Poopot's Cover Challenge #30 - the letter Q

flying_pie

Welcome to the 30th Poopot's Cover Challenge


The winner of our last challenge was @IMC1980 ;;;; who has been tasked with the unenviable picking of a song beginning with the letter Q


which is a song by someone from my hometown and I recall when she was a keyboard player in a local band before they split and the guitarist Big John Duncan joined Nirvana for a tour prior to Pat Smear becoming the extra guitarist but I digress....

...

Queer by Garbage



If don't want to cover the chosen track then you can choose any song starting with Q or Q preceded by "the" from the millions of other songs beginning with Q like... yeah... okay there aren't exactly millions and that's probably one of the better ones out there...

So 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 as it often ends up in my spam folder. 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 February 2025... so get onto it!!!!
 

A playlist of all the entries will be posted below:

https://soundcloud.com/thefretboard/sets/poopots-cover-challenge-30-q

Bezzer

Love Garbage. Love Shirley. Love this choice.

Now, can I do it justice while also doing something different with it. 

thecolourbox

Not one I know, but i might actually have to listen to it to learn it as there isn't a score for it on Musescore like there was for Plush

I like that it's going to be quite different than my current choice of Que Sera Sera

Habanero

thecolourbox said:

Not one I know, but i might actually have to listen to it to learn it as there isn't a score for it on Musescore like there was for Plush

I like that it's going to be quite different than my current choice of Que Sera Sera

If you go with your current choice, then whatever will be will be. You might end up going to Wembley.

fnpt

Question: what if the chosen song has two words on its title but only the second one starts with a Q (and the first one is not The)? Would that be breaking the rules too much?

flying_pie

fnpt said:

Question: what if the chosen song has two words on its title but only the second one starts with a Q (and the first one is not The)? Would that be breaking the rules too much?

 That would.

Unless perhaps it's a song I really like and would be willing to abuse my powers 

stickyfiddle

I think I have 3 good candidates that I could deliver decently. I'm feeling a bit more like myself finally so will try and prioritise and get at least one done this side of xmas. I'd like to do all 3 tbh. Please push me if I don't come back soon...!! 

fnpt

flying_pie said:

fnpt said:

Question: what if the chosen song has two words on its title but only the second one starts with a Q (and the first one is not The)? Would that be breaking the rules too much?

 That would.

Unless perhaps it's a song I really like and would be willing to abuse my powers 

It’s a classic…

idiotwind

flying_pie said:

fnpt said:

Question: what if the chosen song has two words on its title but only the second one starts with a Q (and the first one is not The)? Would that be breaking the rules too much?

 That would.

Unless perhaps it's a song I really like and would be willing to abuse my powers 

If he really wants to do Dancing Queen then I say let him soar...

Bezzer

I'm going to do the chosen song because its ace.

The problem I have lately is that there's a banging Malmsteen track for every letter lol ... fml ... etc

Habanero

Bezzer said:

I'm going to do the chosen song because its ace.

The problem I have lately is that there's a banging Malmsteen track for every letter lol ... fml ... etc

There's only three 'Q' songs on my iPod, and one of them is indeed by Yngwie J.

flying_pie

idiotwind said:

flying_pie said:

fnpt said:

Question: what if the chosen song has two words on its title but only the second one starts with a Q (and the first one is not The)? Would that be breaking the rules too much?

 That would.

Unless perhaps it's a song I really like and would be willing to abuse my powers 

If he really wants to do Dancing Queen then I say let him soar...

Fine by me. Just put the word Dancing in brackets. I'm only going to allow this flexibility for Q (and probably X and maybe Z)

flying_pie

Bezzer said:

I'm going to do the chosen song because its ace.

The problem I have lately is that there's a banging Malmsteen track for every letter lol ... fml ... etc

Here are the Poopot's Cover Challenge official mandatory challenges just for @Bezzer ;for 2025. Feel free to add extra covers if you wish:

Q - Queen in Love by Yngwie Malmsteen 

R - Rising Force by Yngwie Malmsteen or Race with the Devil on Spanish Highway by Al Di Meola

S - Stars by Yngwie Malmsteen or Satch Boogie by Joe Satriani (the drum programming alone would be hard AF) or Scarified by Racer X

T -  Trilogy Suite Opus 5 by Yngwie Malmsteen or Through The Fire and The Flames by DragonForce or Tumeni Notes by Steve Morse or Technical Difficulties by Racer X

mrkb

flying_pie said:

idiotwind said:

flying_pie said:

fnpt said:

Question: what if the chosen song has two words on its title but only the second one starts with a Q (and the first one is not The)? Would that be breaking the rules too much?

