Bastill Day - New Cover

[Rockermann]

Hey Folks,

Here's another in what seems to be an endless stream of covers from Project-43. This is the RUSH classic, "Bastille Day". This one is truly a guitar song. I grew up on this song and many of the early Rush tunes. They really molded my early rock and roll sensibilities.

As we all know, no one sounds like Geddy Lee, so we took a few liberties with the vocals and Dee did a great interpretation. This is a close mix, but there will probably be some more tweaking. We'd appreciate any input you can offer to help us nail it down.

http://soundcloud.com/project-43/bastille-day-cover

Thanks as always for the time and feedback! Oh, and ROCK ON!

[Beerman***]

I grew up on Rush and have seen them many, many, many times. Heard them play this live as well many times and the music is dead on good. As for singing, well, Geddy does sound a bit like a munchkin.

[Rockermann]

Thanks, Beerman. We appreciate the feedback. Yes, Geddy is munchkin like for sure, but even he can't channel those critters like he used to.

Thanks again for listening and commenting!

[Spudman***]

God! Talk about bringing back memories. We used to cover that back in the 70s. I'd completely forgotten about it. Nice job on the tight mix.

[Rockermann]

It's a blast from the past for sure. This song, among many of the early Rush songs truly helped form my rock sensibilities. One of the foundation stones for me for sure.

Thanks for listening and commenting!

[NWBasser]

I'll have to wait until I get home for a proper listen with better speakers than the bassless ones at work.

I used to play Bastille Day in my high school band. It was the first of many Rush tunes that I learned.

I think that song really set me on a path towards more complex bass playing.

I still really enjoy playing it on both guitar and bass!

[Radioboy950]

Sounds really great guys. Tight. This is my favorite Rush period. I really don't care as much for the later material from Rush.
Nice vocal on this too!

[Commodore 64***]

Nice job. Takes balls to cover Rush. And you guys pulled it off! Love this song.

[NWBasser]

Finally got a listen on better speakers.

Nice job!!

Is that a Rick bass?

[Rockermann]

Thanks for the comments, guys... I've been out of town, so sorry for the late reply. We're glad you enjoyed this... we knew we were up for a challenge with this, so we really appreciate the positive feedback!

[marnold***]

That was really good! Geddy Lee is unique, but I think Deeaa nailed it as well (if not better) than anybody else could.

[Katastrophe]

As usual, outstanding work! I really dig it.

I prefer Dee's vocal to Geddy's screeching... Despite that, Rush is always fun to listen to.

[Rockermann]

Thanks, guys! Looks like we did better than we expected with this one! Thanks for listening and commenting.

[marnold***]

Now available in YouTube-o-vision!

[Rockermann]

Thanks, marnold! Looks I forgot to come back and update the thread when the video came out.