> so last night in halifax @ birdland there was > an all-beatles-covers night. a bunch of local > bands played. my memory is already foggy but > here goes:
yeah, really foggy brother... > > STATE CHAMPS started off the evening with > an *excellent* version of "in my life" -- they > totally made it their own song. then yan > raymond came out on stage and sang "wait" > with them. girls screamed. ;-) *blush*. please. quite flattering, but untrue...you can take the 's' out of girls. thank you. :) > > MARS WE LUV YOU were really good too but > i can't remember which songs they played. > (i think they were all relatively new to > me -- i'm not a beatles expert). on one > of them lonna did a falsetto part that > was really weird/cool. Matt, james. Matt was singing falsetto. But i agree it was quite a feminine falsetto indeed. :) > > SHINE FACTORY came out and it was like > someone had flipped the radio dial to > "classic rock Q104". all hits, all > rock-and-roll-school versions of them: > "revolution", "taxman", "helter skelter", > one other, i forget which. You can drive my car. But i wouldn't let you drive mine, cloudy brain. :) > > TIM ROBBINS EXPERIENCE came on and > proceeded to prove why they're the only > band in town that's better than thrush > hermit. :-) (for those of you not in > the know yet, TRX are joel on drums, > ian on guitar, rob on bass.) their > sappy/demented version of "the long > and winding road" was pretty good but > their total math-rockization of > "while my guitar gently weeps" was > truly the highlight of the evening. > it was like a special guest appearance > by shellac. > > THE CHINSTRAPS came in with a close > second for highlight of the night -- > their version of "lucy in the sky > with diamonds" was *so* bad, but in > the most deliberate, creative, and > enjoyable way imaginable. just > imagine a sort of mellow-metal vocal > on the verses by mike (lewis, drummer) > with little spoken repetitions of the > words at the end of lines by kevin > (lewis, omnichord?), thusly: "the girl > with kaleidescope eyes." "eyes!" > and then on the chorus, mike just didn't > even *try* to sing at all. right when > you expect them to break out in song, > mike does this completely monotone > delivery of the chorus. it was -- > trippy, man. groovy. psychadelic. > the crowd went nuts. does anyone know > what the second song was? i've heard > it before but i forget what it's called. Tomorow something(i forgot...). Last song on Revolver. That's were Sgt. Pepper all began. And that all that is the FUCKING truth. > > STINKIN RICH did a short original rap > "sgt pepper is the hot stepper" or Sgt. pepper and the one man band! > something, followed by hiphop takes on > "michelle" and "happiness is a warm gun". > not quite as memorable as his appearance > at the kiss tribute night a couple of > years ago, but not bad. > (boring momment deleted) > > COOL BLUE HALO capped it off. in their > first set they did an excellent version > of "paperback writer" (got that vocal > harmony at the beginning right) and > a couple of others before they bravely > attempted "a day in the life" and, > believe it or not, *pulled it off*. > then for the encore, they did "i want > to hold your hand" (to a packed, bouncing > dance floor) and welcomed cleveland > steamer, shine factory, and lonna from > MWLY back on stage for a completely > cheesy rendition of "hey jude". i > think gerry was born to do the screaming > part on that chorus! paul did a really > good imitation of, um, paul. :-) > lighters were held aloft. :-) > yes, Cool Blue Halo is a good cover band. Honest rendition. i really liked "a day in the light" chart of the night: #1 : While my guitar gently whine by Tim Robbin #2 : Lucy in the Sky with Diamond by Chinstraps #3 : The Magical Mystery tour by Tim Robbin #4 : A day in the life by CBH #5 : Wait by Backbeats featuring Liam Gallagher (Boouuu..chooouu. ) (ha those State Champs on the stately elm.. always making fun of me...*snif*) yAn
