My eyes! Ze goggles do nuttink!

Posted by: wfaulk

My eyes! Ze goggles do nuttink! - 21/06/2004 11:48

Gene Simmons's Prodigy's Firestarter video, filmed in Hype Williams-cam (NSFA)
Posted by: hybrid8

Re: My eyes! Ze goggles do nuttink! - 21/06/2004 13:32

My ears! They're bleeding.

Gene, don't quit your day job (at Dunkin Donuts).

Never thought I'd hear the day that someone butchered a Prodigy song.

Bruno
Posted by: tfabris

Re: My eyes! Ze goggles do nuttink! - 21/06/2004 14:14

What I find interesting (or perhaps uninteresting) about it, is that the piece hasn't been really changed musically. Other than his approach to the vocal line being a bit different, the song is essentially the same thing. It's a straight cover.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for straight covers when done by Band X. But when a big star does a cover, I expect the song to be somewhat different from the original, infused with the new performer's characteristics and arrangement choices. Such as the "Strange Little Girls" album by Tori Amos. Otherwise what's the point?
Posted by: wfaulk

Re: My eyes! Ze goggles do nuttink! - 21/06/2004 14:52

infused with the new performer's characteristics and arrangement choices
The money and the women were right there in the video. What else do you want?

Oh, you mean musical characteristics. I don't think Gene has any of those.