On 2 Apr 2008, at 5:45 PM, John Howell wrote:
But replays of the original are just nostalgia. Covers or new approaches are what establish longevity, for me.
This isn't how the popular music world works. The original recording *is* the work. The vast majority of covers (well over 90 percent!) are vastly inferior. A work that is rarely covered has nothing to do with the quality of the original. Some songs lend themselves to multiple reinterpretations, and some don't.
And John, I'm sorry, but the idea that "replays of the original are just nostalgia" is absurd. I listen to an awful lot of music that was written and recorded before I was born. How is that nostalgia? That's more along the lines of what I would call "musical literacy."
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