gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (Music - Old School iPod)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2010-11-11 09:48 am
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Writer's Block: Cover me

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All Along the Watchtower. Originally by Bob Dylan, but the cover by Jimi Hendrix was such an improvement that Dylan adopted Hendrix's arraignment.

The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown) Original by Fleetwood Mac, far better cover by Judas Priest.

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2010-11-11 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I consider parody to be distinct from covers. A cover is a rerecording of the original song possibly in a different style or with a different arraignment. Parody is a deliberate rewriting of a song for comedic effect.