Blog 3A

Come On Eileen Original

Come on Eileen Cover
I have chosen this cover of Come On Eileen because it is gutsy to make the song so different from the original. The lyrics are the same for the most part. There may have been an extra line added to the song but there have been no major changes made. The melody much different from the original, you do hear traces of the original song but that is the only indicator of what they haven’t changed. This version, by Save Farris, seems like it has a slightly darker tone to the song. There are more minor notes, and it seems like it is at a lower octave than the first. Though when you look at it from this point of view, the cover is actually at a higher octave but there is a female singing. It is obvious that the singer seems to be pushing the limit on how low her voice can go.
The cover song had a completely different music quality than that of the original song. The Rhythm was faster than the original, which made it more like rave music than folk music. The intensity and pitch were much higher than that of the original. The cover song was loud, which ruined the feel of the original song. The timbre was only a little bit different by the fat that the cover song was led by the electric bass while the original was led by mostly a string bass. The speed and the organization were also different. The speed seemed so much faster than the original. This is one of the reasons why the song seemed so rocky. The organization was different because there was no organization. In the original song, the listener can hear almost all aspects of the songs. You can hear all the different instruments in the original. While the cover song, the listener cannot hear all the different instruments. It seemed like there was so much going on, the listener could not relax and just enjoy the song.
Between these two songs, I do like the original song the best. I may like it just because I have a taste for more folksy music right now or if it is just because I want to learn how to play it on a banjo. But whatever reason it is, I think that this version fits the feel of the song so much better. The cover of the song is too rock and roll for the song to have the same effect that the original had.
The cover also makes the song much more generic than the original. What I think made the original song a hit was because it sounded new and different. The cover cheapens it by adding such a common sound to the lyrics. There is a certain feel of the original that the cover song just does not accomplish what it should have. I think that the cover song could have been more successful if they had incorporated more of the original song into the replica.