Comments on: The Most Beguiling “Weird Al” Yankovic Cover You Will Hear All Week http://idolator.com/5239562/the-most-beguiling-weird-al-yankovic-cover-you-will-hear-all-week Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sun, 27 May 2012 03:24:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: NedRaggett http://idolator.com/5239562/the-most-beguiling-weird-al-yankovic-cover-you-will-hear-all-week/comment-page-1#comment-942322 NedRaggett Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:05:49 +0000 http://idolator.com/?p=5239562#comment-942322 Sounding like Pram is a dealMAKER. But I know you agree! Sounding like Pram is a dealMAKER. But I know you agree!

]]> By: b0jangl3s http://idolator.com/5239562/the-most-beguiling-weird-al-yankovic-cover-you-will-hear-all-week/comment-page-1#comment-942312 b0jangl3s Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:32:57 +0000 http://idolator.com/?p=5239562#comment-942312 I actually went to school with Laura, and "meandering, yet pretty" is a fairly good 3 word description of her in general (meant in the nicest sense possible). I actually went to school with Laura, and “meandering, yet pretty” is a fairly good 3 word description of her in general (meant in the nicest sense possible).

]]> By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/5239562/the-most-beguiling-weird-al-yankovic-cover-you-will-hear-all-week/comment-page-1#comment-942302 Chris Molanphy Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:22:58 +0000 http://idolator.com/?p=5239562#comment-942302 I actually like her voice. For me -- not to get all Randy Jackson -- the deal-breaker is that she's <i>rewritten the song</i>, with what, best as I can tell, is not even an interpolation of the original Cobain melody but a bizarre wholesale rewrite. Parts of that new melody I kind of like, but as a "cover" it's a loser for me because I can't get past the incongruity of the Al lyrics with this random other melody. If the new melody were commenting on the original song (Cobain's or Al's) in some clever way, I'd be more forgiving, but this is nothing more than a curio to me. I actually like her voice. For me — not to get all Randy Jackson — the deal-breaker is that she’s rewritten the song, with what, best as I can tell, is not even an interpolation of the original Cobain melody but a bizarre wholesale rewrite.

Parts of that new melody I kind of like, but as a “cover” it’s a loser for me because I can’t get past the incongruity of the Al lyrics with this random other melody. If the new melody were commenting on the original song (Cobain’s or Al’s) in some clever way, I’d be more forgiving, but this is nothing more than a curio to me.

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