Unusual Covers

[Greg]

Beat It by NiNi Heavy Metal Asian Folk

[Drunk Monk]

Cool.

I found this version of Zombie (Cranberries) on her site too.

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Aw damn. It's a short so it won't play.

You'll just have to make do with her cover of the theme song for...



...sailor moon!

[Greg]

Nightshift

Springsteen covers the Commodores. His journey to crooner is complete.

[Greg]

I like Bruce's version. He also comes off as kind of theatrical in the video.

[King Bob]

His voice is pretty good when he's not bellowing (like he usually did with the E Street Band). And that band's much funkier than them too.

[Drunk Monk]

Наталья Веденеева - Billie Jean / Michael Jackson

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Наталья Веденеева - Billie Jean / Michael Jackson.

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Take Me To Church

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Take Me To Church - Mia Asano

[Greg]

The world needs more Broken Peach.

Don't you want me, Baby?

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

The world needs more Broken Peach.

Don't you want me, Baby?

Spanish chicks are hawt. Even undead ones.

[King Bob]

This came out four years ago but I missed it until I saw the album at the library. She covers the entire Talking Heads album. Some of the songs on what was side 2 don't work as well as the A side stuff. DM will probably not be impressed.

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The Angelique Kidjo cover reminded me that Peter Gabriel did this song from Remain in Light on his album of covers - Scratch My Back. He also does nice versions of Bowie's Heroes, and Paul Simon's Boy in the Bubble

[Drunk Monk]

'tis the season...



As we deadheads quip 'IWT'

[thatguy]

https://www.engadget.com/holly-plus-holl...50236.html

Listen to an AI sing an uncannily human rendition of 'Jolene'
Holly+, the digital "twin" of experimental musician Holly Herndon, does the classic surprising justice.


T. O'Brien
11.02.22

Holly Herndon

AI-powered image generators have been getting most of the press recently. But musical machine learning models have quietly been making great strides in recent years. Holly Herndon has been at the forefront of that revolution. She co-developed (along with partner Mat Dryhurst) Spawn, a singing neural network, for her last album Proto and released Holly+ (in partnership with Never Before Heard Sounds) to the public last year, which allows anyone to use a model of Holly's voice. Now she's released a new single, where the only vocals come her digital twin.

This cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" plays it pretty straight at first listen. Yes it's slower and quieter, but Ryan Norris, who handles the instrumentation, doesn't take any extreme liberties with the arrangement or sound palette. It simply swaps frantic desperation with plaintive resignation. 


What makes it so arresting is that every vocal sound, right down to the sharp inhales before the harmonies kick in, was generated by Holly+. (That's right, it "breathes".) There isn't a human in sight of a vocal booth here. Some of the phrasing is a little stilted and there are occasional digital artifacts, if you listen closely for them. But on the whole this digital model of the real Holly Herndon's voice is impressive in its ability to imitate its creator.

Until now, most major artistsexperimentations with AI have focused on creating generative soundscapes or synth melodies. This is (as far as I know) the first time a machine learning model has taken the mic solo in a pop song. 

Herndon previewed the track way back in March at Sonar Festival, but it largely flew under the radar until it received a proper release this week. (BTW: Go watch the presentation from Sonar for some truly wild real-time demonstrations of Holly+ and Never Before Heard Sounds' technology.) You can attempt to recreate the performance above by recording your own performance of Jolene and uploading it to Holly+, but don't expect the same fidelity of results through the web app. While it's definitely a fun diversion, artists who are serious about using AI to further their craft should explore Spawning, an organization launched by Herndon and Dryhurst earlier this year.

Daisy, Daisy...

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

WHAT IS HIP ? (Cover)/TOKYO GROOVE JYOSHI & Shinobu Kawashima

[thatguy]

This ad has a Post Modern Jukebox cover of Blink 182's "All the small things". I just wanted to post the video since it gets ya right in the feelz...



--tg

[Drunk Monk]

te reo Māori rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody

[Drunk Monk]