The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #154754   Message #3633238
Posted By: Jeri
15-Jun-14 - 10:46 AM
Thread Name: The shame in singing covers
Subject: RE: The shame in singing covers
Not the UK, not the US.

What gets in the way of me enjoying a song is the feeling that the performer is just trying too hard. It can be deliberately trying to sound like the original, or deliberately trying to sound different from it by changing things. It's the "deliberate" part that gets to me. I think if someone sings another's song, they can't help sounding like themselves.

I recently went to a house concert, and the artist I saw did a song that was featured on the TV show "Nashville", which I haven't seen. I love the song, and I'm glad other people are singing it.