Do you really want to hear this?

SteveDallas · 03-07-2006, 09:19 PM

Well ultimately I decided if I didn't listen to it I'd always wonder just exactly how bad it was.

Torrere · 03-07-2006, 11:14 PM

in the shower with Bon Jovi? No thank you!!

I love live music and will generally like it whether it is good or not.

but I don't like hearing covers of music that I already love, even if it's by the same artist.

This is a conundrum.

wolf · 03-08-2006, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Well ultimately I decided if I didn't listen to it I'd always wonder just exactly how bad it was.

So, how was it?

Tonchi · 03-08-2006, 01:04 AM

There's a considerable difference between "performance" of a particular piece and an "interpretation" of it. You can never be sure what you are going to get, so if the performer or group has a good reputation you ought to give him/her/them a chance. It might turn out to be a really interesting take on a work you are familiar with, even if not an exact duplicate. As an example I mention "Elenore Rigby" by Vanilla Fudge, which I actually liked BETTER than the original recorded by The Beatles. Besides, even the band/group who made a work famous gets tired of playing it several times every night and starts messing with it, improvising. After a few years, they positively hate the song. That is why I used to dread going to live concerts just to leave disappointed that my "favorite song" was played with irrelevant solos and in a different key and with half the group not even able to stand upright.

SteveDallas · 03-08-2006, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

So, how was it?

I had originally told Mrs. Dallas I wasn't sure I wanted to go hear this music slaughtered.

So, I'm back from the concert and she asks me if they slaughtered it.

"No," I said. "They violated it and left its body by the side of the road."

Spexxvet · 03-08-2006, 06:50 PM

I agree that rarely covers are very good - Nirvana's Man Who Sold The World being an unusually good peice. On the other hand, there are "elevator music" versions of Devo.

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03-08-2006, 01:04 AM	#4
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	There's a considerable difference between "performance" of a particular piece and an "interpretation" of it. You can never be sure what you are going to get, so if the performer or group has a good reputation you ought to give him/her/them a chance. It might turn out to be a really interesting take on a work you are familiar with, even if not an exact duplicate. As an example I mention "Elenore Rigby" by Vanilla Fudge, which I actually liked BETTER than the original recorded by The Beatles. Besides, even the band/group who made a work famous gets tired of playing it several times every night and starts messing with it, improvising. After a few years, they positively hate the song. That is why I used to dread going to live concerts just to leave disappointed that my "favorite song" was played with irrelevant solos and in a different key and with half the group not even able to stand upright. __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

03-08-2006, 06:50 PM	#6
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I agree that rarely covers are very good - Nirvana's Man Who Sold The World being an unusually good peice. On the other hand, there are "elevator music" versions of Devo. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

03-07-2006, 09:19 PM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Well ultimately I decided if I didn't listen to it I'd always wonder just exactly how bad it was.

03-07-2006, 11:14 PM	#2
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	in the shower with Bon Jovi? No thank you!! I love live music and will generally like it whether it is good or not. but I don't like hearing covers of music that I already love, even if it's by the same artist. This is a conundrum.

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