Abbi una discreta giornata: Metallizzazione

Larger Than Life

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:30:52 GMT

Come già accennato a suo tempo per Wannabe, ribadisco che i brani pop commerciali potrebbero avere tutto un altro sound se solo venissero arrangiati diversamente.

Larger Than Life ad esempio potrebbe avere uno stile più Whitesnake, se fosse stato accompagnato da chitarre elettriche anzichè da effettini elettronici campionati. Allego i video per una dimostrazione più chiara (i suoni andrebbero però ripuliti -specie la chitarra- e anche la voce non è migliore rispetto alle originali).
Anche in questo caso l'abbinamento sync video/audio è opera del sottoscritto.

Backstreet Boys - Versione originale

I may run and hide
When you're screamin' my name, alright
But let me tell you now
There are prices to fame, alright
All of our time spent in flashes of light

All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life

Looking at the crowd
And I see your body sway, c'mon
Wishin' I could thank you in a different way, c'mon
Cuz all of your time spent keeps us alive

All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life

All of your time spent keeps us alive

[:solo:]

All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life

Yeah, every time we're down
Yeah, you can make it right
Yeah, and that's what makes you larger than life

All you people can't you see, can't you see
How your love's affecting our reality
Every time we're down
You can make it right
And that makes you larger than life

Jaded Heart - Versione elettrificata

The Never Ending Story

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:17:54 GMT

Nella speranza che la redazione di Youtube non blocchi il mio secondo account per violazione di copyright, segnalo un altro episodio di cover metal di un brano pop anni 80. Il brano in questione è diventato famoso grazie all'omonimo film al quale fece da colonna sonora: La Storia Infinita.

Limahl - Versione originale

Turn around

and look at what you see
in her face

the mirror of your dreams

make believe I'm everywhere

living in your eyes
written on the pages

is the answer to a never ending story

reach the stars

fly a fantasy
dream a dream

and what you see will be

lives that keep their secrets

will unfold behind the clouds

and there upon the rainbow

is the answer to a never ending story

story

have no fear

for she may fade away
in your hands

the birth of a new day

lives that keep their secrets

will unfold behind the clouds
and there upon the rainbow

is the answer to a never ending story

never ending story
never ending story
never ending story

Dragonland - Versione powerizzata

Hush

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:38:33 GMT

Come nel caso di Gimme Some Lovin, molti (ad essere onesti... anch'io, fino a poco fa) attribuiscono erroneamente la paternità del brano in oggetto ad una band più famosa (in questo caso i Deep Purple) rispetto all'artista che la suonò la prima volta. Dico "suonò", poichè a scriverlo fu un altro ancora...

Mi permetto quindi di sfatare questo "mito" che si tramanda da anni.

Infine, come al solito, ne approfitto per mostrarvi una cover che modernizza il suddetto brano in maniera molto efficace.

Billy Joe Royal - Versione originale

I got a certan little girl she's on my mind
No doubt about it she looks so fine
She's the best girl that I ever had
Sometimes she's gonna make me feel so bad

Hush, hush
I thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
She broke my heart but I love her just the same now
Hush, hush
Thought I heard her calling my name now

Hush, hush
I need her loving and I'm not to blame now

They got it early in the morning
They got it late in the evening
Well, I want that, need it
Oh, I gotta gotta have it

She's got loving like quicksand
Only took one touch of her hand
To blow my mind and I'm in so deep
That I can't eat and I can't sleep

Hush, hush
Thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
She broke my heart but I love her just the same now
Hush, hush
Thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush, hush
I need her loving and Im not to blame now

They got it early in the morning
They got it late in the evening
Well, I want that, need it
Oh, I gotta gotta have it

Gotthard - Versione hard as a rock

Crazy

Sun, 18 May 2008 08:56:11 GMT

Ecco l'ennesimo esperimento di doppiaggio in musica di un brano pop in chiave heavy metal.

Anche in questo caso mi sono occupato personalmente del sync audio/video; il risultato non è perfetto, ma non posso comunque nascondere un po' di orgoglio.

