Subj : Covers
To   : Sean Dennis
From : MIKE ROSS
Date : Fri May 13 2005 11:04 pm

"Sean Dennis" bravely wrote to "All" (13 May 05  15:54:51)
 --- on the heady topic of "Covers"

 SD> Last night, I heard a pretty lame cover of Queen's "Under Pressure".
 SD> The vocalist was young-I could tell by his voice-and there was none of
 SD> the depth nor the passion of the original in this poor excuse of a
 SD> song.  I don't know if he was trying to make it sound "modern", but
 SD> all he did was pollute the airwaves for about four minutes.
 SD> I wish these "talents" today would find their own music to make.  All
 SD> it seems these days is these people are covering older material.  I
 SD> think they've run out of true talent and Hollywood is just making
 SD> talent for money^H^H^H^H^Hgreed.

I keep hearing covers of Jimmy Reed, or Jim Johnson and it is never
quite the same. The thing to keep in mind is that tastes evolve. A
group like Queen might not even have been popular today. Musical
styles on the airwaves today are too different. Your appreciation of
the cover you heard may not coincide with the current idiom. I was
listening to Santana's latest release today and quite honestly I'm
starting to find him quaint and he is borderline pandering. A great
melody doesn't need a virtuoso to make it great. I think we should
leave unique performances in the past where they belong and appreciate
where music is evolving to. I find an honest cover isn't degrading.

 M*i*k*e

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