Ultravox Mr X "cover"

[Romain / rXg]

Kiitos !  Listening it for the third time , really what I needed :)

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Kim Johnsson <johnssonkim at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi guys!
>
> (also sent to Analog Heaven)
>
> Mr X made me an Ultravox fan for life in 1980 or so, and it's still
> one of my favorite songs by them. Here's me attempting to cover it,
> relatively true to the original. In this reincarnation, it continues
> the tradition of occasional "fun stuff" written for work, this time
> from a customer's point of view (I'm an IT consultant). I also bought
> a violin for this track :-)
>
> As a fun parody to be played at work, it probably fails on every
> level: it's not based on any particularly known song, it's waaaaayyy
> too long, the lyrics don't address any actual existing problem, the
> melody is not catchy because it kind of doesn't exist, there's a
> punchline of sorts, but you might not recognize it unless you know the
> song, plus, of course, there's a violin solo. The lyrics are uploaded,
> in case either my English or the levels suck. The last row is the
> punchline (I know, pretty lame :-)), so you may not want to look at
> that immediately, if you care about that sort of things.
>
> Stuff used: Snare & HH samples, Jomox 888, Voyager, Pro One, ARP
> Odyssey, Kurzweil K2600R, Nord Modular, Andromeda, Violin, my voice.
>
> Go here: http://soundcloud.com/kim-johnsson/mrx
>
> The earlier "photorealistic" ones (Kraftwerk: The Robots & Rammstein:
> Ich will) are here, if interested:
> http://soundcloud.com/kim-johnsson/sets/fun-stuff-trio-duo/
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Kim
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Romain
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