Seal - Versione originale

A man decides after seventy years
That what he goes there for is to unlock the door
While those around him criticize and sleep

And through a fractal on a breaking wall
I see you my friend and touch your face again
Miracles will happen as we trip ooh oh oh

But we're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy
No we're never gonna survive unless we are a little crazy

Yellow people walking through my head
One of them's got a gun to shoot the other one
And yet together they were friends at school oh get it get it no

If all were there when we first took the pill
Then maybe then maybe then maybe then
Miracles will happen as we speak

But we're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy
No we're never gonna survive unless we are a little crazy

In a sky full of people only some want to fly isn't that crazy

In a world full of people only some want to fly isn't that crazy
In a heaven full of people there's only some want to fly ain't that crazy

In a world full of people there's only some want to fly
Ain't that crazy ain't that crazy

But we're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy
No we're never gonna survive unless we are a little

But we're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy
No we're never gonna survive unless we are a little just a little crazy

Iron Savior - Versione massiccia

Gimme Some Lovin'

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:06:42 GMT

Gimme Some Lovin' è un brano che la maggior parte di voi avrà conosciuto grazie al film The Blues Brothers. Tuttavia la versione originale, come dimostra il video, è un po' più "remota".

Spencer Davis Group - Versione originale

Well my temperature's rising and my feet on the floor
Twenty people rockin' and there wanna go more
Let me in baby, I don't know what you've got
but you'd better take it easy, this place is hot

So glad we made it
So glad we made it
You gotta

Gimme some lovin' (Gimme some lovin')
Gimme some lovin' (Gimme gimme some lovin')
Gimme some lovin'... Everyday

C'mon

Hey

Well I feel so good, everything is sounding hot
Better take it easy 'cos the place is on fire
Been a hard day and I don't know what to do
Wait a minute baby, it could happen to you

And I'm

So glad we made it
So glad we made it
You gotta

Gimme some lovin' (Gimme some lovin')
Gimme some lovin' (Gimme gimme some lovin')
Gimme some lovin'... Everyday

Every single day

Well I feel so good, everybody's getting high
Better take it easy 'cos the place is on fire
Been a hard day and nothing went too good
Now I'm gonna relax honey, everybody should

Thunder - Versione "c***i duri"

My Sharona

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:51:58 GMT

Ci sono brani che entrano nella hall of fame musicale e quando vengono "stravolti" con un arrangiamento più moderno, qualcuno grida allo scandalo. Giudicate voi se anche questa volta è così.

The Knack - Versione Originale

Ooh my little pretty one, pretty one.
When you gonna give me some time, Sharona?
Ooh you make my motor run, my motor run.
Gun it comin' off the line Sharona
Never gonna stop, give it up.
Such a dirty mind. Always get it up for the touch
of the younger kind. My my my i yi woo. M M M My Sharona...

Come a little closer huh, ah will ya huh.
Close enough to look in my eyes, Sharona.
Keeping it a mystery gets to me
Running down the length of my thighs, Sharona
Never gonna stop, give it up. Such a dirty mind.
Always get it up for the touch
of the younger kind. My my my i yi woo. M M M My Sharona...

When you gonna give it to me, give it to me.
It is just a matter of time Sharona
Is it just destiny, destiny?
Or is it just a game in my mind, Sharona?
Never gonna stop, give it up.
Such a dirty mind. Always get it up for the touch
of the younger kind. My my my i yi woo. M M M My Sharona...

Eldritch - Versione heavy

Wannabe

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:34:57 GMT

In alcuni occasioni le boyband e le girlband si sono dimostrate in grado di comporre brani molto orecchiabili, ma hanno avuto -secondo me- la pecca di proporli sotto un genere troppo monotono. Ecco un altro esempio di purificazione musicale:

Spice Girls - Versione originale

Yo, I'll tell ya what I want, what I really really want
So tell me what ya what, what ya really really want
I'll tell ya what I want, what I really really want
So tell me what ya what, what ya really really want
I wanna (hah) I wanna (hah) I wanna (hah) I wanna (hah) I wanna
Really really want is a Zebrahead jam

If you want my future, forget my past
If you wanna get with me better make it fast
Now don't go wasting my precious time
Get your act together and we'll be just fine

