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JD
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Topic: Psychedelic Remakes Posted: May 03 2015 at 20:59 |
Just for sheiks and giggles, I grabbed some random, mid to late 60's, Psychedelic/Pop tunes that were hits of varying degree. I purposely left off some of the better known songs from that era by the Beatles or Rolling stones or the Doors to make it a little tougher.
If you could pick one of these to be redone by a prog band which would it be, and as a bonus question, which prog band would you like to see redo it?
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LearsFool
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Posted: May 03 2015 at 21:04 |
A remake of "Last Train To Clarksville"... I think the bands to do it would be Pond or The Legendary Pink Dots.
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Posted: May 03 2015 at 21:17 |
Incense and Peppermints by Gentle Giant
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Posted: May 03 2015 at 21:30 |
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Posted: May 03 2015 at 21:35 |
I've been running different versions of these tunes by different bands over in my head and I think I'll have to go with -
Happy Together done by ELP.
I can hear a Fanfaresque version with lots of drum fills and a mean Hammond sound balanced by Gregies smooth vocals.
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Progosopher
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Posted: May 03 2015 at 23:40 |
I think the two with the most potential are Happy Together and Gimme Some Lovin'. I voted for the latter.
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JediJoker7169
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 02:09 |
I want to hear "Spinning Wheel" as David Bowie might have for Pin Ups. Not strictly Prog.
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 03:09 |
Last Train to Clarksville seems fit for a psych remake. Gimme Some Lovin' is my second choice.
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 06:07 |
Last Train to Clarksville remade by Big Big Train!
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 08:12 |
I can kind of see Porcupine Tree doing a harder version of Insence and Pepermint
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Rednight
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 09:58 |
Dizzy by Tommy Roe. Gotta' love that it popped up on this poll. Was a fave of mine when I was just a squirt in Chicago just after the Summer of Love. Bubble Gum in its purest form.
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TerLJack
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 10:50 |
Some fun stuff here. I might like to see one of The Partridges' "I Think I Love You" too. The song already goes through a couple of interesting turnarounds. It would be nice to give them a more prog treatment.
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 14:19 |
LOVE Happy Together!!
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 15:53 |
I can imagine Happy Together with some badass 10-minute Hammond solo, so it gets my vote
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 17:29 |
I can imagine Yes doing "Last Train to Clarksville" (in their own way of course).
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 20:26 |
One of my favorite (should be prog-related) groups is a relatively obscure band called dada. They did a fantastic job of trippifying "Last Train to Clarksville" when I saw them a year ago.
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Svetonio
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 20:45 |
I wish to hear a contemporary prog version / cover of Spinning Wheel by Blood, Sweat & Tears, although that song is already prog, especially if we know that it's a song from 1968; it's actually a fantastic early, sixites' prog song without a question.
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 21:56 |
The one I know, which is Happy Together (and which I really love). However, no vote from me.
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Posted: May 04 2015 at 23:52 |
TerLJack wrote:
Some fun stuff here. I might like to see one of The Partridges' "I Think I Love You" too. The song already goes through a couple of interesting turnarounds. It would be nice to give them a more prog treatment. |
I'd like to hear Acid Mother's Temple take this one.
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JediJoker7169
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Posted: May 05 2015 at 05:43 |
Mormegil wrote:
Last Train to Clarksville remade by Big Big Train!
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