WHO REALLY NEEDS THIS?
Really?
I've no clue whose idea this was, or what Bad Company fan
would actually want this, when they can play the original songs. It is true that
sometimes a cover can in fact be better liked than the original version. I love
Johnny Cash covering Nine Inch Nail's 'Hurt'. It's a great example, I
like the NIN version too, but the Cash one is amazing. A real step up. That's
not the case here. The covers here are of passing interest (to me), and once
heard, do I really need to repeat play them? No.
I actually did think about this, and do I have an album of
songs from any one original group as covers, and the answer was no, not when
they are basically just straight rips of the originals, simply performed by
someone else, who for the most part I've not heard of, or don't really care
that much about. Okay some of these have a 'slight' twist, but no one
here has really 'made it their own'. It's not like Brown Sabbath doing
the Black Sabbath covers, or Sam
Yahel's 'Jazz Side Of The Moon', which offer pretty
radically different interpretation of the songs. So, I hope this does well, and
whoever buys it likes it, but it's not for me - and what on earth is 'All
Right Now' doing on here?? Maybe this will bring some new fans to Bad Company from the camps of the other artists, okay, I get that, but personally I don't need this at all.
And as for the so called 'Rock 'n Roll Hall Of Fame', let's not even go there. I hope Paul and Simon have a really great time (Bad Company do their 'RRHOF' thing next week, and it'll be on YouTube soon I'm sure), but some of the stuff already 'inducted' is just slop. So again, it's just not for me, but I understand why some people like the idea.
Then even more weirdly here, all of the songs are up 'for your
pleasure' on Youtube. So to hear them you don't have to buy the album! A good thing
I think. So I'd suggest you save your money, and invest your curiosity with the
links below, for free.
Links for the named song SHOULD take you to that individual song. How long they
will be active for I can't say, but right now all the links work. Enjoy?