Yo, I'll tell ya what I want, what I really really want
So tell me what ya what, what ya really really want
I wanna (hah) I wanna (hah) I wanna (hah) I wanna (hah) I wanna
Really really want is to get get down

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends
Make it last forever, friendship never ends
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give
Takin' is so easy and that's the way it is

Whatcha think about that?
Now you know how I feel
Say you can handle my love, are you for real? (are you for real?)
I won't be hasty, give you a try
If you really want me than I'll say goodbye

If you wanna be my lover (yeah), you gotta get with my friends
Make it last forever, friendship never ends
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give
Takin' is so easy and that's the way it is

Here's a little story from Z to D
If ya wanna get with me ya gotta listen carefully
We got toof in the house, who's hung like a mouse
O.G. wannabes that try to hang with me
But G don't play for free, he plays for the sensi
And to the critics......eat me

Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down and wind it all around

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends
Make it last forever, friendship never ends
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give
Takin' is so easy and that's the way it is

If you wanna be my lover
You gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta
Make it last forever
Slam, slam, slam
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down and wind it all around
S to the L to the A to the M
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down with the Zebrahead, yeah!

Zebrahead - Versione "non proprio girl power"

Gimme Gimme Gimme

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 13:22:15 GMT

A quanto pare gli Abba hanno ispirato moltissmie band. Basta vedere quante brani sono stati risuonati in chiave heavy metal. Questa volta è il turno del guitar hero Yngwie J. Malmsteen.

Abba - Versione originale

Half past twelve
And I'm watching the late show in my room all alone
How I hate to spend the evening on my own
Autumn winds
Blowing outside my window as I look around the room
And it makes me so depressed to see the gloom
There's not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

Gimme gimme gimme your love after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme your love after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

Movie stars
Find the end of the rainbow, with a fortune to win
It's so different from the world I'm living in
Tired of T.V.
I open the window and I gaze into the night
But there's nothing there to see, no one in sight
There's not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

Gimme gimme gimme your love after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme your love after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

Gimme gimme gimme your love after midnight...
Gimme gimme gimme your love after midnight...

There's not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

Gimme gimme gimme your love after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme your love after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
Gimme gimme gimme your love after midnight
Won't somebody help me chase the shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme your love after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

Yngwie Mamsteen - Versione neobarocca

S.O.S.

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:46:54 GMT

Ormai il "ridoppiaggio" di brani old style in chiave metal è diventato uno dei miei passatempi preferiti.

Chi ha avuto occasione di ascoltare questa cover in "anteprima", mi ha paragonato a Viktor Frankenstein.

Abba - Versione originale

Where are those happy days they seem so hard to find
I try to reach for you but you have closed your mind

whatever happened to our love
I wish I understood
it used to be so nice, it used to be so good

So when you're near me darling can't you hear me, SOS
the love you gave me nothing else can save me, SOS
when you're gone
how can I even try to go on
when you're gone
though I try how can I carry on

You seem so far away though you were standing near
you made me feel alive but something died I fear

I really tried to make it up
I wish I understood
what happened to our love, it used to be so good

so when you're near me darling can't you hear me, SOS
the love you gave me nothing else can save me, SOS
when you're gone
how can I even try to go on
when you're gone
though I try how can I carry on

when you're gone
how can I even try to go on
when you're gone
though I try how can I carry on

Paradox - Versione sventrata

Hard Days Night

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:19:08 GMT

Ennesimo capitolo di doppiaggio musicale...
Questa volta le vittime sono i Beatles, travolti da una (secondo me) ottima cover degli Shameless.

Beatles - Versione originale

It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you I find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright

You know I work all day to get you money to buy you things
And it's worth it just to hear you say you're gonna give me everything
So why on earth should I moan, 'cause when I get you alone
You know I feel okay
When I'm home everything seems to be right
When I'm home feeling you holding me tight, tight, yeah
It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you I find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright

Owwww

So why on earth should I moan, 'cause when I get you alone
You know I feel okay
When I'm home everything seems to be right
When I'm home feeling your holding me tight, tight, yeah

Shameless - Versione modernizzata

Paid My Dues

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:47:21 GMT

... eccoci di fronte a un altro processo di "metallizzazione" di un brano commerciale. Questa volta mi sono occupato personalmente dell'abbinamento di audio e video.

