11.10.08
A/B
Have you ever had the situation where there’s a song A, and a cover version B, where B is quite a bit better than A, but because you’ve heard A a lot more often than B, whenever you hear or think of B, A sorta takes over in your mind, and you get annoyed, so probably the only thing you can do is listen to B a lot of times, even if you don’t really love it _that_ much, just so that you can wipe A out of your mind? c.f. “How Deep is your Love” by the Bee Gees and The Bird and the Bee. See what I mean?
Allanimal said,
November 11, 2008 at 2:02 am
What about when song A is merely decent, but considered a “classic”, cover B is brilliant but unknown and cover C is tedious and boring, but all you ever hear is C and when you tell people how much crap it is, and how we should be listening to B instead, they look at you like you are a circus freak that is a finalist in the world top freak pageant? That’s “American Woman”, where B is the Butthole Surfers version and C is the complete shit “anybody can slow it down and make it boring-er” Lenny Kravitz cover.
Steven said,
November 11, 2008 at 2:10 am
Ah, another interesting scenario. And I completely agree with your assessment. As a matter of fact, I have to interrupt my listening to something else right now to go listen to B…