IJBM: Maudlin acoustic covers of pop songs

criminalscum

Salix Babylonika

white man with guitar covers of rap songs are worse.

Far worse.

criminalscum

Good point.

One-Winged Eagle

I know it's probably heretical, but I actually like both.

Hexartes

Jonathon Coulton gets a free pass

That is a statement I have just made

Odradek

I like that first song

And the third one

One-Winged Eagle

I feel like Jonathan Coulton, Shearwater, and Weird Al both change the context of the songs they cover to fit their performance, and the performances themselves aren't overbearing. They earned their passes.

Alduin

Jane said:

white man with guitar covers of rap songs are worse.

Far worse.

Tachyon

i feel like the Gary Jules version of Mad World works cuz it fits the mood of the lyrics, somehow

Odradek

Also that cover of I Wanna Hold Your Hand is recontextualized for the movie

Alduin

I like Johnny Cash's Hurt better than the original.

Mandelbrot

Kubo and the Two Strings has a shamisen-and-synthstrings cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" sung by Regina Spektor, and that owns

Tre

Royal Teeth's version of Heartbeats > Jose Gonzalez's version

both are practically different songs entirely than the original, which cannot be judged by the same standards

Hexartes

Mandelbrot said:

Kubo and the Two Strings has a shamisen-and-synthstrings cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" sung by Regina Spektor, and that owns

It very much did own, but my perception of that song is forever ruined by Neil Cicierega's "While My Keytar Gently Weeps"

Sredni Vashtar

The percussionist for Shearwater, Thor Harris, was a key member of the most recent Swans lineup, having previously played with Michael Gira in Angels of Light.

Speaking of which:

Salix Babylonika

Alduin said:

Jane said:

white man with guitar covers of rap songs are worse.

Far worse.

I was thinking more of Ed Sheeran's cover of "Trap Queen" but this works too yes.

Imipolex G

Alduin said:

Jane said:

white man with guitar covers of rap songs are worse.

Far worse.

I lasted 52 seconds

Sredni Vashtar said:

The percussionist for Shearwater, Thor Harris, was a key member of the most recent Swans lineup, having previously played with Michael Gira in Angels of Light.

Speaking of which:

I'm sorry but this doesn't work either

criminalscum

Jane said:

Alduin said:

Jane said:

white man with guitar covers of rap songs are worse.

Far worse.

I was thinking more of Ed Sheeran's cover of "Trap Queen" but this works too yes.

I want to see an overly-sincere acoustic cover of "Stupid Hoe".

(I liked "Stupid Hoe").

Tachyon

Alduin said:

I like Johnny Cash's Hurt better than the original.

That one was really good, for a number of reasons.  The strength of the performance and the quality of the production were a part of it, the basic instrumentation, the fact that it wasn't overwrought.

But what made it really so great was that he recontextualized the lyrics, transformed it from a song about youthful angst into one about an older man's regret.

criminalscum