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Maps is probably my favourite ever song
that cover is absolutely beautiful.
I hate it.
The original's untouchable. This just takes all the frustration and tension and energy out of it and turns it into Bon Iver. No, no, thrice no.
most covers of this song make that mistake
no point in covering it if you're going to do a carbon copy.
no point doing a cover if you're just going to suck everything good out the song and replace it with a gaping void of nothingness.*
*Just to be clear, I mean a gaping void of nothingness in a bad way. You actually could put a gaping void of 'nothingness' into Maps and make a really effective cover where the emotional detachment really adds something. He hasn't.
3,555 indie points.
it sounds as far away from Bon Iver as is possible.
thanks for coming, though.
I'd say Sean Paul is further
weird how his voice is actually a little Karen O-ish
never noticed that quality to it before.
I've never ever heard an act who's songs are so bound up with being 'emotional' with such an inability to convey emotion in songs.
He just seems to think piteously whining is the same thing as conveying feeling. Which it obviously isn't. You don't for a single second feel like he gets the song.
I genuinely can't remember an unknown act I've disliked more than Keaton Henson since hearing a pre-fame Scouting for Girls. He basically sounds like a mediocre open mic act - music with all the joy, energy, life and emotion of music sucked out of it and replaced with vapid posturing.
*whose obv.
(to be clear I'd still much rather hear him doing covers like this than doing his own songs)
Buddy...
You're talking shite.
No offence.
No worries - I've never cared enough for your opinion for it to be possible for you to offend me.
People are entitled to like what they want. I personally really don't like this. You can take your own view if you want to.
what is keaton henson?
Used to design t-shirts for Drop Dead
and go out with a friend of mine. Never listened to his music before this. Doubt I will again.
The new Jeff Buckley
That badly needs the inverted commas that were originally around it
HI SEAN CAN YOU FIX DIS NOW PLEASE
Hmm...haven't listened to this,
but I think we all know that the definitive Maps cover is the one featured in the ATP film.
This was fine until the really high vocals
Not terrible overall though. Fully expect to see it soundtracking a holiday advert in the next month or so.
There is something badly wrong with this cover.
Where is the frustration and the release?
Hard to say this without sounding like a wanker, but I don't feel he has really 'got' the song.
Not a fan
This is not exactly a YYYs cover, but it's much better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ans4h4_ww5U
if you're gonna do a mellow, resigned cover of Maps
at least do it right, yeah? (yeah yeah)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czh558v0CNc
That's actually really nice.
I like it a lot.
same
it may not have the energy and tension and stuff (which was the problem with the Keaton cover) but it goes for something different - resignation