makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat's a song where you like a remix or cover better than the original?message-squaremessage-square298fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1192arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a song where you like a remix or cover better than the original?makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square298fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoPretty much any song he covered ended up being the definitive version.
minus-squareMirror Giraffe@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoMercy seat and In my life are masterpieces in the original but his renditions are immaculate. It’s something about his low emotion, speaking from a position of looking back at the events rather than being emotional and in them like the originals.
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoYeah…but only because he’s Johnny Cash. No way the cover was getting radio play if it was just some random old guy who recorded it
minus-squareFartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoHe actually wasn’t an old guy his entire career.
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoYeah and he was making good music until he became one
Pretty much any song he covered ended up being the definitive version.
Mercy seat and In my life are masterpieces in the original but his renditions are immaculate. It’s something about his low emotion, speaking from a position of looking back at the events rather than being emotional and in them like the originals.
Yeah…but only because he’s Johnny Cash. No way the cover was getting radio play if it was just some random old guy who recorded it
He actually wasn’t an old guy his entire career.
Yeah and he was making good music until he became one