Comments on: Side by Side: An Examination of a Different Type of Cover http://bigother.com/2009/11/13/side-by-side/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:18:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ryan http://bigother.com/2009/11/13/side-by-side/#comment-478 ryan Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:21:52 +0000 http://bigother.com/?p=1148#comment-478 Thanks, John. I think it takes a lot of skill to pull off a cover and these are two of my favorite instances. The TVOTR cover especially, sometimes I get surprised when I go back to the original version 'cause start to only think of the song in terms of that haunting doowop. The concert was amazing. The first time I saw them it was an outdoor show, and it was so much better to get to see them inside, closer, louder. Absolutely mindblowing. Thanks, John. I think it takes a lot of skill to pull off a cover and these are two of my favorite instances. The TVOTR cover especially, sometimes I get surprised when I go back to the original version ’cause start to only think of the song in terms of that haunting doowop.

The concert was amazing. The first time I saw them it was an outdoor show, and it was so much better to get to see them inside, closer, louder. Absolutely mindblowing.

]]> By: John Madera http://bigother.com/2009/11/13/side-by-side/#comment-477 John Madera Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:32:27 +0000 http://bigother.com/?p=1148#comment-477 That was fun! Dig how they spell out "Pixies" in between the second verse and chorus and how Bowie spells out "David" in his version (during the break). Bowie's vocals was an interesting echo of Black's reedy fragility. While the production could've been less bombastic, it was texturally weird and offered something that The Pixies's original didn't. I like the amorphous rhythm on Mr. Grieves, the push pull tension of it, how it goes from a skank to a Country Western thing. TVR's version is cool. Kind of a doo-wop thing. Clever. It's funny how both of the covers are longer than the original. So what's the word on the concert? That was fun! Dig how they spell out “Pixies” in between the second verse and chorus and how Bowie spells out “David” in his version (during the break).

Bowie’s vocals was an interesting echo of Black’s reedy fragility. While the production could’ve been less bombastic, it was texturally weird and offered something that The Pixies’s original didn’t.

I like the amorphous rhythm on Mr. Grieves, the push pull tension of it, how it goes from a skank to a Country Western thing.

TVR’s version is cool. Kind of a doo-wop thing. Clever.

It’s funny how both of the covers are longer than the original.

So what’s the word on the concert?

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