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Thread #131351   Message #2963291
Posted By: GUEST,mg
11-Aug-10 - 08:13 PM
Thread Name: Is it permissible-to change a word in an old song?
Subject: RE: Is it permissible-to change a word in an old song?
Thanks Bob....

It's funny..I don't mind if people change words to "my" songs, which I don't consider mine...maybe unless they changed the gender which drives me nuts..first it hurts my ears if I have heard another version, and whichever version I hear first I think is the correct version and what if I heard the wrong one? Then I would spend the rest of my life in confusion. Also the song is about a particular person. A particular person is generally a man or a woman and it does not matter what the singer is..or they match the person in the song...to me at least.

To me, that is the most outrageous reason for changing words in a song and I can not think of ever it being a good idea. mg