{"id":64,"date":"2008-07-22T23:32:45","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T03:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/nsftmfx\/?p=64"},"modified":"2023-08-27T07:01:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T11:01:40","slug":"deuteronomy-116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elsweb.org\/nsftmfx\/2008\/07\/22\/deuteronomy-116\/","title":{"rendered":"Deuteronomy 1:16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Then I charged your judges at that time, saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcHear <\/em>the cases between your fellow countrymen, and judge righteously between a man and his fellow countryman, or the alien who is with him.<\/em><\/p>\n

I have a feeling posts like this are getting a little tiresome, but I wanted to get this one over with because it’s been sitting on my chest like a pointless cadaver for too long now.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A little while ago, back around when I was starting up Judges again (maybe April-ish), I started doing posts where I tracked cover songs & included the originals & their cover versions. I only did two of these posts before I realized the task was taking up my webspace & they weren’t all too interesting. But I still have a load of amazing covers that redefine the idea of a cover itself, & I might as well share them all with you in one big Youtube-laden post & just get it done. This music is all some of my favorite, but I understand if it does not appeal to everyone (that would be pointless & ridiculous, I think. [But secretly awesome]).<\/p>\n

& before I begin, I wanted to write a little about the cover song, which I think is incredibly fascinating taking into account the discussion sparked by J. Groom’s post on the film Prom Night<\/em><\/a>. If one thinks about the way music (& art in general) moves in an odd never-ending reciprocation of one or two very basic ideas or formats, then the cover song is an equally odd meta-musical moment, isn’t it? When an artist covers a song by another artist, it is almost as if they have recognized the inescapable way that a song is like a synonym, & have decided to take that idea & go beyond it all at once. (A sidenote: a song is like a synonym in the way it is only another way of sounding like something else, much as a synonym is just another way for one word to sound like another. In this way, the rootless history of music is just a thesaurus.) In this case, a cover song is perhaps the same as the film Scream<\/em><\/a>, no matter what form it takes, as it recognizes its influences & uses the basic strands of these same influences (the strands being the same lyrics, or something resembling them, usually) to create something new. Yes, a cover song is a new song. But is it? (You see! No song is a new song!)<\/p>\n

So, now that that’s done with, let’s let the music play.<\/p>\n

“Dead Leaves & the Dirty Ground,” a White Stripes<\/a> tune that is good on its own, if you’re into the blues-punk revival sort of thing. I was in 9th grade, & listening to it again, the song still holds up.<\/p>\n