Gouge away - The promise ring (A Tribute to Pixies)

[GrockJake]

Too many haters on here... fuck you. The Promise Ring is amazing. In fact, I think this cover may even be better than the Pixies. The song has a very dark vibe, and the lyrics are quite dark. Whereas the Pixie's pop sounded somewhat took away that vibe, the Promise Ring managed to create it.

[stoptheshow95]

@GrockJake

The Pixies pop sound took away from the vibe of the song?

Is that some kind of bad joke?

[GrockJake]

@stoptheshow95 The only "bad joke" here is the one where you pretend that that things cannot be interpretted differently... oh wait, you're not pretending...

[stoptheshow95]

@GrockJake My point is your first comment didn't even make sense. How could the Pixies' sound take away from the vibe of the song when they created the song in the first place? Besides that, this is pretty much a note for note cover, the main difference being the vocals. Not trying to knock this band (to each his own), but you really think this guy's vocals are 'darker' than Frank's furious screams of breaking the walls and killing everyone in the original?

[GrockJake]

@stoptheshow95 I know it's the Pixies song. This song has always been a very dark song for me. When the Pixies did it, it was full of anger, but it still had the pop sensibility to it. The Promise Ring took it and made it much more grittier. I think they even down-tuned their instruments here. The production of the Pixies version was very clean cut, whereas this version comes across as very rough. The singer sounds like he's ready to off himself in this. I dunno... it's just my opinion.

[BoogPow]

@GrockJake I think it's actually up a half step. or just the same

[corpsemunger]

Good Song by blur :) i love that song

[drumncees]

owh what a bad singer ,

[flainsfired]

i like the promise ring, but this cover adds nothing to the song. it sounds like he's singing over the exact music the pixies laid down, as opposed to them adding the promise ring's sound to it, which is what a good cover does.

[electronicmedium]

like the version

[alexi626]

This is good... But Action Camp did my favorite cover to this magnificent song. 

[thegreatvollhorst]

i didn t know that this video is from blur but i think that this cover and the video really match

[ourlucidream]

Wow...this is literally exactly the same as the Pixies version..weak.

[zanpinkerton]

this is a blur video - a good song...

[rdmilligan]

generally speaking, you do have to be careful of squirrels. i had one as a lodger....when i returned from Spar, the nuts were gone....

[Acewalled]

sadd videoooooo yo

[OrcyantZ]

Ha Ha Ha, look up your history. Who should be sueing who? Kids nowdays....tut tut.

[Jeffo42069666187]

This is such a rip off. How can real bands like My Chemical Romance and Limp Bizkit stand it when crap/poo/balls/penis bands like this rip them off. if I were Fred Durst I would sue.

[superichie]

my chemical romance and limp bizkit? what the hell do they have to do with The Promise Ring covering a Pixies song?

[bowdownandobey]

@Jeffo42069666187 you are an idiot

[isk8pools]

cool

[GrimmigTheNigra]

Meh, I like Mogwai's version of Gouge Away a lot more, but this was decent I guess.

[flamebait07]

I have the tribute album in question, and this is the only decent cover version on it. :(

Love TPR and Pixies.

[wolfmega321]

best cover ive found, still nothing compared to the pixies. but theyre kings.

[Jaketacular420]

ah hahahaha wtf haha thats a weird fucking video lol!! i love the pixies

[omriee]

this video pretty much rocks.. i also like the way you covered the song, you did a better job than pappa roach. But i like all the versions of this song, cause i like this song so *** much i dont care who plays it.

[starlettine]

they are surprisingly well-matched! supercool though faintly spooky 666ish like dark side of the moon/wizard of oz, is it?

[itsjose]

wait i dont get it. so is this a blur video with the tpr cover synched? anyway, i think it's sweet.

[eeebroadcast]

Yeahh, this is a Blur's video - you're right)