To be completely honest I'm not entirely familiar with this topic. I stumbled upon a few acoustic covers of popular songs covered by...well popular artists. The really different part about it was, the songs are usually out of their comfort zone. A few of the artists I've seen taking part are snow patrol, Asher Roth, Paramore, and the before mentioned Kate Nash. In particular, a video that stands out is a cover done by the band Gaslight Anthem, and I might write about them sometime soon because I'm absolutely in love with their retro rock feel. Anyways, more about that in another blog, the song they covered was a song called "I do not hook up" by Kelley Clarkson, maybe you've heard of it? If you're thinking, "hey isn't that the one where she jumps all over a guy at a wedding while singing I do not hook up over and over again," then yes, you'd be correct, or at least that's all I got from the song. In Gaslight's cover though, I'm sure if i had not heard the Clarkson version, I might actually find the lyrics meaningful. They take depth and emotion into the song and remove any urge to jump across a table and stick you're tongue down a strangers throat, which can be seen as a pro or con for some I suppose. Regardless, Check it out, here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsVPMt0M-Fs
If you wanna hear more, just check the related video's on the side bar, there's a ton of great stuff.
Cheers :)
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