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Sympathy for the Devil (Neptunes) vs. Sympathy for the Devil (Laibach)

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Always thought the Laibach version (the "Who Killed the Kennedys" one) was untoppable (even by the Stones). Has it been topped?

― dlp9001, Monday, 8 September 2003 21:04 (twenty-three years ago)

the neptunes version sucks

― gaz (gaz), Monday, 8 September 2003 21:31 (twenty-three years ago)

the neptunes version is pretty ... modest, to be diplomatic. too respectful, or lazy.

― Jay K (Jay K), Monday, 8 September 2003 21:40 (twenty-three years ago)

I think my favorite version may be Bryan Ferry's.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 8 September 2003 21:43 (twenty-three years ago)

It does sound like the just put it through a Neptuner on a fairly low setting. Ripping it up and making it sound like "Grindin'", now that would be cool.

― Nick H, Tuesday, 9 September 2003 14:59 (twenty-three years ago)

I like it a lot. Ripping it up would be crap (like Dre's Miss You). There's no point in dropping an acapella over a completely different track. They did a nice subtle retool--put a different bongo pattern in, play up the sitars at the start, and then it takes off halfway through after the acoustic breakdown and the synths come in.

― Ben Williams, Tuesday, 9 September 2003 15:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Dre's Miss You is fantastic!

― thom west (thom w), Tuesday, 9 September 2003 15:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Really? Why?

― Ben Williams, Tuesday, 9 September 2003 16:02 (twenty-three years ago)

laibach's versions are so much better.
apart from the drum machine preset, what else did the neptunes actually do ? (apart from cash the cheque as soon as)

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Tuesday, 9 September 2003 17:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Aside from the fact that the Neptunes obviously did more than set the drum machine, how much work anybody did on any piece of art has little bearing on its quality.

― Ben Williams, Tuesday, 9 September 2003 18:14 (twenty-three years ago)

"How much work did they do on that mashup? Stick it in Acid Pro, match the tempos, fix the pitch... I could do that, mate."

― Ben Williams, Tuesday, 9 September 2003 18:16 (twenty-three years ago)


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