Usually when I come across a cover of Mark's songs on YT I cross my fingers before listening to it just because I pray the song hasn't been masacred lol
I don't want to offend the most purist and chauvinistic among us, but the work this band has done is worthy a listening, I don't know if it has been shared before here, but anyway, your opinion ?
Yes, the full band covers usually suck beyond belief, because to do it really properly you need an infinite amount of money and, more importantly, am infinite amount of taste and skill to pull it off. Because usually, it's a one-man-band situation and we're not all ninjas of music with a black belt to play all the instruments like 50+ years experienced veterans on MK's record, including Mark himself and his engineers.
But this guy surely rocks. My only gripe is probably about vocals, for some reason, it's the hardest part of MK's covers to digest, especially if you're not a native speaker or singer for that matter. Look at myself or Martin, who's from Switzerland as far as my googling goes. But you can also hear that immediately. This is something that you can't possibly fix, so the only option is just to get on with it.
Apart from singing, obviously that's a very impressive and professional recording. Slap Mark's original vocals on "Floating Away" and it could easily pass on as a studio outtake, I love the arrangement and the absence of DJ scratches (I know it's a friction drum, but come on). I also love more prominent backing singers, would love to hear that on the actual record. Love the sax on "When You Leave". I'd say that — these covers are so good that I kinda forgive the accent. That's what I try to do with my videos as well, so I can understand. If you do something, do it good.
This is also a point, would be great to actually see the musicians perform, that way you can gain more recognition on YouTube. Even if it's a crappy GoPro recording. So my suggestion would be to record a video as well. But anyway, hats off to Martin Peter!
