Yesterday I couldn`t believe it when I was watching the performance of Evanescence at Rock am Ring Festival...they covered Zero and it was a pain in the ass to listen to it...can you imagine a woman SINGING the part"emptiness is loneliness, and lonneliness is cleanliness and cleanliness is godliness, and god is empty just like me..."
I had all the laughter on my side while walking around with my SP patch on the bag...well, it was more some kind of pity...

Originally posted by memories_unwind
Yesterday I couldn`t believe it when I was watching the performance of Evanescence at Rock am Ring Festival...they covered Zero and it was a pain in the ass to listen to it...can you imagine a woman SINGING the part"emptiness is loneliness, and lonneliness is cleanliness and cleanliness is godliness, and god is empty just like me..."
I had all the laughter on my side while walking around with my SP patch on the bag...well, it was more some kind of pity...

David Gahan (depeche mode) performed at this show...correct? Did you happen to tape it? ;)

Originally posted by lament


David Gahan (depeche mode) performed at this show...correct? Did you happen to tape it? ;)

Sorry, I didn`t tape it but it was live on TV, great performance.

Originally posted by memories_unwind
"emptiness is loneliness, and lonneliness is cleanliness and cleanliness is godliness, and god is empty just like me..."


thinking of that reminds me of avril lavigne singing 'fuel'

Originally posted by the_marked


thinking of that reminds me of avril lavigne singing 'fuel' or system of a down, which i did have the pleasure of hearing :hurl:

Not to be sexist, but, when women try to cover 99% of all Pumpkin songs, it ends up sounding really lame... especially the ones where Billy is all anger-crazed.

A friend and I always joke about how funny it is to hear his ex-girlfriend sing along to "Tales of a Scorched Earth," because "girlie-opera" just does not fit right with that song.

was the linkin park wannabe guy there to back her up?

Originally posted by Reyngel
especially the ones where Billy is all anger-crazed.


Yeah, that sounded so absurd...

Originally posted by oui henri
was the linkin park wannabe guy there to back her up?

I can`t remember but I think she sang it alone

Originally posted by Mirror_Untrue
or system of a down, which i did have the pleasure of hearing :hurl:

OMFG.

OMFG.

I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING.

that is fucking hilarious. i dont evanescence and i think it would be so horrible that i would crack up.

You know what's the most ironic and funny about this, though? Evanescence was once considered a "christian" band. God is empty now, eh? Fickle. :eyesp:

Originally posted by stumpycat
You know what's the most ironic and funny about this, though? Evanescence was once considered a "christian" band. God is empty now, eh? Fickle. :eyesp:

Actually, I'd say the most ironic and funny thing about it is that Zero is awesome and Evanescence are completely bent.

End.

The chick has a pretty good set of lungs on her (from just hearing their single, but God knows how digitally processed that is) but it just wouldn’t work for Zero at all. Still, an SP cover, horrible though it may be, shows that they aren't forgotten.

The Deftones need to cover SP songs. That would rule.

chino covered TAFH and while appreciate it, i must say it did not rule

Originally posted by memories_unwind


Sorry, I didn`t tape it but it was live on TV, great performance.

very cool. Do you know if he played any Depeche Mode songs? Or was it all solo stuff?

Originally posted by lament

very cool. Do you know if he played any Depeche Mode songs? Or was it all solo stuff?

Here`s the setlist:

1) Hidden Houses
2) Hold On
3) Dirty Sticky Floors
4) A Question Of Time
5) Bitter Apple
6) Black And Blue Again
7) Stay
8) A Little Piece
9) Walking In My Shoes
10) I Need You
11) Bottle Living
12) Personal Jesus
13) Goodbye
14) I Feel You
15) Never Let Me Down Again
16) Enjoy The Silence

Evanescence also covered 'Heart Shaped Box' by Nirvana during a radio session eariler this year.

