![]() ![]() However in the chorus - the tempo seems to increase. As a result, i could get the auto drummer to play along with me during the intro and verses. Googling told me the song was recorded around 80-85 BPM and when i started to record, this seemed to fit pretty well. At the time, the song was called Groupie (. The song i am working on is Superstar by Sonic Youth (a cover of the Carpenters song) Delaney & Bonnie were the first to record this song, releasing it as the B-side of their 1969 single Comin Home. I have only just started to use auto drummer in garageband after working out that if i match the BPM and stay in time the drums sound a lot better then me trying to punch them in manually! i wish i had worked this out a long time ago!Īs a result, i am looking to re-record a few songs where i couldn't get the drums to sound very good previously. The alternative rock band Sonic Youth covered this in 1994 for the Carpenters tribute album If I Were A Carpenter. His loss, I guess.This might seem like a strange question - and maybe i have just got this wrong. While Sonic Youth’s version has gone on to become one of the most lauded versions of the track, the Carpenters’ surviving member, Richard Carpenter, has famously said he doesn’t particularly care for Sonic Youth’s version of the song. Gone were the light and easy instrumentation, and instead, we were given an excursion into that of the noisy New York alternative rock scene. Likewise, the group’s infamously intricate guitar-tunings were used to create a vibe completely removed from the original. Maintaining the song’s feeling of loss and loneliness, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore used his vocals to create a dark and moody atmosphere. However, Sonic Youth considered the Carpenters an influence, and dutifully recorded a cover of ‘Superstar’. Now, if one was to look at the Carpenters, often considered a staple of AM-radio easy listening, one would see almost no resemblance to that of Sonic Youth, the highly experimental alternative noise-rock group. In addition to brilliant covers from artists such as Shonen Knife (who covered ‘ Top Of The World‘), and The Cranberries (who covered ‘ (They Long To Be) Close To You‘), was the record’s sole single Sonic Youth’s version of ‘Superstar’. Gone was the soul-styled vocals of the original, and it’s sexual overtones, and instead, Karen Carpenter’s vocals were added into the mix, giving the song a deep feeling of loneliness and loss, as was originally intended by the song’s writers.Īs year’s went by, numerous bands took inspiration from the works of the Carpenters, so much so that a compilation CD was issued in 1994 that saw bands who considered the group as influences, covering their songs. The Carpenters’ version was a hit, with many stating that the Carpenters cover was far superior and emotional than the original. ![]() Instead, the song was passed around between numerous musicians until it received a great deal of success thanks to a little duo called the Carpenters, who renamed it ‘ Superstar‘. This B-side was called ‘ Groupie (Superstar)‘, and wasn’t overlooked as many B-sides of the era were. ![]() That single featured, as many did, a B-side. Sonic Youth signed to the label in early 1986 and began recording. Back in 1969, Delaney & Bonnie released the song ‘ Comin’ Home‘. Ranaldo said, It was the first record company that thought we could really be on anything. ![]()
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