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Thread started 07/25/09 8:54am

zaza

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My cover of Smashing Pumpkins - Crush

Hi there, I just want to share with you my first recorded song ever and it's "Crush" by my favourite band Smashing Pumpkins..

http://rapidshare.com/fil...h.mp3.html

Enjoy and share your views wink
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Imago: "You look sexy You know, that kind of super-hot, cuteness that gets a guy raped in prison. sexy"

My cover of the "Crush" by Smashing Pumpkins: http://prince.org/msg/15/314710.
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Reply #1 posted 07/28/09 8:56am

zaza

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Anybody..? sad

Imago: "You look sexy You know, that kind of super-hot, cuteness that gets a guy raped in prison. sexy"

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Reply #2 posted 08/02/09 11:43am

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Hi,
I'm not a Smashing Pumpkins fan,but I may check them out after hearing this.
Nice guitar playing. cool
Your vocal styling reminds me of Julian Cope.
What inspired this particular cover?

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Reply #3 posted 08/02/09 1:00pm

zaza

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tony23k said:

Hi,
I'm not a Smashing Pumpkins fan,but I may check them out after hearing this.
Nice guitar playing. cool
Your vocal styling reminds me of Julian Cope.
What inspired this particular cover?

Hi! Thank you, I wasn't sure about the vocals..it was the first time I ever sing, so I was like "it's the worst vocals ever" smile

This song is from SP's debut album "Gish" (1991, very psychedelic rock/grunge record). Original version has nice haunting and dreamy atmosphere..I love that song mainly because of memories of one girl I knew..it's lyrics has a little bit personal meaning to me.. wink

Imago: "You look sexy You know, that kind of super-hot, cuteness that gets a guy raped in prison. sexy"

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Reply #4 posted 08/02/09 1:42pm

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zaza said:

tony23k said:

Hi,
I'm not a Smashing Pumpkins fan,but I may check them out after hearing this.
Nice guitar playing. cool
Your vocal styling reminds me of Julian Cope.
What inspired this particular cover?

Hi! Thank you, I wasn't sure about the vocals..it was the first time I ever sing, so I was like "it's the worst vocals ever" smile

This song is from SP's debut album "Gish" (1991, very psychedelic rock/grunge record). Original version has nice haunting and dreamy atmosphere..I love that song mainly because of memories of one girl I knew..it's lyrics has a little bit personal meaning to me.. wink

I'll definitely check it out now. lol

Seriously,on the first listen the vocals really go with the instrumentation.
Don't be so hard on yourself,leave that to the critics.Just give it.

I'm not a musician,but I comment when I hear something interesting.
And the story behind the inspiration always takes it up a notch.
Thanks for sharing.

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Reply #5 posted 08/02/09 1:52pm

zaza

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tony23k said:

zaza said:


Hi! Thank you, I wasn't sure about the vocals..it was the first time I ever sing, so I was like "it's the worst vocals ever" smile

This song is from SP's debut album "Gish" (1991, very psychedelic rock/grunge record). Original version has nice haunting and dreamy atmosphere..I love that song mainly because of memories of one girl I knew..it's lyrics has a little bit personal meaning to me.. wink

I'll definitely check it out now. lol

Seriously,on the first listen the vocals really go with the instrumentation.
Don't be so hard on yourself,leave that to the critics.Just give it.

I'm not a musician,but I comment when I hear something interesting.
And the story behind the inspiration always takes it up a notch.
Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much! I'm glad that someone likes it cool

Btw don't forget to listen to SP's albums Siamese Dream (1993, musical masterpiece!) and their double album Mellon Collie And The Infinity Sadness (1995, classic album of the 90's) wink

Imago: "You look sexy You know, that kind of super-hot, cuteness that gets a guy raped in prison. sexy"

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Reply #6 posted 08/03/09 8:29pm

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cool voice for a rock song. You should try to play on acoustic. Clean guitar works better with drums and bass.

