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| From | "larry o dean" <larryodean@poetrycenter.org> |
| Subject | Re: (Steely Dan) and other cover(s) |
| Date | Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:55:29 GMT |
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Sager, Greg writes:
> I thought that the whole point of
> recording a cover -- as opposed to performing one live in order to win over
> a crowd by giving them something familiar -- was to put your own stamp on
> the song, not to render a Rundgren-*Faithful*-type studio simulacrum of the
> original version.
Just have to add that I believe this is true. Why do a facsimile when you
can make a song your own? To that extent, I welcome it when the artists
themselves monkey around with their oeuvre -- not so much extending a song
by noodling or jamming, but with rearrangements of old material to suit a
current slant in their own music, or simply as a change of pace.
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