Mark Ronson and The Dap Kings cover Radiohead

On_the_Red_Clay

I was pleasantly surprised by the result - discuss!

BigSpliff

Emo Jazz

soulmarcosa

I feel like I'm trying to party but some dude has me cornered and won't stop complaining about his life.

progbeatz

day

I feel like I'm trying to party but some dude has me cornered and won't stop complaining about his life.

that's hilarious

I can tell folls on here aren't going to be feeling it, but I think it's good for what it is. The Onsulade joint from that is good, too.

ako

man this is great!

but then again i am a huge radiohead fan...

how can you not like this?

johnshade

i think i'd prefer it without the vocals, though.

Sweet_Premium

Yeah, the vocals was a bit too much to me. Listened to it twice, and I will propably forget the song by tomorrow..

family_brick

So it's the Dap Kings helping out..very interesting. I thought the musicians sounded better than your average session guys.

In my opinion, purely in the context of a cover version, this kills it. I'm really impressed. Love the guitar parts arranged for horns like that, very good job.

dollar_bin

Nice, but I would like this better as an instrumental.


speaking of daptone/truthandsoul type stuff, anyone know if those El Michel's Affair Wu Tang instrumentals are ever coming out?

Mjukis

I kinda like it. It's a really good arrangement and all, but a bit cheesy too. Heard it on a Quantic mix and thought it was something he did himself, now I know better.If it's the Daptones playing and some other guy singing, exactly what did Mark Ronson do on it, if I may ask?

BigSpliff

Nice, but I would like this better as an instrumental.


speaking of daptone/truthandsoul type stuff, anyone know if those El Michel's Affair Wu Tang instrumentals are ever coming out?

Apparently there will be a tidal wave of new wax hitting the streets in the very very near future. 45s, 12s, LPs.

Come on Jeff, I know you read this. post up.

BigSpliff

emo jazz

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I feel like I'm trying to party but some dude has me cornered and won't stop complaining about his life.

Just yours was funnier.

Who is this Mark Ronson? I thought he was a celeb DJ-lurker?

Mjukis

You're basically correct, except he also gets artists like The Dap Kings and Ghostface to do shit on his albums and projects, then gets credit for it when he in fact just made a couple of phone calls. Or is this an unfair generalisation? (Not saying anything about his DJ skills though, I don't know about that.)

Aser

hatt in full effect in this thread, haha

Bsides

You're basically correct, except he also gets artists like The Dap Kings and Ghostface to do shit on his albums and projects, then gets credit for it when he in fact just made a couple of phone calls. Or is this an unfair generalisation? (Not saying anything about his DJ skills though, I don't know about that.)

i think he actually makes some hot beats, and although ive never seen him dj, ive heard hes actually pretty talented.


that said, hes also a silver spoon fed ex male model with celebrity parents. But i think he probably has a better reason for being famous than say...dj am or smething.


i am sure he has his fair share of hatters out there though.

ja_bruce

I didn't think this was that bad, in fact i sort of enjoyed it. I am a huge Radiohead fan. Probably my favorite band in rock. The band is funky, the instruments all sound nice and old. I probably could've done without the singing. Not that its bad, he's got the Tom Yorke thing going on but I would've liked to hear Thom himself on this. Ronson must have lost his number or something. I don't know what he did on this track besides maybe come up with the idea. Damn, I wish I had the money and the phone book to pull off stuff like this, so many opportunities. I just wanna know how he gets his name on this stuff.

Cahoots

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BeatChemist

I dig this a lot. I'm a big Radiohead fan though... which I think strays quite a bit from the general soulstrut consensus on them. I gotta agree though, that I'd like this more if it was instrumental.

Speaking of Radiohead covers... has anyone heard the live Brad Mehldau solo piano cover of Paranoid Android. Dude fucking KILLS it on the piano man... taking melody lines and just going off by playing little trills and arpeggios based on them... I can post it up if anyone's interested. It's worth a listen.

ako

Speaking of Radiohead covers... has anyone heard the live Brad Mehldau solo piano cover of Paranoid Android. Dude fucking KILLS it on the piano man... taking melody lines and just going off by playing little trills and arpeggios based on them... I can post it up if anyone's interested. It's worth a listen.

id like to hear this...

BeatChemist

uploading right now...

BeatChemist

brad mehldau - paranoid android (live)[/b]

http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SSY24TXEBIK63IDR88IY1GW3C


It's kinda slow to start... but really takes off towards the end.

ako

brad mehldau - paranoid android (live)[/b]

http://s52.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SSY24TXEBIK63IDR88IY1GW3C


It's kinda slow to start... but really takes off towards the end.

this is great! thanks

yuichi

I was pleasantly surprised by the result - discuss!

if i hadn't known it was a radiohead song, maybe i wouldn't have turned it off 1/3 of the way through.

gibla74

Mark has definately had a privaledged background but is good at what he does . He played at my night once and came across very down to earth & regular, did a good set too.

Surprised that Just tune hasn't been mentioned on here before as it's already big in the UK, been getting mainstream radio play & been in clubs for some time. Is it definately the Dapkings? I'd not heard that before..

Mjukis

I was just clowning a bit, anyway, background doesn't matter. What matters is if you're CONNECTED TO THE STREETS.
There's a bunch of people I'd rather see get his level of exposure though... Myself not included. Ain't mad, doggie! The song is growing on me like so much fungus, as well.