Coldhardsteel
Gold Member
I was watching videos on this guy's youtube channel today, and I found a cover of System of a Down's Toxicity in his uploads. It's a pretty common song to cover nowadays, and I've been good covers and bad ones, so I gave it a shot.
The song started up, and the playing was pretty good. He even had the cash for good recording equipment, which was nice. He got to the verse of the song, and then it was ruined for me. His groove was only groove in the sense of timing, not in the sense of interpretation or expression. There were no accents, nothing to add flavor, just a 6/8 pattern.
Here's the cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf91ZtJ6Ji0&feature=channel_video_title
I just can't stand it when no expression is added to something that can so easily be given a heavy groove. Does anyone share my pickiness?
The song started up, and the playing was pretty good. He even had the cash for good recording equipment, which was nice. He got to the verse of the song, and then it was ruined for me. His groove was only groove in the sense of timing, not in the sense of interpretation or expression. There were no accents, nothing to add flavor, just a 6/8 pattern.
Here's the cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf91ZtJ6Ji0&feature=channel_video_title
I just can't stand it when no expression is added to something that can so easily be given a heavy groove. Does anyone share my pickiness?