UnquietDreams
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Day 19: A cover song by the opposite gender of the original
I love the "Punk Goes..." series -- you can blame @morelikeasong for reminding me of Punk Goes Crunk here last week. But a lot of the covers on those albums have their tongues firmly in cheeks -- a screamcore band covering Adele, for example. Not parody, but definitely taking the piss out of some huge artists. But occasionally you get a band that takes the idea more seriously, taking a familiar song in a different direction. It shouldn't work, but it does.
This is I Prevail, a Michigan band, covering one of the most popular artists ever, Taylor Swift, and one of her biggest hits, "Blank Space," from Punk Goes Pop #6. The lyrics are already brutal--probably Swift's most honest song, wrapped in her sweet vocals. I Prevail just supplies a more appropriate soundspace for them.
"Blank Space," I Prevail (originally performed by Taylor Swift)
(“Cuz darling I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.")
I love the "Punk Goes..." series -- you can blame @morelikeasong for reminding me of Punk Goes Crunk here last week. But a lot of the covers on those albums have their tongues firmly in cheeks -- a screamcore band covering Adele, for example. Not parody, but definitely taking the piss out of some huge artists. But occasionally you get a band that takes the idea more seriously, taking a familiar song in a different direction. It shouldn't work, but it does.
This is I Prevail, a Michigan band, covering one of the most popular artists ever, Taylor Swift, and one of her biggest hits, "Blank Space," from Punk Goes Pop #6. The lyrics are already brutal--probably Swift's most honest song, wrapped in her sweet vocals. I Prevail just supplies a more appropriate soundspace for them.
"Blank Space," I Prevail (originally performed by Taylor Swift)
(“Cuz darling I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.")
