When song covers go wrong

 Posted by on 19 July 2009  Music
Jul 192009
 

Honestly, I’m generally a big fan of cover versions that take an original song and dramatically change it. But some things you just shouldn’t do. This, I think, is one of them.

Now, I’m not going to rule out metal covers of indie songs — I’m sure there could be good ones. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes practically made a career out of punking up songs that didn’t start out anywhere near punk. But this one falls short. I think it’s because there is too much dissonance in the song; they’ve tried to keep too much of the melodic indie nature intact.

(From Louisville hardcore forum, via the Daily Swarm and the AV Club)

Grant Hamilton

  • MPot

    Agreed. Iron and Wine’s cover wasn’t bad, but this one really sucks. Still, nothing beats the original. One of my top albums for work!

  • http://www.absurdintellectual.com Amy Breen

    You wanna do the screamo/melodic singing thing?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9jdZvAPBT0

    Do it like these guys.

  • Stumpy

    It’s kind of interesting that the vocalist can do the deathmetal scream and also a pretty-sounding voice, but it’s terrible and almost silly when he tries to blend both of these voices simultaneously. It would have been neat if they had kept about 90% of the original song’s warm and fuzzy nature, and added a few screams to add drama.