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Reply #7 posted 08/04/09 2:26am

zaza

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7salles said:

cool voice for a rock song. You should try to play on acoustic. Clean guitar works better with drums and bass.

Thank you very much wink I have just my copy of Les Paul, the Epiphone LP-100. I wanted to buy some cheap or used acoustic guitar, but after all, Jeff Buckley played clean guitar on some of his best tracks without bass and drums and it sounded pretty cool.. That was the sound I was trying to achieve on this track.. But in the future I'll get myself some good acoustic guitar wink

Imago: "You look sexy You know, that kind of super-hot, cuteness that gets a guy raped in prison. sexy"

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Reply #8 posted 08/07/09 12:18am

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zaza said:

tony23k said:


I'll definitely check it out now. lol

Seriously,on the first listen the vocals really go with the instrumentation.
Don't be so hard on yourself,leave that to the critics.Just give it.

I'm not a musician,but I comment when I hear something interesting.
And the story behind the inspiration always takes it up a notch.
Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much! I'm glad that someone likes it cool

Btw don't forget to listen to SP's albums Siamese Dream (1993, musical masterpiece!) and their double album Mellon Collie And The Infinity Sadness (1995, classic album of the 90's) wink
You're welcome!
I'm not sure which album it's from ,but "Tonight,Tonight" is an excellent video and song.
Listened to "Crush" and I can hear why you were inspired..



For some reason I had been blending them with Blind Melon. smile

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Reply #9 posted 08/07/09 3:15am

zaza

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tony23k said:

zaza said:


Thank you so much! I'm glad that someone likes it cool

Btw don't forget to listen to SP's albums Siamese Dream (1993, musical masterpiece!) and their double album Mellon Collie And The Infinity Sadness (1995, classic album of the 90's) wink
You're welcome!
I'm not sure which album it's from ,but "Tonight,Tonight" is an excellent video and song.
Listened to "Crush" and I can hear why you were inspired..



For some reason I had been blending them with Blind Melon. smile

Tonight,
Tonight is from Mellon Collie album wink

I love that dreamy atmosphere in Crush created by the bass guitar supported by that echo guitar..I can't tell if my version is worse, but I feel that without the bass, guitar solo and everything else it's a little bit different song with different emotions..

Imago: "You look sexy You know, that kind of super-hot, cuteness that gets a guy raped in prison. sexy"

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Reply #10 posted 08/07/09 8:23am

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WOW.
I love athmosphere and emotions of this song.
I like nuance of your voice and the arrangement of those guitars.
(I don't understand guitars. I can't write about it but I like it)
This song is absolutely perfect for me.

Good job Mr.Z.

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Reply #11 posted 08/07/09 9:49am

zaza

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Mautina said:

WOW.
I love athmosphere and emotions of this song.
I like nuance of your voice and the arrangement of those guitars.
(I don't understand guitars. I can't write about it but I like it)
This song is absolutely perfect for me.

Good job Mr.Z.

music

Thank you very much, Mautina wink I'm glad you like it cool

Imago: "You look sexy You know, that kind of super-hot, cuteness that gets a guy raped in prison. sexy"

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Reply #12 posted 08/07/09 12:05pm

abigail05

you did a really nice job with the recording, it sounds super clean!

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Reply #13 posted 08/08/09 2:26am

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abigail05 said:

you did a really nice job with the recording, it sounds super clean!

Thank you.. wink It was recorded in my friends studio on the first take (you can hear that I coughed at the end of the 2nd verse biggrin). Some kind of beautiful mistake wink

Imago: "You look sexy You know, that kind of super-hot, cuteness that gets a guy raped in prison. sexy"

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Reply #14 posted 08/08/09 8:54am

abigail05

do you think you'd cover anything from Siamese Dream?

I could take or leave Gish, but SD is probably my favorite record ever biggrin

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Reply #15 posted 08/08/09 9:09am

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abigail05 said:

do you think you'd cover anything from Siamese Dream?

