Comments on: A Day in the Strawberry Mashup Walrus http://tleaves.com/2007/01/18/all-you-need-is-a-day-in-the-strawberry-mashup-walrus/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt http://tleaves.com/2007/01/18/all-you-need-is-a-day-in-the-strawberry-mashup-walrus/comment-page-1/#comment-3559 Matt Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:42:45 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=756#comment-3559 Interestingly, I think I can help out Jon F. <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=211139449&s=143441" rel="nofollow">Meet The Smithereens</a> is really good, IMHO. Interestingly, I think I can help out Jon F. Meet The Smithereens is really good, IMHO.

]]> By: Matt http://tleaves.com/2007/01/18/all-you-need-is-a-day-in-the-strawberry-mashup-walrus/comment-page-1/#comment-3558 Matt Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:00:37 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=756#comment-3558 I tend to like covers, though I don't really see the point in covers that sound a lot like the original (unless you really like the cover artist). If you gonna cover someone else's music, give it your own interpretation. For example, Me First and the Gimme Gimme's do an excellent job of reinterpretting a lot of good songs that I wouldn't ordinarily listen to. They take show tunes, country anthems, early rock'n'roll & 80's pop tunes and make them fun and engaging (assuming you like punk covers of very un-punk music). Another cover than stands out in my mind is Jane's Addiction's cover of Ripple on Deadicated. The Dresden Dolls covered Warpigs live and it's really interesting. As for mashups... well, they make my skin crawl. I just can't take it. It's like fingernails screeching across a chalkboard. The Love album just isn't right. I'm not saying that it's not technically good and that someone couldn't really like it. But it's not for me. Most artists that claim their albums are a "work of art" in entirety are crazy. Sure there are some, but generally speaking, no. However, many of the Beatles albums, especially from the late 60's, are very much like that. The album is a unit. The tracks flow from one to the next. It tells a story. Paints a picture. However, when you mess with the flow, it just feels wrong. So, no Love for me. I can't even put them on shuffle on my iPod. Maybe I just like the Beatles too much. Maybe I'm just crazy. I tend to like covers, though I don’t really see the point in covers that sound a lot like the original (unless you really like the cover artist). If you gonna cover someone else’s music, give it your own interpretation. For example, Me First and the Gimme Gimme’s do an excellent job of reinterpretting a lot of good songs that I wouldn’t ordinarily listen to. They take show tunes, country anthems, early rock’n'roll & 80′s pop tunes and make them fun and engaging (assuming you like punk covers of very un-punk music). Another cover than stands out in my mind is Jane’s Addiction’s cover of Ripple on Deadicated. The Dresden Dolls covered Warpigs live and it’s really interesting.

As for mashups… well, they make my skin crawl. I just can’t take it. It’s like fingernails screeching across a chalkboard. The Love album just isn’t right. I’m not saying that it’s not technically good and that someone couldn’t really like it. But it’s not for me. Most artists that claim their albums are a “work of art” in entirety are crazy. Sure there are some, but generally speaking, no. However, many of the Beatles albums, especially from the late 60′s, are very much like that. The album is a unit. The tracks flow from one to the next. It tells a story. Paints a picture. However, when you mess with the flow, it just feels wrong. So, no Love for me. I can’t even put them on shuffle on my iPod. Maybe I just like the Beatles too much. Maybe I’m just crazy.

]]> By: Chris http://tleaves.com/2007/01/18/all-you-need-is-a-day-in-the-strawberry-mashup-walrus/comment-page-1/#comment-3557 Chris Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:10:18 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=756#comment-3557 I heard this album for the first time in December and was extremely impressed. This isn't someone raiding somebody else's music and trying to make it their own, it appears to be someone with a genuine appreciation for the source material and restructuring into new and interesting forms. Really quite impressive. I heard this album for the first time in December and was extremely impressed. This isn’t someone raiding somebody else’s music and trying to make it their own, it appears to be someone with a genuine appreciation for the source material and restructuring into new and interesting forms. Really quite impressive.

]]> By: Jon F http://tleaves.com/2007/01/18/all-you-need-is-a-day-in-the-strawberry-mashup-walrus/comment-page-1/#comment-3556 Jon F Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:38:54 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=756#comment-3556 Covers and mashups are not the same, and have different rules for determining whether they are "good" or not. I'm not at all certain what those rules are, but I'm certain that they are different and therefore I will claim that you are surprised you like _Love_ because you are expecting to dislike it based on cover-rules and end up liking it because of mashup-rules. Good cover: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002MNC/ Bad cover: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002J3Y/ Good mashup: http://revolvedalbum.blogspot.com/ Bad mashup: http://www.thebeatleshate.com/index_eng.html Undecided: http://kochstreams.hostcentric.com/smithereens/ Anyway, examples is all I've got so far, really. If you can help me figure out how to explain what I'm trying to say here, I'll be supremely grateful. Covers and mashups are not the same, and have different rules for determining whether they are “good” or not. I’m not at all certain what those rules are, but I’m certain that they are different and therefore I will claim that you are surprised you like _Love_ because you are expecting to dislike it based on cover-rules and end up liking it because of mashup-rules.

Good cover: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002MNC/
Bad cover: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002J3Y/
Good mashup: http://revolvedalbum.blogspot.com/
Bad mashup: http://www.thebeatleshate.com/index_eng.html
Undecided: http://kochstreams.hostcentric.com/smithereens/

Anyway, examples is all I’ve got so far, really. If you can help me figure out how to explain what I’m trying to say here, I’ll be supremely grateful.

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