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8 hours ago, craigb said:

Sometimes that works, sometimes you get harassed by their boyfriends or husbands... 😜

That one particular gig in a small village dance hall, we were playing social dance stuff, softer standard bits from the Real Book, and such - 3/4 of the band were guys my dad's age. It was not the most glamorous gig but I loved playing with those guys because I learned a lot from them - and also, the paycheck...

But that little place was kind of backwards and one of the guys in the audience wasn't happy that his lady was apparently very fond of me and kept smiling at me and stuff. He even tried to climb onto the stage - which got him kicked out of the place. 

Not the kind of thing I expected when we accepted the gig. One minute you're playing Girl from Ipanema, the next you're fending off angry boyfriends. 

Ironically, I did end up dating a girl from that village after we played there again but this time with my rock band a few months later. Apparently, she'd witnessed the whole thing too and thought it was hysterical. 

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I will never understand why anyone would put the effort in doing a WHOLE ALBUM of someone else's material. Seems like a waste to me. I get doing one or two, but it seems like they should focus on their own creativity. These are different musical arrangements that took time to do.

Though they don't sound bad, though I am of the opinion they sonically castrate a good amount of the songs.

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5 hours ago, hockeyjx said:

**DISCLAIMER: This is a GET OF MY LAWN post**

I will never understand why anyone would put the effort in doing a WHOLE ALBUM of someone else's material. Seems like a waste to me. I get doing one or two, but it seems like they should focus on their own creativity. These are different musical arrangements that took time to do.

Though they don't sound bad, though I am of the opinion they sonically castrate a good amount of the songs.

 

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6 hours ago, craigb said:

 

I like Dream Theater. I've seen them a bunch of times. Still don't want to see them do more than 1 cover at a show, and I get an extra bathroom break if they do more.

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On 2/2/2025 at 6:12 AM, hockeyjx said:

I will never understand why anyone would put the effort in doing a WHOLE ALBUM of someone else's material.

Frank Sinatra based his whole musical career around that model. As do most symphony orchestras.😄

Performers writing their own material didn't become a litmus test for "authenticity" until the 60's.

Not everyone who's good at singing or playing is also good at writing, and vice versa.

As for artists who usually do write their own material covering entire albums, or covering entire albums in different styles from the original, it's either for the laughs and/or out of genuine respect for the original material.

The Moody Bluegrass project turned out so well that they eventually got Justin Hayward to sing with them. The whole thing was based on a pun in the name, but it so happens that the blokes in the Moody Blues wrote excellent songs that transplanted well to a different genre.

I think that more people have realized that one of the reasons that people who manage to earn a living by writing, playing, recording and selling their own music become famous is that it happens so rarely, like airline crashes, shark attacks and earthquakes. All of which get extensive media coverage because they are so uncommon.

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