Body Electric (Tribute band)

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http://www.myspace.com/bodyelectrics

hey people.
I dont know if anything has been posted here about this.
BUT
Belgium has produced a new Sisters tribute band, the first official gig is not until Saturday (10e of Jan.) but yesterday I found myself at the first try-out.
And what can I say.
They are trying to recreate the 80s sound from F&L&A and before but are willing to include later songs as well, they will however not sound as we know them but as if they where indeed would have been if they where created a decade or more before.
And I can say they come very close to what they try to achieve, technically I can imagine it is very hard to recreate that sound but they are going the right way, singer R’s voice is very similar to Von’s so that is more than a benefit, guitar and bass players are up to the task and if they have some more action on the stage (again, it was the first try-out) they’ll be playing those songs backwards if they have too :D

First and future gigs are.
10 Jan 2009 - 20:00 Posthuis, Wuustwezel, Antwerpen
30 Jan 2009 - 20:00 Mussenakker, Meer, Antwerpen
1 Feb 2009 20:00 - De Zoeten Inval, Kalmthout, Antwerpen

Oh and most important, next to being very nice guys these people are very eager to play.
So I’m sure we’ll all have a chance to see them sooner or later.

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Sounds good, save for Avalanche...

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Izzy HaveMercy wrote:Sounds good, save for Avalanche...

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yeah, :|
that thing appears to have a mind of its own, just like the real one :P but the sounds is not that what we know :(
still some songs it was allmost spot on :D
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Playlist? :D

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can't realy remember everything. (I have a very short memory when it comes to that stuff :P )
but.
1969, gimme shelter, lights, logic, floorshow, Lucretia, alice, temple of love....
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sorry but the vocals are very bad on the myspace page video, they seem extremely forced/faked and out of tune
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Just a comment on the guitar sound. It's far too clean and thin, get some fuzz in there and you'll be well on they way. Going to need a second guitarist though. Certainly nothing wrong with the playing ability. The bass sounds almost spot on.

As for the vocals, well, there's only one person who will ever sound like Von and that's Von. I'm inclined to agree with JeffDub, in that there are places where the vocalist is obviously forcing his voice into places it doesn't want to go which is pushing him off key slightly, but otherwise he's good.
I don't necessarily agree with everything I think.
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Syberberg wrote:Just a comment on the guitar sound. It's far too clean and thin, get some fuzz in there and you'll be well on they way. Going to need a second guitarist though. Certainly nothing wrong with the playing ability. The bass sounds almost spot on.

As for the vocals, well, there's only one person who will ever sound like Von and that's Von. I'm inclined to agree with JeffDub, in that there are places where the vocalist is obviously forcing his voice into places it doesn't want to go which is pushing him off key slightly, but otherwise he's good.
Agreed and the Doc kind machine sounds bloody bloody awfull!
But all in all it kind of sounds hopefull.
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that is what I was thinking Ozpat!
and from what I heard live it seemed the singers voice sounds more like Von's when he is not forcing it, so I guess after some gigs when he gets into the drive of things it will become better.
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Sounds good to me!

I think they could pull it off with one guitarist for the time being. If they're going for the F&L&A sound they should get hold of the Oberheim DMX drum machine samples (freely available online) :D
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robertzombie wrote:Sounds good to me!

If they're going for the F&L&A sound they should get hold of the Oberheim DMX drum machine :D
*Ahem* That's the same machine we used for Rosetta's live shows from around 1989 - 1990 and I think we used it on the 'An Eye for the Main Chance' album. The machine we inherited from the "Sisters" - turned out to be either the Pointer Sisters or Sister Sledge. The guy who gave it to us wasn't entirely sure.

We then moved onto a Roland R5 (?) Rx5 (?) . I'm not sure, I was only tour manager/ band manager and the two Porl's guitar techs ! I left the plugging in of the effect/ drum machine rack to some one else :)
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Sisters site wrote:The Doktor was an Oberheim DMX by the time we made the first album.
You were both right :wink:
Nationalise the f**king lot.
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Guitarist needs work, otherwise not the worst attempt I've heard.
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christophe wrote:that is what I was thinking Ozpat!
and from what I heard live it seemed the singers voice sounds more like Von's when he is not forcing it, so I guess after some gigs when he gets into the drive of things it will become better.
Nice finding anyway C.! :wink:
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hmmm....when the girls first split in '85 every wide-brimmed hat owning nobody and his gargoyle came a-hunting a piece of the pie: who would have thought history would repeat itself on the demise of the smurphs?

la-la-la-lala-la-la-la-la--la! :roll:
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here's a few suggestions for names if anyone else thinks they can "carry the torch" :innocent:

flaw-show
(edited high)lights
now time to cry
more
nine while two thousand and nine
againachrome
fourth and last and norway (scandanavian viking sisters)
black plagiarism
laughter-ours
cash-in burn
this coverversion
covers
we are the same suzanne :twisted:
a cock and a lard face
marian (versions)
fan-tum(another one for the fatties)
anybody and seoul (the korean sisters)
bury me deep (english northerners tribute)
bury-st.edmunds me deep (where noel edmunds is from tribute act)
home of the hit-persons (lesbian/feminist/dungaree-wearing social workers tribute act)

etc
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:lol: :lol: :lol:
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eastmidswhizzkid wrote: we are the same suzanne :twisted:
I always wanted to do We Are the Other Susanne :lol:
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:eek:

This I gotta see... too bad I have already something else planned for tomorrow, so I most probably won't get to 'Wezel, but the mussenakker should be doable ;D
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radiojamaica wrote::eek:

This I gotta see... too bad I have already something else planned for tomorrow, so I most probably won't get to 'Wezel, but the mussenakker should be doable ;D
maybe I'll joine you there, I too have plans for tomorrow.
(actually plans have been made for me :P its like that now :wink: )

btw Koen, can't you push some subtle buttons and make Dolf book them for 't zonneke ? pleeeas ;D :innocent:
(and Raf if you are reading this, get an account on here and give 't zonneke a call :innocent: )
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christophe wrote:btw Koen, can't you push some subtle buttons and make Dolf book them for 't zonneke ? pleeeas ;D :innocent:
That's no bad idea at all :idea:
I do wanna see them first though :lol:
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radiojamaica wrote:I do wanna see them first though :lol:
I was afraid you where going to say that :lol: :P
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