I’ve listened to a lot of cover and tribute albums in the last 10 years or so and it is inevitable that the new versions are compared to the originals. The question I ask myself most when listening to yet another covers album:
-Does a cover version really need to be that much different from the original? There’s obviously a fine line to walk when trying to record a distinctive version of songs some considers to be masterpieces. You could keep it simple and as close to the original as possible – but you might as well be doing karaoke. Or you could take risks, try to change things around and if it pays off, get lauded for being innovative and if it doesn’t work, you get darts thrown at you. But there’s always going to be a section of fans who’ll never be happy no matter what people do, so why bother? Just do your own thing and worry later when you get rotten eggs thrown at you…
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