by DzM Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:39 am
I've generally enjoyed the covers I hear of If I Should Fall, but am generally left somewhat cold by the covers of songs like Fairytale or Thousands of Sailors. For some reason, to my non-musician ears, If I Should lends itself to picking up the "flavor" of the covering band better than, say, Fairytale does. Usually covers of Fairytale, whether done as syrupy sweet pop or thrash-punk, seem too hard to be trying to emulate "but make better!" what you guys have already done, or are trying so hard to be totally different "but, you know, still kinda the same" that I just end up annoyed by them. For what it's worth - of the Fairytale covers I've heard I find myself enjoying the No User For A Name and the Tilt! covers just 'cause they are so far afield from from the original.
Ramble ramble.
I sometimes wish I had more of a musical background. Then I could better understand what it is you're describing when you talk about the harmonics of Thousands' chorus.
I've generally enjoyed the covers I hear of If I Should Fall, but am generally left somewhat cold by the covers of songs like Fairytale or Thousands of Sailors. For some reason, to my non-musician ears, If I Should lends itself to picking up the "flavor" of the covering band better than, say, Fairytale does. Usually covers of Fairytale, whether done as syrupy sweet pop or thrash-punk, seem too hard to be trying to emulate "but make better!" what you guys have already done, or are trying so hard to be totally different "but, you know, still kinda the same" that I just end up annoyed by them. For what it's worth - of the Fairytale covers I've heard I find myself enjoying the No User For A Name and the Tilt! covers just 'cause they are so far afield from from the original.
Ramble ramble.
I sometimes wish I had more of a musical background. Then I could better understand what it is you're describing when you talk about the harmonics of Thousands' chorus.
