Cover It Up

Covers. I love hearing new artists sing my favorite songs and put their own spin on them. A few months back I was really into MGMT and found three covers of their songs by three different people. Katy Perry, The Kooks, and Sunday Girl, whose cover is sadly not available on iTunes. If you want to hear Sunday Girl's cover of Time To Pretend look it up on Youtube. It's really good (*warning* it does say the F word, although being in high school you probably hear that word a million times a day, unfortunately). They took these electronic, hyped up songs that I love to jam to and slowed them down, made them easier to understand and gave me a new perspective on their songs. It just goes to show how every song is versatile, and really showcases the artists' talents. Speaking of talented cover-ists (?) this guy, Sam Tsui on Youtube (channel kurthugoschneider) is AWESOME! He made me like songs I didn't even like to begin with. Hold It Against Me by Britney Spears was too club-beats for me but when my friend showed me his version, I didn't even connect the two songs as the same. It is so good and just goes to show that switching up the tempo, mood, etc. can make even the most insufferable songs enjoyable. (See Just A Dream by Sam Tsui & Christina Grimmie).

Valentine

For some reason, I've been thinking a lot about Valentine's Day lately. Maybe because I realized this guy I liked is a complete (expletive) and I'm realizing I will once again be alone on that day. OR it might be because my favorite song at the moment is titled Valentine and I just happened to watch the movie Valentine's Day the other day while on the elliptical. Plus I just saw Tangled again and love stories (animated or real) make me sad/happy at the same time. I don't know, could be all three. But the song is amazing and you should really listen to it. (Valentine by Kina Grannis) I love the way her voice sounds and I'm thinking about singing it in our schools variety show. Not sure yet, but food for thought!