
Vimeo link, very odd on first listen - but worth it.
( , Thu 17 Jan 2013, 10:13, Reply)

Just hope it isn't done to 'Unfinished Sympathy' somewhere
Edit: the Metallica one feels just wrong vimeo.com/24938649
( , Thu 17 Jan 2013, 10:17, Reply)

...I wasnt sure to post REM or Metallica. Hope this guy does some more, very interesting. "Gimme Shelter" would be good to hear.
( , Thu 17 Jan 2013, 10:29, Reply)

Now it sounds like something released by Olly Murs. And that's not a good thing.
( , Thu 17 Jan 2013, 10:24, Reply)

I wonder if that was done with the latest version of Melodyne, which can pull individual notes out of chords.
( , Thu 17 Jan 2013, 10:25, Reply)

I think I prefer that version, TBH. Less dirgey.
This single/album was the beginning of the descent for REM though, sadly.
( , Thu 17 Jan 2013, 10:33, Reply)

Murmur is indubitably great, as is Document and bits of Life's Rich Pageant. But Fables of the Reconstruction is a bit pants. Meanwhile, while Around the Sun is pretty dire, Up is massively underrated, as is New Adventures; and the final two albums were superb.
( , Thu 17 Jan 2013, 11:23, Reply)

Found Up very weak though and sort of gave up on them at that point.
I think other than Murmur, they've never made an album that was great from start to finish, although New Adventures in Hi Fi came closest.
( , Thu 17 Jan 2013, 11:35, Reply)

agree that they lack a single 'great' album. I stopped even giving them the time of day once a friend played me 'Monster'.
( , Thu 17 Jan 2013, 11:44, Reply)

Murmur and Chronic Town for me - I can't think of any other veteran bands whose first album is the best
( , Thu 17 Jan 2013, 12:04, Reply)

...just...weird...
It would be better to do it the other way around, turning happy pop songs in to nihilistic dirges.
Edit: Hahaha! The Riders On The Storm one is fucking hilarious! 'Killer on the road' doo dee doo dee doo dee doo. It's just so inanely happy...
Edit edit: The Django Reinhardt one is pretty good. Doesn't come off too saccharine.
( , Thu 17 Jan 2013, 10:41, Reply)

It also means that there's still hope for the vast majority of emo.
( , Thu 17 Jan 2013, 11:54, Reply)