WTF covers

[davis]

[rcarlberg]

What's wrong with those??

[davis]

What's wrong with those??

"WTF" does not mean there's something wrong with them.

[PeterG]

Most covers are bloody awful anyway. I don't ever want to hear covers. Doing a cover IMO demonstrates a lack of creativity or drive. It's a lazy thing to do.
Very few are better than the original anyway, and even when they are, they are still covers i.e. one artist simply using the creativity of another artist and the success of the track.

[Reid]

Most covers are bloody awful anyway. I don't ever want to hear covers. Doing a cover IMO demonstrates a lack of creativity or drive. It's a lazy thing to do.
Very few are better than the original anyway, and even when they are, they are still covers i.e. one artist simply using the creativity of another artist and the success of the track.

What a load of crap! Ever listen to Jeff Beck?

[PeterG]

What a load of crap!

Same to you.

[davis]

Most covers are bloody awful anyway. I don't ever want to hear covers. Doing a cover IMO demonstrates a lack of creativity or drive. It's a lazy thing to do.
Very few are better than the original anyway, and even when they are, they are still covers i.e. one artist simply using the creativity of another artist and the success of the track.

It does not demonstrate a lack of creativity or drive. Not if it's done right. a cover song should not sound like the original. any artist doing a cover song should really put their own stamp on it. Otherwise there's no reason to do it

[miamiscot]

I hate covers.

[Shadow]

I hate covers.

Every classical album is a cover.

[Progbear]

The Buena Vista High Symphonic and Show Band from Sierra Vista, AZ attempt themes from Rick Wakeman’s The Six Wives of Henry VIII, with a Crumar synthesizer and the usual woozy junior orchestra. Results are about what you would expect.

[Mikhael]

It's only recently in history that musicians were also songwriters. Those *are* two different disciplines. Some great players would be better off letting others write the songs (Yngwie Malmsteen, anyone?). So it's a bit silly to hate covers. SOME covers, I can totally agree with...

[No Pride]

It's only recently in history that musicians were also songwriters. Those *are* two different disciplines. Some great players would be better off letting others write the songs (Yngwie Malmsteen, anyone?). So it's a bit silly to hate covers.

Not to mention that it's one of the only ways for a vast majority of musicians to make a living, yours truly included. But I don't think I'd put any covers on my album (if I were to make another one) except for a jewel case and art sleeve.

[bill g]

(if I were to make another one)

We really wish you would.

[No Pride]

Congratulations; you're almost as out of touch as I am.

I would be too if I didn't have to play contemporary pop tunes (amongst other stuff) to make a living. I didn't want to have a "real job" and playing music that I'd never even listen to on my own is part of the price I have to pay for that. I know it sounds like I'm complaining (and I guess I am), but I'd still rather make a living with my guitar in my hands than have to actually work.

We really wish you would.

Thanks, Bill. Whenever someone says that it makes me smile. I wish I would too, fwiw. It's just easier said than done.

[bill g]

It's just easier said than done.

Understood. All too well.

[davis]

It's only recently in history that musicians were also songwriters. Those *are* two different disciplines. Some great players would be better off letting others write the songs (

After watching my video footage of Bob Dylan's portion of the Concert for Bangladesh, my dad's opinion was that Bob is "a songwriter who tries to be a performer." thank you for reminding me of that.

What's wrong with those??

with the 'Thunderstruck' cover, nothing (other than too short) but I think the RW' cover of KoHD is pretty poor. or maybe it's just the sound quality.

[GuitarGeek]

It's only recently in history that musicians were also songwriters. Those *are* two different disciplines. Some great players would be better off letting others write the songs (Yngwie Malmsteen, anyone?). So it's a bit silly to hate covers. SOME covers, I can totally agree with...

I still maintain the best record Yngwie ever played on was that first Alcatrazz album. I remember him bragging in Guitar Player about how he wrote every single word and note on the Rising Force records, except for the one that Joe Lynn Turner sang on, as if he had written some great songs or something.

[davis]

this is one of my favorite covers ever. EVER.

[Dan Roth]

this is one of my favorite covers ever. EVER.

Totally agree with this - what a fantastic rendition. And the composer of the song plays the piano on it.


There was another very different take of this, a very Blood, Sweat & Tears-style by the group Chase which is pretty good in its own right:

[progeezer]

Agreed that some (actually most) covers are unnecessary and disappointing. Then there's:

Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
The Hollies - Sandy (Springsteen), Just One Look
Beatles - (Several) Words Of Love comes to mind first
Janis - Me & Bobby McGee
And so on.......and on......and on.......and on

For me at least, there are way too many great covers to blanketly condemn that outlet for some artists.

[davis]

[davis]

i LOVE The Beatles' covers of Money, Twist and Shout, Please Mr. Postman, Til There Was You, Roll Over Beethoven, Chains, Boys, A Taste of Honey, Slow Down, Matchbox, Rock and Roll music, Honey Don't, Everybody's Tryin' to Be My Baby. their other covers I don't know that well.

[Lebofsky]

https://mirthkon.bandcamp.com/track/fairies-wear-boots

- Matt

[davis]

^ That's Great. I love it. Somebody should do a cover of Fairies Wear Boots & Faeries Living at The Bottom of the Garden. I mean blend them together. that would be FUUUUUUN.

[WytchCrypt]

I love covers that add something new, rearrange the original, or interpret it in unexpected ways...