Monday, December 01, 2003 :::
 

There are a couple new covers of 70's songs. Connected with the movie "Gothika" is a new version of The Who's "Behind Blue Eyes". I don't know who to blame for it, but the most positive adjective I can give it is "pointless". It starts fairly true to the original, but adds some unnecessary sound-effects and -- most egregiously -- replaces the climax with a new verse. The new verse almost works (it would be fine if it didn't rhyme a word with itself), but "Behind Blue Eyes" needs the climax in order to pull the song together. Besides, without it you're really stuck in front of the blue eyes.

Meanwhile, Kid Rock has a new version of Bad Company's "Feel Like Making Love". If I were a Kid Rock fan, I'd be a big fan of this song. I prefer the original -- I think Kid Rock is trying to add intensity where he's mostly adding rawness, but he certainly has his own take, and I could see someone with different tastes than mine prefering his version. I can't say that about the new "Behind".

::: posted by Steven at 10:09 AM

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