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'Damn U' Cover By Myself For any of you living in the UK, you'll know that the weather was utterly horrible today! Being house bound I decided to record a quick a version of Damn U. I thought I'd post it here so that the Prince community can have a listen and give me some feedback. I got two sides... and they're both friends. | |
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Nice | |
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I hate people covering Prince songs. There's so few good ones...almost non-existent. LeAnn Rimes, Mariah...maybe have tried. Most have failed.
Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. | |
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TrivialPursuit said: I hate people covering Prince songs. There's so few good ones...almost non-existent. LeAnn Rimes, Mariah...maybe have tried. Most have failed.
Hahaha thank you very much, that is high praise indeed! I'm glad you found my Adore cover too. I completely forgot to post that one on here when I first uploaded it. I've just recently set up a little studio in my house, so I can finally record whenever I feel like it from the comfort of my own home. It's makes such a difference, especially vocally. I can see now why Prince used to send everyone out when he wanted to record vocals. I got two sides... and they're both friends. | |
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Very nice, do you also write? | |
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Hi Dan, [Edited 2/23/17 17:29pm] | |
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Um...WOW!!! That sounds beautiful!!!! I wish I sounded like that!! | |
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Your "Adore" cover is really amazing too!! Better than a lot of the tributes that I have heard! Please let us know when u post more! [Edited 2/23/17 17:40pm] | |
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loved it.thanks for sharing...I only just heard the original today
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Nice. You have a really great tone to your voice. Lovely to hear! "A strong spirit transcends rules." - Prince | |
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Like others have expressed, I'm not a fan of the P covers I've heard and I avoid them like the plague...but what I enjoyed about yours was that you weren't trying to be or imitate P, you have a lovely voice and sang as yourself which was very nice in it's own right.
Now if you'd try Nothing Compares To You, purely for scientific research purposes...
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Wow guys, I'm slightly overwhelmed by the response!!! You've all made me blush haha! It's mean a lot coming from fellow orgers. Covering a Prince tune is risky business, so I try to keep it true to myself whilst still honouring the elements of the song that made me love it in the first place. If you guys are interested I'll definitely more of my tracks up on here when I upload them. If you can, also give my Facebook page a like, it really helps me get better profile gigs and better venues. Peace and B Wild, Danny George x I got two sides... and they're both friends. | |
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Most of time I am MEH on any Prince cover...but this is nice. And how you sing it is good for your voice... "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" | |
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Very Nice. Well done! | |
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Beautiful. Adore sounds like it could be a C&W hit. | |
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Damn good, I must say!!
You have the register to pull it off. Nice arrangment too. | |
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Very impressive Daniel son | |
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When I read the title of the thread I thought "Some cat covering Damn U? That can only be a complete disaster". And it wasn't. You did a pretty good job and respected the source material alright. My only critic might be that it lacks a certain swing: the beat/rhythm section is a little too robotic and some of the sensuality gets lost because of it. But apart from that I'm quite impressed A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ | |
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databank said: When I read the title of the thread I thought "Some cat covering Damn U? That can only be a complete disaster". And it wasn't. You did a pretty good job and respected the source material alright. My only critic might be that it lacks a certain swing: the beat/rhythm section is a little too robotic and some of the sensuality gets lost because of it. But apart from that I'm quite impressed I agree completely with that man, thank you for the feedback. I played the piano, the guitar and the bass live over a drum track that I programmed. It's hard to get that human element when you record with midi sometimes. I'm still learning though so I'll get the hang of it. I got two sides... and they're both friends. | |
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All I can say is that I listened to this from start to finished and really enjoyed it. I don't know if I can say that about any other Prince cover song. You beat the shit out of Tom Jones. And someone should have done that by now for butchering a Prince song. Check out The Mountains and the Sea, a Prince podcast by yours truly and my wife. More info at https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ | |
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Very nice Danny! I also really enjoyed that. Nice voice! Have U had your + today? | |
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Very nice, Dandan. Thanks for sharing! | |
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HOLY SHIT, THAT GAVE ME CHILLS. | |
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Loved this!!! Adore was amazing too.... | |
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I echo everyone else. That was great. Adore too. Thank you for posting. | |
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Love it...but why did you leave out the ending? I felt a little cheated at the end 1 over Jordan...the greatest since | |
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I always tought Marilyn Manson was the only one allowed to make covers, since in many cases he´s better than the original, but your cover is awesome! Congrats! | |
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Ditto - I too wanted to hear more. TFS | |
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Very smooth voice and yes you made it your own. I'm impressed! Please keep sharing, growing, and exploring. It is young people like you that give me hope of taking established music genres and exposing it for re-appreciation!
It is your hometown that took American R&B and rock & roll, put their own spin on it and sold it back to us!
You kind of favor this chap a little! Style is the second cousin to class | |
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Such beautiful songs. I think you truly did them justice. It was wonderful that you kept true to so much of the phrasing and inflections, but it still had enough of an individual nuance to allow it to be your cover rather than some "faded photograph" | |
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