by philipchevron Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:00 pm
Sportin' Life wrote:MacRua wrote:Mike Conklin:
he also commits one of the cardinal sins of cover songs: Unless you're changing them to make a point (which is also ill-advised for the most part), do not fuck up the lyrics.
I haven't heard this version and I don't plan to ... I'll take Mike's word that it is bad. But I don't think it is bad just because it has the lyrics screwed up. I think a person doing a cover has a bit of license to personalize the song they are singing a bit, no?
Um......nope. Not if they are wilfully changing the writers' intentions, in which case they need to get the writers' permissions. Unfortunately, there's no real way of dealing with a spot of infantile laughter before the word "faggot".
[quote="Sportin' Life"][quote="MacRua"]Mike Conklin: [quote]he also commits one of the cardinal sins of cover songs: Unless you're changing them to make a point (which is also ill-advised for the most part), do not fuck up the lyrics.[/quote]
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I haven't heard this version and I don't plan to ... I'll take Mike's word that it is bad. But I don't think it is bad just because it has the lyrics screwed up. I think a person doing a cover has a bit of license to personalize the song they are singing a bit, no?[/quote]
Um......nope. Not if they are wilfully changing the writers' intentions, in which case they need to get the writers' permissions. Unfortunately, there's no real way of dealing with a spot of infantile laughter before the word "faggot".
