ILX Pre-Covers Bowie's _The Next Day_

New year. Suggestion made:

01. The Next Day 3:51
02. Dirty Boys 2:58
03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 3:56
04. Love Is Lost 3:57
05. Where Are We Now? 4:08
06. Valentine's Day 3:01
07. If You Can See Me 3:16
08. I'd Rather Be High 3:53
09. Boss Of Me 4:09
10. Dancing Out In Space 3:24
11. How Does The Grass Grow 4:33
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30
13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 4:41
14. Heat 4:25

No limitations on time or style or whatever. As before I will coordinate. You have until Friday, February 1st. Send tracks or links to ned at kuci dot org.

And yes we need cover art, and I know you jokers out there will already want to do something given the actual cover art.

Oh yeah, and claim your tracks here as always.

want 'how does the grass grow'

Dancing Out In Space, plz

Done and done.

"If You Can See Me"

I want to do Dirty Boys (fnar) but I can't vouch for me finishing anything in time, so I'll let someone else take it. Boo me.

(You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30

por favor

ha i knew this would happen

i'll take "You Feel So Lonely You Could Die"

Okay initial update

01. The Next Day 3:51
02. Dirty Boys 2:58
03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 3:56
04. Love Is Lost 3:57
05. Where Are We Now? 4:08
06. Valentine's Day 3:01
07. If You Can See Me 3:16 -- Eazy
08. I'd Rather Be High 3:53
09. Boss Of Me 4:09
10. Dancing Out In Space 3:24 -- da croupier
11. How Does The Grass Grow 4:33 -- Mark G
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30 -- sarahell
13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 4:41 -- n/a
14. Heat 4:25

What the hell, give me Valentine's Day. I'm going to do it in prime Bowie fashion too - full backing track first, and only then give thought to the vocals.

I'll take 'I'd Rather Be High', please.

Hahah can't wait for that one!

Okay, actually, you know what, I'm going to see if I can rope some friends into helping me finish this - I want 'Dirty Boys'.

Could I have 'The Next Day' please.

xp don't we all?

I'd like to do "Heat."

Done and done and etc. -- updated list:

01. The Next Day 3:51 -- MaresNest
02. Dirty Boys 2:58 -- emil.y
03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 3:56
04. Love Is Lost 3:57
05. Where Are We Now? 4:08
06. Valentine's Day 3:01 -- Ismael Klata
07. If You Can See Me 3:16 -- Eazy
08. I'd Rather Be High 3:53 -- snoball
09. Boss Of Me 4:09
10. Dancing Out In Space 3:24 -- da croupier
11. How Does The Grass Grow 4:33 -- Mark G
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30 -- sarahell
13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 4:41 -- n/a
14. Heat 4:25 -- crüt

If we fill up and there's further interest, there are the three bonus tracks on the iTunes version as well. After that if we get more interest/submissions we can do another volume 2 deal.

As of right now, there are four tracks total unclaimed so get on it.

I'll take "Where Are We Now?" for $200, Ned

gimme "Love Is Lost"

Done and done.

01. The Next Day 3:51 -- MaresNest
02. Dirty Boys 2:58 -- emil.y
03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 3:56
04. Love Is Lost 3:57 -- DJP
05. Where Are We Now? 4:08 -- Bernard Snowy
06. Valentine's Day 3:01 -- Ismael Klata
07. If You Can See Me 3:16 -- Eazy
08. I'd Rather Be High 3:53 -- snoball
09. Boss Of Me 4:09
10. Dancing Out In Space 3:24 -- da croupier
11. How Does The Grass Grow 4:33 -- Mark G
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30 -- sarahell
13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 4:41 -- n/a
14. Heat 4:25 -- crüt

Does no one else wish to be the boss of me? Does no one appreciate how the stars (are out tonight)?

Ha, I feel like "Boss of Me" was made for the "Little Dog" team, but we haven't even done our Beatles one yet

In my head I imagine "Boss of Me" as sung at Bowie by Hunt Sales

i'll do "boss of me"!

Got it! That leaves "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)," plus the three bonus ones if needed!

Going once, going twice...

sent my track!

Bloody hell, that's a fast turnover.

Quite so! Okay the rest of you slackers, get on it...

And we still have the one track to claim!

it wasn't overly labored upon, but i had fun making it.

Stars are Out Tonight.

If not taken. If it is, then it's a Sign.

Not taken, it's yours, thanks!

