And don’t get cute and do songs people don’t know are covers like I Will Always Love You or Torn

  • lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    You’ve just said what I’ve been thinking all these years. Except the video. I think that might be why people praised it. They knew he didn’t have long to live and the video is pretty heartbreaking when you think he might have chose the song because he was bitter about losing everything he ever worked for.

    IMHO, the cover sucked but I do think it was from the heart.

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      3 days ago

      I went back and watched the video and ehhh I dunno, it’s footage of old shows and concerts mixed with some really on-the-nose imagery. Though I don’t disagree with your final point.

      I haven’t listened to it in awhile and I forgot the mix is pretty bad, too lol