Poopot's Cover Challenge #29 - the letter P

flying_pie

Welcome to the 29th Poopot's Cover Challenge


The winner of our last challenge was @IMC1980 ;; who has chosen a song beginning with the letter P


which is...

...

Plush by Stone Temple Pilots



If don't want to cover the chosen track then you can choose any song starting with P or P preceded by "the"

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 29th November 2024... so get onto it!!!!
 

A playlist of all the entries will be posted below:

https://soundcloud.com/thefretboard/sets/poopots-cover-challenge-29-p

Bezzer

Sent one in

OK ... I got ahead on this one, I felt bad pulling @flying_pie up on their date faux pas so this has been recorded just for him earlier this week on a quiet night. Well for all of you but I'll bet no one else has got Fire and Ice so will know the original.

Things I've learned:
1) There is no point trying for ages to get a really nice nylon string acoustic sound if you then run it through a vinyl sim to age it
2) Shredding on a nylon strung acoustic is really difficult, adds to the Al Di Meola is a a freak argument
3) Programming swing into MIDI drums is really hard

Anyway ... onto the actual selected cover. And yes, I think I'll do it this month.  

P.S. The picture is a "Pet Ewe"

thecolourbox

Looking forward to having a go at this one, i don't know the original which is exactly what i hoped for, so I shall aim to complete my cover of it without actually listening to the original track before I complete my own (pending me finding some sheet music for the tune)

fnpt

Sent one in as well.

flying_pie

@Bezzer - (not at all needed) apology accepted and you're in the playlist, mate. As I'm feeling generous today I'll give you 5 bonus points if you also record a perfect cover of Perpetual Burn

@fnpt - you're in the playlist too. I wondered for a second if you'd done the Powderfinger song as you left out the The from the song title but that's a great choice

Bezzer

flying_pie said:

@Bezzer - (not at all needed) apology accepted and you're in the playlist, mate. As I'm feeling generous today I'll give you 5 bonus points if you also record a perfect cover of Perpetual Burn
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I mean I will give it go for a giggle, I'm 99.9999% certain my sweep picking isn't anywhere close to good enough though ha 

flying_pie

Bezzer said:

flying_pie said:

@Bezzer - (not at all needed) apology accepted and you're in the playlist, mate. As I'm feeling generous today I'll give you 5 bonus points if you also record a perfect cover of Perpetual Burn
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I mean I will give it go for a giggle, I'm 99.9999% certain my sweep picking isn't anywhere close to good enough though ha 

I think it's a safe bet to say that 99.9999% of guitarists could never get anywhere close to playing it - Even getting the intro to 80% of full speed would be a massive achievement 

Bezzer

flying_pie said:

I think it's a safe bet to say that 99.9999% of guitarists could never get anywhere close to playing it - Even getting the intro to 80% of full speed would be a massive achievement 

I found a reputable transcription. I've had a little cry. I've wondered if what I have even constitute as fingers. I've contemplated whether adding numbers instead of dots will help. I can concluded it will not.

Wonder if I can rearrange it into a more tapping based comfort zone or if that will just sound like shit.

This is what you have done to me.

Habanero

Bezzer said:

flying_pie said:

I think it's a safe bet to say that 99.9999% of guitarists could never get anywhere close to playing it - Even getting the intro to 80% of full speed would be a massive achievement 

I found a reputable transcription. I've had a little cry. I've wondered if what I have even constitute as fingers. I've contemplated whether adding numbers instead of dots will help. I can concluded it will not.

Wonder if I can rearrange it into a more tapping based comfort zone or if that will just sound like shit.

This is what you have done to me.

There's one here, but I have no idea whether it's even remotely accurate

https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/jason-becker-perpetual-burn-tab-s2897

Bezzer

Habanero said:

There's one here, but I have no idea whether it's even remotely accurate

https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/jason-becker-perpetual-burn-tab-s2897

Its very close to the one I bought ... which is annoying in it's own way. Its not tab thats the issue ... its that vast sea of notes crammed into about a millionth of a second ha ha. We shall see ... I've got 2 months right? 

