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Worst covers thread
BeoPuppy:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_b4l6j_TI0
That's just weeeird.
A_S00:
--- Quote from: BeoPuppy on 20 May 2014, 07:04 ---That's just weeeird.
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That's...definitely weird, alright. I'm not sure how I feel about it. The vocals were...well, honestly more similar to the Leonard Cohen version than I was expecting, given the instrumentals. Which isn't necessarily a good thing; he could never sing, and this song is from his awkward 80's "oh shit synthesizers are a thing" phase, which was probably the low point of his career. But I think the song actually lends itself pretty well to the scary metal vibe (especially with the "what happened to your sister" > "what happened to my sister" lyric change, which makes it even more sinister).
Mixed feelings. Definitely like R.E.M.'s version better.
BeoPuppy:
I think this band, which I like, should never have gone near any of this man's work.
J:
--- Quote from: Gareth on 13 May 2014, 01:20 ---
--- Quote from: hedgie on 12 May 2014, 16:41 ---
--- Quote from: Gareth on 30 Apr 2014, 00:52 ---Any time someone covers a song and changes the gender of who they're addressing. Annoying in general, because fuck it, can't you just be gay this one song?
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What about Joplin's version of "Me and Bobby McGee"? She gender-swapped it, but hers is practically the definitive version.
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Well obviously my main issue is from a gender enlightenment perspective, and I can't be too sniffy about someone 45-odd years ago swapping the genders when even I was far from enlightened as recently as two years ago, admittedly.
It's more that you end up just destroying the lyrical integrity of the song a lot of the time, as in my example with 'Big Yellow Taxi.' I'd love to cover 'Video Games' by Lana Del Rey, and I absolutely wouldn't change the genders in that song, apart from anything else it references sun dresses and shit, not that it matters if cis-men want to wear dresses or anything, but the song is the song. It shouldn't need to matter in this day and age, particularly when changing it due to your own prejudices can ruin the lyrics.
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while i totally get where you're coming from one the social politics angel, i have to disagree on the artistic angel. when adapting an existing work, i think that an artist should never be afraid to adapt it; keeping what they want to keep & changing what they need to change in order to make it their own. if i wanted a version that was 'true' or 'authentic' to the original song, i would listen to the original song.
J:
--- Quote from: A_S00 on 13 May 2014, 22:25 ---Another category: covers that mess up the rhyme scheme for no fucking reason.
Worst offender: Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's cover of Somewhere over the Rainbow. Listen to the first fucking couplet, then rage-close the tab.
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a few things:
1) the version of the song you linked to is not actually Bruddah Iz. it is ironically enough a cover being sung by the owner of the youtube channel, who really should have more clearly labeled it as such. Iz's (far superior) version is here
2) the song in question (by Iz) is really not a cover, it's a medley; a creative blending of several different songs into one.
3) please refer to above post regarding my opinions on artists adapting things in their adaptations
4) it's a fucking beautiful song.
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