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hypnoticmind	Date: January 18, 2005 @ 4:49 PM ....one thing i dislike is when a song is posted titled "enter sandman{crappy cover}". if you think it's "crappy" why even bother to post it?
MarcSalmon	Date: January 19, 2005 @ 5:02 AM lol. would u prefer it if people said "enter sandman{amazing cover}" ?
TameasDust	Date: January 24, 2005 @ 10:22 PM funny I don't find that many cover songs on here ... however cover songs are a method of presenting how a song done by this or that artist would be different ... fav cover ... james bond theme by Glyn Edwards however there is a lot of unique music on here
scottlaned	Date: January 25, 2005 @ 2:54 PM I have no problem with covers as long as they're played in a manner which is unique to the artist.
imemine	Date: February 6, 2005 @ 11:24 PM I can’t believe that this Sir Paul dude covered all them Beatles tunes at that there Super Bowl half time thingy! ---and he didn’t even make 'em his own-----those there songs sounded almost exactly like the “originals”------
TameasDust	Date: February 8, 2005 @ 2:27 AM well he did co-write them so they are sorta his
Hatsy	Date: March 5, 2005 @ 9:04 PM I have a yearning to cover 'Spell On You' & I will be doing it come hell or high water cos I just have to have a go at that song & that's the only time we have covered someone else's material, either if we have been playing it live & thought it would be nice to record for posterity, or if it is an irresistible song & we just want to give it a go & have some fun. If the song moves you it moves you. I love hearing what other artists do with a well known track, some covers are awesome. I just believe in live & let live & nobody is forced to press the play button. It is a great testament to a song if it is covered, it gives the work longevity & is therefore timeless, I think any writer of original material would be flattered to have their work covered and so I do not see that this should be a problem to anyone else. It is musical snobbery to dismiss a track because it is not new. I for one love hearing all the different renditions of 'Rather Go Blind' each singer gives the song a piece of themselves and all are worth a listen because the song is a good song, where would we be without the music being passed on down the line, good, bad, new, old, it's all grand to me.
leplume	Date: March 6, 2005 @ 1:11 AM Maybe that would be an idea for a new contest. We choose one song and then as many people as want to participate do their "ultimate" cover version of it. It would be fun to hear how everyone here interprets the same song!
Hatsy	Date: March 7, 2005 @ 6:31 AM I 2nd Leplume's idea, I think it would be great fun...
AGenePunckbowee	Date: March 8, 2005 @ 10:57 PM If you don't think there a lot of covers, apparently you haven't visited the Punk/ska genre lately.
imemine	Date: March 8, 2005 @ 11:31 PM Well then, I’m a fixin’ on releasing two of them there cover tunes on y’all here real soon! Thadda makes three for me outta 33.----Curious, ain’t it------Oh now, hold on now---the damn stills about to blow------gotta go!
Jazzmary2U	Date: March 9, 2005 @ 5:28 PM One musician's cover is another musician's evolution.. art is, indeed, creation... and it is evolution.. some songs just need more than one contributor to advance.. That is why when Miles Davis, for instance, did a song, it was immediately evolutionized..
pog	Date: March 9, 2005 @ 6:34 PM You want some covers ??? Here's an old jam session that I remastered from tape of my ummm 2nd or 3rd band that I was in, Wooden Spoon. This recording is about 10 years or so old It's 3 songs, played in one take. Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Jimi Hendrix - Radio One Metallica - Seek and Destroy Wooden Spoon - Live cover freejam - hifi Wooden Spoon - Live cover freejam - lofi Wooden Spoon - Live cover freejam - download
leplume	Date: March 9, 2005 @ 7:57 PM I hate it when my baby steals all the covers and leaves me freezing on my side of the bed...
imemine	Date: March 21, 2005 @ 12:56 PM As a dedication to this thread, Woof and I just finished a cover tune just for all you folks!
destructured	Date: May 23, 2005 @ 7:01 AM I was about to post this in a seperate topic, but I found this, so I'll post it here. Topic: "Enough with the Wonderwall covers." Okay, now, as an Oasis fan I'll be the first one to admit that Wonderwall is a great song. There have been some great covers of it on here (and some that were not so great as well). Hell, I even made an instrumental cover myself to join in the fun. But lately it seems I can't look at any of the charts without seeing some new cover of Wonderwall. It isn't just Wonderwall. On any given day, there seems to be some sort of cover in the charts. Not only that, but people seem to be covering the same songs! As an artist, it bothers me that people are ignoring not only my music, but all the other great music that's available on this site. DMusic's a place for independent artists to showcase their work, and there's a great deal of amazing, creative music that people have worked hard to create for other's enjoyment. This isn't necessarily an attack on anyone recording covers or anything. It's more of a complaint to the listeners (many of whom are artists on here). Even more insulting to me is when people record a 30 second guitar solo from some popular song, and it gets more listens than actual, ORIGINAL songs. I probably seem like an asshole, but DMusic seems like a different place than it was when I first discovered the site. Not only is there less of a focus on original music, but there seems to lack the "community" of support that attracted me to the site in the first place. That's my two cents. Flame me, agree with me, whatever, I honestly don't care either way. I just feel like this needed to be said.
swoppy	Date: May 23, 2005 @ 8:26 AM as long as people don't pretent their covers are originals and give credit, I don't mind, I have been playing covers for years, and still like to play them sometimes. I do like to give them a little twist of my own, but that might also be because I am not skilled enough to duplicate a song

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