cover songs...

[cleofus1]

so does anyone else find it easier to sing cover songs than originals...any if so why do you think that is?

also if you have the time what songs do you cover?

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Lots & Lots

My guys and i kind of think ourselves in the mold of the jazz guys of the 50's and 60's. We take famous tunes and do reworking (subtle to drastic). Sort of interpreting of tunes. Me, i don't sing any of them the way their were originally recorded, because i'm interpreting the vocal part too!

So, it's pretty much the same as singing an original to me, because i'm not imitating any thing i've already heard.

But, that is probably why some people find it easier to sing cover songs. They have the frame of reference of the original version, so they always have some touchstone in the melody or phrasing to which they can always return.

Just a guess.

When we played regularly (about 45 weekends per year for 12 years with the same guys, but we slowed down and then quit after i got the MS), we did about 10 originals and 30 cover tunes.
The Professor

[SlavesandBulldozers]

2. i love covers, and I do find them easier to play

one, because they are typically better written than anything I "write".

and what the Professor said re: touchstones, or reference points, is right on the money.

anyway, some covers I do-
Soundgarden "New Damage"
Ween "Don't Sweat It"
Ween "Cold Blows The Wind"
Devo "Girl Ya Want"
Marley "Redemption Song"
Cranberries "Waltzing Back"
Oasis "Don't Look Back in Anger"