Okay, final line-up:

01. The Next Day 3:51 -- MaresNest
02. Dirty Boys 2:58 -- emil.y
03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 3:56 -- Matt M.
04. Love Is Lost 3:57 -- DJP
05. Where Are We Now? 4:08 -- Bernard Snowy
06. Valentine's Day 3:01 -- Ismael Klata
07. If You Can See Me 3:16 -- Eazy
08. I'd Rather Be High 3:53 -- snoball
09. Boss Of Me 4:09 -- get bent
10. Dancing Out In Space 3:24 -- da croupier
11. How Does The Grass Grow 4:33 -- Mark G
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30 -- sarahell
13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 4:41 -- n/a
14. Heat 4:25 -- crüt

If anyone feels left out, here are the three bonus tracks from the deluxe package for possible claiming:

15. So She 2:31
16. I'll Take You There 2:44
17. Plan 2:34

So She, please.

You got it! Anyone else for the last two?

And again, cover art is needed!

You there!
I'll take "I'll Take You There"

Very good. Who wants "Plan"?

who is doing joe the lion

A time traveller.

I'll take Plan!

Done!

01. The Next Day 3:51 -- MaresNest
02. Dirty Boys 2:58 -- emil.y
03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 3:56 -- Matt M.
04. Love Is Lost 3:57 -- DJP
05. Where Are We Now? 4:08 -- Bernard Snowy
06. Valentine's Day 3:01 -- Ismael Klata
07. If You Can See Me 3:16 -- Eazy
08. I'd Rather Be High 3:53 -- snoball
09. Boss Of Me 4:09 -- get bent
10. Dancing Out In Space 3:24 -- da croupier
11. How Does The Grass Grow 4:33 -- Mark G
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30 -- sarahell
13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 4:41 -- n/a
14. Heat 4:25 -- crüt
15. So She 2:31 -- Kent Burt
16. I'll Take You There 2:44 -- weatheringdaleson
17. Plan 2:34 -- Spectrist

And until someone does SOMETHING, this unofficial cover art borrowed from Mackro

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/543927_10151343478938879_1754266551_n.jpg

Anybody pre-covering Momus' cover of "Where Are We Now?"?

Yeah, David Bowie

Ohhh, that guy again, huh?

Hope he doesn't make some wacky video for it, where, I don't know, he's dressed as a puppet or something.

No, it's Roddy McDowell getting fitted for his "Planet of the apes" mask.

damn, that went too fast, I just saw this thread !
well, I'll be waiting for the results. always a pleasure to listen to an "ILX covers" release !

if anyone who couldn't get in wants to collab on my (non-)cover of "Where Are We Now", I'd be happy to oblige... having chosen the only actually-released song from this list (albeit I only listened to it once), I'm not really sure where to go with it at this point

Keep the song title, do something completely different.

yes i was going to offer to collaborate with anyone who couldn't get in on time as well

Okay just a reminder you all have

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/5/59625/1541177-total_recall_two_weeks_490_super.jpg

Until the deadline. Snoball's contribution submitted today!

Also:

* Please either fully tag your track or tell me what the credits are

* Again, cover art, anyone...?

submitted!

You have until Friday! :-)

http://www.ccclongview.com/sites/default/files/sermons_and_media/artwork/sent.jpg

I don't like pressure. 'Cause this pressure's got to stop. #toomuchpressure

ned i'm sending this to you in a minute via yousendit because the file is too big for email, but let me know if you don't get it and i'll figure out something else

nevermind, that's going to take forever. emailing an mp3 instead.

Sent to Ned, though I still have time to decide the track sucks and want to do it all over again, right?

You want FLAC or MP3, Ned? Finishing up my track...

Either works for me. Thanks to everyone who has submitted something so far! Plenty of you more to go!

Oh hello thread, was just gonna look for you..

Submitted.

http://www.newyorker.com/images/2011/10/03/cartoons/111003_cartoon_048_a15959_p465.gif

Thanks everyone! Starred tracks have been received -- eight down, nine to go! Please reconfirm all artist names.

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01. The Next Day 3:51 -- MaresNest
02. Dirty Boys 2:58 -- emil.y
* 03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 3:56 -- The Roswell Incident
04. Love Is Lost 3:57 -- DJP
05. Where Are We Now? 4:08 -- Bernard Snowy
06. Valentine's Day 3:01 -- Ismael Klata
* 07. If You Can See Me 3:16 -- Eazy
* 08. I'd Rather Be High 3:53 -- snoball
* 09. Boss Of Me 4:09 -- Grannykart
* 10. Dancing Out In Space 3:24 -- da croupier
* 11. How Does The Grass Grow 4:33 -- Mark G
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30 -- sarahell
* 13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 4:41 -- scare quotes
14. Heat 4:25 -- crüt
15. So She 2:31 -- Kent Burt
* 16. I'll Take You There 2:44 -- weatheringdaleson
17. Plan 2:34 -- Spectrist

can i have until monday?

