[Old Joysey]

The winner of Richie's Every Road contest wrote a tribute song and asked other contestants from all over the world to play it and film themselves and he's just posted the video. No doubt Richie will love it! He wrote "Mr. Bluesman" to pay tribute to his guitar hero Eric Clapton and now some of his fans do the same thing for him (with errr... less talent), ain't that cool?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXVFw_nTHJ8

Richie's cover contest - The rules of the game:
http://youtu.be/QlpIqwj1L7Q

[DevilsSon]

Originally Posted by Old Joysey

The winner of Richie's Every Road contest wrote a tribute song and asked other contestants from all over the world to play it and film themselves and he's just posted the video. No doubt Richie will love it! He wrote "Mr. Bluesman" to pay tribute to his guitar hero Eric Clapton and now some of his fans do the same thing for him (with errr... less talent), ain't that cool?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXVFw_nTHJ8

F*ck me this is so bad I will have nightmares from this. And the guys from Bounce are part of this?!? Surely they have better things to do....

[Old Joysey]

Oh c'mon! I'm sure they did their best (oops! I'm being more wicked than you!!!). That's why cover bands are just cover bands and hobby musicians only hobby musicians. It was a work of love, L.O.V.E. and that's all that counts!

[Rdkopper]

Now I've seen it all. This is so corny lyrically that I'm almost embarrassed to be lumped in as a Richie fan.

[sambos apprentice]

Why write a tribute song for anyone?

Best way to pay tribute to your hero is to write great songs using what they taught you- this song sucks!

[Supersonic]

Aloha !

Originally Posted by sambos apprentice

Best way to pay tribute to your hero is to write great songs using what they taught you- this song sucks!

It's not any worse than half of what's on Aftermath, so looks like they indeed try to write something similar to what Richie's been teaching them lately.

Salaam Aleikm,
Sebastiaan

[Rdkopper]

I tried to listen to it again and I can't. Someone needs to post the lyrics

[Old Joysey]

Originally Posted by sambos apprentice

Why write a tribute song for anyone?

What a strange question!!! It's a common thing that musicians do for each other to show their respect and admiration, to thank their favorite musos for the good music and times, for inspiration, hope, strength and the likes (unless of course if you have an ego bigger than the whole universe and think that your genius and your genius alone made you what you are!).

Richie paid tribute to Clapton as you may know:
http://www.whereseric.com/the-vault/...t-eric-clapton

Another example: Dylan, Harrison, Lynne and Petty as The Traveling Wilburys paid tribute to (or made fun of?) Springsteen with "Tweeter and The Monkey Man" using Springsteen's song titles and themes
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Tweeter_and_...apn&ap=ask.com

Richie fans used exactly the same formula but the result is ... errr... what it is!!!

[Old Joysey]

Originally Posted by Rdkopper

I tried to listen to it again and I can't. Someone needs to post the lyrics

No "Fuuuunky tomato... Fuuuunky tomato... Fuuuunky tomato... all night long" here and that's what's missing. That and calling the song "Cactus". It would have been so much better that way!

If you have a YT account, ask the guy the lyrics.

[Rdkopper]

Originally Posted by Old Joysey

What a strange question!!! It's a common thing that musicians do for each other to show their respect and admiration, to thank their favorite musos for the good music and times, for inspiration, hope, strength and the likes (unless of course if you have an ego bigger than the whole universe and think that your genius and your genius alone made you what you are!).

Richie paid tribute to Clapton as you may know:
http://www.whereseric.com/the-vault/...t-eric-clapton

Another example: Dylan, Harrison, Lynne and Petty as The Traveling Wilburys paid tribute to (or made fun of?) Springsteen with "Tweeter and The Monkey Man" using Springsteen's song titles and themes
http://www.ask.com/wiki/Tweeter_and_...apn&ap=ask.com

Richie fans used exactly the same formula but the result is ... errr... what it is!!!

Paying tribute is one thing but writing lyrics saying you will "Follow" someone is obsessive.