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@glowingfish 22 сағат бұрын
I know you say that your covers are very direct, but in this case, I feel that that is half-right...because this sounds very bluesy! And of course, the original is very bluesy, but is also very electric. So I guess I would say that the original was half blues rock, half arena rock, and this sounds like the blues half of it, if that makes sense!
@glowingfish 23 сағат бұрын
My first question is related to my first observation. Is "Red Wine Supernova" related to "Champagne Supernova" by Oasis? It is hard to think the titles were a coincidence? And then my observation is: this is one of the things that makes me feel old, is that there is basically two major waves of pop culture that have now passed for me. Because when I saw "Red Wine Supernova", I thought "wasn't there a recent pop song with a similar title", but it seems it was almost 30 years ago! So for me, I would think of Lady Gaga as a "recent pop singer that the kids are into", but that predates this by 15 years! And if I had to take a guess at the difference between Lady Gaga and Chappell Roan, I would be as confused as a Frank Sinatra fan trying to tell the difference between Led Zeppelin and Elvis!
@glowingfish 2 күн бұрын
So the other night, on a very long trip back from Jaco, listening to my flip phone radio on the bus, I heard a song called "Ma Baker". It stuck in my mind enough that I looked it up, and apparently it was also by Boney M. So they had more than one song taking a grizzly historical event and turning it into an upbeat disco tune? It seems like a very specific formula! Also, apparently "Ma Baker" went to #1 across most of Europe, and peaked at #96 in the United States. Interestingly, in Costa Rica, I have discovered there is an entire world of English-language music that is popular and well-known outside of the English speaking world, but that we know little or nothing about in the US.
@RowanLipkovits Күн бұрын
A contemporary Eurovision entrant tried to ape Rasputin's success with Dschinghis Khan in 1979! Absolutely there's a lot of English-language music out there that only relies on our mother tongue as a lingua franca and is totally ungrounded in anglo culture. (And of course there are so many mutually unintelligible dialects of the language spoken, from Singapore to Jamaica to India!)
@brcnno 3 күн бұрын
wow! adoro esse instrumento ❤
@JayFitzsimmons1 13 күн бұрын
Fully agree this is a beautiful song. Thanks for sharing it on accordion!
@RODNATHANIEL 14 күн бұрын
Now all you have to do is finish the ending by playing with your teeth and it will be perfecto.
@rosamittermeier5214 Ай бұрын
Great Audrey 2 impersonation! Wonderful
@RowanLipkovits Ай бұрын
Before I can play this cover I need to get in touch with my inner killer plant, then it can flow naturally
@rosamittermeier5214 Ай бұрын
Oh thank you for this version of this song, that I didn‘t know I desperately needed
@RowanLipkovits Ай бұрын
@@rosamittermeier5214 accordion arrangements that people never realised they desperately needed is my sweet spot
@glowingfish Ай бұрын
Honestly, I don't consider the lyrics to be that pointed...they seem more trite to me than anything, but also that is 58 years ago, so perhaps I am a bit jaded compared to then!
@glowingfish Ай бұрын
(Also, my comments about the mindset of the mid-60s are not a criticism of your interpretation, which is great as always. Sorry I haven't commented for a while, the algorithm hasn't been showing me your videos as much, I should catch up)
@RowanLipkovits Ай бұрын
I get the feeling that sustaining the sarcasm of an unreliable narrator across the entire length of a song may have been a bolder gambit 60 years ago than today. It was released on a live recording -- he mentions Pete Seeger and you hear the crowd get excited, like "oh yes, we love Pete!" and then kind of suggests that all Seeger is good for is distracting you with songs that make you feel good and change nothing, and you can feel the mood in the room sour as they realise it's not "them" he's tearing a strip off of, it's "us".
@RowanLipkovits Ай бұрын
@@glowingfish There is no interpretation going on up in this mother, I play it very straight... I only omit his preamble and side-remarks as they kind of distract from the song. It came back on my radar once I heard that someone had recently covered it with new lyrics applicable to the mess in which we find ourselves currently and I thought it clicked. Brought back to mind the analysis that capitalism positions liberalism as the only viable alternative to fascism, because communism would defeat capitalism while it was defeating fascism, and capitalism does not want to be defeated.
