Yes, original material excites me more when playing. The only exception would be covers performed VERY differently, where the feel is changed to fit me personally, or where the lyric holds something that I truly relate to. I do a lot of open stages on acoustic or electric guitar, but try covers that shouldn't work on that instrument alone. I've tried "Strawberry Fields" with the delay cranked to make it more spacious, for example. Or you fingerpick a song that is usually delivered heavier. That being said, I also think it's easier to do this in a solo situation than it is with a full band.
I'm gonna find a way to do "Supper's Ready" by myself, I just know it...
charel196 <charel196@...> wrote:
I don't wanna give anyone the wrong idea here. As a musician myself, I DID enjoy the show
and their pretty accurate Genesis renditions. I just found myself kind of "distant" and not
emotionally connected like seeing the real deal. I've felt this with just about any "tribute"
act I've ever seen. Even in "cover" bands I've played with....there's more emotional flow
when I'm performing original material than someone else's song, which I think is only
natural. I've been in bands that played Genesis,Crimson,Moodies,Strawbs...and while those
songs are a lot more fun to play for me than, say, Bob Seger or Rolling Stones....I still feel
more of that "butt kicking" energy start rolling when an original song is performed. Any
other musicians here feel the same way?
--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "charel196" wrote:
>
>
> LOL! You guys are way too serious! I was just pointing out that no matter how well
> recreated it's really not the same....MB are all talented players. I wonder of they have
> original material?
>
>
>
> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, john barrick wrote:
> >
> > Weird? Hell, that's creepy in a JG Ballard kind of way.
> > jb
> >
> >
> > Don Tillman wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: "charel196" >
> > > > Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:01:50 -0000
> > > >
> > > > But it's like this...imagine the first time you had sex with
> > > > someone you totally loved.....then 30 years later watched a film
> > > > with actors dressed as you and your lover go thru the same
> > > > motions and have sex on film. Not quite the same eh? ;)
> > >
> > > Whaa??
> > >
> > > Man... that is ∗weirdest∗ analogy I've ever heard.
> > >
> > > -- Don
> > >
> >
>
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