Splogman and friends' 50 ways to do a cover

cover artist
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player

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1. Splogman
-- 50 ways to do a cover
I recorded this dutch language cover of a famous Simon song as an invitation for all readers of my weblog and members of my mailgroup to make a cover of their own.
2. Brett Singer
-- Maggie's farm
Brett was the first to send in a cover of his own.
3. Brett Singer
-- Down by the river

4. Thierno Barry & Friends
-- House of the rising sun
This is taken from my radioshow Vreemde Geluiden. From Senegal came singer/guitarplayer Thierno Barry. For this occasion I invited several local artists to have a jam-session with him
5. Weirdomusic
-- White Rabbit
Marco Kalnenek recorded this in the early 90's
6. Weirdomusic
-- My Guitar wants to kill yer mama

7. Brett Singer
-- Rent

8. Splogman
-- Yellow Submarine
One of those Beatle records where you could delete the singing by switching the balance to the left or right. I tried to stay as close to the original as possible
9. Splogman
-- Mull of Kintyre
Here I tried to drift as far as possible from the original...
10. Splogman
-- La Bamba
A song I used to perform with the Stepping Stone Visit. I allways played the flute and sing backing vocals, though. So I had to google for the words now
11. Mister J & Pupils GGS
-- Yellow Submarine
I've worked at the Geert Grote School as a music teacher for about ten years in total. Sometimes a class had so many talented kids that I could put my guitar down and just swithch them on.
12. Mister J & Pupils GGS
-- La Bamba

13. Brett Singer
-- Mr. Tambourine man

14. Splogman
-- Fool on the hill
One night I tried to find the chords to this song by ear and memory. Along the way this became one of my favourites on the project.
15. Splogman
-- The one that I want

16. Splogman
-- Quo Vadis/New year's wishes

17. Stepping Stone Visit
-- Sloop John B.
recorded in a trainwagon from Liege to Brussels
18. Splogman
-- Michel

19. Fudge
-- Suck my kiss

20. Fudge
-- Avery M Powers memorial Beltway

21. Fudge
-- Clones (we're all)

22. Ookoi
-- Autobahn
This incredible duo performed on my radioshow, one of it's members coming all the way from Paris. Hearing from this project they sent this cover in a few days later
23. Mister J & Pupils GGS
-- Oh Darling

24. Splogman
-- Doctor Who

25. Splogman and Mavis
-- Ala Presi
Mavis is a singer music teacher from Paramaribo. We met when we where both studying at the music academy in Zwolle. After getting her degree she went back to her home country, but once in a while she returns and during summer 2007 we sang this Surinam traditional in my radioshow.
26. Brett Singer
-- Calender Girl

27. Splogman and Mavis
-- Winti winti
Just after her study and just before she left Mavis recorded al the Surinam songs for kids she collected for her songbook 'Alonki' in 1976. These recordings however where a cappella and in 2007 I asked and got her permission to record other parts and instruments around them. Here 'winti' means "the wind".
28. Hebe
-- Hallelujah

29. Splogman
-- You need to get things right
Sebastian aka Mr Dantefontana wrote a rant and I can't remember who came up with the idea first, but several people put music to his tirade. I decided to take an old classic, haha!
30. Splogman
-- Bobby never knows
Mashing and mixing up Boney M and The Beatles. I can't remember how much alcohol was involved in getting inspiration for this one, but in the end I think I pulled it off rather adequately, don't you think?
31. Splogman
-- We will rock you

32. Splogman
-- The lion sleeps tonight

33. Mutterin Bullfrog Smith
-- Like dreamers do

34. Mutterin Bullfrog Smith
-- Hot Stuff

35. Kurt Benbenek
-- Philadelphia Freedom
Look wot you dun, Mr. Benbenek!
36.Wee Robby Dee
-- Watchtower

37.Mr.J and the vegetarian dinner party
-- We will rock you

38.Splogman
-- De Neus

39.Splogman and Fundu
-- Life on mars
I enjoyed making this rendition so much that I continued and made a cut and paste videoclip
40. Splogman
-- 10538 overture

41.Splogman
-- I'm The Walrus

42.Splogman
-- King of the road

43.Splogman
-- Green back dollar

44.Splogman
-- Ouverture/Wil het zo graag
Only thing left from one of many unfinished projects. The idea was to (re)create some kind of musical, based on a long cut and paste story that I recorded on six C90 cassettes for a friend in the late eighties.
45.Splogman & Foendoe
-- Knockin on heaven's door

46. Splogman
-- Dreamer
My ultimate ashes-to-ashes-funk-to-funky-we-know-major-Tom's-a-junky-rendition of one of the nicest songs ever
47. De Zwervende Keien
-- Mijn vlakke land
Here Wilma and I are rehearsing this song for the 'vernisage' of an exhibition in a New Age bookshop in Zwolle.
48.Fudge
-- So serious

49.Brett Singer
-- Come away with me

50. Sucrepop
-- This never happened before

bonus by Brett
-- So long farewell (Brett)
Brett: 'a silly goodbye song - "So long farewell", remixed with no real instruments or voices whatsoever.'