Real Mad World - Profplum

what a coincidence???? theres a piano tuning add on the player!! great rendition, wonderful haunting sound

Of the half-dozen or so versions I've heard of this song, yours really delivers the haunted quality it deserves. Job well done, Prof!

Peace and love,

Spyder

This is really cool. I like this tune. I prefer the original Tears For Fears version of it, because the music doesn't really capture the mood at all, giving that keen sense of irony.
I'm impressed that you could do all this from memory. I knew it at one time, but forgot it.
It's cool to hear that you are saving up to restore that piano. If you can find the right people, it shouldn't cost you more to restore it than buy a new one, unless you have to outright replace most of the parts. I used to be an apprentice for a player piano restoration shop (Got laid off) back in 2004. I assisted with the restoration of vintage pianos and both vintage and modern player pianos, and most of the price comes from the fact that not many people do it. If you do a little research though, you'll find that it really isn't all that hard. Most of it just involves having a lot of patience. Cheers.

This extremely beautiful! You should definitely put this up on youtube and various other sites. This sounds as if ghosts from the past played the song and we, the present people, are just receiving it. I can't tell you enough how genius you are for creating this. It's almost one of those things where you go, " I should have thought of that". Amazing stuff. Highest compliments, bravo!

wow it's got a really moody eerie quaility. Resident evil Groove lol
Love it!

Very well played! The hiss almost sounds like a wind storm from an old movie, well I have had a drink,lol. It somehow fits with the sound of the piano, weird. There is some character they way it is, cool.

Wayne

Nice melody...good )

Mad world has to be one of the greatest pieces of music around, from the original, to the cover in Donnie Darko, and all the covers around I have to say that your version ranks up there at the top. I think that still slightly out of tune piano you played it on mixed with the white noise from the mic in the cam made the music sound amazing, your playing was totally dead on and I wish I could play from memory that well.

Cool interpretation Ms.Plum....one of my best friends Campbell used to specialise in playing old piano's in pubs,did it up to almost the day he died....nothings better than real ambience and this has plenty of that...the hiss on this track can be removed easily you know then it would be really cool...cheers planet

so sweet, love the recording style. it kind of has an errie feel to it. maybe its just cause i like donnie darko so much. lovely.

Thanks for your kind words on my track, right back at ya with this, I love it, and I live in an even smaller town in country Vic. Stephen

Hey prof, loved the hissy scratchy piano sound, it does sound like vintage vinyl.Reckon Tears for Fears would love it, very haunting, prob due a re-release.Anyway have fun .Peace and love Sash

Wicked sound. That fuzzy white noise gives it something prettycool.

I actually remembered the Tears for Fears song within 15 seconds of pressing play. I think your version captures the sentiments better than the original, somehow. Maybe it's the spirit of the `23 Beale? Very nice and simultaneously haunting.

actually the bad quality of the recording makes it sound even more beutiful, i like it

Piano sound is awesome! I'm a sucker for renewed vintage, etc. Props to the tuner also. If you take requests, please go back and record some more!

aww brew, this tune is beached is!!!

pretty much owned it up right there. loved it
needs a beat, but that's just me

PEACE!
Butcha d-_-b

nice! take a look at the mad world remix i did for hip hop.

Hey

love this track with what you have done with it and what you had to work with, brilliantly done, Good to see another Western Australian here :) I also are from a small country town down south called Esperance, have a couple more pub's you have there :)You up north or South??

Estefano

ya-hay!! you done it again! I used to have an old jalopy piano. you can't beat em for turning out the atmospheric stuff which is what you did here. it reminds me of those "autoplay" pianos that have a metal cylinder with holes in. kind of pre-cambrian midi. I've always liked this song, and I reckon you had a laugh putting this one together..great stuff

Love this. Terrific match of playing and production. Shout out to yr pno tuner.

the mood's brilliantly captured
somethings things are best left untouched and we love the fact that this was an off-the-floor, one-take number.
nicely haunting, like a foggy evening of inebriation
Thanks from The Guild

This very cool, the piano sound is very nice, very real sound, nice job on this.