Some folks hate cover songs. I adore them. A good cover song can make me look at the original in a new light. It can make me notice the lyrics in ways I didn’t before. It is part of the on-going conversation of art, an homage to influence and a way to move a song forward with a contemporary version. Of course there are some that can eclipse (ha!) the original. That’s opinion of course.
Oh! I love covers too! I have a whole playlist of covers because I feel the same way.
Some of my favourite covers:
-Bizarre Love Triangle- by New Order covered by Frente!
-Hallelujah- Leonard Cohen but Jeff Buckley’s will always make me cry, and KD Lang’s make me shiver
-Needle in the Hay- by Elliott Smith but covered by Melissa Laveaux (originally from Ottawa) her version is brilliant and though I love both versions, hers is a thorough re-imagining
-La Vie en Rose- by Edith Piaf, but gorgeously redone by Lucy Dacus
-Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver, but covered by Mountain Man
-the whole Johnny Cash album where he covered 90s grunge/industrial. I once when into a shop called Empire of Dirt and I asked them what inspired the name. “The song Johnny Cash wrote” they said. I didn’t have the heart to tell them that the song was written by Trent Reznor and performed by Nine Inch Nails.
I have too many favourites and my mind is spilling over so I’m going to share your post, and continue this there.
Thank you for your words! I can’t wait to listen to your favourites!
Oh! I love covers too! I have a whole playlist of covers because I feel the same way.
Some of my favourite covers:
-Bizarre Love Triangle- by New Order covered by Frente!
-Hallelujah- Leonard Cohen but Jeff Buckley’s will always make me cry, and KD Lang’s make me shiver
-Needle in the Hay- by Elliott Smith but covered by Melissa Laveaux (originally from Ottawa) her version is brilliant and though I love both versions, hers is a thorough re-imagining
-La Vie en Rose- by Edith Piaf, but gorgeously redone by Lucy Dacus
-Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver, but covered by Mountain Man
-the whole Johnny Cash album where he covered 90s grunge/industrial. I once when into a shop called Empire of Dirt and I asked them what inspired the name. “The song Johnny Cash wrote” they said. I didn’t have the heart to tell them that the song was written by Trent Reznor and performed by Nine Inch Nails.
I have too many favourites and my mind is spilling over so I’m going to share your post, and continue this there.
Thank you for your words! I can’t wait to listen to your favourites!
Some of yours like the Johnny Cash album & Buckley's Hallelujah are also covers I love .
I love Melissa's music but don't remember her version of Needle in the Hay. I will seek out your cover favs 😍
It is always interesting to hear other people's interpretations of songs and what they bring to them through their own artistry xxx