Whenever I hear a Glee song, I hate it. Even before people started hating Glee, I hated the songs. I hate the way most people massacre good songs by unnecessarily belting and doing whatever vocal thing they do. Magaling na kayo kumanta, tama na. The latest cover I've been hating now is The Black Eyed Peas' Time of my Life. I like the original and I hate what they did.
I hate it when singers make a mediocre version of songs, making it not much different the original. I don't see the whole point. A good example of that are the songs on Glee. Okay, they use it for the TV show, to inspire people not to take drugs and be responsible, like the girl character there who got pregnant and gave the baby up for adoption. So it does have a point. 90% of the songs on that wonderful and inspiring show are, sadly, either mediocre or an insult to the original singers (who for some reason makes them use their songs).
I can't get over the fact that they used a lot of Queen songs.
I also hate it when they make songs ugly like 10% of the songs on Glee, the local singers we have in the Philippines who can't compose any new material, and the Black Eyed Peas singing the Time of my Life by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.
I could name more, but my mind could not bear remembering the sacrilege. Let the hurting stop.
I don't like covers much, but there are some songs that are just great revivals. I think there are some rare ones that are even better than the originals. They could turn a song into something else and makes it their own. I remember liking David Cook on American Idol when he made a Mariah Carey song so unlike the original. There are good artists like The Fugees covering a Roberta Flack song or Sinead O'Conner doing a Prince song. After mentioning those singers, I suddenly feel old.
I am posting my favorites. Some people may think I like creepy songs.
People think it's weird how Gary Jules made a seemingly upbeat song by Tears for Fears "creepy", as two people I know pointed out.
I dunno, I just like it. It totally captured my feelings when I was a teenager. I am not in my late 20s and I still like it.
Now if you wanna talk creepy, let me share one of the most amazing covers EVER. Tori Amos singing an Eminem song. It's absolutely mind-blowing. Tori Amos makes good covers, putting a woman's perspective on male songs.
My girlfriend thought it was creepy, but I like it. I think what's scary about it is how maternally patronizing her voice was.
Another song I like is Shout by Tears for Fears, re-recorded by the really nice band Disturbed (don't be misled by the name, I think). It was very popular song when I was a little boy. I liked what they did with the song.
Now for some comic relief. Here's a song by The Black Eyed Peas, this time being covered by Alanis Morissette as a prank in 2007. People back then either loved it or hated it. I liked it a lot. It was funny and goofy, UNLESS you're like me who sometimes overthink that maybe it was a song about an empty life where the void was filled up by materialism and consumerism. It's either that, or the song was just brainless. Thank you, Alanis, not until you sang it was I able to understand the lyrics of the song.
You might think I enjoy bashing Black Eyed Peas. I actually love them. Hahaha! Let me share they're big hit:
I hate it when singers make a mediocre version of songs, making it not much different the original. I don't see the whole point. A good example of that are the songs on Glee. Okay, they use it for the TV show, to inspire people not to take drugs and be responsible, like the girl character there who got pregnant and gave the baby up for adoption. So it does have a point. 90% of the songs on that wonderful and inspiring show are, sadly, either mediocre or an insult to the original singers (who for some reason makes them use their songs).
I can't get over the fact that they used a lot of Queen songs.
I also hate it when they make songs ugly like 10% of the songs on Glee, the local singers we have in the Philippines who can't compose any new material, and the Black Eyed Peas singing the Time of my Life by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.
I could name more, but my mind could not bear remembering the sacrilege. Let the hurting stop.
I don't like covers much, but there are some songs that are just great revivals. I think there are some rare ones that are even better than the originals. They could turn a song into something else and makes it their own. I remember liking David Cook on American Idol when he made a Mariah Carey song so unlike the original. There are good artists like The Fugees covering a Roberta Flack song or Sinead O'Conner doing a Prince song. After mentioning those singers, I suddenly feel old.
I am posting my favorites. Some people may think I like creepy songs.
People think it's weird how Gary Jules made a seemingly upbeat song by Tears for Fears "creepy", as two people I know pointed out.
I dunno, I just like it. It totally captured my feelings when I was a teenager. I am not in my late 20s and I still like it.
Now if you wanna talk creepy, let me share one of the most amazing covers EVER. Tori Amos singing an Eminem song. It's absolutely mind-blowing. Tori Amos makes good covers, putting a woman's perspective on male songs.
My girlfriend thought it was creepy, but I like it. I think what's scary about it is how maternally patronizing her voice was.
Another song I like is Shout by Tears for Fears, re-recorded by the really nice band Disturbed (don't be misled by the name, I think). It was very popular song when I was a little boy. I liked what they did with the song.
Now for some comic relief. Here's a song by The Black Eyed Peas, this time being covered by Alanis Morissette as a prank in 2007. People back then either loved it or hated it. I liked it a lot. It was funny and goofy, UNLESS you're like me who sometimes overthink that maybe it was a song about an empty life where the void was filled up by materialism and consumerism. It's either that, or the song was just brainless. Thank you, Alanis, not until you sang it was I able to understand the lyrics of the song.
You might think I enjoy bashing Black Eyed Peas. I actually love them. Hahaha! Let me share they're big hit:
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