Michelangelo193

Important: If you have not read "The Song Sucks", then do not continue. Read that first, so you will understand this. Thank you.

Covers don't work. In the general scope of music history, covers have not stood for innovation or creativity. There are a few exceptions (see: Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine, Tool), but for the general populace of bands, covers don't work. I think that we could attribute this to the fact that when an artist covers another, originality is robbed from both artists, not to mention the song itself. Now that I got that off my chest, I can continue on in the original mission.

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It was mid-morning on a Wednesday when I pressed the "UP" button on my television remote and came to what could possibly be the worst musical endeavor ever made. Now, for those of you who know me well, you know that I have the tendency of using the words "worst", "ever", and "made" in the same sentence more frequently than appropriate. But this is no exaggeration. This endeavor was the cover of Hinder's "Lips of an Angel" by some shitty country band that happens to sound like every other shitty country band.

Now, I wouldn't hesitate to say that this is one of the worst covers ever made (not exaggerating), and here's my arguement for that: nothing was changed, but everything was changed. I realize that there is a good chance that you don't understand, so I'll elaborate.

The only things that changed in the shitty country version was the guitar and vocal tones. Other than that, nothing. The tempo, the shittiness, all the same. This presents a problem. Why would someone want to listen to a song that is a carbon copy of another, just with a belt-buckle and whinier voice? That would defy the basic logic people use when approaching music (then again, most country music does). So, we know nothing has changed.

Except for everything. The lyrics have changed context, and this is a song that only uses lyrics to convey a message, so in essence, everything has changed in the song. Now the lyrics are in the context of a sweet loverboy ballad, and not a hardass badboy ballad. But here's the thing, the lead singer of said Shitty Country Band, is still cheating on his fiance. He's still thinking of Miss Brunette while fucking Miss Blonde. He's still just as much of an asshole, yet he's still played at weddings.

So, Shitty Country Band has not completely copied Hinder, but they've come close. This implies that they still exude a certain level of originality, which is right I guess, but this originality only reaches as far as his whiny voice can run, which obviously isn't far. Shitty Country Band have made their own version. But it isn't new, innovative, or...good. It sucks like the original. But at least this singer doesn't have constipation.