Nekujak
My muse is demanding better working hours
I recently watched a movie that included the old Turtles song, "You Showed Me", in the soundtrack. I always liked this song, but had completely forgotten about it until I heard it again in the movie.
As I was looking for the song on the web, I was surprised to discover it had originally been done by the Byrds (written by Gene Clark and Jim McGuinn). The song itself has tons of potential - it's got a great melody, interesting chord changes, alluring lyrics - but this version is rather uninspired, and doesn't do anything to grab the listener nor make you want to hear it again:
But when the Turtles got ahold of it a few years later, their super cool arrangement (which kind of happened by accident) emphasized the song's best attributes and elevated it into something magical:
Later in the 1990s, the Lightning Seeds had a minor hit with their cover, adding a hip hop beat and using samples from the Turtles version. It appeared in the first Austin Powers movie, and is faithful to the Turtles version, but the updated beat gives it a more modern feel:
Salt n Peppa put their own spin on the song, with a full-on hip hop/rap version:
Madison Beer covered it a few years ago, taking cues from the Turtles version. You just can't keep a good song down:
Just one of many examples out there of a decent song that's transformed into something truly great through a creative and imaginative arrangement.
Have a happy day!
As I was looking for the song on the web, I was surprised to discover it had originally been done by the Byrds (written by Gene Clark and Jim McGuinn). The song itself has tons of potential - it's got a great melody, interesting chord changes, alluring lyrics - but this version is rather uninspired, and doesn't do anything to grab the listener nor make you want to hear it again:
But when the Turtles got ahold of it a few years later, their super cool arrangement (which kind of happened by accident) emphasized the song's best attributes and elevated it into something magical:
Later in the 1990s, the Lightning Seeds had a minor hit with their cover, adding a hip hop beat and using samples from the Turtles version. It appeared in the first Austin Powers movie, and is faithful to the Turtles version, but the updated beat gives it a more modern feel:
Salt n Peppa put their own spin on the song, with a full-on hip hop/rap version:
Madison Beer covered it a few years ago, taking cues from the Turtles version. You just can't keep a good song down:
Just one of many examples out there of a decent song that's transformed into something truly great through a creative and imaginative arrangement.
Have a happy day!
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