Monday’s Hors d’Oeuvres: Too Good a Cover?
If you’ve ever played Guitar Hero you’ve probably noticed the creepy “Oh, sure, this sounds just like the original” cover versions the games often use. Activision tries to save some cash by securing the rights to use a cover of the tune instead of ponying up for the original recording. The cover versions have been coming closer and closer to the originals with each new edition of the game.
Now The Romantics are suing Activision for using a cover version of What I Like About You that sounds a little too close to the original for their comfort. Believe it or not, The Romantics may have a good case. Artists such as Tom Waits and Bette Midler have won previous lawsuits claiming cover versions of their songs were too close to the originals. Read more about the lawsuit here as we move on to check out some of the other stories from the weekend:
- Bono and The Edge shocked fans by playing a surprise set of U2 classics
- Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible web video could be the start of a new trend
- Perez Hilton slyly accuses Eddie Van Halen of falling off the wagon
- Surrender your Internet! French President Nicholas Sarkozy proposes cutting off file sharers’ web access if caught three times
- Willie Nelson isn’t a big Michael Vick fan
- Neddy runs down the shows of the week in New York City
- Brendan Bayliss answers a slew of questions from Jambands.com readers
- Dweezil ends the Zappa Plays Zappa N. American tour on a high note
Finally, My Bloody Valentine plans to “do a Radiohead” with their new release. Great, so there’s more fuel for the Radiohead superiority complex.
My Bloody Valentine video — Only Shallow:
Do Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton give a shit that they’re the virtually unrecognizable twosome from U2 that usually get left out of the fun, or are they laughing all the way to the bank that they’re rich and famous and yet can still probably live somewhat normal lives? I’d like to think it’s the latter.
So the Neon Bible site is a new trend…the Radiohead Release is a new trend…surprise sets are a new trend. Are we ever going to see new, revolutionary ideas be solitary endeavors, or are we in danger of piggybacking everything?
Quiet Riot’s singer was found dead today…
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1574957/20071126/quiet_riot.jhtml
RIP DuBrow. Go on, feel the noize.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW2J_UZ8lQU
1) perez hilton is a deusch. dancing or blogging. it doesn’t matter. take away his computer and hair-dye and he’s a fat, out of work, trust-fund ass clown.
2) For loving everything American, Sarkozy seems to be a real prick about his people’s love for tunes, American or not.
3) What a kick-ass interview from UM’s Bayliss. no disrespect to the real-deal, paid, full time “jamband journalists”….but it always seems the fans have better questions than “real” music reporters. Every interview should be that enlightening.
cheers.