Habanero

Bezzer said:

Habanero said:

There's one here, but I have no idea whether it's even remotely accurate

https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/jason-becker-perpetual-burn-tab-s2897

Its very close to the one I bought ... which is annoying in it's own way. Its not tab thats the issue ... its that vast sea of notes crammed into about a millionth of a second ha ha. We shall see ... I've got 2 months right? 

When I clicked play on the above page I could barely keep up with watching the cursor flying across my screen. On the plus side, there's no words to learn.

flying_pie

Bezzer said:

Habanero said:

There's one here, but I have no idea whether it's even remotely accurate

https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/jason-becker-perpetual-burn-tab-s2897

Its very close to the one I bought ... which is annoying in it's own way. Its not tab thats the issue ... its that vast sea of notes crammed into about a millionth of a second ha ha. We shall see ... I've got 2 months right? 

Stop the excuses @Bezzer . I've seen a couple of videos of people playing it flawlessly*. Just knuckle down, practice it plenty and build up speed with a metronome.

* Let's just ignore the fact they're called Jason Richardson and Jeff Loomis... 

idiotwind

I've sent in an entry.  It's Purple Rain done as a Gene Clark style Byrds song - think Feel a Whole Lot Better etc.  I simplified the chords and moved it down to D - a good Byrds key.  The main riff is a bit of a Bells of Rymney rip off (my all time favourite Drop D riff).  Quite pleased with my little McGuinn tribute solo, doing his classic trick of working the octave G string.  I had to fiddle with the words in the third verse to fit the flow, but I don't think much of them (or the song in general) anyway so no loss there.  I did also do a straight country style version as I remember reading Prince say he thought of it as a country song, but that one will probably end up on the outtakes pile as I then I got my new Jazzmaster XII and thought of this version which somewhat replaces it.  The original is on a Ricky (though not a 12) so that's why I made that connection.

flying_pie

@idiotwind in the playlist

mrkb

flying_pie said:

@idiotwind in the playlist

I cant see the playlist in the first post - where can i find it?

flying_pie

mrkb said:

flying_pie said:

@idiotwind in the playlist

I cant see the playlist in the first post - where can i find it?

If you can't see it then it means you don't have the appropriate level of security clearance and you'll have to go on 3 separate training courses run by the mods

or that I haven't posted a link yet. Oops

idiotwind

I've sent in another entry.  I looked at what was picking up votes and decided to play to the audience.  So here's a country influenced Grateful Dead song from 1974...  

It's a straight cover of Pride of Cucamonga, a Phil Lesh song that they never played it live.  It was an interesting one to get into and break down.  I transcribed the drums first, which helped get the hang of the switch to 6/4 in the chorus and to work out what was going on with the chords at various points.  There's also the 12/8 section, and the occasional bar of 2, 3 and 7.  It's all easy chords but some confusing changes.

Then the bass line which was challenging but actually reasonably "normal" - as an aside I once looked up tips for playing like Phil Lesh and found one that said "always remember the root of the chord and the One of the bar - these are to be avoided at all times" - but I did cheat and recorded it a few BPM slow and sped it up.  I did my best to transcribe the three pedal steel solos and did some editing to soften the attack and try to emulate some volume pedal work.  All 3 electric parts are my Tele.

The backing vocals were a cheat.  There's an official podcast that has track breakdowns and they included the isolated BVs so I nabbed them and had them as a placeholder that I never replaced.

flying_pie

@idiotwind in the playlist again

Bezzer

In a fit of efficiency unheard of for me I've got my next one ready! And it's the chosen song!

Thought I'd do something simpler this time, and in a new style for me and for the song. And as usual it got massively overblown with a million tracks of vocals. This time with backing vocals from the man of the hour himself, Mr @IMC1980 ;

Recorded primarily on my new Sparklebox ... bit of tele ... bit of banjo ... and an attempt to sound like lapsteel. So obviously it's metal as f*** ....

Hope y'all enjoy, y' hear? 

flying_pie

@Bezzer in the playlist

stickyfiddle

I haven’t started. 

But I’ve literally got a clear calendar after Thursday this week - nothing planned for the rest of my life (that’s probably another thread)

I’ve a shortlist of about 8. Will give the front runners a go on drums and vocals at the weekend and see where I end up