R&B group Silk has an album of covers coming out next week called Always & Forever, and one of the songs they take on is Prince's Adore. So far, I've only heard a 30-second sample on amazon.com. They also cover Michael Jackson, Al. B Sure and others. The tracklist:

1. There Will Never Be
2. Adore
3. Always & Forever
4. Don't Disturb This Groove
5. Nite And Day
6. Sideshow
7. Lady In My Life
8. A Night To Remember
9. Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)
10. Two Occasions

http://www.amazon.com/gp/...B000HRMEPU

Sounds like it was recorded with a Casio keyboard.

okaypimpn said:

It sure does

The entire track is streaming on their myspace page.

http://www.myspace.com/silk

banks said:

Man, this sounds like it was recorded on a $500 budget. Who produced this stuff?

Someone should have stopped them at, "Guys,let's make a cover al--"

vashti1999 said:

Aside from the utter blasphemy of covering "Adore," they took on some of my absolute all-time favorites here. What the hell is the point?

JackieBlue said:

"al--"?? Whats "al--"

Do you mean, "Guys, lets make a cover of al--B Sure's song"?




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And for the record, as a longtime Silk fan, I think the song wouldve sounded vocally better if they still had Lil G in the group to sing the lead on the song.

Prospect said:

BUM.

BlaqueKnight said:

I totally agree with u BlaqueKnight, now bad, not bad at all

BlaqueKnight said:

Blaque, I heard Silk do the national anthem a capella at Howard's homecoming in 1991. I know they can blow. I think, however, that the emotional attachment that fans (myself included) have to that song causes us to think that any cover version is "blasphemous."

It's a guttural reaction, not necessarily a logical one.

But hey, it's got to be an improvement over Mariah's cover of "The Beautiful Ones."
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BlaqueKnight said:

Agree. They had a cd out a few years ago that is one of the best MASTERED cd's I think I've ever heard. The quality of the cd was unreal. I forgot the name of the disk but it was a masterful mastering job.

BlaqueKnight said:

I'm a fan of Silk... i did buy Lose Control
i just don't like the way the music sounds on this track... nothing against his vocals

BlaqueKnight said:

but why give such a great song the bottom basement production treatment. the track is really lacking

BlaqueKnight said:

Good points, but it's not about the intent of the coverer, it's about the prejudices of the audience that receives the cover. And I admit that prejudice when it comes to a select number of P's songs, "Adore" perhaps being No.1 on the list.

namepeace said:

Seriously, have you listened to this clip? Prejudiced or not, the production on this thing just sounds sooooo cheap!

ElCapitan said:

Okay, I just listened to it. It's the kind of cover I hate MOST: Completely pointless. Why try to make an exact note-for-note, ooh-for-ooh, breath-by-breath copy? The song already exists. The only reason I can see for doing a cover version is for putting your own spin on a song you love. This shit is just dumb.

FunkMistress said:

That's the other valid criticism.

Remind's me of TLC's If I Was U'r Girlfriend. Why even do a classic song if you don't at least try to do something original with it?


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NObody should mess with Adore!!

BlaqueKnight said:

John-John a hell of a lead vocalist? Hilarious
There is no silk without lil g. He virtually carried
silk on all their hits. He should actually do a solo
project.

FunkMistress said:

I gotta agree with The Mistress on this, but then again, I usually do agree with The Mistress...

I despise cover versions that simply imitate the original. U should put your own vibe into a song if, and/or when, U cover something. That is what made so many jazz standards interesting... hearing someone else's RENDITION, via their style and phrasing.
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namepeace said:

ITA

If I hear one more cover of Always and Forever, I am gonna fuckin' kill myself.

I generally like Silk also, but some of the vocals on that album are flat out terrible. The cover of 'Lady In My Life' stands out....or down as it may be.