@rowlandskay1785 Ай бұрын
Superb.
@BeeOstrowsky Ай бұрын
I'm afraid of Americans. Source: am American
@RowanLipkovits Ай бұрын
or I guess I could share the last paragraph in the comments: Then the election happened. Even after the first Trump inauguration there seemed enough discrepancies and external factors (eg. gerrymandering) contributing to his being assigned victory despite losing the popular vote that I didn't feel moved to state that I was Afraid of Americans, just that they got saddled with a bad situation. And that wasn't posed-to-transform-society-into-a-dystopia Trump, it was funny accidentally-won, not-actually-all-that-interested-in-governing Trump, so the fail seemed more regrettable than a premeditated calculation to bring about the worst possible timeline. However, a big mandate on his third time up to bat with the worst offerings yet means it's really time for me to get around to it. What can I do as a Canadian playing squeezebox in his basement? As we wrote on the accordion buttons Bruce sells from his Etsy shop, to paraphrase Woody Guthrie: this machine irritates fascists.
@hanschristiaanhylkema Ай бұрын
Very good! It sounds very theatrical with the singing. I love it!
@genatreyvus7862 2 ай бұрын
this is awesome
@AMProSoft 2 ай бұрын
aplauso
@declanapatricia636 2 ай бұрын
More sneer! : )
@johncb272 3 ай бұрын
One of those people who wrote a dozen songs you know, though you maybe never heard him sing them. (Sunday Morning I heard from Johnny Cash). Jesus Was a Capricorn is my favorite (of the songs I know he wrote). The chorus is kind of an anthem of mine.
@lucamosini7881 3 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@gummyzilla5116 3 ай бұрын
Wonderful!
@RowanLipkovits 3 ай бұрын
It's very rough, but I was just amazed I made it all the way through at all!
@grymmjack 3 ай бұрын
<3 <3 <3 well played! sounds accurate! this is my all time favorite song from those DOS days. such a beautiful song.
@sr00012 3 ай бұрын
Sick cover - wondering if you've got any sheet music / list of chords?
@RowanLipkovits 3 ай бұрын
I got in the habit of building my charts from the ground up just because when I started learning 20-odd years ago, online chords were usually WRONG (and definitely not optimised for accordion!) and I'd have to transcribe the lyrics to my obscure selections anyway. Today things are very different, you can Google virtually any song name "+ chords" and have it served up on a silver platter. It's kind of tragic to ask that question about this song however, as nothing could be simpler, the whole thing is just one four chord special, looping (if you play it in the lazy key I do!) C+ D- F+ and back to C+ over and over again, through the verse, chorus and bridge! Enjoy, I look forward to your cover video.
@sr00012 3 ай бұрын
@@RowanLipkovits Cheers, my skills at learning by ear are pretty average
@RowanLipkovits 3 ай бұрын
Once you start flexing your ear training muscle, it's like the curtains are drawn back and you realise just how many songs use the same progressions... It's really rather shocking!
@danielrowan111 3 ай бұрын
i've been looking for accordion covers of her all month YIPEEEEEEEE
@RowanLipkovits 3 ай бұрын
It's just a matter of time before I return to her well, it's a refreshing vein of fresh new pop!
@beh7x50 4 ай бұрын
i was always thinking of how this song sounds by accordion. Here it is)) Pretty tricky due to its rhytm, but well done, as always! Rowan, try Faith no More - The real thing... Thats unreal to cover, i guess))
@RowanLipkovits 4 ай бұрын
I can't make any promises, but I'll take a look at it!
@glowingfish 4 ай бұрын
Some of this translates very well! The melody seems about the same. The riffs do seem designed for a guitar, of course.
@RowanLipkovits 4 ай бұрын
Often I will simply omit guitar solos because It's Just Not The Same after you go to all the work of porting them across the tremendous gulf between the instruments' worlds, but if you're going to engage Hendrix and omit all the guitar content, you've missed the entire point.
@glowingfish 4 ай бұрын
@@RowanLipkovits At least for this period. My own somewhat-controversial opinion was that if Hendrix had lived longer, he would have moved on to being more of a multi-instrumentalist.
@RowanLipkovits 4 ай бұрын
@@glowingfish If Andre 3000 found his way to the flute from Hey Ya!, all bets are off.
