cover songs
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Notes On Weezer’s Cover Of A-Ha’s “Take On Me”
“Weezer isn’t stuck in roles, so we just do what we want to do, what makes us excited.” -Rivers Cuomo, Weezer I’m listening to Weezer’s cover of “Take On Me”, a synthpop hit from 1984 by the Norwegian band A-Ha. I like both versions of the song: the original was exceptional—a song almost sublime in Continue reading
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From Faucet-Playing To Prepared Drumsets: On The Musicking Of Glenn Kotche
I recently watched an entertaining commercial for, of all things, Delta Faucet, that features percussionist Glenn Kotche playing faucets in a musical way. As he turns on the taps one by one, water streams out of them and strikes inverted pots, pans, and colanders to produce sustained pitches. With the help of a few overdubs, Continue reading
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On Small Things And Big Pleasures: David Guetta’s “Titanium”
I get excited by small things. The other day I bought a mechanical pencil to highlight books with as I read. While holding the pencil that evening and underlining, I was struck by the pleasure this $2.19 purchase had brought. It’s precise, light, and helps do a job, with the added grace of having an Continue reading
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Content, Form, And Versioning A Song Everybody Knows: Gotye’s “Somebody I Used To Know”
Sometime not overly long ago, Gotye’s song “Somebody I Used To Know” went very viral–becoming a song meme that was (and still is) hard to escape, whose video on YouTube has been viewed an astonishing 259 million times (or by some 518 million ears!). At least two or three of those views were mine, the Continue reading
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Musical Appropriation Or Just A Shoe That Fits? : Dirty Loops’ Pop Reversioning
“Hey, we’re on to so much knowledge and the music industry won’t let us use it in a creative way.” — Aaron, drummer for Dirty Loops “Could you please make a cover of every song in existence?” – Dirty Loops YouTube viewer comment There’s a lot that’s interesting going on when you watch and listen Continue reading
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