Check out Nevermore's cover of "The Sound of Silence" on the "Dreaming Neon Black" CD
Sas Scott A. Stewart, Web Application Developer Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 -----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 01:06 pm To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Donnie Darko Importance: Low > -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 11:53 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Donnie Darko > > I like TFF but didn't like their original rendition of the song... the > TFF rendition was just way too fast and "cheerful"... This is one of a > very few covers I would describe as having been very well done. I dunno - Joe Cocker's made a good career out of doing very well done covers. ;^) I actually really like a good cover - and by "good" I mean a cover that presents a completely difference experience than the original. Nobody would ever confuse Joe Cocker's "With a Little Help from my Friends" with the Beatles version. I love them both, but they're different statements. Ringo is pretty upbeat; depressed, but secure and counting his blessings. His friends keep him from feeling too sorry for himself. Joe is gut-wrenchingly thankful. His friends have kept him from throwing himself from a bridge. It's also really interesting to me to hear cross-genre covers. There have been some great, fun covers of classic songs like "It's a Wonderful World" over the years. Those cover's that are competent, but just don't add anything new, just aren't as interesting to me. The Coors have a cover of Crowded House's "Don't Dream it's Over" that getting some play now - but it's the exactly same song, same arrangement, same everything. The Goo Goo Dolls cover of "Give a Little Bit" is the same way (although I do love it). In both these cases I like the covers, I think, just because I like the bands so much. These songs are loving homage's to their inspirations. You also get the sense that if the songs didn't exist then these would be the bands to create them. ;^) But although I like the covers I've got the same "idea" about them - I want to listen to them at the same time. With a really good cover you reach for that at times when you'd never reach for the original. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162815 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
