Reply To: Covers of JoCo songs
Last week, I recorded a German version of Code Monkey. I’m still not sure what to make of it. But I figured that maybe some of you are interested in hearing this somewhat exotic version despite its various shortcomings.
Rechenaffe (2,9 MB)
Shortcomings in no particular order:
- I cannot sing.
- I haven’t played music for six months.
- I only have a condensator mic that’s great for vocals and guitars but fails to capture the drum sound adequately. (Note: I know nothing about recording engineering.)
- German requires more syllables than English. I had to conjugate the verbs; otherwise there would have been even more syllables and no native speaker (who’s ignorant of the original) would have understood anything. For artistic reasons, I decided to translate “code monkey like you” as a comparison, and not as a statement of affection. Also, I made the whole story more about a guy analyzing data, and not so much a software designer.
- There are no electric guitars. I tried to keep a safe distance to the original version and therefore refrained from using the original drum track. (Otherwise I might have simply used the karaoke version, but then my voice would have sounded even crappier, i.e., higher.)
- I’m not really sure what to make of it – leave it as it is? Bury it and pretend nothing ever happened? Revise the recording once I’m better in shape? Add electric guitars? Find someone who can actually sing? Present it as-is without any warranty?
Well, here it is; as-is without any warranty (under a creative commons license). Maybe I’ll take it offline in a couple of weeks and/or rerecord it. Don’t know yet – and I’ve got science to do now, so please excuse me.
Jutze
PS: Sorry for not posting more, but my most recent excuse is an acute case of speechlessness caused by Bry and jinx’s Talk(s) with JoCo, which is nothing short of amazing.