Unfinished

There's a time to be normal

and fall into the crowd.

Now's not the time, love,

it's time to be loud.

And the better we laugh,

and the bigger we feel,

can make it better-

can make it less real.



If you came to my doorstep,

and called out my name,

I'd be the prettiest girl,

but the neighbors'd be ashamed.

How lovely you are,

and how silly I am.

Let's grant that single wish,

that we've both been thinking of.

It's not something big,

But it isn't so small, love.

It's Music! - Covers Edition

I think it's safe to say we all have a love-hate relationship with covers. It's great to see a good artist take an empty-headed pop song and make it a soulful ballad or a cheeky little ditty. And then, there are the covers on the opposite end, that are over-produced to mask the little talent of the 'artist' and make every self-respecting hip music lover's blood boil. The ones in the middle of the spectrum, the ones that sound pretty much like the original are no bother to anyone. We can appreciate them, but they don't change our minds about the song.

I've been combing the YouTubes for some time now, collecting music. My favourites are littered with covers that I've really liked. When I find one that makes me pay attention, and changes the original the next time I hear it, I am impressed. Here is a sampler:



It's hard to make me forget about Elliott Smith. But this song does very, very well with a female voice.


Oh, KT! The best part of this is how she creates a solo live performance, and how at home she is onstage. Seeing the pieces being put together onstage can be obnoxious, but when an artist includes the technical process in the performance, it becomes even more impressive. I love her voive in this song, and I really like how she didn't change the pronouns!


I do have some issues with some of the Arcade Fire's later stuff, but this is one of my top songs from the Clash, and this arrangement is great. It's very much in their own character. The instrumentation makes it sound very ancient. The Arcade Fire has had quite the love affair with Great Britain, so it's very suiting that they would cover an English band. A lot of people I know HATE this version. You can't argue that it isn't unique.


I think I've heard the original version once, but this is now a Lily Allen song in my mind. She's got such a great sound and such a special musical personality. I think this speaks for itself, especially if you've heard the Britney Spears original.


Franz has such a flavour that whatever they do becomes theirs. Beatles covers tend to be fairly safe and mild or very differnt. Me likey!


(That's all I'll put up for now, and I know a lot of my comments are fairly vanilla, but it's about the music.)