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They've been spending most their lives living in a pastime paradise
They've been wasting most their time glorifying days long gone behind
They've been wasting most their days in remembrance of ignorance's oldest praise
Tell me, who of them will come to be?
How many of them are you and me?
Dissipation
Race relations
Consolation
Segregation
Dispensation
Isolation
Exploitation
Mutilation
Mutations
Miscreation
Confirmation
To the evils of the world
They've been spending most their lives living in a future paradise
They've been spending most their lives living in a future paradise
They've been looking in their minds for the day that sorrow's lost from time
They keep telling of the day when the savior of love will come to stay
Tell me who of them will come to be?
How many of them are you and me?
Proclamation
Of race relations
Consolation
Integretion
Verification
Of Revelations
Acclamation
World salvation
Vibrations
Stimulation
Confirmation
To the peace of the world
They've been spending most their lives living in a pastime paradise
They've been spending most their lives living in a pastime paradise
They've been spending most their lives living in a future paradise
They've been spending most their lives living in a future paradise
We've been spending too much of our lives living in a pastime paradise
Let's start living our lives, living for the future paradise
Praise to our lives living for the future paradise
Shame to anyones life for living in the pastime paradise
I give you "Nothing Compares 2 U "by Sinnead O'Connor. Even Prince said it was no longer his song.
The same said reznor about Cash's cover of his song "Hurt"
I give you "Nothing Compares 2 U "by Sinnead O'Connor. Even Prince said it was no longer his song.
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" was a cover by Cindy.
I'll bet you've never heard the original because it was nowhere near as good.
I give you "Nothing Compares 2 U "by Sinnead O'Connor. Even Prince said it was no longer his song.
I'm a little late to the table but I will present Them's take on Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue".
Good example with Watchtower - Jimi's was infinitely better than Mr. D's and Michael Hedges version was the song that turned me on to him: coming home one night, plopping on the couch, turning the tv on to Austin City Limits and seeing Hedges go off on that song was a game changer for me.
As good as Hendrix was, I actually prefer the original, but Dylan is one of my favorite artists. I spent a good portion of my life believing Hendrix's version was the original....
I give you "Nothing Compares 2 U "by Sinnead O'Connor. Even Prince said it was no longer his song.
And "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley, "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix, and "Sweet Jane" by Cowboy Junkies.
I am sick to DEATH of this song.
kingart wrote:
Haha. Sometimes I think hell may be hearing your least favourite song played on repeat for eternity, so maybe be will be hearing it . . . a lot! For me, the thought of hearing "We Built This City" or "Sometimes When We Touch" on an endless loop is enough to make me consider becoming a monk. ; )
The youngsters on this thread will, sometime in their life, come to the realization that a cover is NEVER better than the original song.
That's obviously false, so I'll jump on the bandwagon here, with another rejection of this claim. I present into evidence SYML's cover of Mr. Sandman on the album Sacred Spaces.
...er... nope!
It looks like you have 4 songs from Songs in the Key of Life in your playlist. You no longer post how much they have been played recently, but, from my listening, this song is by far played the most of the 4. So, while this is a great song, there is SO much more on that album. Can you mix it up a bit more? Pick any song. How about
Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing
Breaking: Old Man Yells At Cloud
Kind of seems in the 1970s and 1980s it was always required to put a gong at the end of a song.
Cool songs begin and end with gongs.
or Little Wing by Stevie Ray.
My sister in law made me a CD with 8 versions of Little Wing. Loved 'em all.
Ngiculela - Es Una Historia - I Am Singing
As a 90's college kid I always wait a few bars to see if Bill will go off the deep end and play Coolio's Gangsta Paradise.
Or Weird Al's Amish Paradise...
I vote that he does! I unashamedly prefer the Coolio version!
I prefer the original by Coolio.
LOL
That is my favorite version
I give you "Nothing Compares 2 U "by Sinnead O'Connor. Even Prince said it was no longer his song.
And Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah.
(And honestly? Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise)
I'll see your Get-Off-My-Lawn declaration and raise you "All Along The Watchtower."
Also all three version of this (Stevie, Coolio, and Weird Al) are amazing, which speaks to the original's genius as well as the other artists' creativity.
Good example with Watchtower - Jimi's was infinitely better than Mr. D's and Michael Hedges version was the song that turned me on to him: coming home one night, plopping on the couch, turning the tv on to Austin City Limits and seeing Hedges go off on that song was a game changer for me.
I give you "Nothing Compares 2 U "by Sinnead O'Connor. Even Prince said it was no longer his song.
And "Hurt" by Johnny Cash. Sometimes the skill is in the creation, Sometimes the skill is in the execution. All good.
I prefer the original by Coolio.
