cover songs

the are so many reasons to hate cover songs today. they arent as good as the original, in fact, most of the time, they just killed the song, they are played repeatedly on the radio till your right hand automatically reach for the power button and turn the damn radio off, and they are the result of terrible wanabes.

this isnt new, and that isnt good. when i heard the cover version of iris done by ronan keating, which was originally from goo goo dolls, i always, ALWAYS change the station, or just turn the stereo off. but last week was the first time i heard the full version of it, and i wished that ronan would have died before he could get his hands on that song. the original iris was in every possible way amazing. im not music expert, i might be even tone deaf, but i do know whats good and whats hell. i think that was one of the first songs that i've heard on my first radio, and for years, i never knew the title, except for the song itself and i love every second of it. iris is 10 years old, TEN! and its still one of the best songs i've heard. i can play it non-stop of hours, over and over again, and never get bored.....maybe im obsessed with it.

ronan thought that if he did a cover for iris, it'd be a major blow like when it was first released. stupid fella! he killed the song, forget that narcissistic video, the song itself was unforgivable. was there ever a need for a remake of that song, maybe for concerts full of his own fans, he'd still be alive, but making it an official release is suicidal. it was THE SONG that i love for so long, and some idiot just turned it into nothing but a full load of crap.

in fact, theres more cover songs that i've heard on the radio, and so far, ALL OF THEM are light years apart from the original.
1. kiss me-sixpence none the richer, simply the sweetest song..........and some guy sang that
song, made it sound gay, or desperate for physical contact, and turned it into some rock song.
2. raindrops keep falling on my head-bj thomas.

i forgot about the rest, but another thing worth pointing out is that why havent i ever heard "black balloon" on the radio before during the 17 years of my life. it was released after iris, and it never made its way to our air space. why? i could have missed this song if i didnt stumble across it on the net, and that would be absurd....because its just a great song. instead, the radio nowadays are playing either too much hip hop, wanabes, jiwang, techno, anything but proper songs thats worth a lifetime of playbacks.