Barking Spiders Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) This is, this isn't difficult to do. Get any song, bung some walking bass line plus a swing, bossa nova or slow tempo rhythm underneath and Robert is your mother's brother. Smooth Jazz is the curse of many a potentially romantic meal out but is at its most irksome when you hear a fave song of yours given the jazz lite makeover. PS, excuse the typos in the thread title. i do know the difference between its and it's! Edited September 20, 2019 by Barking Spiders typo changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borntohang Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 I did a year or two with a big (as in 10 members) pseudo-latin group featuring some amazing players. We started off doing basic latin standards to moderate success, but after a few shows we had a chat about marketing and I pointed out that while most people don't actually like jazz, they do want to think of themselves as the kind of person who likes jazz. From there on we got a couple of good-looking singers and made decent cash off playing pop covers quickly arranged for three part harmony with a percussionist and a nylon guitar - maybe a trumpet solo if we felt flash. Unfortunately we just were a bit too early to get in on the youtube Postmodern Jukebox movement! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 But sometimes it's the band themselves doing it: 😁 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Tainted Love Karen Souza, I liked that one, great bass sound. Didn't particularly like the rest. Nils Landgren does the Jazz cover thing very well. . . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliasMooseblaster Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 To be fair to Richard Cheese, his reworkings were always tongue-in-cheek. Smooth Jazz in its more earnest form is, of course, an abomination, and I do believe that when the Four Horsemen rend the very skye and ride upon this mortal plain, bringing unto mankind the woes of death, of pestilence, of famine, and of war, one of them shall hold aloft a saxophone, yea, even of the soprano register, lo, and his name shall be Kenny G. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandad Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) I'm sure there are plenty of murdered songs but here is one example of me liking this version over the original though that may be an age thing. Edited September 20, 2019 by grandad 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 I like the first Nouvelle Vague album. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 No worse really than classic rock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 There are just good and bad songs, I would never dismiss an entire genre of work, rather mine out the good stuff. Except rap, obvs. 1 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Steve Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 2 hours ago, EliasMooseblaster said: To be fair to Richard Cheese, his reworkings were always tongue-in-cheek. and excellent live - saw him with Lounge Against The Machine at Sonisphere a few years ago and they were utterly brilliant And a shout out for the Lounge Kittens who's three part harmonies and piano version of the filthiest excesses of punk, metal and R&B are fantastic (and again, they are great live) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Paul Anka did an album of swinging rock covers in 2005, which included this one. Squeamish people look away now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 27 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: 😮 - love rap me. Don't love it, but it was reactions like @Paul S that made me start this thread as there is so much good stuff out there: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Paul S said: There are just good and bad songs, I would never dismiss an entire genre of work, rather mine out the good stuff. Except rap, obvs. Sorry to disagree but taste being a personal thing there are several genres where I dislike everything I've ever heard including Smooth Jazz. Smooth Jazz originals are bad enough but it's bossa nova lite and torch song type pop and rock covers that bring out my inner sociopath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 Yup, in rap/hip hop there's a lotta gash but there's also a lot I like a helluva lot. Outfits like A Tribe Called Quest, Eric B & Rakim and Public Enemy have never put a foot wrong 👌 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Barking Spiders said: Sorry to disagree but taste being a personal thing there are several genres where I dislike everything I've ever heard including Smooth Jazz. Smooth Jazz originals are bad enough but it's bossa nova lite and torch song type pop and rock covers that bring out my inner sociopath But what is Smooth Jazz? Are Dave Gruisin, Eric Gale and Bob James Smooth? Is a track like Dexter Gordon's Guess I'll Hang my Tears Out to Dry Smooth ? I personally think it is all down to radio formatting. Jazz FM's Dinner Jazz anyone?😵 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 So you dont like smooth jazz. Cant say ive heard many Smooth Jazz covers. I love some smooth jazz though like the incredible Norman Brown but really dont like Kenny G. There is good and bad in all genres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky 4000 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, Barking Spiders said: I like that one! 😃 Edited September 20, 2019 by Ricky 4000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 I was actually joking I don't like ALL rap but I like some. I don't like ALL jazz but I like some. etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 5 hours ago, Paul S said: There are just good and bad songs, I would never dismiss an entire genre of work, rather mine out the good stuff. Except jazz, obvs. FTFY If there is a personal hell for me it will be endless shopping trips with jazz like this playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steantval Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 If this is Smooth Jazz, I love it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 11 hours ago, Barking Spiders said: This is, this isn't difficult to do. Get any song, bung some walking bass line plus a swing, bossa nova or slow tempo rhythm underneath and Robert is your mother's brother. Smooth Jazz is the curse of many a potentially romantic meal out but is at its most irksome when you hear a fave song of yours given the jazz lite makeover. PS, excuse the typos in the thread title. i do know the difference between its and it's! As someone else pointed out, Richard Cheese is firmly tongue-in-cheek. The clue is in the name 😉. I first heard RC years ago and think he’s hilarious. I suspect that version of KITNO is also firmly tongue-in-cheek, and personally it amused the hell out of me, I think it’s great. Didn’t get past the first 2 as I’ve got to flea treat our new cats in a minute! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingPrawn Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 It’s pure poo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 This is a pointless thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 (edited) Richard Cheese is awesome! And I utterly loathe jazz. The whole point is it's supposed to be tongue in cheek and "cheesy", the clue is in the name. Richard Cheese is the absolutely epitome of jazz, after all its all total and utter "D!ck Cheese" anyway. At least he manages to stick some decent rock tunes in there. (YMMV) Edited September 21, 2019 by Newfoundfreedom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 At this point I am reminded of Mike Flowers Pops great fun at the time but not on any of my playlists , .....hmmm , thinks , next years Le Mans playlist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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