Do you get annoyed when you find out that your fav song is a cover?

[Maemi]

I don't know if this subject has been discussed before, and I really wonder does anyone get disappointed/annoyed about this Sometimes I don't care, but mostly I'm "Damn, why?" @.@ I don't know why is so irritating. Maybe because that artist isn't original xD

I don't care only if covered song is on some compilation xD

[rookies]

I don't know, I guess it depends on a few things.

[zoomzoom]

I voted it depends. Depends on how much I like the song and/or artist, but it does sorta bug me. Not sure why. Maybe because it feels less original or less creative or something. Takes away from the whole "wow, this is so brilliant, this person is amazing for creating this" and then eeeh, somebody else made the recipe..

[emi♡]

No. Not unless I really believed they had composed it or they said/implied that they did.

To me, most artists don't write their songs, so it doesn't matter.

Besides, covers don't automatically = unoriginal. To me it's creative that they took a song they must have really liked and wanted to sing, and put their own edge to it.

It's just for fun imo.

[Picaflor 7/4]

idk cause my favorite song isn't a cover.

[noidea]

Depends on how well executed the cover is and how original the cover is. You can cover a song and make it sound like almost a new song, which is completely positive, or you can cover a song in exactly the same way the original is, which sucks.

[JackieRos]

ugh no because for me usually the cover is better than the original

[NintendoHTF1242]

It doesn't matter to me really.

[Yum!Fruit_Salad!]

Originally Posted by emiko

No. Not unless I really believed they had composed it or they said/implied that they did.

To me, most artists don't write their songs, so it doesn't matter.

Besides, covers don't automatically = unoriginal. To me it's creative that they took a song they must have really liked and wanted to sing, and put their own edge to it.

It's just for fun imo.

Adding to the originality thing, there are times when the covered song is better than the original. Like incorporating a new music style, new arrangement or a tempo change is creative because when the song was covered, everything could have been left as is and it's something only the artist/band came up with.

Also, cover songs give you an insight to their favourite artists/bands and type of music.

[nanakopy87]

Originally Posted by noidea

Depends on how well executed the cover is and how original the cover is. You can cover a song and make it sound like almost a new song, which is completely positive, or you can cover a song in exactly the same way the original is, which sucks.

this.it depends how the arrangement and also how he/she sing the song.

[Kingdom]

nope.

[pommy48]

Nope~ Sometimes I'm mad that the artist I like didn't get to that song first since they sing it better than the original artist

I like Jolin's covers a lot better than the original artists ♥

So I like covers Only when the artist actually sing it better than the original

[prussian blue]

i always have a thought that covering a song is just lack of creativity XD i know this is not true, but yes, i will be very disappointed if my favourite song is a cover

[aqua_crystal]

Nope.

This has happened to me a couple of times and usually I think, "Oh cool, theres another version of the song!"
IMO, it has nothing to do with lack of creativity unless the cover is a dead exact copy of the original.

[Aditmi Krisnasaki ~II~]

nope. idc~

[non3ko]

Depends. Namie's cover of Come was better than the original IMO.

[ImpactBreaker]

Only if the ocver I like so much is completely inferior to the original. Usually covers can bring a new light to a song, or become better than the original, so I don't mind.

[TITANIC]

I dont know. it really depends on the song and artist and even the arrangement. if its 100% same I will be disapointed

[spookshow]

doesn't bother me, but thats because i love covers

[zyoeru]

When I found out that "Sunrise ～RAB is ARR～ (I WRITE UNDER 浜崎あゆみ, COMPOSE UNDER CREA AND MS PAINT UNDER Kazoyoshi Shimomura)" was a remix I was quite annoyed....