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| From | jchasin@nyc.rr.com |
| Subject | Tribute Albums? |
| Date | Fri, 14 Oct 2005 13:56:05 -0400 |
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Tribute albums are short term fun, but are there really any that
endure in their own right after the fun is gone? A year after you buy
it, do you still play it? I find that some of the tribute stuff I
have works better disassociated from the actual tribute work; for
example, Matthew Sweet's cut on the Carpenters tribute CD is played
most by me because I put on the CD-R I burned of Sweet B-Sides and
rarities. I like it better as part of the Matthew Sweeet canon than
as part of the Carpenters cover canon. What often happens with
tribute records is that the different tracks are done in different
styles, and so the only unifying element is the artist who did the
originals, and that doesn't really hold the work together.
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael vg <govango@yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, October 14, 2005 1:34 pm
Subject: Re: Speaking in tongues
> --- floatingunder <Steven.Durben@cignabehavioral.com> wrote:
> > Maybe interpretation by the listener
> > of the new version is still so colored by our own expecations
> and love
> > for the song?
>
> Isn't this the inherit problem with tribute albums anyway?
>
> michael vg
>
>
>
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