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Eamonn


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Just stumbled across this, was recorded for BBC before Christmas. Looks like they also played it at their gig at the Sheffield Arena the other night.

Fairly faithful (if very inferior) version. The riff on the keyboard makes the song sound both camp and uncomfortably close to Gloria.





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Jolly good job they made of it, I think! :)

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It's not bad, it's just the high-pitch and slightly different rhythm on the main riff, played on the keys, that I fund off-putting. Chaplin does a good job with the vocals.

Their piano-man is obviously very adept. Wonder if they've tried any other keyboard-heavy Pulp songs.

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I like Keane, I love Pulp, I HATE THAT COVER !!! Its horrible !!!!!!!!

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I went to see Keane in Sheffield last Friday (and it was fantastic) and they did Disco 2000. I almost died. It sounded fantastic and it really, really got the crowd going:)

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I've a feeling that if I watched that it would upset me. I have no intention of testing this hypothesis. Ever.

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Its for the best mark lol - the crowd were also dead during that clip too ............................ if I saw Keane doing that, id ask for a refund !

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I just think it's great, that bands in this day and age cover Pulp songs. There is an interview for the reasons of Keane covering this song.




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"This video is not available in your country or domain". *Grumble*

Do they say owt of interest?
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i hate keane, with a passion.

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Ha! "Fueelly Grown!" Ha Ha!

It's alright but they seem to have made Disco 2000 even more camp and cheesy than the original!

It's nice to see current bands covering Pulp anyway.

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Terrible.

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Yep, I'm sure that the members of Keane can all really relate to those lyrics...

I don't think there is any greater wrong than a bunch of middle of the road, humourless, posh, privileged private school twats singing about "woodchip on the wall".

Not that I'm one of these people who think that Pulp were some huge "working class" band, but seriously, they should have changed the lyrics to "Daddy used to give both of us a lift home sometimes in his Bentley fitted with in-car dvd player and drinks cooler but it meant nothing to you, cause you were so popular..."

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"Woodchip on the wall" is one of those very British references Jarvis occasionally makes that I never quite understood. Would someone care to enlighten me?

A quick search of google reveals that it's some kind of textured wallpaper of German origin, sort of a "faux stucco"??? Is that correct? And was it standard issue in working class Northern England homes?



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Well we used to have it at our house in the 70's! and were from the North.



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my parents still have it on literally EVERY wall and we're not northern

it's basically just cheap wallpaper that has little chips of wood stuck on it and then painted. I think my parents have it as they say the plaster is wonky and this covers that fact up

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Whilest we're talking about cover versions... Here's 'Babies' by Goodnight Electric. This one's a laugh as well but a little more endearing than Keane!

http://www.archive.org/details/Babiespulpcoverversion

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weed wrote:


Whilest we're talking about cover versions... Here's 'Babies' by Goodnight Electric. This one's a laugh as well but a little more endearing than Keane!

http://www.archive.org/details/Babiespulpcoverversion








following your trail...





this is a RARE cover of this is Hardcore from "Vaqueros Paganos" a still amateur/underground band with obvious potential...
Smoth version, bad sound quality

on topic: Keane version sucks baaaaaaaad disbelief

 




-- Edited by ProudRobot at 05:40, 2009-02-22

-- Edited by ProudRobot at 05:42, 2009-02-22

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That's actually really impressive!

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Someone needs to show that Hardcover cover to Jarvis.
Feckin' fantastic.

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What a brilliant version. The female vocals really add to it.



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That could possibly be the best executed Pulp cover i have ever heard.

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projectblue wrote:

What a brilliant version. The female vocals really add to it.



Is this the official sarcasam thread?

Great musically, but the song simply doesn't work as a duet.

At.

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Not sure the duet format particularly adds anything, to be honest I assumed it was just a way of covering the full vocal range. But you've got to admit it's dead impressive that they managed to credibly cover such a horrendously complex track, built up in the studio over months and months, live with a two guitar/bass/drums line-up. Amazing really.

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loved the intro, zeppelin-esque

edit: just listened again. At about 45 seconds in it turns in to Kashmir, awesome. This is how it should be played live

-- Edited by loz at 22:44, 2009-02-25

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