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Sonata Arctica - Share New Video For Genesis Cover


Sonata Arctica have recently released a re-recorded version of their debut album Ecliptica, which originally came out 15 years ago entitled Ecliptica - Revisited: 15th Anniversary Edition via Nuclear Blast. Well, now the Finns unveil a special video clip for their cover version of the Genesis classic "I Can't Dance", which is available as a bonus track on this release, as you might have noticed.




Commented vocalist and keyboardist Tony Kakko on the video: "Instead of filming yet another tour documentary, showing venues and our daily routines again and again, I thought it would be fun to create some kind of music video instead. So, as we were getting ready to embark on our North American leg of our Pariah's Child tour we decided to take the opportunity to promote the fresh re-make of our debut album Ecliptica by using a song from that release. Idea wise our cover version of Genesis' 'I Can't Dance' (We Can't Dance, 1991) seemed the easiest and most fun to make happen. I mean, walking and dancing around North America? sounds like a fun thing to do, right?! And that it sure was. The experience ranged reaction wise from 'no one even paid too much attention to us' ( in New York filled with dancing maniacs such as me and Pasi, I suppose) to 'people looking a little scared and a cop telling us to move further away from our subject' (San Antonio). No, we did not get arrested. Damn... Originally we recorded the cover as a bonus for Stones Grow Her Name, but for some reason it never wound up anywhere. Better late.

"I've always liked the song. I like many, many Genesis songs actually, but I remember one day coming up with this idea to do something fun with 'I Can't Dance' and adding the horn sections and see how it sounds. Sounded great! I had been listening to Aerosmith a lot around that time and I really like the way the spice up their songs with trombones and trumpets and such. I made a demo, asked a trumpetist Mika Mylläri to polish the horn arrangement and together with saxophonist Sakari Kukko they made the whole thing sounds just perfect. It was legendary. We had Sakari Kukko, Niko Kokko and Tony Kakko in the studio at the same time. I'm very pleased we finally get this baby out. I know it does not sound like your everyday Sonata Arctica, but hey, why should it? It's a Genesis song. I hope you like it as much as I do.

"The tour was fun also outside the obviously hilariously, seemingly embarrassing bits you can see on the video. Great group of people packed in the two tour buses made the seven weeks on the road feel not at a day longer than five weeks, haha! Thank you Delain & Xandria. The Pariah's Child-tour goes on, merging with Ecliptica - Revisited-tour that will go on until the autumn of 2015. Thank you all for coming to see the shows and keeping live music alive! Keep it up! See you all somewhere. Much love!"




Did you check out Ecliptica - Revisited: 15th Anniversary Edition?

Source: nuclearblast.de
Band profile: Sonata Arctica
Posted: 19.11.2014 by BloodTears


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19.11.2014 - 15:42
foschino
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Dear Tony, let me tell you the truth, the horn sections sound horrible.
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19.11.2014 - 16:22
FeskarN

Written by Guest on 19.11.2014 at 15:42

Dear Tony, let me tell you the truth, the horn sections sound horrible.

Exactly my thought too..
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19.11.2014 - 17:01
Wukk

I hated this song until I saw the video and now I love it. Which is the exact opposite of my view of a certain other song from Stones Grow Her Name...

On a side note, I wouldn't recommend leaving this video open, closing your laptop, forgetting about it, then opening your laptop in a room full of people.
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19.11.2014 - 22:22
Azarath
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Written by Wukk on 19.11.2014 at 17:01

I hated this song until I saw the video and now I love it.

Yup.
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19.11.2014 - 22:45
JohnDoe
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I Can't dance is a Genesis classic?

awful cover
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20.11.2014 - 06:31
The Evergreen

Well, it's not my kind of music, but the video MAKES it! I was definitely giggling.
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20.11.2014 - 11:12
MikeVonDoom

This band doesn't know what to do anymore!...
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20.11.2014 - 15:41
Ruchesko

Viva la Kakko!
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20.11.2014 - 18:58
CyberSymphony
Ollie
The song was just so random and not even a good random to be honest. The video however is a lot of crazy fun. You can't take this band seriously anymore.
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20.11.2014 - 19:26
Wukk

It's probably worth noting that this was recorded during the Stones Grow Her Name sessions and they didn't decide to do this rather SGHN-y cover right after the step up that was Pariah's Child.
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28.12.2014 - 08:54
Olives

Looks like a parody, damn stupid but made me laugh.
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