A while back, I made a series of posts on Twitter describing ways I would cover some songs. Let me list them here:<\/p>\n
As much as I’d like to think these interpretations are beginnings of a cover album, I don’t get much of a thematic thread from them. The source material is all over the place, and their planned interpretations are incongruous. It wouldn’t feel like an album to me.
\nNow there’s another wrinkle.<\/p>\n
\nI finally got around to cataloging my 7-inch singles, and I ran across a number of titles I haven’t listened to in years. A significant number of these singles date from 1980, when my siblings and I engaged in a collection war. I won because my mom spoiled me.
\nThing is, these songs which were hits in the day are pretty obscure now, and they would actually make interesting source material for a covers album. I mean, really — do any of these titles really ring a bell?<\/p>\n
A lot of these songs marked the end of the disco era and coincide with the emergence of post-punk, the music that really informs my identity. And yet, I like these songs too. Some of them anyway.
\nAnd the time factor makes a far better thread than just a bunch of random — if not somewhat interesting — interpretations.
\nSo on what should I work? A cover album of songs from ca. 1980? Or a cover album of songs with unlikely interpretive pairings?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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