A rare musical rant
Leona Lewis is doing a worryingly good line in ruining my favourite songs. Hallelujah and Run were bad enough, now she's apparently covering Iris and Colourblind* too, but all of these crimes pale in comparison to her bid for Christmas number 1, which is a schmultzy cover of Hurt.
Anyone with any taste knows the Johnny Cash version is the definitive cover but it's a Nine Inch Nails song people; Trent Reznor does not write songs about measley broken hearts! That song has a whole world of hurt behind it which that young lady has no clue whatsoever about (not that I'd wish that on my worst enemy but still) - it needs pathos and an emotional range which is totally beyond her to do it justice.
*Bah*
This is why I don't like it when I love music that is too popular. No-one play Black Lab or Whipping Boy's first album at her. At least the Levellers are safe surely, being used for an advert for Boots slimming products is the worst they'll ever have to suffer, right?
*At least it's not Amy hit the atmosphere I guess. Seriously, that song performed live is something else - I've never seen so many grown men cry in my life.
Anyone with any taste knows the Johnny Cash version is the definitive cover but it's a Nine Inch Nails song people; Trent Reznor does not write songs about measley broken hearts! That song has a whole world of hurt behind it which that young lady has no clue whatsoever about (not that I'd wish that on my worst enemy but still) - it needs pathos and an emotional range which is totally beyond her to do it justice.
*Bah*
This is why I don't like it when I love music that is too popular. No-one play Black Lab or Whipping Boy's first album at her. At least the Levellers are safe surely, being used for an advert for Boots slimming products is the worst they'll ever have to suffer, right?
*At least it's not Amy hit the atmosphere I guess. Seriously, that song performed live is something else - I've never seen so many grown men cry in my life.