Ohh Song Covers (cont'd)

So, unfortunately, for some odd reason, I was not able to post my compare and contrast of the previous videos on the same blog. So some quick thinking, why not just create and new one with the same title, and say it is continued!

But I digress.

Song cover's can be just another way to either establish a band more or take the success of another song and try to impose it to themselves. But more often than not, I enjoy both songs, and sometimes even like the cover more.

In this particular example, A Day to Remember has already established itself as a successful band in the pop-punk/hardcore music scene, and was asked to do the cover for a CD that offers covers from rock bands across all genres. A Day to Remember used The Fray's song, "Over My Head (Cable Car), and put their own spin on it. They did keep all the lyrics the same, but the intensity of ADTR's version was louder than The Fray's, using the double bass drum, and the use of screaming/singing, creating an automatic loudness. Along with intensity, the speed of the song was increased greatly with the use of the double bass drum. Again, the organization is quite different due to the screaming and singing use in the same song. So much is different and the same because of the type of band they are.

Back a couple of posts ago, I mentioned some binary terms in the blog entry about who influences me. Well here I go again with mentioning it. With A Day to Remember's use of tension and release in almost all their songs, but in this song in particular. They were able to use tension in their music, by just having a nice relaxing melody, then all of sudden, here comes the "breakdown" with the double bass, screaming, and loud guitars. How can you not be surprised from this song? They just keep building up the melody and the niceness of the song, and they throw out the screaming and anger almost on a song that has nothing to do with anger. Also, their contrast with the song by using the intensity, speed, and organization of the song cover is by far a pretty deep difference, while their affinity with The Fray's version with the lyrics staying true to the original, keeps one knowing it is The Fray's song, which is widely recognized by anyone who has ever listened to mainstream music.

Now as I discuss all this, I do have some bias in me. My favorite type of music, and the band that put me into liking this type of music is A Day to Remember, so everything they put out, I automatically love. Although this may be true, I did like The Fray's version, just not as much as A Day to Remember's version. I remember seeing them live and seeing thousands of a male-prominent fandom yelling at the top of their lungs to Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone".  Their use of the front-man's amazing voice to the screams and breakdowns in this song, has me awestruck, and to put it bluntly, just badass. It's been my favorite type of music for a long time, and I don't see it changing.