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In my world that whole album is just a figment of someone else’s sick imagination.
There's a whole album?
I don't think I'm in the right frame of mind to investigate further today.
Actually, the series Traitors is good for this I’ve noticed. Lots of great songs made unbearably magnolia.
The missus watches that and I thought the same. Its like covering songs in slow motion...
Anyway, musical abominations - all that shite from the 2000s. The fallout of Britpop/Indie which unleased such atrocities as Coldplay and the Kooks on the world's eardrums and then the spawning of reality TV related music like X-Factor which made the music industry accelerate even faster downhill...
Before opening the thread and realising this was related to adverts, my immediate thought was this perennial “favourite”.
I love it (The Disturbed – Sound of Silence for people who didn't pick up on the post) - I get that it is very, very marmite, but it's one of those tracks that, when it pops up on my playlist, I end up playing it a second time. And I am a very big fan of Simon and Garfunkel too but this is, for me, the original's equal – I think it's something to do with how they inject so much power and raw emotion into a song that originally had a very different emotional sentiment.
I just can't stand Billy Joel. This pretty much nails my reaction when I hear it in an elevator.
I think it’s something to do with how they inject so much power and raw emotion into a song that originally had a very different emotional sentiment.
Which is precisely the reason I dislike it. I prefer the original "emotional sentiment".
Which is precisely the reason I dislike it. I prefer the original “emotional sentiment”.
That’s fine, there is no right or wrong, just opinions. I just expressed my thoughts. \m/
Funny how well cover versions can be done in TV series, and how badly, as above the covers in Traitors were terrible, but I loved how Peaky Blinders used covers, having Red Right Hand covered by so many people, PJ Harvey, Artic Monkeys etc and repeated through the show.
That’s fine, there is no right or wrong, just opinions.
I agree.