Boy, there's nothing better than Mariah Carey's remake of the Def Leppard classic, "Bringin' on the Heartbreak". That chick can rock!
Okay, I'll take my tongue out of my cheek now. On 7/5/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----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 > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162836 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
