Posted on 07/21/2018 7:29:54 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Perpetuum Jazzile - Africa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbpwlqp5Qw
I think their cover sounds too much like the original. What’s the point?
Next thing you know, Foo Fighters will cover Safety Dance
Wasn’t Weezer one of The Our Gang Kids?
Cover “Africa?” That song still, IMO is one of the greatest of all time. It can’t be covered. Just like Foo Fighters tried covering Baker Street. (Disclosure, I’m listening to it now ironically. Diana I had too may Spotted Cows again).
It’s good.
Weezer - Man, there is a name that I have not heard in a while.
Listening to a talented band like Weezer cover "Africa" makes me realize what an incredible group of musicians Toto was. RIP Jeff Porcaro.
I’m watching the “Wasted Years” video even as we speak.
“We make really great 7 minute songs.”
—Steve Harris
Freegards, ha I swear I heard him say something like that in a doc, so great
Seven minutes? Hell, Bruce composed Empire of the Clouds, and that’s 18 minutes and 2 seconds long. The Book of Souls is 10 minutes and 30 seconds long, and is my favorite off the album.
His point in the doc was about exposure on a mass media platform like terrestrial radio. Today most folks can’t listen to a even a 2.5 min song unless they are doing something else, driving , walking, whatever. With Maiden you have to be into it to appreciate fully, it isn’t 8 minutes of background or whatever. At least that’s what I took from it.
Freegards
I love that a 2018 FR Weezer thread is going Maiden. Pretty funny.
Freegards
later
You do Eric Whitacre Virtual Choir pieces?
Thats a very nice cover, very safe. I like it.. but for something with more of a twist, check this one out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH9FyLsfDzw
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