Adam listens to amateur Guster covers
... so you don't have to!
Enter happyfrappy.com, a clearinghouse for Guster covers - "by fans, for fans." Surely you don't have time to sift through the entire site for the cream of the crop. Ridiculous. You are not a tree that grows minutes and seconds. But I'll bet you just can't contain your curiousity. "What have they cooked up," you ask yourself. "Something good! Probably. Maybe."
Since myth's weblog has always been about helping out its readers, here's a list of favorites that the boys down in our music review department came up with.
The Bishop Elect's reckless cover of Amsterdam injects all of the sarcasm that Rosenworcel's lyrics actually require for the song to work. Somehow it manages to spin out of control even at half the speed of the original.
Note to the two hundred people who chose to cover Airport Song: adding a phaser effect to your vocals and/or the entire mix will not make your recording "spooky." The only way to do that is to sing like you have just barely escaped from a high-security prison for psychopaths, like Lawrence Solomon has. Exhibit A for the prosecution. Apparently he stole a drum machine on the way out.
Maybe the vocals are a bit too Surfacing, but Sara O'Reilly enchants with her delicate version of Two Points for Honesty. She sings the harmonies you always heard in your head while listening to this song! The ones Guster couldn't be bothered with.
Guster fans! It's time to stop your ridiculous posturing. Parachute is not a very good album. You know it; I know it. We all know it. David Kerman probably knows it, but that didn't stop him from producing this honest, heart-felt rendition of Guster's crappiest song.
Dear Jimmy Rowles: your cover of X-Ray Eyes is awesome. I guess Incubus is okay, but here is a Mountain Goats album. Sincerely, Adam
Sarah Dunn has built a tiny, intricate acapella machine from All The Way Up To Heaven.
If you've ever thought to yourself, "Man, wouldn't it be great if Guster had gone back in time and taught Parachute to the Red Krayola, circa God Bless The Red Krayola And All Who Sail With It?" then hoo-boy does Brumation have a song for you.
On the other hand, it wouldn't take time travel for Bright Eyes to learn a Guster song, but surely Oberst is busy enough with all the hookers and smack. In the meantime, try to sate yourself with Nicholas Jones' vaguely Bright Eyes-ish cover of So Long. The shift to 4/4 makes this much snappier than the original. Good decision. Bravo!
Enter happyfrappy.com, a clearinghouse for Guster covers - "by fans, for fans." Surely you don't have time to sift through the entire site for the cream of the crop. Ridiculous. You are not a tree that grows minutes and seconds. But I'll bet you just can't contain your curiousity. "What have they cooked up," you ask yourself. "Something good! Probably. Maybe."
Since myth's weblog has always been about helping out its readers, here's a list of favorites that the boys down in our music review department came up with.
The Bishop Elect's reckless cover of Amsterdam injects all of the sarcasm that Rosenworcel's lyrics actually require for the song to work. Somehow it manages to spin out of control even at half the speed of the original.
Note to the two hundred people who chose to cover Airport Song: adding a phaser effect to your vocals and/or the entire mix will not make your recording "spooky." The only way to do that is to sing like you have just barely escaped from a high-security prison for psychopaths, like Lawrence Solomon has. Exhibit A for the prosecution. Apparently he stole a drum machine on the way out.
Maybe the vocals are a bit too Surfacing, but Sara O'Reilly enchants with her delicate version of Two Points for Honesty. She sings the harmonies you always heard in your head while listening to this song! The ones Guster couldn't be bothered with.
Guster fans! It's time to stop your ridiculous posturing. Parachute is not a very good album. You know it; I know it. We all know it. David Kerman probably knows it, but that didn't stop him from producing this honest, heart-felt rendition of Guster's crappiest song.
Dear Jimmy Rowles: your cover of X-Ray Eyes is awesome. I guess Incubus is okay, but here is a Mountain Goats album. Sincerely, Adam
Sarah Dunn has built a tiny, intricate acapella machine from All The Way Up To Heaven.
If you've ever thought to yourself, "Man, wouldn't it be great if Guster had gone back in time and taught Parachute to the Red Krayola, circa God Bless The Red Krayola And All Who Sail With It?" then hoo-boy does Brumation have a song for you.
On the other hand, it wouldn't take time travel for Bright Eyes to learn a Guster song, but surely Oberst is busy enough with all the hookers and smack. In the meantime, try to sate yourself with Nicholas Jones' vaguely Bright Eyes-ish cover of So Long. The shift to 4/4 makes this much snappier than the original. Good decision. Bravo!