By the Zonagirante.com team @spinning zone
All musicians have gone through that stage at least once: Whether for learning, for pleasure, for masochism, or for revenge, They have covered a song that is not their own and have attempted, with varying results, their own interpretation., either surpassing the original presentation, or, as often happens, failing spectacularly, hoping their attempt will fade into oblivion. In our year-end search, we have found 13 reinterpretations of classics from yesterday, today and forever performed by artists of varying sizes and skill levels. These are some of the characteristics of our selection:
1. We move on from the reggae version that he does Pampa Yakuza of Seminare, memorable theme of Serú Girán, ...even the powerful recording it makes Vanthra from a much-loved song from the eighties, She will come, of Don Cornelio and the Zone.
2. Speaking of classic Argentine rock, of course I had to be included Soda Stereo. In this case, two projects dared to cover the same number of songs that the public will immediately recognize: Spring Zero, included on the album Dynamo, in an interesting instrumental jazz cover by Marco Sanguinetti; and a very curious reinterpretation of American Blind, in the hands of Circuit Theory.
3. Latinos are venturing into Anglo-American themes. We have, for example, the Chileans. Calender playing Under the Milky Way, belonging to the Australians The Church. Also, from Quilmes, Buenos Aires province, The Peculiar Shapes makes his own recording of The Logical Song, of the Londoners Supertramp. The Colombian The Riverman presents an acoustic version of Fake Plastic Trees, of Radiohead. The Mexican woman Ceci Bastida conceives a peculiar cover of Pretty in Pink, of The Psychedelic Furs. AND Loli Molina sings beautifully I fall in love easily, of Chet Baker.
4. Two very well-known songs from the traditional Chilean musical repertoire are included in this compilation. We have the immortal song of Violeta Parra, GThanks to life, in the voices and instrumentation of the Colombians Bituin. On the other hand, originally from The Three, we bring A violent love, in charge of Gepe.
5. Finally, from the Mexican ranchera corner, two reinterpretations: That's how it was, of Juan Gabriel (who, it seems, did not rise again), in the hands of the rockers Weichafe, and, as an example taken from A strange world, tribute album to José Alfredo Jiménezz, We have the version of In the last sip, in charge of Andrés Calamaro y Lila Downs.
For even more fun, along with the list of covers, we've included the original songs below., for those who cannot resist immediately feeling the established differences.