Party Fears Two (The Associates Cover)

For a stereo version of the video, please use this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbFldTA2SXU&fmt=18

Party Fears Two - The Associates. My tribute to the late Billy MacKenzie, his unique voice and this weird and wonderful song.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Party
• Fears
• Two
• The
• Associates
• Billy
• MacKenzie

[swishyhair]

I know how hard this song is to sing - I tried it myself and failed :o( I love the way you really throw yourself into the vocals, while retaining your own distinctive voice.

[Danz1984]

@swishyhair Thanks. I decided to cover this song mostly because I found it a bit odd that no one else has ever covered it at the time, apart from Heaven 17, I discovered their version afterwards. I covered 'Breakfast' too and to my astonishment, it's even harder to sing than this one! Billy's voice was so amazing, how I wish mine were a fraction as good as his. ;)

[36012v64]

Hi Danz....What a brave man you are to tackle this one. I'm sure Billy will be smiling at your attempt of this masterpiece...but I think you did it justice. Your arrangement is beautiful and I would just like to ask you a favour....Please post a video of your arrangement in close up. You don't need to sing...just focus in on the keyboard. I only play by ear and I can't work out the arrangement myself. I'm sure there will be many people interested in seeing it !

[Danz1984]

It is so strange, I thought I have already replied to your message last month, it has somehow disappeared, sorry. I will try to make the video for you, I couldn't do it before because my camcorder went dead on me and my camera is too heavy to be hung over my keyboard. I could give you the chords too if you are interested. The chords arrangement in the original version is very complicated so I simplified it a little for my version. Oh, and thank you so much for your compliments. ;)

[bibanova]

great job

you have a very interesting voice

[Danz1984]

Thanks, I was trying to sing like Billie, but obviously his range was much bigger than mine. ;)

[Agaricfly68]

Kudos, Danz!

I never thought I'd hear anybody attempt to cover this Mackenzie/Rankine classic... alone!

I think you've done it justice & I commend you for that. :)

[morrisseytillidie]

i really enjoyed this, thankyou for posting it. x

[colin172]

Amazing version, well done Danz, you captured the emotion in the song..

[mcTOOSH1]

very passionate.,....yeah good stuff!

[Ryantalope]

Not an easy song to sing. Very well done!

[itzjrxxx]

That's very good, I really like it. Your voice is incredible, I like your cover more than Heaven 17's one. But I was wondering if you could do a video of this song without you singing. I just love it's melody, I could listen to it for hours.

[secessionman]

An incredible attempt to cover one of the greatest vocal performances of all time. Bravo.

[mrblags1]

fantastic cover of a very hard song to sing,the original makes my hairs stand on end. your version does the same,brill.....

[thetokay]

dans, this is amazing, any chance of seeing the piano chords? all the best.

[planetrockford]

Where did the strings come from, was that live?

[lodger9]

Well done! It takes a brave brave soul to cover this song and retain it's spirit.

[gmck12]

Billy was my big cousin, and, speaking for him, i can tell you that he would have loved it. G.Mack.