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MJ and Whitney didn't write all their own songs all the time so they suck. Ed Sheeran writes his own songs so he's amazing. I see the sound logic.

 

so i had a (serious) discussion with a friend person i used to know. i asked him if i were to pick up a guitar and write a 10 song album and record it in my bedroom (i have no guitar skills at all), would he think my album is better than a beyonce album and he responded yes. what a dick.

 

one of the best of all time. mal is a goddamn genius

 

disagree, local natives should play "warning sign" at every show

 

good covers:
grateful dead - el paso
grateful dead - dancin in the streets
grateful dead - big river
grateful dead - death don't have no mercy
grateful dead - dear mr fantasy
grateful dead - good lovin
grateful dead - hard to handle
grateful dead - jonny b goode
grateful dead - goin down the road feelin bad
grateful dead - iko iko
grateful dead - its a man's man's man's world
grateful dead - momma tried


off the top of my head

 

jimmy eat world played a cover of "we are never getting back together" at a festival i saw them at a few years ago and i wasn't disappointed at all. i actually think it makes sense in that situation.

 

oh jim covered "girls just wanna have fun" and a few others at his solo show. they were good

 

speaking of

 

OH AND SPEAKING OF

 

I have talked to a lot of people who say they prefer artists who write their own songs because it helps them relate to the song more, but it just doesn't impact my thoughts on it at all. I don't go searching for who wrote what anyway so it doesn't matter to me, but if I relate to a song I relate to it, whether the artist singing it is the sole writer or there are 10 cowriters. It doesn't change the meaning or how much I enjoy it.

And I cannot when someone's only defense of an artist is "Well at least they write their own songs!!" ok? The songs they write still suck lol. Semi-related and possibly an unpopular opinion cause I see ppl say it all the time, but I also hate when an artist totally bombs a live performance and ppl go "Well at least they're not lip-synching!!!" way to scrape the bottom of the barrel for any scrap of compliment. They didn't lip but they still sounded like a cat being set on fire, so who cares??? call a spade a spade and admit they suck lol

 

i fucking love that cover.

i feel like my foot is slowly entering my mouth, but i'm gonna stand by my opinion that modern covers are usually uninteresting to me.

 

so i can stop flooding this thread

The Official Cover Song Thread

 

you can't judge covers as a category of song. they're entirely dependent on bands' abilities to arrange a song to fit their style, or to choose songs that are easily arranged to fit their style. maybe bands are bad at this. it doesn't reflect any kind of value of the concept of covers as a whole.

 

im with Ben.


so how about that joy division huh great band right.


im going through a JD phase sorry

 

I think 80% of outdoor sets are ehh at best. There something about going to a show in small room, make the bands sound heavenly.

 

depends on the band, venue, size of the crowd, etc.

 

ive seen bands that sounded impeccable outdoors. deafheaven, for example. however ive seen some bands absolutely tank outdoors. sun kil moon, for example.

 

jonny cash - hurt

 

well well well look who it is

 

Fuck the new "Punk Goes..." cover albums by the way.

 

"omg carly rae jepsen sucks but this Rotten Shitbag cover of Call Me Maybe is so br00tal lol"

 

the first Punk Goes Pop and Punk Goes 80s are good but I think that's it

 

"gotta go wash my tapout hoodie and stock up on monsters gonna jam this in the walmart parkin lot"

 

talking about joy division and covers, that last ceremony album was p good

 

totally agreed. Punk Goes 80s in particular was a favorite of mine.