try with a Sinatra classic

TTony

Hah!  I already had that on my list of possibles!

Got to get my keyboard skills a bit better first though,

thecolourbox

Interesting choice - its undoubtedly a good song, but one of those which I find I can't recognise until the "no more heroes any more" bit so could be interesting to actually learn it properly. I always enjoy it when I hear it, I just don't ever recognise what it is until that one bit. I've a weird and annoying brain.

It wasn't on my shortlist already and may not do it still, but I'll learn it in any case I think

stickyfiddle

I already had a fairly chunky list of possible entries, and this wasn’t on there. I do really want to do a couple of mine tho so I’ll try and get 2 or 3 in this time

IMC1980

flying_pie said:

And quick off the mark I've added an entry. Fingerstyle clean jazz guitar isn't usually my thing but I thought I'd give it a try with a Sinatra classic

Is that you singing? If so that is a bang on Rick Astley impression!

idiotwind

I've sent in an entry.  It's a tribute to one of my favourite players, Clarence White.  Nashville West was a bar, a band and Clarence's "theme song".  Includes some fun behind the nut bends.  Anyway, like flying_pie's effort it falls apart a bit once I get to the tricky bit...

flying_pie

IMC1980 said:

flying_pie said:

And quick off the mark I've added an entry. Fingerstyle clean jazz guitar isn't usually my thing but I thought I'd give it a try with a Sinatra classic

Is that you singing? If so that is a bang on Rick Astley impression!

Yeah. It's also me playing the drums and I do an incredibly good Dave Grohl impression.... 

IMC1980

flying_pie said:

IMC1980 said:

flying_pie said:

And quick off the mark I've added an entry. Fingerstyle clean jazz guitar isn't usually my thing but I thought I'd give it a try with a Sinatra classic

Is that you singing? If so that is a bang on Rick Astley impression!

Yeah. It's also me playing the drums and I do an incredibly good Dave Grohl impression....


Hmmmmmm 

flying_pie

idiotwind said:

I've sent in an entry.  It's a tribute to one of my favourite players, Clarence White.  Nashville West was a bar, a band and Clarence's "theme song".  Includes some fun behind the nut bends.  Anyway, like flying_pie's effort it falls apart a bit once I get to the tricky bit...

Hmm.... That sounds like slander and your should remember that I have the power to theoretically alter any file before it's uploaded.... Mmmwahaha!

@idiotwind in the playlist 

Bezzer

As a devout Stalinist I’m not sure I can cover the selected song. 

…

IMC1980

Bezzer said:

As a devout Stalinist I’m not sure I can cover the selected song. 

…

A devout Stalinist AND a devout Satanist, you're a complex fellow!

Habanero

Just pretend it’s about giving up the Cadbury chocolate assortment.

flying_pie

Bezzer said:

As a devout Stalinist I’m not sure I can cover the selected song. 

…

You could always do Nikita by Elton John instead

thecolourbox

flying_pie said:

Bezzer said:

As a devout Stalinist I’m not sure I can cover the selected song. 

…

You could always do Nikita by Elton John instead

Or Ney Joe (if TTony's theme is to be continued)

Bezzer

IMC1980 

A devout Stalinist AND a devout Satanist, you're a complex fellow!

All adds to the mystique eh? It’s why I’m such an enigma to the press.

Bezzer

flying_pie said:

You could always do Nikita by Elton John instead

Still makes me chuckled no one involved clocked it’s a man’s name. 

flying_pie

Bezzer said:

flying_pie said:

You could always do Nikita by Elton John instead

Still makes me chuckled no one involved clocked it’s a man’s name. 

It's a fantastic bit of trolling. I'll bet he was pissing himself laughing when it was a women in the video

TTony

TTony said:

Got to get my keyboard skills a bit better first though,

And there's a something from me for the play list


Still using Studio One as the DAW
Drums using BFD drums plugin, tapped in on my MPD218
Keys from one of the synth plugins, via my Oxygen49
Guitars was an old homebrew Tele (for the authenticity )
And my old bass

I'd really welcome any tips on how to mix for better clarity.  I've tried to separate the frequencies a little, and panned different tracks L/R too, but still sounds a bit muddy to me.

[edit]
And, in case anyone hadn't worked it out, yes, I "sampled" the intro bass riff as nothing I played sounded remotely right!

flying_pie

@TTony in the playlist

flying_pie

TTony said:

TTony said:

Got to get my keyboard skills a bit better first though,

And there's a something from me for the play list


Still using Studio One as the DAW
Drums using BFD drums plugin, tapped in on my MPD218
Keys from one of the synth plugins, via my Oxygen49
Guitars was an old homebrew Tele (for the authenticity )
And my old bass

I'd really welcome any tips on how to mix for better clarity.  I've tried to separate the frequencies a little, and panned different tracks L/R too, but still sounds a bit muddy to me.

I'm no major authority on this but the guitar and bass seem to overlap a fair bit in your mix... and I wouldn't say it sounds terribly muddy by any means - it sounds good and fits the vibe of the song. I've not listened on studio monitors but it sounds good on my Sony WH-1000XM4s