Clash of the Cover Songs: The Carpenters vs. Sonic Youth

Moshe · 01.24.2008, 03:42 PM

Who does it better?

samuel · 01.24.2008, 05:10 PM

The Carpenters

atari 2600 · 01.24.2008, 05:29 PM

Hmm, a harbinger of the Juno-inspired wave of new members about to hit?

Crumb's Crunchy Delights · 01.24.2008, 05:54 PM

Carpenters. I'm only on this site cos i was banned from carpenters.com

ChocolateJesus · 01.24.2008, 06:01 PM

Carpenters.

uhler · 01.24.2008, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Crumb's Crunchy Delights

Carpenters. I'm only on this site cos i was banned from carpenters.com

hahaha

avantgarde1 · 01.24.2008, 09:27 PM

sonic youth... hands down. they are now winning the poll i might add.

PAULYBEE2656 · 01.25.2008, 09:11 AM

well its a carpentrs song so the carpenters play it as it was supposed to be played but the youths version is excellent so as an answer id say.........................................

sun city girl · 01.25.2008, 09:17 AM

sonic youth. i actually thought the carpenters version is the original...

didn't thinking fellers cover this too? so how is the original?

Bal · 01.25.2008, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by PAULYBEE2656

well its a carpentrs song so the carpenters play it as it was supposed to be played but the youths version is excellent so as an answer id say.........................................

that site says the carpenters version is a cover itself
altho the 'original' version starts out very good, the choruses are fucking cheesy and annoying and overproduced with the very annoying background vocals and all that..
so my vote goes for the sy version.

jennthebenn · 01.25.2008, 10:14 AM

each instance of the chorus after the first in the carpenters song is diminished by richard carpenters patented "smother a song with syrup" production style. this sometimes served the tracks well, other times not. this gives SY's version the edge.

uhler · 01.25.2008, 01:09 PM

i picked the carpenters. i like the chorus better because it's so cheesy it's good.

01.25.2008, 01:12 PM

The Carpenters.

PAULYBEE2656 · 01.25.2008, 06:19 PM

well i never knew it was a cover version in the first place........
live and learn as they say! shit, that shoots my philosophy in the foot then!

barnaclelapse · 01.25.2008, 10:54 PM

I'm going with Sonic Youth, but that's because I don't really like The Carpenters to begin with.

su x* · 01.26.2008, 01:45 AM

sonic youth, but did the article have to go

"sonic youth is that band from juno, the movie that you see become cool and alternative"

avantgarde1 · 01.26.2008, 02:40 AM

when i posted the carpenters were winning... and then i found out that you can vote as many times as you want in a row... so i voted like 68 times until SY was winning. sorry about cheating.

Bal · 01.26.2008, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by avantgarde1

when i posted the carpenters were winning... and then i found out that you can vote as many times as you want in a row... so i voted like 68 times until SY was winning. sorry about cheating.

well done!

avantgarde1 · 01.26.2008, 03:35 AM

thank you sir. i felt a little guilty, but fuck em, that's why!

01.24.2008, 03:42 PM	#1
Moshe Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,897	Who does it better?
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01.24.2008, 05:10 PM	#2
samuel the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Baltimore Posts: 1,175	The Carpenters __________________ samueldahle.bandcamp.com
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01.24.2008, 05:29 PM	#3
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	Hmm, a harbinger of the Juno-inspired wave of new members about to hit?
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01.24.2008, 05:54 PM	#4
Crumb's Crunchy Delights expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: okie's in the pokie Posts: 1,352	Carpenters. I'm only on this site cos i was banned from carpenters.com
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01.24.2008, 06:01 PM	#5
ChocolateJesus bad moon rising Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Your mom's basement. Posts: 217	Carpenters.
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01.24.2008, 09:27 PM	#7
avantgarde1 the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 968	sonic youth... hands down. they are now winning the poll i might add. __________________ aka ZEROpumpkins
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01.25.2008, 09:11 AM	#8
PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	well its a carpentrs song so the carpenters play it as it was supposed to be played but the youths version is excellent so as an answer id say......................................... __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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01.25.2008, 09:17 AM	#9
sun city girl the end of the ugly Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: finland Posts: 945	sonic youth. i actually thought the carpenters version is the original... didn't thinking fellers cover this too? so how is the original? __________________ SOME SOME SOME SOME I MURDER, SOME A SOME I LET GO
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01.25.2008, 10:14 AM	#11
jennthebenn expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 2,261	each instance of the chorus after the first in the carpenters song is diminished by richard carpenters patented "smother a song with syrup" production style. this sometimes served the tracks well, other times not. this gives SY's version the edge. __________________ http://jennthebenn.tumblr.com/
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01.25.2008, 01:09 PM	#12
uhler invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,615	i picked the carpenters. i like the chorus better because it's so cheesy it's good.
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01.25.2008, 01:12 PM	#13
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	The Carpenters.
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01.25.2008, 06:19 PM	#14
PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	well i never knew it was a cover version in the first place........ live and learn as they say! shit, that shoots my philosophy in the foot then! __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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01.25.2008, 10:54 PM	#15
barnaclelapse the destroyed room Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Waverly, Virginia Posts: 577	I'm going with Sonic Youth, but that's because I don't really like The Carpenters to begin with.
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01.26.2008, 01:45 AM	#16
su x* bad moon rising Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: lee's wardrobe Posts: 202	sonic youth, but did the article have to go "sonic youth is that band from juno, the movie that you see become cool and alternative"
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01.26.2008, 02:40 AM	#17
avantgarde1 the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 968	when i posted the carpenters were winning... and then i found out that you can vote as many times as you want in a row... so i voted like 68 times until SY was winning. sorry about cheating. __________________ aka ZEROpumpkins
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01.26.2008, 03:35 AM	#19
avantgarde1 the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 968	thank you sir. i felt a little guilty, but fuck em, that's why! __________________ aka ZEROpumpkins
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