Have y’all heard their version? It’s basically a straight cover of the song, and I have to say I like it.
Thoughts?
Edit: linked the live version.
Thoughts?
Edit: linked the live version.
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Weezer’s cover of Africa
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They played it at their concert in Nashville last week, along with several other covers. It must be a thing, because the crowd went wild.
Good version. Try Dan Vasc on YouTube. Don't know anything about him, but it is a studio version, so better sound.
That’s why (the fact it’s a straight cover) I don’t like it. I much prefer covers that change the style, tempo, key etc... So I’ve got a lot of covers on my iPhone that change punk songs to bluegrass, pop to punk, ballads to fast rocking songs and vice verse, songs changed to a minor key etc...
Even though I’m a big enough of a Weezer fan that I’ve seen them live at least four times including twice where they were the headliner at a single day show rather than a festival, I actually prefer the new CeeLo Green version because it actually changes up the song somewhat. It’s still not a big change like I prefer, but more than the Weezer’s version.
You suckered me in with the Louis CK reference as I’m a fan but I have to say, those guys are SURPRISINGLY good. I even checked out some of their other stuff and they are quite talented.
I loved this version of their live “concert” at the Pie Pizzeria.
And this is the sole reason I like it because I’m just not a fan of covers where the artist puts their stamp on it. Drives me bonkers to hear metal covers of songs from different genres.
Edit: just listened to the CeeLo Green version. Was really good.
I have a confession though. Africa, is probably my most favorite song ever. The music, melody and voice all blend so perfectly for me. I can listen to it over and over.
What I like is the backstory behind their cover (and it’s the reason it went viral) with a young fan begging them for months and months to do it...and they then dropped a cover of Rossana week before doing Africa.
They killed it in Atlanta!
Drunk Dan...not so much
Drunk Dan...not so much
Funny how some songs hit you like that. I have a few that never get old as well...
Louis CK nails the Simon & Garfunkel covers, but I think his cover of Rocket Man is his best.
I really didn't like it when Toto sang it in 1982 so.....
Great thread..only downside is once I discovered the cover guys in the pizza shop I lost about an hour in the middle of the night listening to their covers on youtube
Here are the covers that Weezer performed in Nashville
Happy Together > Longview
Take On Me (Rivers Cuomo acoustic solo)
Africa
Paranoid (morph from Say It Ain't So)
Happy Together > Longview
Take On Me (Rivers Cuomo acoustic solo)
Africa
Paranoid (morph from Say It Ain't So)
Great song, love all the covers of it posted above as well.
We sang this incessantly (and poorly) while hiking to the top of Kili and then driving around the Serengeti. That song helped us pass a LOT of time.
We sang this incessantly (and poorly) while hiking to the top of Kili and then driving around the Serengeti. That song helped us pass a LOT of time.
Look at all those phones. What have we become?They killed it in Atlanta!
Drunk Dan...not so much
Same. One of the songs I dislike very much. Being that this one sounds almost exactly like the original, no likey.
I do, however, like Toto's cover of Hash Pipe.
Angel City Choir's version rocks...
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...83772CD03E2BC72D54BE83772CD03E2B&&FORM=VRDGAR
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...83772CD03E2BC72D54BE83772CD03E2B&&FORM=VRDGAR
I was actually playing my usual “find a black guy” game which I do at rock concerts and other yuppy events and I think this is the first time I’ve failed. And in Atlanta no less.
So annoying. And the constant talking. Just stay home. They're clearly not there to enjoy the show. But they want to be able to post a video on their social media sites to show everyone they were there.
I still prefer Toto's original version but I'm glad they have brought the song back into the mainstream.
Not a fan. Like the original but this cover is an exact copy of it. Prefer that artist put their own spin on the classic like Disturbed did with "Sound of Silence."
Interesting that several big names have covered the same song this year.
Musically, I like Cee-Lo a lot - since 1995 when Soul Food came out. One of my top 5 hip hop albums. And I like Weezer too (not enough to call myself a big fan though).
I didn’t really like either cover. Liked the Louis CK version best out of those 3. And Toto’s cover of Hash Pipe was very good in tribute/respect to Weezer. I’ve always liked the proverbial tip of the hat ... like when Prince covered Foo Fighters at the super bowl, completely out of nowhere, & nobody knows why (obviously Foo Fighters had covered Darling Nikki, of which Prince was supposedly not a fan ...).
Musically, I like Cee-Lo a lot - since 1995 when Soul Food came out. One of my top 5 hip hop albums. And I like Weezer too (not enough to call myself a big fan though).
I didn’t really like either cover. Liked the Louis CK version best out of those 3. And Toto’s cover of Hash Pipe was very good in tribute/respect to Weezer. I’ve always liked the proverbial tip of the hat ... like when Prince covered Foo Fighters at the super bowl, completely out of nowhere, & nobody knows why (obviously Foo Fighters had covered Darling Nikki, of which Prince was supposedly not a fan ...).
Definitely different vocals than the trac they released or the Kimmel version. In other words "fugazi"....They killed it in Atlanta!
Drunk Dan...not so much