It was so funny, she sings it in an opera voice, it just made me pull my hair out in disgust while at the same time laugh at how terrible it was.

The chorus was the best, her high pitched squeeling.

Her covering Zero, I just can't imagine..

Oh shut up people. There are women out there who can cover pumpkin songs & do a great job with them so take your sexist attitudes & shove them up your ass.

Originally posted by Sacred Age Of Innocence
Oh shut up people. There are women out there who can cover pumpkin songs & do a great job with them so take your sexist attitudes & shove them up your ass.

fag

Originally posted by Sacred Age Of Innocence

Oh shut up people. There are women out there who can cover pumpkin songs & do a great job with them so take your sexist attitudes & shove them up your ass.

Good lord.
I don't think the point was that GIRLS shouldn't cover SP songs, just that chick from Evanescence shouldn't, especially Zero. Her voice is just too pretty for a song like that, and I'm sure it sounded like hell.
If she covered a song like Tonight Tonight? Maybe that would've been more suited for her.

Originally posted by bornentertainer


Good lord.
I don't think the point was that GIRLS shouldn't cover SP songs, just that chick from Evanescence shouldn't, especially Zero. Her voice is just too pretty for a song like that, and I'm sure it sounded like hell.
If she covered a song like Tonight Tonight? Maybe that would've been more suited for her.

I couldn`t have said it better

I really don't understand how people fuck up covers on national television.

When I was in a band, we played loads of covers, but we never performed them until we thought they did the original justice. That was the bottom line. If the cover sucked, WE DIDN'T PLAY IT.

I really don't understand what's so difficult about preparing a song for performance that's already been written, arranged and recorded. What's even easier than that is realizing you suck at playing it.

Originally posted by Sacred Age Of Innocence
Oh shut up people. There are women out there who can cover pumpkin songs & do a great job with them so take your sexist attitudes & shove them up your ass.

Take some reading lessons, because no one actually said that women shouldn't cover Pumpkins songs.

Reyngel said that 99% of the time they sound lame, which is true. Most of the songs are crazy psycho rock shit. Which Billy rocks at, but, most women do not have the vocal capabilities to pull it off, especially not some overly produced nu-metal god loving hippie MTV sell outs going by a band name that is totally impossible to spell.

I really don't see why the need for all the attitude.. no one is out to supress the female race, because the females have already won.

Originally posted by Pieces


Take some reading lessons, because no one actually said that women shouldn't cover Pumpkins songs.

Reyngel said that 99% of the time they sound lame, which is true. Most of the songs are crazy psycho rock shit. Which Billy rocks at, but, most women do not have the vocal capabilities to pull it off, especially not some overly produced nu-metal god loving hippie MTV sell outs going by a band name that is totally impossible to spell.

I really don't see why the need for all the attitude.. no one is out to supress the female race, because the females have already won.

Exactly. In fact, if you look at my original post, I even warned that I wasn't trying to be sexist. But it's still true.

I just saw their video on tv. The guy sounds like a ripoff of the rapper guy in Linkin Park. And did she end up dying or was it just a dream?!?!?! Also, why didn't the other guys in the room try to help?! Bastards!

http://www.emotioneric.com/firsttime.jpg

Originally posted by Pieces


Take some reading lessons, because no one actually said that women shouldn't cover Pumpkins songs.

Reyngel said that 99% of the time they sound lame, which is true. Most of the songs are crazy psycho rock shit. Which Billy rocks at, but, most women do not have the vocal capabilities to pull it off, especially not some overly produced nu-metal god loving hippie MTV sell outs going by a band name that is totally impossible to spell.

I really don't see why the need for all the attitude.. no one is out to supress the female race, because the females have already won. But Billy kind of sounds like a chick to begin with.

sad part is that the cover of zero is the best part of their set...:)

Originally posted by Nimrod's Son
But Billy kind of sounds like a chick to begin with.

