Comments on: Chip-pop?

Question: Chip-pop?

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:03:49 -0800

Where can I find covers of popular songs done in the style of c64/amiga/mod/xm etc?

The era the music comes from isn't as important as how familiar the songs are to your average joe.

By: McLir

McLir — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:34:22 -0800

This video was made on an Amiga.

By: McLir

McLir — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 21:36:40 -0800

Correction: The computer graphics were made on an Amiga.

By: themadjuggler

themadjuggler — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:12:53 -0800

The 8bitpeoples' 8bits of Christmas is very recognizable music and free under Creative Commons!

By: knowles

knowles — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:18:04 -0800

i'm listening to the thriller cover from here. There's some more pop shaz, too.

more.

By: bigmusic

bigmusic — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:28:05 -0800

You should probably check out scene.org archives as well. Lot's of goodies there as well.

By: aubilenon

aubilenon — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:16:58 -0800

knowles: Virt is on metafilter

By: tallus

tallus — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 06:46:24 -0800

WFMU's Beware of the Blog on 8 bit covers. Also. previously on Metafilter

By: threeze

threeze — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:05:02 -0800

Synthpop Mods has loads of mod covers of synth pop classics. The blue3 version of Blue Monday is brilliant.

By: Lizc

Lizc — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:02:39 -0800

Get yourself SidPlay and download The High Voltage SID Collection, then use any number of SID search engines.

Also, there are the classic standbys of: Micromusic.net, 8bitpeoples.com, kohina.com, and chiptune.com.