December Cover Challenge Voting Time X's in the boxes

[lurksalot]

 

Its Showcase time ... or at least copy someone else time,  as December is traditionally the challenge of presenting a cover, a new one specifically recorded, or any that had been recorded this year.

A faithful attempt at the original, a minimalist approach or a radical re-imagining but based on another song or tune.

 

here are the entries showing their...

 

...Factor 

 

Have a listen and vote for your favourite 3 

 

 

 

1  @Al Nico   A pop/disco track transformed into a future rave disco remix,

 

 

 

 

 

2  @SH73    This month a short one, Napalm Death cover You Suffer. All instruments and vocals played, recorded, mixed etc by me. It's the shortest song ever, Napalm Death is famous for.

 

 

 

 

 

3  @Leonard Smalls  I've had a go at DAF's AntiFascist anthem, Der Mussolini.... Featuring my very best German vocal!

 

 

 

 

 

4 @Jean-Luc Pickguard  Here's my cover of Sonny & Cher's "The Beat Goes On" written by Sonny Bono before he formed U2.

 

 

 

 

 

5  @upside downer  I've done a cover of 1-2-5 by the Canadian garage rock band The Haunted, which was a number 23 smash in the Canadian charts back in 1966

 

 

 

 

 

 

6  @lurksalot  Happy Chrimbo guys  this is fairly short , but maybe, for some, not short enough 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7   @MoonBassAlpha Listen to Girls Talk Dave Edmunds Cover

 

 

 

 

 

8 @skankdelvar  A Happy Christmas to you all.

 

 

 

A great bit of fun this year , some brilliant ideas well done all 

 

let's have 3 votes each,

 

voting will end at midnight on 31st december 

 

Happy Christmas 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 26, 2025 by lurksalot

[lurksalot]

If you have been inspired by these fine tunes , this might be of interest

 

 

[lurksalot]

Congratulations @skankdelvar a fantastic well worthy winner , great to see you in the challenge. 
 

thanks all for another great year in the monthly recording challenge corner of the forum.

 

here is to another one 🥂🥂cheers all 

Lurks 

[upside downer]

Bravo @skankdelvar, I look forward to your stab at Merry Crassmas by Crass next year.

 

Mind you, 8 entries and only 6 voters? We can't even get ourselves to vote, let alone anyone else 😁

[Leonard Smalls]

1 hour ago, upside downer said:

Mind you, 8 entries and only 6 voters?

It's either:

a) all our entries are so terrible that the majority of BCers know that for the sake of their sanity they'd be wise to ignore the Compo Compo every month

b) Most BCers are so busy that they can't spare 10 minutes or so to skim through the entries

c) Most BCers aren't interested in any new music at all, as nobody's made anything worth listening to for at least 30 years

d) Those who don't take any part just assume it's some sort of clique they're not invited to

e) a combination of all those things

f) something else entirely

 

[lurksalot]

I think some of the production values of the entries are just incredible , at a level that I could only dream of , but at my level, it’s great fun and a continual learning curve, but I do understand that it might seem intimidating at first to some. 

[skankdelvar]

12 hours ago, lurksalot said:

Congratulations @skankdelvar a fantastic well worthy winner , great to see you in the challenge. 
 

thanks all for another great year in the monthly recording challenge corner of the forum.

 

here is to another one 🥂🥂cheers all 

Lurks 

 

 

Thanks Lurks.

 

My best wishes to all here - fine work, peoples!