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rosko Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Sep. 09 2000, 07:21 What do all the people out there think are the best (and worst) cover versions of Mike's music? Sometimes they can be cheesy and lame (like the Russian "To France") or bland and amatuerish (like some of the lost in static 18 tracks), but occasionally someone ends up making something which is faithful to the original and effectively performed in a new style (like Blind Guardian's heavy metal version of "To France"). I'm not saying that any of the covers are better than the originals (none of the ones I've heard are), but it's interesting to discuss which are better than others. Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Sep. 13 2000, 07:36 The TF heavy metal cover is nice...also the dance versions of Crime of Passion and TF that I found on Inky's site (interoz.com/raremike). I don't know about any other covers, except for the Italian DJ Prezioso, using the melody from Family Man for one of his singles...an ugly one. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

tubularbills Group: Members Posts: 528 Joined: Aug. 2000 Posted: Sep. 13 2000, 20:53 I personally think that TSODE (USA release) has the best cover. I like it better than its release in Europe. All the pictures in the CD cover are cool too. -------------- Terrible, Wonderful, Crazy, Perfect. Back to top

Vinz Group: Members Posts: 253 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: Sep. 14 2000, 02:49 IMO, the greatest cover ever made from a MO single, is Hall & Oates' Family Man. They have given another dimension to the song, and I must say that , in fact, I prefer these version -------------- Rejoignez la Tubular Mailing List francophone ! http://www.tubular.free.fr/tubular.php Back to top

zinc Group: Members Posts: 99 Joined: Sep. 2000 Posted: Sep. 14 2000, 16:20 Funny enough i was sunbathing on the Italian Riviera 2 days ago minding my business when on somebody's transistor radio started playing a disco version of crime of passion. I am sure this was a cover version and pretty awful too. Still having left my walkman behind in England it was a welcome reminder of the great man himself. Does anyone know who recorded it? regards Zinc Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Sep. 14 2000, 17:15 That cover is by the Italian band Bamble B... a gifted backing vocalist and a DJ. To me it's not that awful, but of course that's my own personal opinion. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

rosko Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Sep. 16 2000, 00:08 tubularbills- We're not talking about covers as in the designs on the fronts of the albums. We mean covers as in other musicians doing their own versions of Mike's music. Back to top

rosko Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Sep. 17 2000, 09:15 I too like the Hall & Oats version of Family Man, but I don't like the way they changed some of the lyrics - they create a different impression of the main character of the song. eg. "he looked her up and down, she knew he couldn't decide if he should hold his ground" "and I don't think I want it tonight" The vocals are better than the original though. The singer sounds much more aggresive than Maggie did in the original which increases the impact of the song. But my favourite recording of FM is definately the live version from Clermont-Ferrand in 1983 - the singer (I don't know if it was Maggie or not) is pretty much screaming the lyrics near the end! [This message has been edited by rosko (edited 09-17-2000).] Back to top

bennyboy Group: Members Posts: 177 Joined: July 2000 Posted: Sep. 17 2000, 22:32 I think Janet Jackson's "The Velvet Rope" is a pretty cool version of the "TB" theme, and I liked Mark Snow's fusion of The X Files theme and the Tubular Bells theme as "Tubular X" (although this was performed by Mike it wasn't written by him but by Mark Snow). I must say though I have never heard any of the fanproduced covers so I don't know if I'm misssing out on anything there... Quote Originally posted by rosko: I too like the Hall & Oats version of Family Man, but I don't like the way they changed some of the lyrics - they create a different impression of the main character of the song. eg. "he looked her up and down, she knew he couldn't decide if he should hold his ground" "and I don't think I want it tonight" The vocals are better than the original though. The singer sounds much more aggresive than Maggie did in the original which increases the impact of the song. But my favourite recording of FM is definately the live version from Clermont-Ferrand in 1983 - the singer (I don't know if it was Maggie or not) is pretty much screaming the lyrics near the end! [This message has been edited by rosko (edited 09-17-2000).] Back to top

GMOVJ Group: Members Posts: 273 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Sep. 18 2000, 04:46 Hi, Tori Amos quoted TB Theme during one of her concert (song "Father Lucifer"), this was a great moment (ok, only if you love Tori Amos and Mike Oldfield wich is my case) This is not really a cover, but a very beautiful surprise ! I wish Tori will make a real cover of a MO'song ! Cheers -------------- Cheers, GMOVJ [URL=http://tubular.fodplanet.com]http://tubular.fodplanet.com[/URL] - The french speaking mailing list Back to top

rosko Group: Members Posts: 184 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Sep. 19 2000, 01:35 If you want to hear fan covers, try Lost in Static 18 http://static18.tubular.eu.org or the fan submissions by Amarok mailing list members http://reach.to/amarok [This message has been edited by rosko (edited 09-19-2000).] Back to top

GMOVJ Group: Members Posts: 273 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: Sep. 19 2000, 04:07 Quote Originally posted by rosko: [B]If you want to hear fan covers, try Lost in Static 18 Some great covers : Jungle Gardenia, MO Single and MO Medley. IMO, the greatest cover ever made from a MO instrumental is Hubert Razack (Mind) Om. pt 1, but I'm repeating myself. -------------- Cheers, GMOVJ [URL=http://tubular.fodplanet.com]http://tubular.fodplanet.com[/URL] - The french speaking mailing list Back to top

Blue Dolphin Group: Members Posts: 1232 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Sep. 19 2000, 15:22 I HATE it when people make covers of Mike's music. They sound terrible!!! Mike's music musn't be covered!!!!! Like, I heard a dance version of TB (awfull!!!!) on a party (stupid party, didn't want to be there). That version was terrible, and I always like to scream to the DJ and say: "Hey a**hole!! Put out that cover of MO, and play the original!!!" -------------- -The mark of a good musician is to play one note and mean it- Mike Oldfield - 1980 Back to top

CarstenKuss Group: Musicians Posts: 362 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Sep. 19 2000, 16:02 Hubert Razack's Om. pt.1 is IMO very good, and so is the Static 18 CD. Especially the last track by Billy Cheers. But WHO is Billy Cheers? I never heard about him anywhere else . The other musicians are featured on the Static 18 homepage, but not Billy Cheers. Can anybody help me? -Carsten- -------------- -Carsten- Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Sep. 20 2000, 08:15 I think "Billy Cheers" is a joke...dating back to the Beatles' search for a Paul McCartney replacement...remember the Paul Is Dead story? Paul, according to that legend, died in a car accident and the Beatles thought about a contest to find a lookalike, a replacement...one Billy Shears won it. His name is even mentioned in the song "Sgt. Pepper"... Of course nothing of this is true. So I think that the Static 18 team made a similar joke. But I also don't know who this name stands for. Maybe it means the whole team together!! -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

CarstenKuss Group: Musicians Posts: 362 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Sep. 20 2000, 17:02 Thanks, Ugo. Concerning Paul McCartney, I only know he was presumed dead because he was bare-footed on the sleeve of Abbey Road. But I don't think that "Billy Cheers" means "all of the above". So WHO IS HE??? -Carsten- -------------- -Carsten- Back to top

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