Nice choice I wonder if it sitar on Paint it Black would count as well
❌Monthly Song Challenge: Archived🎵
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orangecurious
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Day 15 :A song you like that's a Cover
Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil
When a song takes over from the original... Elizabeth Fraser's vocals are THE version of this song now, her wrong words now form the song. It's hard to think this isn't the original, it just deems so "right"
"swim to me, let me enfold you"
Stunning
Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil
When a song takes over from the original... Elizabeth Fraser's vocals are THE version of this song now, her wrong words now form the song. It's hard to think this isn't the original, it just deems so "right"
"swim to me, let me enfold you"
Stunning
BreukelenAnima
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Day 15 : A song you like that's a Cover
Whiskeyjack
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Day 15: A song you like that's a cover
I prefer Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal" to Michael Jackson's.
I prefer Alien Ant Farm's "Smooth Criminal" to Michael Jackson's.
MissLabelled
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Day 15: A song you like that's a cover
This song was originally done by Village People but Pet Shop Boys took it and made it their own. So much so that I'm not sure people would be aware it's an actual cover and not their original.
Queers covering other queers (and some straight ones). If that doesn't say Pride Month, I'm not sure what does lol
Pet Shop Boys - Go West
This song was originally done by Village People but Pet Shop Boys took it and made it their own. So much so that I'm not sure people would be aware it's an actual cover and not their original.
Queers covering other queers (and some straight ones). If that doesn't say Pride Month, I'm not sure what does lol
Pet Shop Boys - Go West
UnquietDreams
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Day 15 : A song you like that's a Cover
Looking back over my choices, I have noticed that with the exception of one They Might Be Giants song, all of my choices have been pretty dark and depressing. Maybe I am in a mood. I should change that.
Not today.
This song is a cover of a song from Andy Prieboy, the singer who replaced Stan Ridgeway in Wall of Voodoo. He released it as his first solo single. It is about a childhood friend of his who turned to prostitution and heroin. And when she was diagnosed with AIDS, she chose to end her life with a massive heroin overdose rather than letting the disease kill her, which he said was one of the few times in her life where she made an actual choice and took charge. It is a heart rending song.
"It is complete, now
Two ends of time are neatly tied
A one-way street
She's walking to end of the line
And there she meets
The faces she keeps in her heart and mind"
And as covered by Concrete Blond, it is utterly lovely. It builds slowly, with a haunting, sweet melody and simple chord progression, adding new elements as it goes on. And Johnette Napolitano has never been better. It is light and dark, horrible and beautiful.
I did theater in NYC, and I am of an age when HIV wasn't a horrible thing you could take meds for and live with, it was a horrible, agonizing death sentence with no hope of reprieve. I held hands with, wept for, and buried friends I loved. None I knew took Wendy's choice, but they also didn't die alone. And if this song says anything, and it says a lot, it is that no one should die alone.
"Tomorrow, Wendy," Concrete Blond
Maybe my next prompt will be happy.
But I wouldn't bet on it.
Looking back over my choices, I have noticed that with the exception of one They Might Be Giants song, all of my choices have been pretty dark and depressing. Maybe I am in a mood. I should change that.
Not today.
This song is a cover of a song from Andy Prieboy, the singer who replaced Stan Ridgeway in Wall of Voodoo. He released it as his first solo single. It is about a childhood friend of his who turned to prostitution and heroin. And when she was diagnosed with AIDS, she chose to end her life with a massive heroin overdose rather than letting the disease kill her, which he said was one of the few times in her life where she made an actual choice and took charge. It is a heart rending song.
"It is complete, now
Two ends of time are neatly tied
A one-way street
She's walking to end of the line
And there she meets
The faces she keeps in her heart and mind"
And as covered by Concrete Blond, it is utterly lovely. It builds slowly, with a haunting, sweet melody and simple chord progression, adding new elements as it goes on. And Johnette Napolitano has never been better. It is light and dark, horrible and beautiful.
I did theater in NYC, and I am of an age when HIV wasn't a horrible thing you could take meds for and live with, it was a horrible, agonizing death sentence with no hope of reprieve. I held hands with, wept for, and buried friends I loved. None I knew took Wendy's choice, but they also didn't die alone. And if this song says anything, and it says a lot, it is that no one should die alone.
"Tomorrow, Wendy," Concrete Blond
Maybe my next prompt will be happy.
But I wouldn't bet on it.
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UnquietDreams
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500 hundred pages of good people sharing music they love! I love this place...
Here's to the next 500.
Here's to the next 500.
lavendersilk
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Hot take! It is my second favorite version for sure.
lavendersilk
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Day 15: A song you like that's a cover
Take a Chance on Me - Erasure
curious_slut
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Day 15: A song you like that's a cover
Pop girlies covering pop girlies, I love to see it
Rina Sawayama covering Lady Gaga's Dance In The Dark
Pop girlies covering pop girlies, I love to see it
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curious_slut
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Less hot take (I think), I like it just as much as the original
Unleashthelegions
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Day 15: A song you like that's a cover
It is weird take on it but always enjoy it.
It is weird take on it but always enjoy it.
PassionatePanther
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Day 15: A song you like that's a cover
This one melts my brain it’s so good.
From the 2005 Leonard Cohen documentary, I’m Your Man:
If It Be Your Will - Anohni
This one melts my brain it’s so good.
From the 2005 Leonard Cohen documentary, I’m Your Man:
If It Be Your Will - Anohni
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Day 15: A song you like that's a cover
Disturbed - The Sound Of Silence
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Love Concrete Blonde and Stan Ridgeway (Wall of Voodoo)
Haven't heard this before. Thanks.
Strangely, I don't associate enjoying depressing songs with a state of mind. I consider myself an eternal optimist that suffers from bouts of realism but yet Elliott Smith is one of my all time favs. I love his art but I try to not let it influence my outlook too much.
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