Sunday would be preferred, as my plan is to fine tune things over the weekend and 'debut' it Monday morning. I would still prefer Friday overall if possible!

ok

Mine is a total mess at the moment, but I promise I will deliver something, even if it is a godawful noise. Or perhaps *especially* if it's a godawful noise.

Yay! Also wait, wasn't I supposed to give you a recording? Sorry, my brain died there.

God! Awful! Noise!

Yay!

Tin! Mac! Hine!

Please reconfirm all artist names.

I think I tagged my track already, but I'm "snoball" without the quotes.

oh dear

where are you now?

damn you beat me to it!

Really curious about the results. Will MaresNest be using "Heroes" and then replace each "heroes" with "the next day"?

Damn, I should have thought of that! I *am* trying to do a vaguely Berlin era intro thing, but its taken an unexpected turn.

Oh and MaresNest is fine for my name Ned.

E-mailed you, Ned!

Received and thanks!

I got married this week, so I'm a little behind schedule with my track but I pledge to get it in by Friday!

Oh also:

No limitations on time or style or whatever.

I've never done one of these, but aren't we supposed to match the time on the tracklist so it appears legit?

my submission does not match up with the time of the bowie track.

mine neither. I believe that was a one-time thing for Lulu.

and congrats, Spectrist!

OH. Shit, well I've been working on the assumption that it does have to match the time. So mine is indeed 2:58. Maybe I'll do an extended prog version.

It does not have to match the time. That was VERY much a Lulu one-off.

(Oh yeah, congrats to Spectrist indeed!)

ftr i do not plan on performing youtube trolling duties this time around so if anyone wants to take that mantle, it's up for grabs

Well, I think working with a shorter time is the only thing that's going to get this finished anyway, so I'll stick with it.

And congrats, Spectrist.

Thanks all for clearing up the timing issue and the well-wishes. I'm not going to make my track any longer than 2:34 anyway, following emil.y's reasoning.

Mine's 3:16.

Sent.

Thanks! Okay everyone else, start kicking down tomorrow please!

you'll have mine by Sunday morning

sent mine. it's a second longer than the real album track.

Thanks and thanks!

In terms of submissions we are now at:

01. The Next Day 3:51 -- MaresNest
* 02. Dirty Boys 2:58 -- emil.y
* 03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 3:56 -- The Roswell Incident
04. Love Is Lost 3:57 -- DJP
05. Where Are We Now? 4:08 -- Bernard Snowy
06. Valentine's Day 3:01 -- Ismael Klata
* 07. If You Can See Me 3:16 -- Eazy
* 08. I'd Rather Be High 3:53 -- snoball
* 09. Boss Of Me 4:09 -- Grannykart
* 10. Dancing Out In Space 3:24 -- da croupier
* 11. How Does The Grass Grow 4:33 -- Mark G
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30 -- sarahell
* 13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 4:41 -- scare quotes
* 14. Heat 4:25 -- crüt
* 15. So She 2:31 -- Kent Burt
* 16. I'll Take You There 2:44 -- weatheringdaleson
17. Plan 2:34 -- Spectrist

Sent. *falls wanking to the floor*

Got it! Five to go...

You'll get mine, but maybe not tonight - I've got fourteen parts to tweak or lay down fresh (then consider a vocal if I can find a Bowie impersonator at short notice)

All good, thanks -- sarahell is aiming for Sunday morning as noted, but earlier the better!

Okay I've got Spectrist's in...

MBV derail

Indeed. Bernard, DJP, sarahell, you are the remaining...

t...there's always tomorrow......

If you could get it to me by 6:00 am PST I MIGHT forgive.

i've recorded part of it! I think I can have it to you by 6am (we are both in PST)

Good, good...

oh pshew, only 3:30

could mine be credited to "Pippa's Hearse"

Once I get it, sure. :-D

Okay DJP has confirmed he'll be late by a couple of days, so this being the case aiming for a final deadline of Tuesday evening please. I'd like to upload it on Wednesday morning.

(But if sarahell and bernard could get theirs in tomorrow then that would be best under the circumstances! Thanks again.)

sent!

And received. Okay Bernard, I've heard from DJP as mentioned so it's all you...

Will be great to see if the rumors are true.

You've said there are five rockers on the album.
Yeah. "The Next Day" rocks out. Same with "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" – that rocks out, too.

Are the non-rockers more mellow? What's their vibe?
They're more funky, mid-tempo songs. Very evocative. "Dirty Boys," the second song on the album, is very sleazy.