Watch Pastime Paradise just get sampled again and again by each successive generation. Millenials have Coolio, Gen Z will probably have like Ariana Grande or someone, and a hundred years from now someone will STILL be using Pastime Paradise because it's just that good.
This is not a problem. It's a reflection of each successive generation, and the fact that a good song can both reflect and transcend generations.
Personally, I like Coolio's and Stevie's versions equally. Weird Al tried too hard with his; he reached his apex of hip-hop parody with All About the Pentiums and White & Nerdy.
and I would propose
All Along the Watchtower .. Jimi cover
and maybe coincidentally
Little Wing .. Derek and the Dominos cover
or Little Wing by Stevie Ray.
I prefer the original by Coolio.
I prefer the Original Original by Weird Al Yankovic
I prefer the original by Coolio.
Surely you jest.
Surely.
Johhny Cash doing the NIN cover "Hurt". Jaw droppingly beautiful.
+1 - went to the JC museum in Nashville and the Hurt video is the last section of the museum, it runs on repeat cycle and people are in front of it just mesmerized and in tears... it was absolutely amazing.
As a 'not youngster' myself, I heartily disagree. There are many, many covers that are vastly superior to the originals.
As a 'not youngster' of 64 I couldn't agree more.
The youngsters on this thread will, sometime in their life, come to the realization that a cover is NEVER better than the original song.
As a 'not youngster' myself, I heartily disagree. There are many, many covers that are vastly superior to the originals.
elevation
transportation
defenestration
loud exclamation
evaporation
sublimation
transpiration
precipitation
constipation
indignation
irrigation
elimination
inebriation
excitation
altercation
deprication
Wow - I'm a song writer too!
That could, honestly, come straight out of a U2 song....
I give you "Nothing Compares 2 U "by Sinnead O'Connor. Even Prince said it was no longer his song.
Johhny Cash doing the NIN cover "Hurt". Jaw droppingly beautiful.
I'll see your Get-Off-My-Lawn declaration and raise you "All Along The Watchtower."
Also all three version of this (Stevie, Coolio, and Weird Al) are amazing, which speaks to the original's genius as well as the other artists' creativity.
I'm going to split the difference acolt and countyman. Some artist freshen up or bring an entirely new sensibility to someone's work. But countyman has a point too. I've seen my share of vanity projects which reflect the artist's ego rather than a new interpretation.
I'll see your Get-Off-My-Lawn declaration and raise you "All Along The Watchtower."
Also all three version of this (Stevie, Coolio, and Weird Al) are amazing, which speaks to the original's genius as well as the other artists' creativity.
Or Weird Al's Amish Paradise...
Totally, gets me every time.
lizardking wrote:
Assuming you're referring to the Weird Al PARODY of this, though regardless, I don't see how the premise "a cover is never better than the original" could possibly be true. Better to who? Even artists (Prince, Dylan, etc.) have said that their songs have been covered better than their original recording.
And in addition to the few songs mentioned as better covers, I give you the Beatles "Twist and Shout" as an example of a better cover than the original.
Also, using a broader definition of 'cover' to include parodies and mashups, I like the originality of Chris Cornell's mashup-cover of U2's One and Metallica's One, which I think BillG's played here too - Long Live RP and great discussions like this one (should) prompt!
Assuming you're referring to the Weird Al PARODY of this, though regardless, I don't see how the premise "a cover is never better than the original" could possibly be true. Better to who? Even artists (Prince, Dylan, etc.) have said that their songs have been covered better than their original recording.
And in addition to the few songs mentioned as better covers, I give you the Beatles "Twist and Shout" as an example of a better cover than the original.
Also, using a broader definition of 'cover' to include parodies and mashups, I like the originality of Chris Cornell's mashup-cover of U2's One and Metallica's One, which I think BillG's played here too - Long Live RP and great discussions like this one (should) prompt!
and I would propose
All Along the Watchtower .. Jimi cover
and maybe coincidentally
Little Wing .. Derek and the Dominos cover
...first time on this amazing radio
I give you "Nothing Compares 2 U "by Sinnead O'Connor. Even Prince said it was no longer his song.
9 kids.... 9!!! Top of his game indeed. (P.S. - Love the wiki window on the player site)
perfection
As is most of the Songs collection.
perfection
I look at my wife and see she is very plain...
Amish Paradise - Weird Al
Or Weird Al's Amish Paradise...
same.
Or Weird Al's Amish Paradise...
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/arts/music/sylvia-moy-songwriter-who-worked-with-stevie-wonder-dies-at-78.html?_r=0
Thanks for that.
. . . is not a word.
defaction
No need to shout, Grandpa.
you are correct (sorry!)
i like this a lot
Harmonies mostly missing in Rap, not so with this tune off a great album.
