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Strawberry Fields Forever
I understand and agree fully. A lot of folks may ask the question, "Why?", and there are a number of answers. For me, it comes down to four basic ones:lyle_from_minneapolis wrote:Tom, as far as raves, well, there is ALSO the aspect of "why the hell would you try to do it just like the Beatles did, when you KNOW it will always come up short"? And I totally get that...I mean, why listen to an alternate version when the Beatles did it so much better?
But for the four of us Beatles fanatics involved in the recording, this was like going on a pilgrimage. All the reward was in the doing!
-mk
What a great thing to read...especially after just explaining this very thing to someone else, only not so succinctly. Thanks Tom!beatbyrd wrote:I understand and agree fully. A lot of folks may ask the question, "Why?", and there are a number of answers. For me, it comes down to four basic ones:
I want to pay my ultimate tribute to the artist and the original recording that affected me.
I want to see if I have the requisite skills (ears, chops, vocals, engineering) and equipment needed to provide a faithful cover of the song. I call this the "Rich Little" challenge.
I want to push the limits of my abilities in some manner (learn something).
I want to please and amaze my friends, family, and peers (and sometimes, myself).
Doing covers seems to be a real niche kind of thing, where most folks are pretty indifferent about it. I've had a lot of mine get very limited response on this forum. Just take a look at my Airplane cover post. Less than forty hits! It seems like most of the feedback comes from others who do covers themselves and know just what's involved. As far as the originals doing it so much better, I've had a few of my covers actually preferred over the original versions by some of my musician friends. But the fact is, the original artists did it FIRST and my versions, at best, are cheap plastic imitations. Please go on some more pilgimages soon. Your version of the song was top notch. Tom
walker wrote:Wow... nice job duplicating the sound! The drums are especially impressive.
HA! And what was that at the end? "Cranberry Sauce"