why?
I thought no-one could do a less appropriate cover of a great song than Scarlett. I was so very wrong.
Edit: I like this description. What the hell is with The Watchmen anyway? So far I have seen nothing to explain its apparent status as a cult ‘alternative’ comic book. So far it looks rather like a bunch of idiots in bad outfits beating up bad guys and having moral crises, just like, oh, every single other comic book ever.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo………………..
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo………
That is just not right.
Especially as it’s something like 3 minutes long. I feel their version may be missing some of the epic nature of the original.
OK guys, today we’re going to be covering a Bob Dylan classic, so I’ve put together some notes on how I thought we’d approach it.
Let’s talk lyrics first up; I’m sure we all agree Dylan’s lyrics are the least important part of his music, so I say we cut most of them and render the rest incomprehensible. Our lead singer’s bizarre concept of English vowel sounds should give us a head start on that, and an unnecessary tempo increase will do the rest.
I noticed the acoustic guitar accompaniment in the original combined half-note strumming with little ad-lib melodic fragments, creating a pleasantly spontaneous rhythmic variety while allowing the lyrics to speak clearly. That totally sucked, so lets ditch the fragments and add the most boring, predictable kick-on-one snare-on-three kit rock beat imaginable. We’ll keep the strumming, since I feel the repetitive hand-jerking motion will add a compelling visual representation of what we’re trying to transmit here.
Finally, for my solo, I thought I’d bust out a patriotic Star Spangled Banner quote, but here’s the kicker; I’ll fit it so that the sharp 4 in the melody sneaks in just in time to clash with the natural 4 chord root! Everyone loves minor ninths, right?
Why are you all crying?
Hehe.
I believe the film clip was shot in reverse, i.e. the crowd of people trying to break down the doors were actually locked in the venue trying to get out, and the people yelling at the ticket booth operators were actually demanding their money back.
I just hope Dylan charged them 95% commission and made them wash his Bentley with their stripey emo clothes.
I hope they washed his moving Bentley, from underneath, with their blood.
I’m actually glad this came to my attention, though. I never get sick of watching From Hell or V For Vendetta, and my expectations for Watchmen were pretty high. You know how dangerous that can be (remember the Phantom Menace queue?)
Musical re-interpretation done properly (NSFW Audio):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTihsJQHt48
ok….. but sorry, can we just go back to that scarlett bit again…… uhh, oh yeah, i’d tap that.
Dude, you realise jbjbjb.com is one of those dodgy placeholder websites advertising credit card deals, right?