🎵 Monthly Song Challenge 🎵

[morelikeasong]

Dissing the Killers? Thems fightin words.

If you were going to go with a cover of that song, Indigo Girls cover was the obvious choice.

 

[Mr_bogey]

If you were going to go with a cover of that song, Indigo Girls cover was the obvious choice.

I beg to differ. The Killers is always the correct answer. I think it pays proper homage to the greatness of the original.

Since those didn't work for you, let's try again.

 

[RosewoodTulip]

I beg to differ. The Killers is always the correct answer. I think it pays proper homage to the greatness of the original.

Since those didn't work for you, let's try again.

I was very tempted to have Bananarama as my pre teen song. I used to adore them!

 

[Wand3rlust]

I was very tempted to have Bananarama as my pre teen song. I used to adore them!

Used to?? I saw them last year - so much fun!

 

[RosewoodTulip]

Used to?? I saw them last year - so much fun!

Oh I'm jealous! Didn't know they were still together. That's so cool

 

[Saltfountain]

Day 15: A song you like that’s a cover by another artist

 

[morelikeasong]

I beg to differ. The Killers is always the correct answer. I think it pays proper homage to the greatness of the original.

Since those didn't work for you, let's try again.

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[Cogan]

Van Halen - You Really Got Me

I haven't heard this in several years! It's so good and bring back some great memories!

 

[_MissLick_]

@morelikeasong I'm having a bad day and need to post another song today, can I have a hall pass? x

 

[Mr_bogey]

#morelikeasong I'm having a bad day and need to post another song today, can I have a hall pass? x

 

[Cogan]

#morelikeasong I'm having a bad day and need to post another song today, can I have a hall pass? x

A great Buddy Holly cover! I've never heard of The Raveonettes before. I'll have to explore them and see what more they have done.

 

[MindYaBitness]

This is one of my favorite songs, and I love what Trent Reznor said about the cover:

"I'd known where I was when I wrote it. I know what I was thinking about. I know how I felt. Hearing it was like someone kissing your girlfriend. It felt invasive."

It was the moving video, though, that made it all fall into place for the Nine Inch Nails star: "It really, really made sense and I thought what a powerful piece of art.

 

[_MissLick_]

A great Buddy Holly cover! I've never heard of The Raveonettes before. I'll have to explore them and see what more they have done.

They are Danish (like you?) 50's/60s's stlye and their music is usually a bit more upbeat - definitely check them out

 

[MindYaBitness]

Day 15: A song you like that’s a cover by another artist

Obadiah Parker-Hey Ya

 

[Cogan]

They are Danish (like you?) 50's/60s's stlye and their music is usually a bit more upbeat - definitely check them out

I googled them and found some more tunes from them. They are good!
I'm not Danish. I live near Denmark but in Sweden.

 

[GretaX]

This is one of my favorite songs, and I love start Trent Reznor said about the cover:

"I'd known where I was when I wrote it. I know what I was thinking about. I know how I felt. Hearing it was like someone kissing your girlfriend. It felt invasive."

It was the moving video, though, that made it all fall into place for the Nine Inch Nails star: "It really, really made sense and I thought what a powerful piece of art.

I love Johnny Cash and I love NIN. So, I'm sure this is a very unpopular opinion among fans, but I've never liked Johnny's version of this song. I wish I did. I appreciate the art behind his rendition and the video but listening to it is like nails on a chalkboard for me. :-(

 

[MindYaBitness]

I love Johnny Cash and I love NIN. So, I'm sure this is a very unpopular opinion among fans, but I've never liked Johnny's version of this song. I wish I did. I appreciate the art behind his rendition and the video but listening to it is like nails on a chalkboard for me. :-(

Lol, you are allowed to not like a song! I love it when an artist covers a song in such a way that it is almost entirely new.

A good example would be Jeff Buckley & Rufus Wainright's covers of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". To me, Buckley's is a soul wrenching ode to heartbreak, while Wainright's is an almost reverent hymn about how love/sex can be a religious experience. And yet, both are so different from the original as to be almost unrecognizable (were it not for the sacred chords, the 4th, the 5th, the minor fall & major lift...)

A not so great example is Sheryl Crow (love her!) Cover of Guns 'n Roses (love them more!) "Sweet Child O'Mine". It isn't much changed from the original, and it just lacks that something that would make it hers. It has no teeth!

 

[GretaX]

Lol, you are allowed to not like a song! I love it when an artist covers a song in such a way that it is almost entirely new.

A good example would be Jeff Buckley & Rufus Wainright's covers of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". To me, Buckley's is a soul wrenching ode to heartbreak, while Wainright's is an almost reverent hymn about how love/sex can be a religious experience. And yet, both are so different from the original as to be almost unrecognizable (were it not for the sacred chords, the 4th, the 5th, the minor fall & major lift...)

A not so great example is Sheryl Crow (love her!) Cover of Guns 'n Roses (love them more!) "Sweet Child O'Mine". It isn't much changed from the original, and it just lacks that something that would make it hers. It has no teeth!

Oh, I totally agree! I love when a covering artist can make a song their own. Which is why I really wanted to like the Cash version of Hurt, but it hurts my ears (pun intended) to listen to it

 

[Mr_bogey]

Lol, you are allowed to not like a song! I love it when an artist covers a song in such a way that it is almost entirely new.

A good example would be Jeff Buckley & Rufus Wainright's covers of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". To me, Buckley's is a soul wrenching ode to heartbreak, while Wainright's is an almost reverent hymn about how love/sex can be a religious experience. And yet, both are so different from the original as to be almost unrecognizable (were it not for the sacred chords, the 4th, the 5th, the minor fall & major lift...)

A not so great example is Sheryl Crow (love her!) Cover of Guns 'n Roses (love them more!) "Sweet Child O'Mine". It isn't much changed from the original, and it just lacks that something that would make it hers. It has no teeth!

I hear you. For me it depends on the song. There are some songs where I love the original so much, I prefer something I see as a tribute to it, like the Killer's version of Romeo and Juliet. It's almost like they were saying "Hey, don't forget about this masterpiece from 20 years ago."

But I also love when a band puts their own spin on it. For instance, FYC's version of Suspicious Minds.... and I like Sheryl Crow's SCOM. That said, there are plenty that I don't love. I think some of it may have to do with how you felt about the original.

 

[Wand3rlust]

Sorry lol, so I think you gave birth to First Aid Kit?

I love First Aid Kit...

 

[Deleted member 3041612]

Day 15:

Original singer:
Otis Redding

 

[_MissLick_]

I love First Aid Kit...

Me too I deleted it for silly late night reasons and saving for last day xx

 

[BrendaBear]

Day 15:
Aretha Franklin - Respect

Original singer:
Otis Redding

I didn’t know Otis wrote and recorded that! How cool!!!

 

[BaldAndHorny]

Day 15 - a cover song I like:
Pink covers 'What's Up' by 4 Non Blondes. This is a great concert audience participation video.

 

[morelikeasong]

#morelikeasong I'm having a bad day and need to post another song today, can I have a hall pass? x

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