Anastacia - Versione originale

I've been knocked down
It's a crazy town
Even got a punch in the face in LA
Ain't nothing in the world that you keep
me from doing what I wanna do

'Cause I'm too proud, I'm too strong
Live by the code that you gotta move on
Feel excited for yourself
and got nobody no way

so I...

(Held my head high)
I Knew I (Knew I survive)
Well I made it (I made it)
I don't hate it (I Don't hate it)
That's just the way it goes

I done made it through
Stand on my own two
I paid my dues
Tried to hold me down
You can't stop me now
I paid my dues

Now I'm still trusted every day
people try to mess with my Jaded Heart
gotta nothing in common
cause I handle mine
and I thought I better let you know

I'm no punk I can't get down
I don't give a damn about abuse around
that was just fine 'til now

So I...

(Held my head high)
Knew I (Knew I survive)
Well I made it (I made it)
Oahh (Don't hate it)
That's just the way it goes

I done made it through
Stand on my own two
I paid my dues
Tried to hold me down
you can't stop me now
I paid my dues

Took so long to get me here
But I won't live in fear
You try to steal my shine
But first they wanna build you up
Then they tear you down
... Ha ha ha...
so I...

(Held my head high)
Knew I (Knew I survive)
Oahh (I made it)
(Don't hate it)
Said that's - just - the - way it goes

(I done made it through)
(Stand on my own two)
I said I paid my, I paid my dues
Yeahhhhh
(Tried to hold me down)
But you can't stop me now
I paid my my dues
(I done made it through) oahhh
(Stand on my own two) oh
(I paid my dues) I paid my, I paid my dues
(Tried to hold me down)
you can't stop me now (you can't stop me now)
I paid my dues

Jaded Heart - Versione rocciosa

Oops... I Did It Again!

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:34:20 GMT

Ecco un altro esempio di come un brano molto commerciale possa essere reinterpretato.

In questo caso l'opinione sull'esito della trasformazione è alquanto soggettiva...

Britney Spears - Versione originale

I think I did it again
I made you believe we"re more than just friends
Oh baby
It might seem like a crush
But it doesn"t mean that I"m serious
"Cause to lose all my senses
That is just so typically me
Oh baby, baby

Oops!...I did it again
I played with your heart, got lost in the game
Oh baby, baby
Oops!...You think I"m in love
That I"m sent from above
I"m not that innocent

You see my problem is this
I"m dreaming away
Wishing that heroes, they truly exist
I cry, watching the days
Can"t you see I"m a fool in so many ways
But to lose all my senses
That is just so typically me
Oh Baby baby...

Oops!...I did it again
I played with your heart, got lost in the game
Oh baby, baby
Oops!...You think I"m in love
That I"m sent from above
I"m not that innocent

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Oops!...I did it again to your heart
Got lost in this game, oh baby
Oops!...You think that I"m sent from above
I"m not that innocent

Children Of Bodom - Versione alternativa

My Number One

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:06:05 GMT

Vorrei portare alla vostra attenzione una curiosa trasformazione in ambito musicale.

Dal mio punto di vista il risultato è di gran lunga migliorativo.

Helena Paparizou - Versione originale

You’re my lover
undercover
You’re my secret passion and I have no other

You’re Delicious
So Capricious
If I find out you don’t want me I’ll be vicious

Say you love me
and you’ll have me
In your arms forever and I won’t forget it

Say you miss me
Come and kiss me
Take me up to heaven and you won’t regret it

You are the one
You’re my number one
The only treasure I’ll ever have
You are the one
You’re my number one
Anything for you ’cause you’re the one I love

You re my lover

You’re a fire
and desire
When I kiss your lips, you know, you take me higher

You’re addiction
my conviction
You’re my passion, my relief, my crucifiction

Never leave me
And believe me
You will be the sun into my raining season

Never leave me
And believe me
In my empty life you’ll be the only reason

You are the one
You’re my number one
The only treasure I’ll ever have
You are the one
You’re my number one
Anything for you ’cause you’re the one I love

Dream Evil - Versione depurata