Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

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Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

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Post by tuneylune » Tue Sep 09, 2014 12:55 pm

Sounds interesting to say the least.
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Post by mestreech » Tue Sep 09, 2014 3:22 pm

And as a bonustrack "Smile away"by Alice.

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Post by mestreech » Tue Sep 09, 2014 3:40 pm

That superdeluxe box looks awesome. :rock:

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Re: Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

Post by evil syd » Wed Sep 10, 2014 12:38 am

It will be in my collection for sure. :8):
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Post by killer wolf » Wed Sep 10, 2014 6:30 am

"comes in 327 formats"

that's got to be a joke?
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Re: Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

Post by dadascot » Wed Sep 10, 2014 8:22 am

Does this make it more or less likely that Macca is on the 'new' covers album?

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Re: Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

Post by Mr. Skull » Wed Sep 10, 2014 9:55 am

since Paul doesn't seem to be singing this songs together with Alice I would say : more

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Re: Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

Post by Swinger » Wed Sep 10, 2014 3:51 pm

Well, Nights With Alice Coopers facebook page just commented that "The secret is out! Now we know why Alice Cooper was hitting the studio with Paul McCartney a few months ago!" about the Art of Mcartney news. So it seems like them working together was for this project.
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Post by HORRORHOLIC » Wed Sep 10, 2014 4:47 pm

I really hope this isn't what Joe Perry was talking about. I was really excited about the idea of Paul being on Alice's album.
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Post by cherrypie » Wed Sep 10, 2014 4:57 pm

Sounds good! But when did Robert Smith become a zombie?
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Re: Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

Post by A_MichaelUK » Wed Sep 10, 2014 9:07 pm

From Swinger:
"So it seems like them working together was for this project."

I don't think their information was accurate.

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Re: Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

Post by NotSoPerfect » Wed Sep 10, 2014 10:27 pm

A_MichaelUK wrote:From Swinger:
"So it seems like them working together was for this project."

I don't think their information was accurate.
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Re: Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

Post by RemarkablyInsincere » Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:04 am

My understanding is that the band for all these songs is Paul McCartney's band.

For example, KISS is not playing on this, just doing the vocals.

So therefore, Joe Perry would not be playing.

Perhaps NWAC is purposely throwing up a smoke screen so that it's again a surprise when Paul appears on Alice's album.

By the way, this album has been in the works for years. I remember hearing about KISS' involvement 3 or 4 years ago.
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Re: Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

Post by Devon » Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:12 am

I wouldn't exactly rely on the NWAC info.

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Re: Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

Post by patrick » Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:02 pm

I wonder why precisely this song (not that I don't like it).
Would Alice have had any say in this ?
I saw the Cure performing their song: imo they added nothing that would me make thinking it was them that sang it..To express it in a positive way, very faithfull to the original...
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Re: Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

Post by concolz » Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:40 pm

I thought the Robert Smith/James McC version of 'Hello Goodbye' was utterly redundant. They don't add (or even subtract) anything magical to the original, and it limps to an inglorious end. Karaoke Cure.

Dylan, potentially growling his way through 'Things We Said Today', is a fascinating prospect, whilst Dion is certainly an inspiring left field choice. On the other hand, schlockmeisters Joel, Lynne and Cullum, plus second-rate 'has beens' (or 'never weres') like Heart, Def Leppard and Kiss don't exactly set my pulse racing. We'll see.

'Eleanor Rigby' is definitely an intriguing choice for Alice though; it'll be interesting whether he goes down the chamber-pop route, or lets it rawk.

Here's a couple of very different, very good, 'ER' covers, which demonstrates what can be achieved with a bit of artistic flair:

http://youtu.be/5n6_q-KHeWI

http://youtu.be/iptr7i7sFkM

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Re: Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

Post by Si » Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:00 pm

concolz wrote: Dylan, potentially growling his way through 'Things We Said Today', is a fascinating prospect, whilst Dion is certainly an inspiring left field choice. On the other hand, schlockmeisters Joel, Lynne and Cullum, plus second-rate 'has beens' (or 'never weres') like Heart, Def Leppard and Kiss don't exactly set my pulse racing. We'll see.
This is the problem with projects such as this.
Personally I have zero interest in 'Joel, Lynne and Cullum' but would be more interested in hearing the 'has beens'. I don`t claim to be a huge fan of any of them, at least not of anything they have done in around 20+ years, but at least they were good once ;)

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Re: Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

Post by alan1958 » Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:28 pm

These projects are usually pretty pedestrian , and only rarely do they have much re- listen- ability .....



That's why something like KATE BUSH having a go at ROCKET MAN stands out from the crowd so much ...

And also DWIGHT YOAKEM's version of THINGS WE SAID TO BE is also a benchmark in doing a cover ..


But it's still great to see ALICE involved ...



Intrigued that he doesn't do a rocker.......


ELEANOR RIGBY ? Great song , really interested to see what they choose to do with it ....

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Re: Alice covers "Eleanor Rigby" on new McCartney Tribute

Post by Swinger » Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:30 pm

I think Eleanor Rigby is a good choice for Alice given the story and the mood of the lyrics. I think he can put some more character on something like that rather than a straight pop/rock song like "Hello, Goodbye". I'm hoping he/they choose to something a bit different with it music/arrangement-wise but it certainly got potenial at least.
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