Music: Favorite Covers, Part 2

Continuing on from this post, I thought I'd carry on telling you all about a few more of my favorite covers of songs.   First, the Shins version of We Will Become Silhouettes.   It was originally by the Postal Service.   The Shins have slowed it down, used lots of guitar instead of synthetic stuff and made the lyrics more distinct and understandable.   Great job!

Next, The Scissor Sisters version of Comfortably Numb.   It was of course, a Pink Floyd song.   Their version is almost unrecognisable!   It's much faster, more synthetic and sung in their usual falsetto tones.   The only way I could tell it was the same song was the lyrics!   But the way they've done it really suits the psychedelic aspects of the song.   Great stuff!

  




Next Tom Traubert's Blues by Tom Waits.   I suppose it isn't strictly speaking a cover.   More of a re-imagining of a song.   It's sort of very loosely based on Waltzing Matilda, but very different.   The tune is a bit different, the lyrics are different and it's much slower and grittier.   It's wonderful.

Another great one is the My Chemical Romance version of Bob Dylan's Desolation Row.   It was on the Watchmen soundtrack.   It's much faster, rockier and considerably shorter than the original Dylan one.   It works really well, even though they have totally changed the tone of the song.

And, well, because I am slightly obsessed with Pitch Perfect (no really, I have a serious problem!) I'm going to finish off with not one, not two, but three songs from the film.   Kelly Clarkson's Since U Been Gone, Miley Cyrus's Party in the USA, and Bruno Mars's Just the Way You Are.   All three are great!   Obviously the biggest changes are the complete lack of instruments.   A capella awesomeness!   And they've added some totally gorgeous harmonies!   Party in the USA actually sounds like not-a-rubbish song the way they've done it!   Quite a feat!