Covering songs

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Unread post by leen » Sat Feb 14, 2004 10:35 pm

well there are some songs that have to be left untouched right?
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Unread post by thejoe » Sat Feb 14, 2004 10:40 pm

i would say so

but do whatever you want

try to come up with your own stuff, too, but covers are essential
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Unread post by taylordb » Sun Feb 15, 2004 5:39 am

Shawn Colvin put out a CD called "Cover Girl" which every song on the CD was...you guessed it, a cover. It is one of my favorite all time CD's, and to me it defines what a good cover is....her interpretation of the song.

I think it takes a whole lot of talent and creativeness to put an individual spin to someone elses song. I would have a really hard time doing that because the original version would be playing in my mind and I think it would be hard to turn that off to depart from it.

Covers are good....but I like to hear original stuff too.
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