pink floyd ripoffs

[flamingskullballs]

has anyone here heard those nasty little pink floyd covers that nu metal bands are doing now days? they take a great song and make it into an ear ache...i heard on...i believe SNL...this disco group remake comfortably numb...it really brought me down...and then with korn and their another brick in the wall part 2...its terrible man...

what do you guys think on remaking and covering songs, and making them sound totally different?

[Nochowderforyou]

Kill Limp Bizkit for re-doing The Who's 'behind blue eyes' song. That's all I gotta say.

[welddiver]

sucks......should be a crime, punishable by having to listen to Barry Manilow albums 24/7 or 30 days for the first offense, 90 days of watching American Idol non-stop for the second offense, and on the third offense they should get life and have to watch reruns of Hee-Haw with the possibility of parole after 10 years.......yea...

[flamingskullballs]

you forgot about antiques roadshow punishment!

[Canadabis]

I dont know, some covers are priceless. Alot of them are just god aweful.
But you want some amazing pink floyd covers get some Primus, they go all out.

Like when my friend Joe plays Dress rehersal rag, its amazing.

But the new cool is yesterdays out of touch which is tommorrows green, which was last years orange, which was falls blue.

[beachguy in thongs]

Pink Floyd had original, yet simple cover's, it's easy to copy them. Don't blame other bands, blame mathematicians for not creating more shapes.

[Canadabis]

and how ocme no one ever uses the duodecahedron?

[GHoSToKeR]

I saw a movie recently in which part of the soundtrack was a band doing a cover of Pink Floyd's Money. Basically, it was crap. Unoriginal and brought nothing new to the table; it was pretty much exactly the same except with stupid sounding guitars and a crap lead vocal.

[flamingskullballs]

because they are scared nudity, and therefor would never touch the snake

[Phresher than it Got]

and how ocme no one ever uses the duodecahedron?

that many sides on one shape, its bound to cause riots, not to mention all the sad and mentally scarred children whos beloved squares and rectangles will innevitably become heroin addicts and prostitutes just to keep the angles and side lengths from leaving them


death to korn for a terrible version of another brick in the wall!!!!!!!!

[beachguy in thongs]

that many sides on one shape, its bound to cause riots, not to mention all the sad and mentally scarred children whos beloved squares and rectangles will innevitably become heroin addicts and prostitutes just to keep the angles and side lengths from leaving them


death to korn for a terrible version of another brick in the wall!!!!!!!!

I'm glad we have people that realize there is no need for any more than a hexagon.

[thcbongman]

The Easy Star All Stars' "Dub Side of the Moon."

Awesome album cover of Dark Side of the Moon.

If a cover is done well and taken to a new level, it's cool, I just hate covers that have no artristy to it, like Korn's "Another brick in the wall."

[Reefer Rogue]

No-one can ever copy Pink Floyd (Best Band Ever!) Those who attempt to copy, shall inevitably fail and shall be pooped on.

[BobBong]

There are some pretty good cover bands out there... Me First and The Gimmie Gimmies do some great oldies.

But i'll agree, alot of bands can just butcher great songs.. making them very hard to listen to.

For a great laugh, check out Richard Cheese.. it's the dude from The Man Show

[Dystopia]

Any reggae heads on this? Ever heard Easy Star All-stars reggae cover of Pink Floyd's dark side of the moon?ESAS made a album called Dub Side of the Moon.Gooooooooooood shit, and I don't think anyone likes nu-metal.

[Dystopia]

Sorry didn't see someone already talked about the dub side of the moon.

[Ganj]

music nowadays has certainly gone down hill. there will never be anything as great as the original musicians. unless of course it's the dub side of the moon, which was amazing by the way.

[death of sXe]

Pink Floyd had original, yet simple cover's, it's easy to copy them. Don't blame other bands, blame mathematicians for not creating more shapes.

hhhhhhhhaha

[Maui Wowie]

Tool remade No Quarter pretty well though. :\

[flamingskullballs]

i mean...some covers are decent...but i think that some songs should remain untouched...like crossroads by the cream, i dont even like that song being remastered...the tone of clapton is so beautiful...

[somebody someone]

you guys just have to except that this happens over the generations of music.

You must except you have to let go of pink floyd and the who,

for now EMO and Numetal must take over and repaint the face of rock.

Except that things always change, and when we are old our music shall be ripped off by the next generation, Its an ongoing cycle.

Im i the only person excited by new music? I cant wait to see whats on the air waves in 15 years!!

Coz if you ask me, Pop and Rock are dead. New music must be made.


Its just a case of what you were brought up listening too, People said the same thing about your music.

[mellow mood]

remake is not bad. i mean yea groups can fuck up the song, but its just the way they feel it.

but usually i always prefer the original songs

[Dystopia]

Anyone who likes or supports emo can go shit a brick and then eat it.

[ExOblivione]

Ok the piano part at the beginning is kinda long but when Thom starts to sing he makes the song sound creepy and decayed. I'm talking about Radiohead's version of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" It makes the song go from it's awsome original form of one of Pink Floyds greatest and most popular songs and transforms it into a scary and creepy song that would make marilyn manson hide under his covers.

On a personal note, I know nothing.

[Bonez87x]

When some one does a cover song, its either of 2 things... they acnt think of shit else to do, or they did it because they love the song..

Tribute to Ramones was a pretty decent cd which had multiple bands doing Ramone covers; Offsprings - I Wanna Be Sedated ; Is a good example.

I personally, my top 10, have 2 songs of Pink Floyd in there. The Trial from the Wall album.. I must have watched that part of the Wall movie so many times..

What pisses me off more than a shitty cover song is taking a good classic rock song and turning the beat into a rap song.. like Crazy Train... everytime that song hits my random playlist.. I think of the rap version and immdiatly change the song

[MullManiac]

I dont think a cover can ever be as good as the original, theres just no heart in covers

[Sgt. Pepper]

Mullmaniac, there's no heart in Jimi's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower"? Because, in my opinion, this is the greatest cover of all time and clearly defines the role of a cover. It shouldn't be play the song straight through, because that's boring and offers no incentive to listen to anything but the original. The role of a cover is to take the song and make it your own, like Jimi did. Everything in the recording, from the acoustic's strumming rhythm, to the delivery of the lyrics, to (of course) the landmark solo is so distinctly Jimi, even though it's a Dylan song. The result is that is takes the original to new heights and becomes a completely different artistic statement altogether.

[Canadabis]

Whos bob dylan? you mean robert zimmerman?
Yeah that guy dry humped the hippie movemnet like an aroused bed bug on grandma in the old folks home.

[Az.]

I dont even want to know about people covering crazy train....

Dream Theater covered hey you by pink floyd.....which i didnt think was toooo bad....
System of a down cover a couple of pink floyd songs....they sucked....
A of course the shitty brick in the wall cover by korn...
Covers are never as good as the original imo.....maybe if you dont like the original very much then you might like a cover....who knows?? ohho ohohoohhh

The other day i was sitting on the bus and there was a what sounded new, pop cover of a pink floyd song i cant remember what it was exactly but it was either comfortably numb or wish you were here....it was shit....but id quite like to know who it is by if any body knows.....:)