Complaining about the Peter Gabriel cover is a waste of breath and lot of negativity. I don't love all his work, but he's an artist I respect; the fact that he knows and enjoys the original enough to sing it himself is a great compliment to the Magnetic Fields. If you don't like his version, that's fine, but it's not worth getting upset about.
Iron and Wine covering the Postal Service
Nirvana covering Bowie
TV On The Radio covering the Pixies
Sun Kil Moon covering Modest Mouse
Gnarls Barkley covering Radiohead
All homages to the original, and interesting to learn who the artists themselves are listening to and admiring. It's not like this is "Smelly Cat" rewritten to be used in a cat food commercial, you know?
Complaining about the Peter Gabriel cover is a waste of breath and lot of negativity. I don't love all his work, but he's an artist I respect; the fact that he knows and enjoys the original enough to sing it himself is a great compliment to the Magnetic Fields. If you don't like his version, that's fine, but it's not worth getting upset about.
Iron and Wine covering the Postal Service Nirvana covering Bowie TV On The Radio covering the Pixies Sun Kil Moon covering Modest Mouse Gnarls Barkley covering Radiohead
All homages to the original, and interesting to learn who the artists themselves are listening to and admiring. It's not like this is "Smelly Cat" rewritten to be used in a cat food commercial, you know?