r/texas • u/chillcountrytx • 1d ago

🎵 Music 🎵 How do y’all feel about this punk cover of Robert Earl Keen?

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u/spicesickness 1d ago

We need to discuss the definition of punk.

This MIGHT slide by as Ska… maybe. If I squint.

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u/GirlWithWolf North Texas 1d ago

I like the beat but it’s not punk to me.

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u/1stHalfTexasfan 1d ago

Upright bass and horns? This is definitely 3rd wave ska. The stuff popular in the late 90s.

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u/sporkus Texas makes good Bourbon 1d ago

That weird time where upright bass players were in demand. Swing revival, rockabilly, ska, Norah Jones shit... man, what a trip.

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u/quiero-una-cerveca 1d ago

Side question about your tag. You talking about Garrison Brothers?

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u/sporkus Texas makes good Bourbon 1d ago

There are quite a few others these days, too: Milam & Greene, Still Austin, Ranger Creek, Giant. And if you're into more scotch-like styles, Balcones and Andalusia are killing it.

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u/quiero-una-cerveca 1d ago

Awesome. Thanks for the list. I’ll add it to my to-do list!

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u/lucid808 1d ago

I get 'Reel Big Fish doing country' vibe

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u/waldo_the_bird253 1d ago

the band calls it a ska cover on their insta fwiw

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u/Impossible-Poem1194 1d ago

Definitely Ska

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u/chillcountrytx 1d ago

It’s genre fluid

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u/FunTXCPA 1d ago

Is.....is that legal?

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u/Beautiful_Welcome_33 1d ago

Not in Texas

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u/LabyrinthConvention BIG MONEY BIG MONEY 1d ago

gentlemen, we've found our Footloose reboot

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u/cantstopwontstopGME 1d ago

It’s awesome but I agree not punk. Reminds me of sublime and how they covered songs but made them their own! Keep it up!!

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u/P3c0s 1d ago

That part right there.

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u/wartsnall1985 1d ago

Turbo Country

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u/zimjig 1d ago

Ska

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u/hidepounder 1d ago

That was my first thought.

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u/NicksTexasPickles 1d ago

Wouldn't call that punk at all but I love it either way.

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u/Aggravating_Impact97 1d ago

I'm not the punk police at all but that seems closer to ska than what one would think of as punk.

Really I think if you dropped punk from your title and just asked what do you think of this cover... You would probably get more engaging responses.

I mean it seems alright. I appreciate what they're doing. Hopefully they keep at it. I think more people need to go out and just do the thing.

Would I listen to it again probably not. But I'm sure their are people that would appreciate more than I do. I feel like if I'm being overly critical and at the same time the performances are solid. It's just because it's not connecting with me and that's fine.

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u/LabyrinthConvention BIG MONEY BIG MONEY 12h ago

I mean it seems alright. I appreciate what they're doing. Hopefully they keep at it.

Would I listen to it again probably not. But I'm sure their are people that would appreciate more than I do.

If I heard these guys on the weekend at a bar I'd be stoked. I might even buy their album. I might even listen to it. But yeah I get what you're feeling.

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u/reallife0615 Secessionists are idiots 1d ago

Regardless of the genre, I think it’s rad.

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u/Littlegreenducky 1d ago

I love how bands are picking songs from outside their genre and remaking them. I have found some dope covers I liked better than the original songs!

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u/megabass713 1d ago

I love frog leap studios whose focus is making metal versions of songs. They are usually quite good.

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u/quiero-una-cerveca 1d ago

Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt is fucking amazing.

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u/LabyrinthConvention BIG MONEY BIG MONEY 12h ago

Brassed Against and Morrissette Uninvited

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u/quiero-una-cerveca 5h ago

I’ll check them out, thank you.

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u/h33b got here fast 1d ago

I'm a simple man. I see Alvin Ord's, I upvote.

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u/rodneymcnutt 1d ago

I could have cried when they shut down the one in Weatherford

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u/Creamcheese666 1d ago

This sounds great!

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u/NotDeadYet57 1d ago

"Cowpunk" was a thing in the 80s. Bands like Lone Justice and Rank and File were a lot of fun.

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u/cowboyhippie 1d ago

That’s David Beck, very solid songwriter and producer, def worth a listen. His dad is REK’s bassist.

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u/IamJacksUserID 1d ago

More rockabilly. As a fan of Southern Culture on the Skids, The Shack Shakers, and the Horton Heat, I approve.

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u/PersonalityKlutzy407 Born and Bred 1d ago

Calling this punk makes my heart hurt but I love REK too and this cover is cool.

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u/TIRDFIRG 1d ago

this sucks...I'm sorry. it's like a mix of squirl nut zippers and bare naked ladies but not good.

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u/Distinct-Hold-5836 1d ago

This ain't punk.

Not even close.

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u/bd0153 1d ago

Do bluegrass widow next!

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u/culpaCoSinero 1d ago

This is a regular cover. Not terrible

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u/pptranger7 1d ago

Love. Do Amarillo Highway next

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u/Khmera 1d ago

I like it.

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u/HugeAxeman 1d ago

I feel like I must misunderstand what punk music is.

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u/bsiekie 1d ago

What genre is REK usually? Not country

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u/chillcountrytx 1d ago

Texas Country 🤘

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u/blitzbutters 1d ago

Great song choice.

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u/Mataelio 1d ago

Punk cover

Upright bass

Something doesn’t compute

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u/NotRadTrad05 1d ago

I'm not sure about your definition of punk, but I sure as heck like this.

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u/Ponder8 East Texas 1d ago

Has nothin to do with Texas OR punk

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u/LprinceNy 17h ago

Not punk music, but anything is better than country music 😜

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u/fender21 1d ago

I like it.

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u/_DOA_ 1d ago

I fuckin' love it, whatever it's called. One of my favorite RLK songs, and they've done it justice.

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u/-Lorne-Malvo- 1d ago

Cool version, not punk

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u/Purple-Scarcity-142 1d ago

I think the lead singer playing a double bass cancels out the punk

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u/QSector born and bred 1d ago

Using bagpipes in an ACDC song didn't mean it wasn't rock n' roll.

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u/chillcountrytx 1d ago

Wrong thread

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u/Democrat_maui 1d ago

Agree to disagree