I could take or leave Gish, but SD is probably my favorite record ever biggrin

SD is one of the greatest rock records ever! biggrin Maybe I'd cover Mayonaise (the most beautiful song EVER) or Hummer wink

Imago: "You look sexy You know, that kind of super-hot, cuteness that gets a guy raped in prison. sexy"

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Reply #16 posted 08/08/09 2:39pm

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abigail05 said:

do you think you'd cover anything from Siamese Dream?

I could take or leave Gish, but SD is probably my favorite record ever biggrin

SD is one of the greatest rock records ever! biggrin Maybe I'd cover Mayonaise (the most beautiful song EVER) or Hummer wink



many a tear shed during Mayonaise...

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abigail05 said:

zaza said:


SD is one of the greatest rock records ever! biggrin Maybe I'd cover Mayonaise (the most beautiful song EVER) or Hummer wink



many a tear shed during Mayonaise...

yeahthat
I can play really nice version of Mayonaise, when I get to the studio - it'll be on the org wink

Imago: "You look sexy You know, that kind of super-hot, cuteness that gets a guy raped in prison. sexy"

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Reply #18 posted 08/09/09 9:30am

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zaza said:

abigail05 said:




many a tear shed during Mayonaise...

yeahthat
I can play really nice version of Mayonaise, when I get to the studio - it'll be on the org wink


excellent! can't wait biggrin

maybe while you're in the studio you could throw down your version of 'Soothe' (from pisces iscariot) as well...

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Reply #19 posted 08/09/09 9:48am

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abigail05 said:

zaza said:


yeahthat
I can play really nice version of Mayonaise, when I get to the studio - it'll be on the org wink


excellent! can't wait biggrin

maybe while you're in the studio you could throw down your version of 'Soothe' (from pisces iscariot) as well...

hmmm ...ok! thumbs up! I'll try it. But if I couldn't get to the studio, I'll try to record it at home - but the sound quality won't be as good as on "Crush".. sad
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Imago: "You look sexy You know, that kind of super-hot, cuteness that gets a guy raped in prison. sexy"

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Reply #20 posted 08/09/09 12:56pm

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zaza said:

abigail05 said:



excellent! can't wait biggrin

maybe while you're in the studio you could throw down your version of 'Soothe' (from pisces iscariot) as well...

hmmm ...ok! thumbs up! I'll try it. But if I couldn't get to the studio, I'll try to record it at home - but the sound quality won't be as good as on "Crush".. sad
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don't make the mistake I've made of getting hung up on sound quality. It's a killer.

Better that you would have good songs and ideas and stuff. Quality of sound should come last!

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Reply #21 posted 08/09/09 1:36pm

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abigail05 said:

zaza said:


hmmm ...ok! thumbs up! I'll try it. But if I couldn't get to the studio, I'll try to record it at home - but the sound quality won't be as good as on "Crush".. sad
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don't make the mistake I've made of getting hung up on sound quality. It's a killer.

Better that you would have good songs and ideas and stuff. Quality of sound should come last!

That's true smile Thanks for advice wink
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Imago: "You look sexy You know, that kind of super-hot, cuteness that gets a guy raped in prison. sexy"

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Reply #22 posted 08/10/09 7:38am

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Mautina said:


I like nuance of your voice and the arrangement of those guitars.

Actually,
it's just one guitar smile I know it sounds like there is the second one, but that's because the vocal mic catched the sound of myself plucking the strings with my guitar pick cool

Imago: "You look sexy You know, that kind of super-hot, cuteness that gets a guy raped in prison. sexy"

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Reply #23 posted 09/16/09 3:06am

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thumbs up! Wow. Great job. I'm a huge Pumpkins fan and you did the song justice.

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Reply #24 posted 09/18/09 2:17am

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squirrelgrease said:

thumbs up! Wow. Great job. I'm a huge Pumpkins fan and you did the song justice.

Thank you, squirrelgrease! wink It's nice to see more Pumpkin freaks here on the org smile I'd like to know Corgan's view on this cover - I guess he forgot that he wrote this beautiful song sad
Heard it live only once on the Mashed Potatoes box set.

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