An abbreviated music rant

[winter]

Whenever I see someone attributing the lyrics of "Hallelujah" to Jeff Buckley or Rufus Wainwright, I shudder. People. Leonard Cohen. He needs more love, really.

And this rant would be more impressive if I had an mp3 of Hallelujah instead of just a crappy tape cassette copy of someone else's mix tape, but I don't. So have The Future instead. Because "Give me crack and anal sex" is the motto of online fandom.

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[lanthirel.livejournal.com]

claiming Limp Bizkit wrote "Behind Blue Eyes". Which, come to think of it, is another pet peeve of mine, because ouch. I guess as a writer I'm sensitive to giving writing credit where credit is due.

WTF? *snorts, and not in laughter* This is a new one on me. Since I adore the Who, such a thing smacks of well, something. :) and :(

Frankly, I blame the Beatles and the Beach Boys for the omg-we-group-members-must-write-and-record-our-own-songs mentality, which is fine, if it works, i.e., if any group member actually has song-writing skils worth a tinker's damn. But so many don't, which is why we can sing pop songs from decades ago, yet can't remember a recent big hit's tune or lyrics a few months down the road. Unless, of course, it's a cover of someone else's good ole song. ;)

And the whole stealing of other people's hard work and claiming as your own? I have a friend who won such a case.

[winter]

I don't mind covers, really - I freely admit that Leonard Cohen, for example, can sing one note and play two ;) But it's like crediting Peter Jackson with the invention of Middle Earth, really. Creation is one thing, performance another :)