Lord Tim Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 So I was chatting to another forum member about this song and it went something like: Him: You should post this in the Songs forum, when did you last post something there anyway? Me: Not that long ago? Surely... Him: Really? Me: [checks when I last posted here] Uh... yeah, I should probably stick my head in more often... ? So to remedy that, here's our cover and a clip we just released for the Savage Garden mega hit: Recorded, mixed and mastered entirely in CbB, and bonus trivia, I directed and edited the clip for it as well, so lots of ego to spread around here! HAHA! Hope you guys dig it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Stellar performance and mix! I loved the solo around the 3 min mark. The video was also great and so "edgy" it made me feel glad I live in the sticks . Enjoyed it .. mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 Cheers, @mark skinner Yeah, I actually felt kind of sorry for our actress by the end of it, but she was having a ball - it was all entirely manufactured for the camera, thankfully! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Showing my ignorance as I am not aware of the original version though the band's name tickles single cell in the furry brain. The mix come across well on my Event 20/20's @Lord Tim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted June 15, 2021 Author Share Posted June 15, 2021 @Wookiee Thank you for listening, sir! ) Yeah, quite famous Aus band from the 90s and this song was a massive hit worldwide, although it got a fair bit of backlash at the time from the more... exclusive sectors of the music community. This is the original: Lots of tips of the hat to the video as well as the song in our version. I always felt that unless you plan to entirely rework something as a completely new interpretation of a song when you do a cover, there should be a fair amount of respect paid to the original, so we really tried to capture every lick and nuance in the music and throw all of the visual elements from the clip into a big bucket and do our take on it all. Of course, that means if you hate the original, ours probably won't do a lot to change your mind! HAHA! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Really good rendition. thanks for that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 Cheers, @David Sprouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Speaking as one who kinda liked the original I feared the worst seeing the inclusion of the words "metal cover" so this was a pleasant surprise. Lappy speakers only, but FWIW it comes across well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 HAHA! Cherers, @paulo Yeah, I have to agree - when we first started talking about this (and it was a weird spontaneous thing where we were chatting to Darren Hayes on Twitter and our bassist goes "LT could do a good cover of this" and I go "ehh... why not, this is a great song!") we had a few people chime in and suggest a real Iron Maiden treatment for it. That felt really like it was selling the original short. There's so much great stuff going on in the song - syncopated hats, really funky guitars, groovy bass, etc. and that would have all gone away with a simple metal style gallop. We basically come at what we do like this: The song is king, and doesn't care about your ego. Respect it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 Great cover, mix sounds pretty good here, guitars especially well done I thought - I enjoyed this and the video of course - the video is so important these days Love the guitar solo by the way Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share Posted June 19, 2021 Cheers, @Bajan Blue ? Really appreciate that! And yes, I agree - the visuals can really make a song come to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 I'm not familiar with the song so can't comment there. Very impressive production esp the video. Should I assume that you and a crew did the camera work too? -Bjorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Tim Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 Cheers, @bjornpdx Actually it was really run and gun since we kind of flew under the radar filming in public like that without getting permits (it's legal to shoot in public but if the cops decide you're being a nuisance, you could be told to move on or have a free ride in a police car...), so it was super stripped down. It was basically me and my video company partner (he even made a cameo as the "angry phone box guy" later in the clip) with various gimbals, etc. and a few different nights getting B-roll, etc. to fill out the shoot. Our production company has a few more people, drone pilots, etc. and all of that stuff, but we figured we could get away with this one with less. I did the edit, colour grade and VFX later here in the studio. Needless to say that after doing the recording, vocals, guitars, keyboards, mix, master, filming, editing, grading, delivery and PR for this song, I'm starting to get sick of listening to the damn thing! HAHA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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