“This is not my song to you and this is not me singing it,
A cover version, words I found, dressed in black with eyes seductive,
Eyes are mirrors of the soul, mirror mine I don’t feel whole,
I remember yesterday but someone else bought yesterday…”
- ‘Cover Version’, Words and Music.
What is your favourite cover version? Mine are, alphabetically -
Dear Prudence - Siouxsie and The Banshees
Emma - The Sisters of Mercy
Hounds Of Love - The Futureheads
I Could Turn You Inside Out - Words and Music
Jolene - Everyone
Knocking On Heaven’s Door - Everyone
Tainted Love - Soft Cell, Marilyn Manson
If software should not have owners, should songs? In what way are songs not instruments? In what way is the resonance of unique expression not a means for every individual to their own end?