No need to shout, Grandpa.
L0L
Weird Al if you missed it , one of his best! Bill please play it dude
No need to shout, Grandpa.
But the cover wouldn't even be, without the original. I like both versions, and Weird Al's parody. But gotta give props to Mr. Wonder.
You should google on youtube gansters paradise with stevie and coolio..its a live version and both songs mixed together {they perform together}. its great!
You must not listen to RP often... feels like one of the ONLY Stevie songs that gets played.... over and over.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/arts/music/sylvia-moy-songwriter-who-worked-with-stevie-wonder-dies-at-78.html?_r=0
... masturbatioooooooon. This song forces me to sing out immaturely.
That'll be 'Gangster's Paradise', (playing on my iTunes right now). Its weird for me to find myself prefering it to the original, but i think i do. Now i'm trying to figure out why!
But the cover wouldn't even be, without the original. I like both versions, and Weird Al's parody. But gotta give props to Mr. Wonder.
Came here to say this. Love both songs.
Ring.
Am I the only one who was a little disappointed (after the first three bars) that this wasn't the Coolio song?
No. I got the same feeling. :-)
I really think that a cover may be better than the original. And many of them really are...
That'll be 'Gangster's Paradise', (playing on my iTunes right now). Its weird for me to find myself prefering it to the original, but i think i do. Now i'm trying to figure out why!
Then you likely won't be hearing it any more.
I ... I think he might pull through.
Am I the only one who was a little disappointed (after the first three bars) that this wasn't the Coolio song?
No. I got the same feeling. :-)
I really think that a cover may be better than the original. And many of them really are...
Entire Album: 10
I agree, a great song from my all-time #1 album
I guess it's a matter of semantics. "Sampled" is the correct term for Coolio's "work" since Stevie Wonder is credited as a co-writer; "ripped off" would be if Wonder were not credited. "Completely Ripped Off" would be if Coolio had re-released Stevie Wonder's recording without changing anything in it, and declared it his own work. I agree though, it is funny, even ridiculous, that Coolio was bothered by Yankovic's cover.
As I recall he wasn't upset that Al "ripped him off" rather he was upset that the serious subject matter of his song (young black lives being destroyed by the gangsta lifestyle) was being turned into a joke.
At any rate he got over it. Hugsta Paradise
Then you likely won't be hearing it any more.
The funny part of the saga was when Coolio got mad at Weird Al for "ripping him off."
I guess it's a matter of semantics. "Sampled" is the correct term for Coolio's "work" since Stevie Wonder is credited as a co-writer; "ripped off" would be if Wonder were not credited. "Completely Ripped Off" would be if Coolio had re-released Stevie Wonder's recording without changing anything in it, and declared it his own work. I agree though, it is funny, even ridiculous, that Coolio was bothered by Yankovic's cover.
Entire Album: 10
Stevie is, was, & always will be, a " WONDER "
nope....this one
one very odd kat, Bill is.....
(Giggle)
Fermentation
Vaporization
Distillation
Imbibe libation
Inebriation
Too many syllables in "Imbibe" perhaps drink libation?
Actually your post is what is pathetic.
All "rock" songs use the same seven fucking chords, pathetic! Most of them - well above half - use a I-IV-V pattern - just like the rest, always in 4/4 time, with verse X4, X2, then chorus, possibly a bridge, and repeat. What formulaic bullshit, right?
Wrong - knowing how a song is constructed has nothing to do with realizing the art in it. It is the art - the feeling - that is important to me. Sure, I like me some great playing, too, but I also love me some good sampling.
That fucking van Gogh - putting oil on canvas! What a shlock! What a farce! I call bullshit!
If you like rap crap why do you listen to this station I must wonder. I am sure there is good music out there that is marketed as rap. As I have stated here at RP many times art is whatever you think it is. Let me tell you why I think rap is pathetic. It is misogynistic and often hateful. It is not original. It borrows (samples) and I think this is just a trick of recycling older songs. But most of all, which you seem to concede, is that its appeal is emotional. Punk Country Heavy Metal and other similar types of music also appeal to base emotions. These are mainly for group solidarity, identity, and lifestyle. These appeal to people who dont really care about the musical aspect but more the lyrical and other aspects of the act (what the performer wears and drives and how they talk what products they buy sell endorse WHO THEY HATE how loud it is how much they gyrate on stage how driving the beat is). This is facism.
Vaporization
Distillation
Inebriation
Weird Al cover of Coolio song that "sampled" (completely ripped off, in this case) Stevie Wonder.
The funny part of the saga was when Coolio got mad at Weird Al for "ripping him off."
Yeah, baby! Nothing like the RP app coupled with an unlimited data plan, eh?
I prefer the original by Coolio.