 That would.

Unless perhaps it's a song I really like and would be willing to abuse my powers 

If he really wants to do Dancing Queen then I say let him soar...

Fine by me. Just put the word Dancing in brackets. I'm only going to allow this flexibility for Q (and probably X and maybe Z)

Excellent - allows (God Save) The Queen

Habanero

flying_pie said:

Bezzer said:

I'm going to do the chosen song because its ace.

The problem I have lately is that there's a banging Malmsteen track for every letter lol ... fml ... etc

Here are the Poopot's Cover Challenge official mandatory challenges just for @Bezzer ;;for 2025. Feel free to add extra covers if you wish:

Q - Queen in Love by Yngwie Malmsteen 

R - Rising Force by Yngwie Malmsteen or Race with the Devil on Spanish Highway by Al Di Meola

S - Stars by Yngwie Malmsteen or Satch Boogie by Joe Satriani (the drum programming alone would be hard AF) or Scarified by Racer X

T -  Trilogy Suite Opus 5 by Yngwie Malmsteen or Through The Fire and The Flames by DragonForce or Tumeni Notes by Steve Morse or Technical Difficulties by Racer X

You could add Spanish Fly by Van Halen if he has a spare few minutes.

Bezzer

flying_pie said:

Bezzer said:

I'm going to do the chosen song because its ace.

The problem I have lately is that there's a banging Malmsteen track for every letter lol ... fml ... etc

Here are the Poopot's Cover Challenge official mandatory challenges just for @Bezzer ;for 2025. Feel free to add extra covers if you wish:

Q - Queen in Love by Yngwie Malmsteen 

R - Rising Force by Yngwie Malmsteen or Race with the Devil on Spanish Highway by Al Di Meola

S - Stars by Yngwie Malmsteen or Satch Boogie by Joe Satriani (the drum programming alone would be hard AF) or Scarified by Racer X

T -  Trilogy Suite Opus 5 by Yngwie Malmsteen or Through The Fire and The Flames by DragonForce or Tumeni Notes by Steve Morse or Technical Difficulties by Racer X

It's weird, I both love you and hate you at the same time ... 

I've actually done versions ot the R and T Malmsteens, the S Racer X and T Dragon Force before. And used to play Satch Boogie in a covers band. But .... I've not done any of them in a while so ... I have a list. They will have to be "straight" and not interpretations I guess, otherwise what's the point.

Sometimes I think you actually wish me harm ha ha.

Bezzer

Habanero said:

You could add Spanish Fly by Van Halen if he has a spare few minutes.

Well I've got the Tim Henson electric nylon string so ... fiiiiiiine ha ha 

fnpt

flying_pie said:

idiotwind said:

flying_pie said:

fnpt said:

Question: what if the chosen song has two words on its title but only the second one starts with a Q (and the first one is not The)? Would that be breaking the rules too much?

 That would.

Unless perhaps it's a song I really like and would be willing to abuse my powers 

If he really wants to do Dancing Queen then I say let him soar...

Fine by me. Just put the word Dancing in brackets. I'm only going to allow this flexibility for Q (and probably X and maybe Z)

Perfect, thanks.

P.S. It's not Dancing Queen though, sorry to disappoint...

Bezzer

OK, I've sent in the finshed " @flying_pie Personal Challenge" ... to be honest, it could be much better but it's killed me getting it this far ha ha.

Really enjoyed the rhythm part and the bass, finding the right sounds for the guitar and keys, choosing not to do a classic Malmsteen "ego mix" where guitar is in the middle, singer be damned. BUt aside from all the .. .the vocals are stupid ... just fucking stupid. And the solo ... I've done a lot of Malmsteen stuff and this really was a case of "do it in parts ... that's good enough". I think this was a jammed solo tbh. 

Ah well, it's done now and I can concentrate on the ACTUAL cover challenge ...

flying_pie

@Bezzer in the playlist. Good effort!

Habanero

Boalsed over with vocals.