Billy's got this weird thing going with his voice... it's not quite a "man's" voice, and it's not quite a "woman's" voice. His voice sounds like a guitar to me.

Originally posted by Reyngel


Billy's got this weird thing going with his voice... it's not quite a "man's" voice, and it's not quite a "woman's" voice. His voice sounds like a guitar to me.

yea and his ass sounds like a banjo to me

So where's the mp3

Originally posted by Nimrod's Son
But Billy kind of sounds like a chick to begin with.

i agree

billy has a very feminine voice in many of his songs. So a girl covering an SP song wouldn't sound strange to me.

But i haven't heard this cover so... yeah

i remember watching storytellers on vh1 w/ sp and he said he cant imagine guys singing his songs because he said they are feminine songs in his mind. but his voice isnt too feminine its kinda a squeeky masculine or adolescent voice.

Originally posted by OffTopicMan
So where's the mp3

i got the mp3 off kazaa - it's not as bad as it could have been. She sings it about two octaves higher than billy though...it's funny. i dunno, it wasn't anything special.

Originally posted by wounded
chino covered TAFH and while appreciate it, i must say it did not rule

I'll be the judge of that, is there an MP3 or an SHN of it kicking around? That's probably one of the few SP songs that fits with the Deftones style.

Originally posted by Ugly
I'll be the judge of that, is there an MP3 or an SHN of it kicking around? That's probably one of the few SP songs that fits with the Deftones style.
it was with team sleep, and it used to be available at their official site. didn't sound good btw.

Originally posted by Crestfallen33

it was with team sleep, and it used to be available at their official site. didn't sound good btw.
its awful. i still have it kicking around my hard drive for some reason though. Along with Phish's take on "rhino" and poison the well's "today", which is always good for a chuckle.

hey, i think poison the well's version of today is a pretty decent hardcore adaptation. I mean, it's not that difficult to change that kind of song to any other genre, but at least they pulled it off.

Originally posted by ******
hey, i think poison the well's version of today is a pretty decent hardcore adaptation.

Originally posted by ******
hey, i think poison the well's version of today is awesome.

huh, i didn't think too many people liked that today cover. It's not that i think its horrendous, but it literally makes me laugh. To me there's just something kinda silly about it. Most people I play it for have the same sort of horrified look look come across their face. Back on topic for a sec: what are the chances of this zero cover being recorded? it has an allure I can only compare to a train wreck...

But Billy kind of sounds like a chick to begin with.
Yeah, sometimes--especially in his lighter moments on Siamese Dream. It does have a certain feminine quality about it. But not always. There's usually just a hint of male depth and raspiness in it.


She sings it about two octaves higher than billy though...
But if she covered Glynis, I bet she couldn't out-do Billy's nut-strangling falsetto in that part...yeah, you know the one...:)

was the linkin park wannabe guy there to back her up?
Oh my god. I can just see that guy from 12 Stones doing backing vocals on Zero. Can you imagine?
"I'm-your-luv-ah, I'm-your-ze-ro, I'm-tha-face inyourdreamsuhglass!!!" Yeah. It would be rapped in staccato just like that, too.

i still haven't heard it, can't find it on kazaa
anyplace else i can download it?

Better late than never I guess:

http://members.cox.net/thebaconpress/zero.mp3

Thanks.

I've heard worse.

This makes me cry. I heard it. She made me cry. And what's even worse is random people stop me when I'm out and tell me I look like her.

drummer's hitting the ride cymbal too much. it makes it seem too fast. whatever. i don't like it.

:erm thats pretty bad.

wow, that was pretty emotionless...

but I actually liked their cover of Heart-Shaped Box :erm

horrible cover (actually the band sounds decent, but her vocals simply do NOT work for the tune) but its awesome how the crowd sang along a bit with the "WANNA GO FOR RIDE" part.

PUMPKINS FOREVER MAN!!! WHOOOO!!! NEVER SAY DIE!!!

fuck you guys. i love it.

