Top 5 on Friday -------------------
(Even though it's actually Moday, so I'm running behind.)
TOP 5 SONGS YOU THINK SHOULD BE ILLEAGAL FOR ANYONE TO COVER
001. Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
It is simply perfect. A dark, almost macabe song that has everything going for it.
Interesting topic for a song --- CHECK.
Awesome Guitar Solo -- CHECK.
Does it need a modern day revamping? Hell no. Leave it be. Let it wash over you.
002. Charlotte Sometimes - The Cure
I must be going for a theme here, tonight. All the songs I have picked seem to have this glooy over tone.
But "Charlotte Sometimes" is a song that I had to hear over and over again the first time I borrowed my mom's copy of "Staring at the Sea: The Singles". It's achingly haunting and spoke to me as a teenage girl trying to find my way through the crooked path of adolescence.
003. Living in Another World - Talk Talk
An obscure song from a forgotten band in the 80's, but Mark Hollis' vocals on most of their records including this one are just so vulnerable and lush that you feel entirely what he's expressing to you.
And this song spoke to me. And the thought of someone covering it makes me sad. I don't doubt that maybe someone out there can bring some justice to it, but you'll lose the emotion that Mark Hollis gives when he sings,
"...Did I see tenderness where you saw Hell
Did I see angels in the hand I held;
God only knows what kind of tale you'd tell;
Living in another world to you...."
004. Dear God -- XTC
I have never to this day heard a cover of this song and I probably will never will.
005. This is Hardcore -- Pulp
It's Jarvis Cocker at his smooth, slighty odd self.
It's a beautifully operic piece that was set behind a music video that was reminscine of a hitchcock set and just mind blowing.
It's the kind of song that demands to be played behind a trailer of a new interesting film that is determined to be a cult classic. Not for everyone, yet those that get it's power are completly taken over by it.
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