Psychedelic Remakes
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Topic: Psychedelic Remakes
Posted By: JD
Subject: Psychedelic Remakes
Date Posted: May 03 2015 at 20:59
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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? ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: May 03 2015 at 21:04
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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 By: sublime220
Date Posted: May 03 2015 at 21:17
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Incense and Peppermints by Gentle Giant ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: May 03 2015 at 21:30
I Like it !  ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: May 03 2015 at 21:35
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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. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 03 2015 at 23:40
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I think the two with the most potential are Happy Together and Gimme Some Lovin'. I voted for the latter. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: JediJoker7169
Date Posted: May 04 2015 at 02:09
| I want to hear "Spinning Wheel" as David Bowie might have for Pin Ups. Not strictly Prog. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 04 2015 at 03:09
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Last Train to Clarksville seems fit for a psych remake. Gimme Some Lovin' is my second choice. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: May 04 2015 at 06:07
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Last Train to Clarksville remade by Big Big Train! ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: A_Flower
Date Posted: May 04 2015 at 08:12
| I can kind of see Porcupine Tree doing a harder version of Insence and Pepermint |
Posted By: Rednight
Date 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. |
Posted By: TerLJack
Date 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. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: May 04 2015 at 14:19
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LOVE Happy Together!! ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Xonty
Date 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 By: dwill123
Date Posted: May 04 2015 at 17:29
| I can imagine Yes doing "Last Train to Clarksville" (in their own way of course). |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: May 04 2015 at 20:26
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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. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date 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. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date 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. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 04 2015 at 23:52
I'd like to hear Acid Mother's Temple take this one.  ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
TerLJack wrote:Posted By: JediJoker7169
Date Posted: May 05 2015 at 05:43
I can actually hear David Longdon singing it in my head. |
Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: May 05 2015 at 07:09
My choice too, although I didn't know this was the one thing my life was missing until I saw JD's suggestion. Now I'm sad because I can't listen to it.
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Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: May 06 2015 at 02:25
| The absence of any cover versions is a big defect in Pink Floyd's otherwise perfect catalogue. The three of them should get together and give us "Last Train to Clarksville". Peter Tork can stand in on the keyboards. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: June 21 2015 at 14:51
| Spinning Wheel |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 21 2015 at 14:58
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"Spinning Wheel" is already prog enough for me. I vote "Gimme Some Lovin'". The organ is a good stepping stone for a prog song: that is already a bit proggy. Some tempo changes and modulations and voila... prog on demand
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Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: June 23 2015 at 23:47
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You should check out the remake of LTTC by Cassandra Wilson. Interesting take. I'll choose Dizzy by The Nice. With Davy O'List.
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: June 24 2015 at 05:57
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The Mothers of Invention... ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: June 24 2015 at 14:05
| I wouldn't consider Spinning Wheel as Psychedelic song by any means. Pop jazz yes. Went with Strawberry alarm clock then Spencer Davis. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: June 24 2015 at 18:42
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What could be done with Willie Nelson's Red-Headed Stranger? The possibilities seem endless. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: June 24 2015 at 18:46
Same here. My older sis had that 45 and it was definitely one of the earliest pop songs I remember listening to. ------------- |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 24 2015 at 19:15
 I could see a Jon Anderson solo album out of that masterpiece of an album------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 24 2015 at 19:19
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ahhh.. as far as the options. Happy Together.. .that has early Peter Banks/Tony Kaye Yes cover treatment written all over it. watch Squire say f**k the plodding bassline and go bonkers.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |