You know, I'm glad this came up because as we speak I'm taping some of the
Pine Valley Cosmonauts LP. What strikes me is that the songs which fail do
so because they spotlight vocalists who are weak singers. Or, maybe it's
that they are trying to adopt the Wills arrangements too strictly, which
This covers thread raised a question for me -- what's it called when an
artist -- I'm thinking of Dave Alvin, specifically -- "covers" a tune that
he wrote for a band that he played in, but didn't sing, and covers it in a
wildly different (and better, in Alvin's case) fashion? Border Radio,
At 4:39 PM -0400 4/4/99, Amy Haugesag wrote:
Well, referencing Peggy Lee's "Fever" isn't going to win any points with
me, as I don't love either the song or her toneless version of it. If this
loses me major kitsch-cred points, that's fine with me.
Well thanks, I guess, for pointing out to me
This covers thread raised a question for me -- what's it called when an
artist -- I'm thinking of Dave Alvin, specifically -- "covers" a tune that
he wrote for a band that he played in, but didn't sing, and covers it in a
wildly different (and better, in Alvin's case) fashion? Border Radio,
How about when Bob Dylan covers Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away," but the
arrangement of the song adheres pretty closely to the Dead's version? Is
there a name for that? Isn't it Harmolodic Bifurcation? OR maybe I'm
thinking of Caesarean Retrofication? Yeah, that's it.
Lance . . .
Oh, that's
At 4:39 PM -0400 4/4/99, Amy Haugesag wrote:
Well, referencing Peggy Lee's "Fever" isn't going to win any points with
me, as I don't love either the song or her toneless version of it. If this
loses me major kitsch-cred points, that's fine with me.
Well thanks, I guess, for pointing out to me
Dr. Ross writes:
I love the whole record, even the not-as-good-as-the-first-version "Fading
Fast," and I'm especially impressed with the Nick Drake and Replacements
covers, which are reinterpretations rather than rehashes, just like all
good covers should be.
Tsk tsk. So Peggy Lee's "Fever",
Amy says:
A talented artist can sing a
note-for-note rendition of a song they didn't write and still
make it their
own, by virtue of having a) a distinctive voice and b) emotional honesty,
and specifically the ability to give the listener a sense that the song
resonates emotionally for the
Any, then, Jon says the following, on covers:
Exactly, and what's spooky, at least to me, is that while sometimes the
emotional resonance is responsible for the "note-for-note" rendition,
sometimes it's the other way around - that is, by concentrating fiercely on
doing just what the original
You know, I'm glad this came up because as we speak I'm taping some of the
Pine Valley Cosmonauts LP. What strikes me is that the songs which fail do
so because they spotlight vocalists who are weak singers. Or, maybe it's
that they are trying to adopt the Wills arrangements too strictly, which
At 12:27 AM -0500 4/3/99, Amy Haugesag wrote:
I love the whole record, even the not-as-good-as-the-first-version "Fading
Fast," and I'm especially impressed with the Nick Drake and Replacements
covers, which are reinterpretations rather than rehashes, just like all
good covers should be.
Tsk
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