This is fucking shit... she sounds like she's struggling so hard to make it through the song... it seems like another piece of shit nu-metal band is making another desperate grasp for legitimacy through tribute to an actually original rock band... it's a fucking disgrace... it makes me want to go back in time and go to the show and get right up at the front and yell "GET OFF THE STAGE! YOU FUCKING SUCK! GO HOME, ASSHOLES!"

you guys are so vicious and it's really unnecessary. it's not that bad. it's probably one of the better pumpkins covers i've heard.

WARNING!
The Zero link is goatse!
An audio goatse.

:confused: :confused: :confused:
Better Pumpkins covers? Well...the only good ones I've heard were Phish's cover of Rhinoceros and Frida Snell's bizzare piano version of Bullet with Butterfly Wings.

Anyway, I agree with a lot of the critique thus far. The main problems are the singer not putting any emotion (the "intoxicated with the madness" line sounds like she's reading off of a cue card) and the drummer's speed and he keeps riding the damn cymbol. The guitatist and bassist might sound halfway decent if we could hear them.

She got SO out of breath by the end of the song! :D Idiot.

The way she sang:

Sheeeee's
*breathe*
The One
*breathe*
For meee
*breathe*
She's all I really need

It should be more like:

Sheeeee's the one for me
She's all I really need
*breath or 'oh yeah'*

Well, that's the way I sing it anyway.

go back to the z-board you faggot.

Originally posted by ******
you guys are so vicious and it's really unnecessary. it's not that bad. it's probably one of the better pumpkins covers i've heard.

dude, we're not being vicious. her vocals don't work. Its too pretty. the band sounds decent (I personally like how the drummer kicks up the tempo a bit) and the woman can sing, she just can't sing Pumpkins

Originally posted by Ugly


dude, we're not being vicious. her vocals don't work. Its too pretty. the band sounds decent (I personally like how the drummer kicks up the tempo a bit) and the woman can sing, she just can't sing Pumpkins nobody is going try to sing the pumpkins like billy does. otherwise, they'd sound absolutely ridiculous. evanescence covered a song in the style of :o evanescence! i don't see what the big deal is.

in my opinion, they played it better than the pumpkins did most times.

this goes back to the "can chicks sing Billy Corgan songs?" debate. I'll totally take the sexist track here and say they can't, no matter how pretty thier vocals are: see Evanessence cover.

I thought it was pretty good. It showed me that she can sing a lot better when she's actually working with good material, instead of the crap her band writes.

While it does sound like she doesn't know how to breathe correctly, she does find some of the emotional points of the lyrics, and she does an interesting job at manipulating the vocal melody. Obviously the backing noize her band produces is quite generic, but you couldn't expect much more from a nu-metal band.

I'll listen to it again. Hearing someone different sing it makes me appreciate the depth of the original. I've heard Zero so many times... its nice to get a fresh perspective.

What's wrong with her vocals?

Originally posted by Lil Apache
What's wrong with her vocals?

nothing wrong with her vocals.
they're just stupid people.
their music is absolutely nothing.

Quite a few Evanecence fans here I guess...

Whatever. I hated it and I thought it was terrible. You guys may like it, but it's hypocritical to criticize my opinion when you're mad that I don't agree with yours.

Anyway, Evanecence did some better Pumpkins covers back in the day, like their cover of Soma (http://www.goatse.cx). Amy's haunting voice just really works here. Only Evancense fans need apply, they're the only ones who will like it.

you dont nail a cover of Zero by singing it 'correctly' (if only because its tough to sing that 'incorrectly')... nail the attitude of the song and you're just about there.

Originally posted by Lil Apache
What's wrong with her vocals?

too pretty, doesn't have the rock rock power you need to get Zero across.

another thing wrong with her voice is that she's trying to sound too masculine, and it sounds bad.

have any of you fucking idiots ever listened to a smashing pumpkins bootleg before?

