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DemonKia -> Musical Covers (10/21/2009 10:30:35 AM)
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So. I have this little perversion. I like when songs get done by different artists, in different styles.
cover |ˈkəvər|
verb [ trans. ]
7 record or perform a new version of (a song) originally performed by someone else : other artists who have covered the song include U2.
Sometimes I even like a cover better than the original. For instance, I like Dolly Parton's bluegrass-styled cover of 'Stairway to Heaven' better than the original, & I say that knowing it's probable blasphemy to some, lol . . . . .
& it leads to the notion that some will have canons of sancrosanct material, untouchable songs. Songs so good in the original that doing a cover is nearly criminal, according to this or that taste.
I have promiscuous musical tastes, & I have a voracious taste for covers. I acquired several versions of the song 'Mad World' (originally by Tears for Fears), one of them techno. My son pointed out it was like gilding the lily to take what was already a wonderful song & then add something else like it being techno (which he likes a lot), making it 'too much good stuff' . . . .. His point being, it's 'better' to take a crappier song & make it better by techno-ifying it, lol . . . .
Okay, this is a silly-serious thread.
Do you like covers? Any really weird, notable, etc ones? Do you despise the very notion of covers to the core of your being? Go ahead, share . ...
Thanks!
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