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Last Post 2/8/2005 5:41 PM by Bez Light year

David kitts covers album

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Bez Light year

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2/8/2005 5:41 PM
Is it any good hav'nt heard it?

Unicron

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2/8/2005 8:26 PM
All the songs sound like something from The Big Romance, I'd say that it's OK. I listened to Small Moments for the first time in ages today, after hearing it and remembering how good he was I really want to hunt him down and punch him for releasing that shambolic thrid record.

Bez Light year

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2/9/2005 11:10 AM
Yeah that 3rd album was fairly unremarkable apart from one or two songs on it. I liked the rest tho.

Punchbowl

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2/9/2005 4:57 PM
The Notebook is a really, really good album even if it slightly falls behind on the previous three. I actually loved ' Square One ' with ' House with trains ' being my choice for song of the decade. Anyway, this new one is essentially as good as the tracks he's chosen. The obvious big hitters are there, and great ' Dancing in the Moonlight ' Thin Lizzy and ' Don't go Back to Rockville ' REM. Whilst' Teenage Riot ' Sonic Youth is an actual improvement on the origianl too. ' Haunt Me ' is a Jape Cover but I'd suggest you try them out too. The best song is 'All night Long ' which he actually wrote himself. Ironic eh?

mutch

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2/9/2005 5:23 PM
covers albums are very popular right now arent they? why i wonder?

stroller

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2/9/2005 6:09 PM
quote: Originally posted by mutch covers albums are very popular right now arent they? why i wonder? If you're referring to the Even Better Than The Real Thing series and the number of cover renditions in Irish artist's set lists I'd say it's probably because the creative well has run dry for a lot of these individuals. The last albums from Mundy, Paddy Casey, David Kitt and the Frames were all hugely disappointing. I doubt that this quartet have many good song's left in them so it makes sense to dip into the back catalogue of others. They could do with being a bit more selective though. By covering timeless classics by the likes of Joy Division, Jeff Buckley and the Pixies, Glen Hansard only highlights how disposable his own songs are. Paddy Casey's lack of soul is painfully evident when he tackles the work of Bill Withers. I never realised what a charisma vacuum Paul Noonan is until Bell X1 massacred Hey Ya! one night in concert. Andre 3000 is an amazing front man but poor Paul just looked like an awkward 12 year old being forced to sing for his grand parents. One of the most painful things my ears have ever been subjected to was David Kitt's lethargic rendition of I Wanna Be Sedated at Witnness 2003. And I will never understand why a singer with such a limited vocal range would ever attempt to take on the work of Jackie Wilson. But when you consider that the best song on Square 1 is a re-recording of a three year old b-side then I guess he doesn't have many options. And if Damien Rice is such a good songwriter why hasn't he released any new material in three years. I could go on for hours but basically I just wish that more of these Irish acts would stop trying to re-create the show band era and just start performing and releasing more good material that they actually wrote themselves.

The_Thin_Man

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2/10/2005 10:41 AM
quote: Originally posted by Punchbowl Whilst' Teenage Riot ' Sonic Youth is an actual improvement on the origianl too. 'Teenage Riot' was a sonic shot across the bows, a manifesto of aural attack, a line in the sand which eventually led to (in tandem with the Pixies) the grunge rock movement of the early 90s. Like 'This Charming Man', 'She Bangs the Drums', 'Radio Free Europe' and 'Sign of the Times' it represented - to me at least - a musical break, which upped the ante for what came after in the 80s and after. Not to wilfully denigrate David Kitt, but the version I heard of Teenage Riot is limp and derivative. It certainly is not an improvement on the original. Apologies, rant over. As an aside, didn't David Kitt 'cover' one of his own tracks (Step Outside in the Morning Light from Small Moments) on his 2nd record? Now that's a dedication to craft (or maybe 'graft') of the cover song?

Gar

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2/10/2005 1:30 PM
Ok, the last Mundy, Paddy Casey, The Frames and David Kitt efforts weren't their best but I don't think that they are relaunching themselves with cover tunes. It could be argued that David Kitt is since he recently released a covers album. But so what, Johnny Cash did it and gained more credibility to alot of people (maybe not our Rev Jules, but he knows more about The Man In Black than relative newcomers). Besides, all of those Even Better Than The Real Thing collections are for charity. So if Glen croaks out a Justin Timberlake tune and it helps fund matters in a Children's Hospital then give him the poxy songbook to keep singing. I know what Stroller was saying about Damien Rice not releasing a second album, I touched on that in my review on this site of his b-sides album, but there shouldn't be any reason to get angry over it. When he does release a new effort, then there is reason to get excited or angry. Although while he keeps flogging the same songs off for numerous films and tv shows, and re-releasing his first album twice over, we should just leave him get on with it. Bell X1 have a new album coming out as do Turn, Gemma Hayes, The Frames, Nina Hynes so there will be plenty to look forward to in the coming months on the Irish scene.

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