Twitter Google Share on Facebook cover version (redirected fromCover songs) Thesaurus cover version n. A recording or performance of a song that was previously recorded or made popular by another. Also calledcover song. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyrig...
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Songwriters often have a pretty fraught relationship with cover songs. On the one hand, you may feel justifiably proud of flying the flag of original music and developing your own body of work rather than focusing on covers. On the other hand, there’s the sense that, in many gig situation...
Like Samia, The Magnetic Fields often have a bit of playfulness in their darkest songs, and the other way around. Though no one would describe Samia’s arrangement as “weird,” the performance subtly latches onto that intangible strangeness in the lyrics just well enough. Caleb Hinz’s intim...
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Recording cover songs The takeaway An original song is a great example of copyrighted material. A cover song is a new performance of an original song or recording, like what we see on popular TV shows “Glee” and “American Idol.” So, if your band wants to cover another artist's song...
Original Artist: The Cure The Conversation: If you somehow missed The Cure influence on Blink-182’s “I Miss You,” the band has furthered their love over the years introducing a number of Cure songs into their sets. Though not huge on cover songs, Blink has performed “Just Like Heaven...
I didn’t see a thread out there on the topic of “Best Cover Songs” so I thought I would start one. The cover song can be a great but also very tricky thing. Many bands have launched their career by releasing a cover song as their first. This can go on
he said, “What an honor for me to be able to cover one of Americas’ greatest popular songs. A true classic and a song that just makes everyone feel good. I hope you dig the 70s R&B style approach to the arrangement. I wanted it to be more upbeat and tried to make it my own...
It's a musical, yes, and it gets around to real music eventually, and it's no less than Kern and Gershwin. The great song is a quiet number between them, Long Ago and Far Away. Some of the other songs are formula stuff, and you have to hang in there. In fact, you start to ...