tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post2476862434111968581..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: "Mass Vaccination" (Joan Jett / Avril Lavigne parody, Aimee Terese tribute)agnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-88180561745660298432021-08-24T01:51:41.190-04:002021-08-24T01:51:41.190-04:00A certain someone just reminded me of this song by...A certain someone just reminded me of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajp0Uaw4rqo" rel="nofollow">this song</a> by UB40 from 1993, a #1 hit here in the US (and Australia as well).<br /><br />Add it to the list of rare cover songs that are mellower, electronic covers of an intense, acoustic original, as described in an <a href="https://akinokure.blogspot.com/2015/10/electronic-rather-than-acoustic-for-low.html" rel="nofollow">earlier post</a>, and a <a href="https://akinokure.blogspot.com/2019/08/15-year-cover-song-echoes-whiter-shade.html" rel="nofollow">follow-up</a> including "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Annie Lennox (also from the '90s).<br /><br />Usually when the arrangement changes drastically, it's going from an electronic original to an acoustic cover, and the energy goes from intense to mellow. The whole Unplugged trend of the '90s, and quirky / twee coffee-shop covers of the 2000s (e.g. Nouvelle Vague doing bossa nova covers of '80s synth anthems).<br /><br />The original "Can't Help Falling in Love" is mostly acoustic and emotionally intense. The UB40 cover is very electronic, and although bouncy and dance-y, on the mellow groovy side, not a club banger. Mellowed out.<br /><br />Such a strange pattern, but it's made some of the best covers out there -- including chart-toppers like this one. It has total mainstream appeal.<br /><br />Similar example, also from UB40 is "Red Red Wine", whose original is mostly acoustic and dialed up on the emo-meter. The cover is more electronic and subdued in intensity.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.com