SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
1) the song was either written for the performer (e.g. Bama Breeze) or written and pitched to the performer (e.g. *many* of George Strait's recordings). While the performer does not get writing credit, he/she is the first performer to record the song, and I don't consider the song a cover.
True but it's also not an original compostion by the performer and shouldn't be construed as such.
Um, you might reread my post, I agreed with you...
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I agree that if it's not a co-write, it's definitely not an original composition by the artist. But I don't believe it's a "cover", either.
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SchoolGirlHeart wrote:
1) the song was either written for the performer (e.g. Bama Breeze) or written and pitched to the performer (e.g. *many* of George Strait's recordings). While the performer does not get writing credit, he/she is the first performer to record the song, and I don't consider the song a cover.
True but it's also not an original compostion by the performer and shouldn't be construed as such.
Um, you might reread my post, I agreed with you...
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I agree that if it's not a co-write, it's definitely not an original composition by the artist. But I don't believe it's a "cover", either.
Tiki Torches wrote:...but if it's not a "cover", than what is it?
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:1) the song was either written for the performer (e.g. Bama Breeze) or written and pitched to the performer (e.g. *many* of George Strait's recordings). While the performer does not get writing credit, he/she is the first performer to record the song, and I don't consider the song a cover.
It's an original song written by (songwriter) and recorded by (performer).
Carry on as you know they would want you to do. ~~JB, dedication to Tim Russert
Take your time
Find your passion
Life goes on until it ends
Don’t stop living
Until then
~~Mac McAnally
JustDucky wrote:If someone could post what it might actually mean in regards to someone being relevant and or not maybe I'll have a better understanding. 'Cause it's getting to be "irrelevant" to talk about all this relevance.
Strictly my opinion, but I think "relevant" is a term people in the music press use to sound important and people outside the music press use to sound pompous. Music is either good or it isn't, which admittedly is a very subjective standard. But "relevant" means nothing to me when I'm talking about music.
An example - would anybody seriously argue that Chuck Berry's music is "relevant" today? I doubt it, but it's still damn good music.
Tiki Torches wrote:...but if it's not a "cover", than what is it?
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:1) the song was either written for the performer (e.g. Bama Breeze) or written and pitched to the performer (e.g. *many* of George Strait's recordings). While the performer does not get writing credit, he/she is the first performer to record the song, and I don't consider the song a cover.
It's an original song written by (songwriter) and recorded by (performer).
I realize that but what would the term be for a song like that?
Tiki Torches wrote:...but if it's not a "cover", than what is it?
SchoolGirlHeart wrote:1) the song was either written for the performer (e.g. Bama Breeze) or written and pitched to the performer (e.g. *many* of George Strait's recordings). While the performer does not get writing credit, he/she is the first performer to record the song, and I don't consider the song a cover.
It's an original song written by (songwriter) and recorded by (performer).
I realize that but what would the term be for a song like that?
New song.....
Carry on as you know they would want you to do. ~~JB, dedication to Tim Russert
Take your time
Find your passion
Life goes on until it ends
Don’t stop living
Until then
~~Mac McAnally
"Song" or "new song" covers a lot of territory and doesn't seem to imply the definition we've discussed. I'd say "cover" (even though the song in question may have never been recorded by the writer) comes a lot closer to describing it.
Tiki Torches wrote:"Song" or "new song" covers a lot of territory and doesn't seem to imply the definition we've discussed. I'd say "cover" (even though the song in question may have never been recorded by the writer) comes a lot closer to describing it.
Nope. A cover has been previously recorded by another artist.
Carry on as you know they would want you to do. ~~JB, dedication to Tim Russert
Take your time
Find your passion
Life goes on until it ends
Don’t stop living
Until then
~~Mac McAnally
JustDucky wrote:It's one THEY wrote....they - thems did it.
I agree, even if the artist has never cut it. Going back to an earlier example, Willie Nelson wrote Crazy for Patsy Cline. Therefore that song is a cover of a Willie Nelson song even though it was written specifically for her. This would remain true even if Willie had never cut the song himself. There's simply no other way to classify it, at least not that I'm aware of.
LIPH wrote:Why does it need a label? It's a song, that's good enough for me.
Because there needs to be a way to distinguish between an original composition and a song written by someone else for a particular artist. I see fans and reviewers alike crediting songs to Buffett that he never even had a hand in. So, yes there does need to be a way to classify such songs.
