Wolf Molkentin Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 (edited) Kick out the jams on EC, what a treat! Edited to add: And no - I will deliver the "Telstar" cover as suggested, but hardly ever this one too... Edited March 2, 2014 by blue eyed sailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveM Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 In the surf music vein, Pipeline has an electric piano part that I could imagine trying on concertina.Someday, I'll play "Follow You Follow Me" (Genesis) but there's a big gap between my ambitions and my capabilities.One of the problems I see in adapting pop/rock music is the dominant use of the guitar as a rhythm instrument, so that concertina covers of guitar focused songs lack the rhythmic pulse. I'll leave off with this,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CY8i3wUOXw which is in the "if a melodica can do it" family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcoover Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Perhaps some Queen? http://youtu.be/fxkemP6qP9U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 There is a recording of the English Group "Eric" playing Telstar... with various concertinas... I'll have to have a listen to confirm how many. I think that the answer is 4, but only 3 at any one time. Colin Thompson - English. Ralph Jordan - Maccann duet. Nigel Chippindale - Anglos (standard C/G and piccolo C/G). Nigel was really pleased with his Jeffries piccolo, which he obtained whilst working for Hobgoblin. It looked tiny in his hands. Great tune and great arrangement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewVanitas Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) In the surf music vein, Pipeline has an electric piano part that I could imagine trying on concertina. While pondering surf music, I tried just a bit of Link Wray's 1950 instrumental , reasoning that since it uses a lot of open/barre chords those would sound good. However getting the texture/rhythm to imitate the strums is tricky, and I'd need to put more time into getting the melodic licks right. I've been mucking around with the La Bionda disco tune, recording it on GarageBand. I'm debating doing it multi-track, since it's really hard to do all the fiddly high techno bits while also maintaining the underlying chords and singing properly. I do think the track has a lot of concertina potential. This might finally give me the motivation to get a decent microphone and set of headsets so I can record multi-track. Edited March 3, 2014 by MatthewVanitas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 There is a recording of the English Group "Eric" playing Telstar... with various concertinas... I'll have to have a listen to confirm how many. I think that the answer is 4, but only 3 at any one time. Colin Thompson - English. Ralph Jordan - Maccann duet. Nigel Chippindale - Anglos (standard C/G and piccolo C/G). Nigel was really pleased with his Jeffries piccolo, which he obtained whilst working for Hobgoblin. It looked tiny in his hands. Great tune and great arrangement. Many thanks for the information Peter.... I listened to them again today and they brightened a cold,wet and dark working Monday, no end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tona Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) What's more current than the hit "get lucky" from Daft Punk... Here is a 100% concertina multi-tracked version ! I used my two duets for all the parts even drums...(bellow tapping can make a nice "beat"!..) Not special effects, just a lot of reverb, parts of melody played twice in unisson for "chorus" effect and a "disco" equalization... (It is not really my musical taste... But my niece and nepheu wanted it... I took it like an experience but I didn't imagine how it was difficult about rythm!... ) https://soundcloud.com/thoon-1/get-lucky-8 Edited March 4, 2014 by tona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceemonster Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 well, here is an interview with a UK singer....note the question about her dream gift from Father Christmas... www.spiralearth.co.uk/news/featurestory.asp?nid=8154 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 What's more current than the hit "get lucky" from Daft Punk... Here is a 100% concertina multi-tracked version ! I used my two duets for all the parts even drums...(bellow tapping can make a nice "beat"!..) Not special effects, just a lot of reverb, parts of melody played twice in unisson for "chorus" effect and a "disco" equalization... (It is not really my musical taste... But my niece and nepheu wanted it... I took it like an experience but I didn't imagine how it was difficult about rythm!... ) https://soundcloud.com/thoon-1/get-lucky-7 Albeit this doesn't meet my musical taste either (and I am rather interested in playing "life" myself): nice work, Thomas! I particularly like the acoustically induced "chorus" effect... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartEstell Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 "Kick out the Jams, er, brothers and sisters..." - I presume we'd have to sing that version on a family-friendly forum such as this... Various songs I've covered on concertina over the years: Hurt - Johnny Cash (Nine Inch Nails) Wouldn't You Miss Me - Syd Barrett Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen Effervescing Elephant - Syd Barrett The Gunner's Dream / Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Bill Is Dead - The Fall Girlfriend in a Coma - The Smiths Velocity Girl - Primal Scream Sister Ray / Venus in Furs / All Tomorrow's Parties / There She Goes Again / Waiting for the Man / Heroin (in fact most of the banana album at one time or another) - The Velvet Underground - Sister Ray is particularly hilarious on anglo... Army of Me - Bjork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) Hi Stuart, "Kick out the Jams, er, brothers and sisters..." - I presume we'd have to sing that version on a family-friendly forum such as this... Guess you're right with that... And as to VU, I've been thinking of covering "Venus in Furs" for some time now - would like to listen to a recording of your version anyway! Besides, my working on "St. James Infirmary" (which I knew from Eric Burdon's singing initially) has led me to trying out "House of the Rising Sun", the Animals' version, i.e. with Alan Price's organ sound..., and that's fun, the (Amin-C-) D7-F7 (simply love the last chord sustained!) progression a.s.f. (edit: doesn't meet the topic quite, but played this way it's no trad either). Still have to listen (edit: which I did in the meantime, and loved it!) to your recent Wave recording (E&tB). Best wishes - Wolf Edited March 5, 2014 by blue eyed sailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewVanitas Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Sister Ray / Venus in Furs / All Tomorrow's Parties / There She Goes Again / Waiting for the Man / Heroin (in fact most of the banana album at one time or another) - The Velvet Underground - Sister Ray is particularly hilarious on anglo... I have a few VU tracks I mess with, particularly the viola part to "Stephanie Says", which was the first music I ever learned off of playing along with an album, back when I was a violist of 13. I also really like the wistfulness of VU's "Pale Blue Eyes"; concertina's ability to swell/reduce the dynamics mid-note plays well for that. Oddly enough, I haven't tried concertina on the many tracks that feature Nico on harmonium, for which concertina should be a close ringer. Army of Me - Bjork That's the one with the Locrian riff, yes? I'd be most curious to hear how that ones comes out. The plodding rhythm could sound slick with concertina pacing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartEstell Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Army of Me - Bjork That's the one with the Locrian riff, yes? I'd be most curious to hear how that ones comes out. The plodding rhythm could sound slick with concertina pacing. That's the one. It's a pig to play - keeping the semiquaver bass part going in the verses is, er, fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewVanitas Posted March 14, 2014 Author Share Posted March 14, 2014 Concertina and drone metal seem such a natural combination I'm surprised we don't see more of it. Here's a fella on a Mccann duet, backed up by an e-tanpura, covering "Seven Angels" by Seattle drone metal/experimental/post-rock band Earth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcn2iQyEAZc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 a fella on a Mccann duet...Guess who... :D ... and well done it is once again, fella! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 (edited) ... and I really dig the tanpura backing. Downloaded the free version, which doesn't do the background play - but, what a sound! Will have to get the "pro" version, fits so well with the reeds...! I always liked to use drones, did that at times when playing the reed organ... Thank you both for another fine proposal... Edited March 14, 2014 by blue eyed sailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillipjw Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 hello first post. has anyone given fawn a try? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TqEUaXKvxU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Wilson Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 G'day Phillip, welcome. hello first post. has anyone given fawn a try? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TqEUaXKvxU Have you? Or any other "modern" music/songs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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