ILX Pre-Covers Pet Shop Boys' "Super"

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I guess we'll have a crack at Twenty-something

ZESTY O'PRIDE (imago), Thursday, 28 January 2016 11:06 (eight years ago) link

Okay so current status:

01 Happiness
02 The Pop Kids
03 Twenty-something -- imago
04 Groovy -- Tomboto
05 The dictator decides --sarahell
06 Pazzo! -- daavid
07 Inner sanctum
08 Undertow
09 Sad robot world
10 Say it to me -- DJP (who has no time)
11 Burn -- snoball
12 Into thin air

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 January 2016 18:47 (eight years ago) link

yeah I don't know what I was thinking, there's no way I will be able to do this

"Say It To Me" is back up for grabs

its subtle brume (DJP), Thursday, 28 January 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link

I only discovered Garage Band on my Mac (well, opened it for the first time last week) and I have no musical ability or else I would have a go at this.

Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Thursday, 28 January 2016 21:30 (eight years ago) link

This is precisely why you SHOULD have a go.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 January 2016 21:54 (eight years ago) link

I'll take Undertow then.

Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 29 January 2016 01:26 (eight years ago) link

I was going to skip this one, but I think I have something suitable for "Inner Sanctum", so hey.

Mark G, Friday, 29 January 2016 11:10 (eight years ago) link

I would like to have a go, but being a lurker I don't want to stake a claim over regulars. If something's left I'll do it.

bert newtown, Friday, 29 January 2016 20:23 (eight years ago) link

Hey we still have plenty left, claim away.

Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 January 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link

Current status, five left to claim:

01 Happiness
02 The Pop Kids
03 Twenty-something -- imago
04 Groovy -- Tomboto
05 The dictator decides --sarahell
06 Pazzo! -- daavid
07 Inner sanctum -- Mark G
08 Undertow -- Gubke
09 Sad robot world
10 Say it to me
11 Burn -- snoball
12 Into thin air

Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 January 2016 20:25 (eight years ago) link

Say it to me... Thanks Ned

bert newtown, Friday, 29 January 2016 20:28 (eight years ago) link

May I have 'Sad Robot World' Ned? Thanks.

MaresNest, Friday, 29 January 2016 20:34 (eight years ago) link

Done and done.

01 Happiness
02 The Pop Kids
03 Twenty-something -- imago
04 Groovy -- Tomboto
05 The dictator decides --sarahell
06 Pazzo! -- daavid
07 Inner sanctum -- Mark G
08 Undertow -- Gubke
09 Sad robot world -- MaresNest
10 Say it to me -- bert newtown
11 Burn -- snoball
12 Into thin air

Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 January 2016 21:01 (eight years ago) link

i've never done this i don't know exactly how it works but it sounds fun and i love the title "into thin air" so i want to claim that one!

fact checking cuz, Friday, 29 January 2016 21:07 (eight years ago) link

which is to say, i AM claiming that one. if that's how it works.

fact checking cuz, Friday, 29 January 2016 21:08 (eight years ago) link

here's how it works:

1. write and record a piece of music (song or instrumental)
2. title it with the song title you've claimed
3. send an audio file of the recording to Ned
4. PROFIT
4a. sadly there is no actual profit

its subtle brume (DJP), Friday, 29 January 2016 21:27 (eight years ago) link

can i stand behind every performance in Issey Miyake shades while stonily poking a keyboard

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 January 2016 21:30 (eight years ago) link

thanks djp. i'm in. (but i'm going to stop at step 4 and totally skip step 4a.)

fact checking cuz, Friday, 29 January 2016 21:42 (eight years ago) link

Sounds good. WHO DARES DO THE FIRST TWO.

01 Happiness
02 The Pop Kids
03 Twenty-something -- imago
04 Groovy -- Tomboto
05 The dictator decides --sarahell
06 Pazzo! -- daavid
07 Inner sanctum -- Mark G
08 Undertow -- Gubke
09 Sad robot world -- MaresNest
10 Say it to me -- bert newtown
11 Burn -- snoball
12 Into thin air -- fact checking cuz

Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 January 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link

As previously stated, if nobody takes The Pop Kids over the weekend I'll take it (but tbh I hope someone does).

suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Saturday, 30 January 2016 00:25 (eight years ago) link

Okay, tentatively yours unless someone speaks up. That just leaves..."Happiness." And who among us is happy?

Ned Raggett, Saturday, 30 January 2016 15:42 (eight years ago) link

needs Bernard Snowy and emil.y

MaresNest, Saturday, 30 January 2016 16:53 (eight years ago) link

OK, I'll have a crack at Happiness.

The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Sunday, 31 January 2016 14:17 (eight years ago) link

is there a place to go dl all the previous pre-covers that I missed in my self imposed exile

Sith Dog (El Tomboto), Friday, 12 February 2016 01:20 (eight years ago) link

Missed Tom D.'s post there -- it's yours of course! And per Tomboto I've got them all around but I don't think many are hosted at this point...

Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 February 2016 04:40 (eight years ago) link

dumb (perhaps) question: do people generally try to make these things sound kinda sorta like the artist we are pre-honoring, or is that beside the point?

fact checking cuz, Friday, 12 February 2016 04:48 (eight years ago) link

Sometimes they do..

There was a whole bunch of apex on the Syro one, not so much on the Morrissey one..

Mark G, Friday, 12 February 2016 08:09 (eight years ago) link

.. And the Lulu one was made to confuse.

Mark G, Friday, 12 February 2016 08:10 (eight years ago) link

The lovely ILX COMPILATIONS and what they all are..

.. If you need to catch up.

Mark G, Friday, 12 February 2016 08:12 (eight years ago) link

dumb (perhaps) question: do people generally try to make these things sound kinda sorta like the artist we are pre-honoring, or is that beside the point?

Not unless the Pet Shop Boys are planning a pretty radical change of direction on this album. Speaking only of my track. Which I've finished. And will send when I get round to it.

Demeraray & Essequebo (Tom D.), Friday, 12 February 2016 10:14 (eight years ago) link

I've more or less done my own thing, but have tried to throw in a couple of PSB-like touches.

bored at work (snoball), Friday, 12 February 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link

i think i just came up with the lyrics for the chorus and an overall concept

sarahell, Friday, 12 February 2016 16:29 (eight years ago) link

Okay so anyway:

01 Happiness -- Tom D.
02 The Pop Kids -- aldo
03 Twenty-something -- imago
04 Groovy -- Tomboto
05 The dictator decides --sarahell
06 Pazzo! -- daavid
07 Inner sanctum -- Mark G
08 Undertow -- Gubke
09 Sad robot world -- MaresNest
10 Say it to me -- bert newtown
11 Burn -- snoball
12 Into thin air -- fact checking cuz

And beyond that, cover art from someone, please...

Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 February 2016 16:54 (eight years ago) link

How are Darwin's Kids fixed?

Mark G, Friday, 12 February 2016 17:13 (eight years ago) link

Ooh, I'm a bit late but here goes...

Mark G, Monday, 22 February 2016 15:48 (eight years ago) link

Right, that's my track sent.

Thomas of Britain (Tom D.), Monday, 22 February 2016 16:00 (eight years ago) link

Not late at all! Thanks folks -- I have four tracks so far.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 February 2016 16:34 (eight years ago) link

I keep getting lost in Garage Band. I haven't recorded anything yet. This might have been a silly idea.

Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Monday, 22 February 2016 23:11 (eight years ago) link

Not as silly as me thinking I would have time. I'm not very proud of my effort at all. :-(

suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 13:58 (eight years ago) link

Mine's is no masterpiece, if that's any consolation. Not exactly selling this, are we?

Thomas of Britain (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 15:44 (eight years ago) link

After 2 attempts to make something PSBesque I'm just making something else. Given I don't have much time it sadly also may not be a masterpiece. Still...friday evening to polish it up.

bert newtown, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 19:13 (eight years ago) link

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah - sent.

bert newtown, Friday, 26 February 2016 12:15 (eight years ago) link

v nearly finished

odysseus (imago), Friday, 26 February 2016 12:44 (eight years ago) link

I am weirdly looking forward to this if only so I can measure them up against my own amateurish Garage Band attempts. And also, I'm sure it'll be good.

Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 26 February 2016 12:53 (eight years ago) link

Ned, any chance for a deadline extension? I really, really want to do this but I'm completely buried with work and don't think I'll have time to finish by Saturday :/

daavid, Friday, 26 February 2016 14:45 (eight years ago) link

If you can get it to me by Sunday?

Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 February 2016 16:58 (eight years ago) link

I knew there was something I'd said I'd have done this weekend ...

sarahell, Friday, 26 February 2016 18:41 (eight years ago) link

Thanks Ned!

daavid, Friday, 26 February 2016 21:41 (eight years ago) link

Getting promoted + attendant work insanity + not knowing anything about Garage Band before I agreed to this + not having any musical ability or understanding beyond a listener = this was a very bad idea. Maybe this album really needs to broken up by a brief interlude track.

Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 26 February 2016 23:33 (eight years ago) link

it'll be mostly interludes at this rate

submitted, btw (not an interlude)

odysseus (imago), Saturday, 27 February 2016 23:19 (eight years ago) link

Got the backing track ready ('ready'). Now all I gotta do is the vox! I'm kind of pissed at myself for not spending more time on this. I wanted to do an epic sounding track and ended up doing something very minimal. Also, I'm pretty sure I stole the chorus from somewhere, I always do that. The verses too, probably.

daavid, Sunday, 28 February 2016 06:26 (eight years ago) link

Just about to send.

I wanted my friend to sing on it but we couldn't manage it, which is a shame.

I tried to make it sad, which it is (kinda) but it's nothing like PSB, perhaps if they were on ECM.

MaresNest, Sunday, 28 February 2016 12:06 (eight years ago) link

My "Happiness" turned out more sinister than happy tbh.

