Tonight I brought my guitar to a friends house. I played with another guy. We've played once before. He likes cover songs a lot. He's got a weird taste of music. Some obscure and cool Pink Floyd and some Mr. Big and other bad 90's music.
I played that Mr. Big song, "I'm the one who wants to be with you..." -You know the one.
A part of me died.
I hate playing covers. I'm finally okay admitting it. I fucking hate it. I'm done.
This song was recorded in 45 minutes. It's about tonight.
That's pretty impressive for forty five minutes of work. I'm curious though. Do you always hate it? Do you ever hear a song that resonates with you, and you think, "I like this song and want to play it, but I'd like to do this part differently." I don't make music, but sometimes I wish I did, because I feel that way about certain songs from time to time.
That all said, sometimes songs get covered so much, they almost seem to lose meaning. I'm looking at you, "Wagon Wheel."