Covers vs Original

Liljagare · 09-11-2009, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I totally disagree. And I think Cash's vocal delivery and the way that version is recorded only serve to highlight the fact that the lyrics are kind of weak. Reznor knows he's not much of a lyricist so he makes the sonic texture and the percussion the things you focus on in the original, which I think is a much better choice.

It's completly personal how powerful a song is and how much you think it speaks to you. "Hurt" is a good example of this. In my opinion, The Cash version is more personal in the way it was sung..but I don't mind agreeing to disagree.

Minstrel · 09-11-2009, 09:41 AM

Pretty much every time the Byrds covered Bob Dylan was magic.

I think the Violent Femmes' cover of "Children Of The Revolution" surpasses T.Rex's original.

09-11-2009, 09:41 AM	#22 (permalink)
Minstrel Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 436	Pretty much every time the Byrds covered Bob Dylan was magic. I think the Violent Femmes' cover of "Children Of The Revolution" surpasses T.Rex's original. __________________ "Blow your tuneless trumpet, the choice is yours / We don't want the glamour, the pomp and the drums / The Dublin messiah scattering crumbs"