Sleazy in what sense?
It's dark and it's sexy. There's a fantastic sax solo. You know, David plays baritone sax, but he invited his friend Steve Elson to do the baritone on this album. I think Steve was in the Saturday Night Live band. He's a little guy, and he's got a huge baritone sax, and he plays this dirty solo in it that sounds like stripper music from the 1950s. Old bump-and-grind stripper music . . . It wouldn't be out of place on Young Americans.

Tell me about "Dancing Out in Space."
That's a very uptempo one. It's got a Motown beat to it, but the rest of it is completely psychedelic. It's got very floaty vibe. There's a guy called David Torn who plays guitar, who we use; he comes with huge amounts of equipment that he creates these aural landscapes. He uses them in a rock context with all that ambient sound, and he's bending his tremolo arm and all that. It's just crazy, completely crazy sound on that track.

How about "Boss of Me?"
That is one of the slower, funky ones. It's really solid. There's a little Young Americans in there. But that's really not proper . . . It's a new kind of direction for him, melodically. Doesn't sound like typical Bowie, that track. But it's a very good track.

OK. Tell me about "Heat."
Well that's the closer of the album and it's very dramatic. And I'm not quite sure what he's singing about on it, but it's a classic Bowie ballad. He's singing in his handsomest voice, a very deep, very sonorous voice. And I can't give too much away about it because honestly, I don't know exactly what it's about, if it's about being in a real prison or being imprisoned in your mind. Again, it's certainly not about him; he's singing as the voice of somebody.

Tell me about "I'd Rather Be High."
There's a few songs about world wars, about soldiers. One is "How Does the Grass Grow" and it's about the way that soldiers are trained to kill other soldiers, how they have to do it so heartlessly. "How Does the Grass Grow" is part of a chant that they're taught as they plunge their bayonets into a dummy. "I'd Rather Be High" is about a soldier who's come out of the war and he's just burnt out, and rather than becoming a human being again, I think he laments, "I'd rather be high/I don't want to know/I'm trying to erase these thoughts from my mind."

Strangely all anyone has sent in are Gregorian chants.

"(You Will) Set the World on Fire," which is another steamer, another big rock song on the album.

oh well

BTW, reconfirming who's in AND band names, as it were:

* 01. The Next Day 3:51 -- MaresNest
* 02. Dirty Boys 2:58 -- The Mysterious Monopole
* 03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 3:56 -- The Roswell Incident
04. Love Is Lost 3:57 -- DJP
05. Where Are We Now? 4:08 -- Bernard Snowy
* 06. Valentine's Day 3:01 -- Ismael Klata
* 07. If You Can See Me 3:16 -- Eazy
* 08. I'd Rather Be High 3:53 -- snoball
* 09. Boss Of Me 4:09 -- Grannykart
* 10. Dancing Out In Space 3:24 -- da croupier
* 11. How Does The Grass Grow 4:33 -- Mark G
* 12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire 3:30 -- pippa's hearse
* 13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die 4:41 -- scare quotes
* 14. Heat 4:25 -- crüt
* 15. So She 2:31 -- The Linger Effect
* 16. I'll Take You There 2:44 -- weatheringdaleson
* 17. Plan 2:34 -- Spectrist

Ach, forgot about a faux band name. Can I be "Sham Therapy" pls.

It's amazing that, purely by coincidence, all the ILX tracks have the same duration as the Bowie album

"The Next Day" rocks out.

No it doesn't Tone, sorry.

Also, when we do these things, I'm always reminded what a great name 'Scare Quotes' is.

ha thanks

XP - Are we interested in sleazy rockers and handsome vocals?

Wondering if we are in for a more tasteful Tin Machine or more cack like Hours.

Oh shit. I covered a rockin' track. I'm doomed.

LET THE FLAYINGS COMMENCE.

Oh hey, I was only talking about the *actual* Bowie record, not our potentially much more interesting alternative.

Luckily Visconti managed to keep his trap shut about the iTunes bonus tracks. *phew*

Okay Bernard, DJP's got his track in -- it's all down to you!

aaaahhh I didn't get around to it yesterday and almost certainly can't today (not before 5 EST, anyway) -- if anyone wants to hastily bang out "where are we now?", knock yrself out; otherwise I'll record mine as soon as I get home from school

That's fine, I keep hearing things in mine that I hate and want to change

It's all good. Just get both of yours in this evening and we're fine for tomorrow.

Okay DJP's final mix is in so bernard hope you're recording...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJIjrj07wyI

Okay, gotta call time and get this show on the road, so time to start a new thread...

Throwing Shadows and Avoiding the Industry Treadmill: ILX Pre-Covers The Next Day