Thomas of Britain (Tom D.), Sunday, 28 February 2016 12:14 (eight years ago) link

I woke up with the awful thought i'd forgotten to have a bassline. There is a weird bassy phrase but ... is it still sunday, should I fix it?

bert newtown, Sunday, 28 February 2016 20:36 (eight years ago) link

Totally fine for a last minute fix! I'm pretty tired today -- yesterday was busy with a lot of things, including two shows -- so I might not get around to actually putting everything together until tomorrow.

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 28 February 2016 22:59 (eight years ago) link

Submitted!

daavid, Monday, 29 February 2016 07:44 (eight years ago) link

just got to do a final edit ... they should rename ableton live, ableton lol

sarahell, Monday, 29 February 2016 08:00 (eight years ago) link

What I originally planned as a sequel to "Paninaro" ended up being a google-translate italian spoken word melodrama. Oh well

daavid, Monday, 29 February 2016 08:03 (eight years ago) link

Okay at this point I have nine out of twelve -- sorry to not be more up on this, completely exhausted yesterday. If you're still running late, get them in to me by tonight if you could!

Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 February 2016 15:17 (eight years ago) link

sent in all its obvious-mistakes-in-ableton.html glory

sarahell, Tuesday, 1 March 2016 06:13 (eight years ago) link

Okay a quick update -- I'm missing Tomboto's song (but he's here in SF for the week so I'll check with him) and Gubke's.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 04:10 (eight years ago) link

I haven't been able to pull it together!

Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 04:27 (eight years ago) link

Something will happen!

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 05:36 (eight years ago) link

http://i63.tinypic.com/ofoc1y.jpg

MaresNest, Sunday, 6 March 2016 09:40 (eight years ago) link

Still waiting on Gukbe and Tombot here...

Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 March 2016 03:52 (eight years ago) link

at this point the thing to do is two spoken-word interludes and done tbh

Laertiades (imago), Monday, 7 March 2016 08:00 (eight years ago) link

and by that i mean 'take your time, it's fine, don't replace my own track with a spoken-word interlude, sorry'

Laertiades (imago), Monday, 7 March 2016 22:02 (eight years ago) link

i will do a track with a computer voice reading imago's greatest ilx posts

sarahell, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 01:57 (eight years ago) link

At least it'll be short!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 15:15 (eight years ago) link

Resisted the temptation earlier. Just too easy.

Thomas of Britain (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 15:28 (eight years ago) link

;_;

Laertiades (imago), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 15:29 (eight years ago) link

;____;

Laertiades (imago), Thursday, 10 March 2016 18:50 (eight years ago) link

can i make changes to mine?

sarahell, Thursday, 10 March 2016 21:22 (eight years ago) link

If you like. At this point if I don't get anything by Saturday I will release it over the weekend. (Sorry Gubke and Tombot but the time is nigh.)

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 10 March 2016 22:48 (eight years ago) link

I have a zombie bikers ride thru town sounscape itching for a voice over if gubke or ned would...or anyone really. It'll work along the lines of able ton.fuckno as earlier described.

bert newtown, Friday, 11 March 2016 13:27 (eight years ago) link

No last-minute drama?

Laertiades (imago), Sunday, 13 March 2016 19:18 (eight years ago) link

Nope, so I'm going to give what I have a last listen through then upload later this afternoon or tonight.

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 March 2016 21:19 (eight years ago) link

please do spoken-word interludes for 'groovy' and 'undertow'* if you can :)

*the liner-notes to the tool album maybe?

Laertiades (imago), Sunday, 13 March 2016 21:32 (eight years ago) link

My apologies for not being able to help with Bert's request -- fuller last few days than expected.

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 March 2016 21:34 (eight years ago) link

And we are live

“It Was Fantastic To Be Back" -- ILX Precovers the Pet Shop Boys' _Super_

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 March 2016 21:42 (eight years ago) link

whump, there it is..

Mark G, Monday, 14 March 2016 09:35 (eight years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Well, I didn't get around to this in a timely fashion, but I did end up with lyrics. Maybe this will end up as a series of audible waves one day.

"Groovy" by the Pet Shop Boys

What is the definition of a beat?

a beat is something
a beat is something
that goes on in your mind
goes on in your mind
that happens all the time
happens all the time
that can't be stopped
can't be stopped
but most importantly

(chorus A)
It's GRROOOOOOVY
for all the ladies out at sea
It's GRROOOOOOVY
for all the men trapped in zero-G
It's GRROOOOOOVY
for all the mouths full of the D
It's GRROOOOOOVY
for all the fingers inside a V

a beat is something
a beat is something
that breaks up time
breaks up time
that repeats itself
wait it does what now
but most importantly

(chorus B)
It's GRROOOOOOVY
for all the MC squares that equal C
It's GRROOOOOOVY
for everyone on the road holding the P
It's GRROOOOOOVY
for all of us and you and me
It's GRROOOOOOVY
for the glory of god and country

repeat chorus A+B, fade out

other people systems as applicable (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 03:21 (eight years ago) link

it's got some syncopation going on, in my head. french horn solo bridge, obviously.

other people systems as applicable (El Tomboto), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 03:23 (eight years ago) link


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