Monkey Palace Open Mic (2/17/18 - Tracks will be narrowed down upon request)

Taking a break from the usual 'covering-local-indie-songs,' here's one most recognizes/remembers...it's the brainchild of a popular 4-piece alternative rock-band and its frontman Rivers Cuomo (of "Suzanne" fame, heard in Mallrats), fresh from their first-ever eponymous "Blue Album".  

Hence its title, he made a connection to a high school incident where he came home and saw a bottle of beer in the fridge.  He believed his parents' marriage ended because his father was an alcoholic and this made him fear the marriage between his mother and step-father would end this way as well...talk about intense!  Anyways, YOU KNOW THE DRILL!

Original Song: Weezer (R. Cuomo P. Wilson, B. Bell & others, Courtesy DGC Records c/o Universal Music Group 1994-95)

Weezer's "Say It Ain't So" (8-Bit Cover)

Ever since hearing the VGO's version of this song at their Capcom Live performance with Nakama and his associates, I've felt compelled to reconstruct and bust out my own tribute to the flagship third-party developer/publisher's fantasy-themed RPG series (not that I've played much of it, mind you...)!  This is heard in the credits, at the end of at least one of its installments (despite this particular cover being inspired by a few guitar renditions).

Original Song: Yuko Komiyama (Courtesy Capcom, 2004-ongoing)

Monster Hunter - "Proof of a Hero" (8-Bit Cover)

For WAY TOO LONG, I've been dying to release MY OWN take on one of the most widely-acclaimed British rock-bands' all-time classics!  And by now, its opening - as well as the middle section, made famous in "Wayne's World", during the crew's Mirthmoblie trip at the beginning, I might add - SHOULD AT LEAST JOG YOUR MEMORY A SKOSH OR 2.  

GOD HELP US OTHERWISE...

Original Song: Queen (the LATE Mercury, along with May, Taylor & Deacon - RETIRED); (EMI/Elektra, circa '75 - under FAIR USE, NO INFRINGEMENT/PLAGIARISM INTENDED)

Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (8-Bit Cover)

Inspired by yet another well-known hit hailing from their 2nd album "RIOT", released a decade ago - not only was this song certified PLATINUM almost 2 years ago, it was also featured as a playable track in EA & Harmonix's 'Rock Band 2.'  As always, hear it like you've never heard it before - IN ALL ITS INCOMPARABLE NINTENDO SPLENDOR!

Original Song: PARAMORE (WIlliams, Farro & York - Fueled by Ramen, 2008) [NO INFRINGEMENT INTENDED]

Paramore's "That's What You Get" (8-Bit Cover)

Man, am I back at it again with another complete, yet random, 2-in-1 song medley!  What is it made up of, you might ask?

First:  Originally written & crafted by one of the most presitigous British rock bands of all-time and inspired by Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata", it was later covered by various artists ever since its initial release (most notably by Elliott Smith, heard at the end of Sam Mendes' "American Beauty").

Second: A murder ballad perfected by a late-'80s heavy metal band off of their first-ever, self-titled album; revolving around a high-school kid named Ricky who had just received a life imprisonment sentence with a minimum of exactly the same age as he is for offing another teenager, hence the title.

Original Songs: Beatles (Apple/EMI, 1969) / Skid Row (Atlantic Records, 1989) [under FAIR USE, NO INFRINGEMENT/PLAGIARISM INTENDED]

Monkey Palace Open Mic (2/17/18 - Tracks will be narrowed down upon request)

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