WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED

Like filmmakers of recent years, musicians have lost originality and have run out of ideas for new music sounds. When this happens, we hear music that is regenerated by new artists, and this is known as COVERING.

Now I love cover songs. I love hearing how artists can take and old song and modernize it or make it more lively than the original. But there are also too many times that an artist covers a song in a “Why the hell did they remake that song” light. If you’re going to cover it, remake it. Don’t sing it and play it exactly as the original…otherwise, what was the point of taking the time to remake it?

You’re going to start seeing a lot of entries here having to do with covers, mainly because it’s the way of the world now. Original ideas are few and far between and there’s a big risk in artists killing the legacy of once cherished bands and excellent songs.

But, I will be the first to say that there’s nothing like hearing a song completely re-done in a way you never thought a song can be heard. Those are the cover songs we will be covering in this blog, the good ones.

But be forewarned: In order to put the good covers in a good light, I can’t do that without making reference to the bad ones. So let’s get on with it….