Anyone hear Bell X1's cover of Boys of Summer on Ray D'arcy- absolutely stunning.

tech77

Just heard them do Boys of Summer on Ray D'arcy there.
Absolutely amazing cover.
Anyone hear it?
They are really talented.

gustavo

tech77 wrote: »

Just heard them do Boys of Summer on Ray D'arcy there.
Absolutely amazing cover.
Anyone hear it?
They are really talented.

Agree they are talented , but it wouldn't have taken much talent to do the cover that they did

tech77

gustavo wrote: »

it wouldn't have taken much talent to do the cover that they did

Did you hear it?
Of course any non-talented band can cover such a song but
their particular version was exceptional.

hshortt

I like Bell X1, think they are excellent. Is there a podcast, or stream available to hear this?

Cheers

Beth1978

Hi OP, I heard that this morning and thought it was great too. I've never heard a cover of that song before, a brave thing to do with such a well known song but they did a fab job.They usually put things up like that on the today fm website so you might have some luck there.

Dudess

Sounds good - I love that song and Bell X1 are pretty good.

tech77

Beth1978 wrote: »

Hi OP, I heard that this morning and thought it was great too. I've never heard a cover of that song before, a brave thing to do with such a well known song but they did a fab job.They usually put things up like that on the today fm website so you might have some luck there.

Yeah, might take a look.
Cheers.
There was definitely something special about it though.

Sleight of hand

hshortt wrote: »

I like Bell X1, think they are excellent. Is there a podcast, or stream available to hear this?

Cheers

Can't find it on podcast or you tube but found a live version from last year. excellent live band.

link: http://hypem.com/track/514085/?rec_ref=833900

hshortt

Thanks you very much!

Kess73

That song gets covered a lot. The last cover of it that I liked was the Ataris version that was in the charts about four or five years ago.

hshortt

Following the link and subsequent listen, you can pull the 128Kbps MP3 from your browsers cache.

tech77

Kess73 wrote: »

That song gets covered a lot. The last cover of it that I liked was the Ataris version that was in the charts about four or five years ago.

Yeah DJ Sammy covered it as well.

larchielads

hshortt wrote: »

Following the link and subsequent listen, you can pull the 128Kbps MP3 from your browsers cache.

how do you do that????

hshortt

If you are using Internet Explorer, go have a listen to the song online, then click tools, Internet Options, and under browsing history, click settings, then view files. This opens a window with all the cached files from your browsing sessions. Sort them by size (click the size column twice to have the largest files shown first) then look at the files at the top, you'll see the MP3 file with a wierd name using lots of numbers/letters etc. Copy the file from there to your desktop or music folder and rename it to whatever you like.

If you've any problems drop me a PM and I'll go through in more detail.

Cheerio
Howard

Fran Kim

I love Bell x1. I've been to their gig once and they were really fantastic at live! They are absolutely well talented!

LeixlipRed

How unispiring is that? Just like their new album.

demanufactured

Fran Kim wrote: »

I love Bell x1. I've been to their gig once and they were really fantastic at live! They are absolutely well talented!

LOL , coudnt help laughing at this sorry.

Owen

Bell X1 are the replacement for The Beautiful South. It fills a gap for middle of the road, unoffensive, boring, claptrap that people buy in droves.

kaizersoze

Dear God that's woeful.

Fran Kim

demanufactured wrote: »

LOL , coudnt help laughing at this sorry.

Damn! I thought that I'm boring and not funny person. Well obviously not!

Xavi6

Just like Bell X1 in general, that cover has 'meh' written all over it.

Minaloushe

Well, never mind what people say, I love that cover and I'm delighted I found the link, and thank you SO much for the tip, I know have the mp3 sitting nicely on my computer and a smile on my face.
Cheers!

emeo

it's a stunning version of a lovely song,
bell x1 are the most underrated band Ireland has ever produced
i can't understand how they're so overlooked
pity:mad: ah well, i appreciate them anyway

Einstein

i think their old stuff is great.
I think that cover is tremendous. His voice suits it really well.
I think however that their new album is tosh.

Insect Overlord

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h92v74CNNBE

Somebody uploaded this some time in the past 48 hours.
Enjoy.

Thundercats Ho

Its not too bad.
Thanks for posting it, wouldnt of heard it otherwise, cos there is absolutely no way i'd listen to ray d'arcy.
(i'm not actually small, and i've got an abnormally large head)
What a sack.

tech77

gustavo wrote: »

Agree they are talented , but it wouldn't have taken much talent to do the cover that they did

For a version done there and then in the studio, presumably without a lot of embellishment, I thought it was fairly impressive- that's all.

GirlatdRockShow

Bell X1 are the replacement for The Beautiful South. It fills a gap for middle of the road, unoffensive, boring, claptrap that people buy in droves

bell x1 are most definately not like the beautiful south!!

Yeager101

This isnt the version that Today FM played, but still a good one.
http://hypem.com/track/514085/Bell+X1+-+The+Boys+Of+Summer+Live+MPR+3+20+2008+Don+Henley+

Jerichoholic

No no no no no no no no. Don Henley's original please, every time. BellX1 would make a fine pub band playing quietly in the corner of a pub I'm not drinking in, because BellX1 are playing in it.