Comment on The Greatest Cover Song of All Time?

ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Bender_on_Fire@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Kind of a pet peeve of mine, but Tainted Love was originally performed in the 60s by Gloria Jones, a black soul singer. Considering the lyrics of the song, I think it could be interpreted as an interracial love affair, which adds a political dimension to the song that the Soft Cell version seems to lack. I would consider it to be some sort of cultural appropriation even if it’s hard to define. In any case, it doesn’t really sit right with me that Soft Cell and later Marylin Manson had all the artistic and financial success with it while Gloria Jones is mostly forgotten about. Don’t get me wrong, I like all three versions (and there are quite some more even) in a vacuum, but I think it’s worth pointing out this bit of background info.

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  • ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Thanks for adding that comment. I do recall reading about this somewhere but I forgot to add her as the original artist.

    That said, listening to the cover by Manson it’s pretty clear he’s primarily inspired by Soft Cell’s version of the song.

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• aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  If we’re going obscure, chvrches is worth a mention: youtu.be/msgimk3mV6g

  This Kendrick Lamar cover is incredible. Similarly, they have a cover of the Arctic Monkeys that’s awesome.

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  • ZC3rr0r@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Wow. Never heard this version of the song, but man did Chvrches knock out it the park. It’s almost unrecognizable but familiar at the same time.

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• Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Any chance somebody knows how to find saved comments on the Boost android app?

  I’ve saved this one to listen to that Manila Road cover later but can’t find where they’re stored so commenting here instead. Sorry!

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