Yes. TSP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> times infinity Evanescense.

Billy has always been a terrible singer live, and you're judging Evanescence by this one recording.

You all think it's a joke that they draw influence from SP, where as I think it's a god damn riot that you think the pumpkins are too good to be influenced by bands like evanescence.

Grow the fuck up. It's not a contest. It's just music.

Originally posted by ******
Billy has always been a terrible singer live, and you're judging Evanescence by this one recording.

You all think it's a joke that they draw influence from SP, where as I think it's a god damn riot that you think the pumpkins are too good to be influenced by bands like evanescence.

Grow the fuck up. It's not a contest. It's just music.

no one in this thread has said that billy's voice is great live, and people haven't been judging evanescence by this one recording, they've been judging the recording by the recording. and really, it's not like no pumpkins songs have ever been bashed on this board, so whats the big deal with this cover being bashed? it seems like you're just getting mad at everyone because you love it. i agree that it's one of the better pumpkins covers, but her voice doesnt fit the style of the song. thats my opinion, i'm stickin with it.

I think it sucks. You think it rocks.

At least we're both thinking. :cheers:

Originally posted by ******
Billy has always been a terrible singer live, and you're judging Evanescence by this one recording.

You all think it's a joke that they draw influence from SP, where as I think it's a god damn riot that you think the pumpkins are too good to be influenced by bands like evanescence.

Grow the fuck up. It's not a contest. It's just music.

So man, you been listening to "Bring Me to Life" on MP3 alot lately?

Originally posted by Ugly


So man, you been listening to "Bring Me to Life" on MP3 alot lately? i have the album and i happen to think it's pretty good. that's not the point at all, though.

Originally posted by the_marked


thinking of that reminds me of avril lavigne singing 'fuel'

fuel like metallica or ani difranco? i don't know which would be worse...

random thought... zero just came up on shuffle. weird.

Originally posted by ******
Billy has always been a terrible singer live

Whoa. Let's not say things we can't take back.

Originally posted by ******
i have the album and i happen to think it's pretty good. that's not the point at all, though.

I was cracking a joke re. that rant you did before. Heck, I think she's a good singer and I dig what I hear on the radio. I don't think she, or any female singer, could do Zero. At all.

troo. no gurl can do zeroh.

i dunno what y'all are talking about it. you make it sound like the biggest disgrace ever done to music. i have to say it's not that bad. why are so many of you h8rs? they sound like they're having a lot fun and the chick also sounds like bjork in some parts.

bah

i can't believe this post got this many replies.

I just listened to the cover and it's...alright. Not spectacular, but not too bad, either. I thought it was a nice touch to try and fit the weird little effects-heavy "solos" into the song, though. It wasn't too off from the original Pumpkins version.

What was really bizarre--no, ironic--was hearing her sing the lyric "God is empty just like me" (and to a lesser extent, "bullshit fakers".) Remember, this is from a band that was once associated with the Chirstian music scene.

Originally posted by stumpycat
What was really bizarre--no, ironic--was hearing her sing the lyric "God is empty just like me" (and to a lesser extent, "bullshit fakers".) Remember, this is from a band that was once associated with the Chirstian music scene.

Haha, I just thought about that. "Bullshit Fakers" is the funniest, to me.

I'm sharing a video of it on the hub in case anyone wants. Mmmm Amy Lee.

Well, we must all admit it could have been much worse. No stupid rap back vocals and other "nu-metal inventions". It's enjoyable, even tough I hate their songs.

oh christ,

as a huge Zero fan i am saddened to hear that a band as pathetic as Evanesence, who are just some popped-up attempt by the record labels to cash in on the metal audience, can play a song by the almighty Pumpkins, who are the best band ever as far as songwriting is concerned.

Zero is a piece of art, and evanesence turned it into a tool for evil.

so may i just say:

to those of you about to rock, we salute you!

for those of you who are about to lip-sync: go to hell.