@deebeecooper8619 4 ай бұрын
I love it, Thank you, Man💯👏👏👏🍻
@obsidian_oki 4 ай бұрын
Underrated cover tbh
@darklord1167 4 ай бұрын
Man i hope the internet finally recognizes this guys talent one day
@RowanLipkovits 4 ай бұрын
I have to continue flying under the radar to keep it real. Can you imagine my going viral then popping up with sponsored posts? I may be an incurable weirdo but I have my integrity and am beholden to no one! Now let's try some more impossible covers!
@saraaio3106 4 ай бұрын
🫡🫡🫡🫡🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 Free Palestine
@raniayoussef5599 4 ай бұрын
Free Palestine 🇵🇸✌️
@wellthatsinteresting1 4 ай бұрын
Great cover.
@glowingfish 4 ай бұрын
This song must have come from a 1996 that was very different from my own personal and idiomatic 1996.
@RowanLipkovits 4 ай бұрын
All of BRJ's songs basically have slipped through a hole in time from 60 years earlier. It sure did not speak to me at that time either.
@just_a_guy13579 4 ай бұрын
It actually sounds cool on the accordion! Keep it up :)
@temelkaya1081 4 ай бұрын
Bro, what is that?
@RowanLipkovits 4 ай бұрын
I'm just always asking myself oh, what would song x sound like on the accordion, and the only way to find out is to give it a try. Sometimes they have a bit too much going on for an individual to really keep up, but it's an honest attempt.
@BKomgwtfbbq 5 ай бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@tedonyszczak3029 5 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@BKomgwtfbbq 5 ай бұрын
Hells yeah!
@BigRudeJakeMusic 5 ай бұрын
This has been on the BRJ covers playlist since you posted it. Heartfelt thanks, and much appreciation.
@BigRudeJakeMusic 5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for recording this, sir. It's one of my favourites. I'm sorry that it's taken me this long to find it. I've added it to our playlists. Please keep interpreting Jake's music, and reach out any time. Best wishes, Mrs. BRJ
@RowanLipkovits 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for the encouragement - I have several more of Jake's songs in my repertoire and of course his entire songbook is filled with gold, I should prioritize recording and sharing more of my arrangements of his work.
@BigRudeJakeMusic 5 ай бұрын
@@RowanLipkovits Can't wait to hear your next one. I'm already trying to guess what it will be!
@MrClean147 5 ай бұрын
This is the greatest video I’ve ever watched
@Helpy_chiquito 5 ай бұрын
So goooooood ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@vedahille817 6 ай бұрын
hurrah! love it rowan
@stefannosek8184 6 ай бұрын
love it!
@axs203 6 ай бұрын
Well done very good. By the time we are done all that will be left is your accordion!
@RowanLipkovits 6 ай бұрын
A frontier beyond which AI dares not traverse...
@glowingfish 6 ай бұрын
I know there is a Billy Joel joke somewhere in there!
@RowanLipkovits 6 ай бұрын
Uhh... We didn't start the I don't want to set the world on fire?
@babybloc 6 ай бұрын
Nice Mills Brothers breakdown. All songs should have such clear winning formulae
@DogAmongMen 7 ай бұрын
Nice to hear it with normal vocals for once
@RowanLipkovits 7 ай бұрын
I don't know whether it's a comment on my regular singing style or Black Francis'... If the former, I will try to sing with less affect. (If the latter... You must understand I have surprisingly little pull with Frank Black.)
@digital_vomit 7 ай бұрын
This rules
@cechix 8 ай бұрын
Awwww... Me encantó 😍🥰❤️👌
@RowanLipkovits 8 ай бұрын
¡Gracias, eres muy amable!
@bmutante7597 8 ай бұрын
Hermoso video, hermosos temas, hermoso acento, una joya
@RowanLipkovits 8 ай бұрын
Muchas gracias por sus amables comentarios, fue un experimento muy aterrador y me alegra saber que de alguna manera lo logré.
@MichaelHoare-vr7mo 8 ай бұрын
Interesting cover of Melanie's song A Brand New Key.
@RowanLipkovits 8 ай бұрын
I've heard "interesting" used in this way before, in the curse "may you live in interesting times" 8)