Blog 3A

The song that i chose to review a cover of is titled "Shine On" by Big D and the Kids Table. The covered song is by an anonymous band who changed the song in many ways that are pretty noticeable. All of the elements that we learned in class were displayed in the covered song of Shine On because they altered many things including the instrumentation to make it more of their own song. In this blog i will discuss how they changed different elements including the lyrics, the melody, and the musical quality.
The first element that i will be reviewing is the lyrical quality of the covered song. First of all, in the beginning of the real song, the vocalist says "ticking me right off" but the vocalist that covered it says "pissing me right off". This is not really a significant difference, but like i said before the little changes that the band makes takes it from being plagiarism to being more of a cover. There were also a few other subtle changes in lyrics that were made by the band to make it more original instead of seeming like it had to fit to a strict form.
The second element that was changed in the cover of the song was the overall melody. The melody was played by a trumpet and a trombone in the original song but in the cover song the melody was being played by a clarinet. This totally changes the sound of the melody because trumpets and trombones have a lot lower musical tones, while a clarinet can only play high pitched notes. Trumpets also have a lot larger of a range of pitch to work with, and when layered with a trombone sounds a lot better then just a clarinet. Although the melody sounds different, the same notes are being played but since it is on a different instrument it sounds very different and makes the song more unique to the band that is covering it.
The third and final element that i will be examining is the musical quality of the song. The musical quality is a huge part of the song because it includes a lot of different elements that include Rhythm, Intensity, Pitch, Timbre, Speed, and Organization. Basically all of these elements were changed in the cover song when comparing it to the original song except for the organization because all of the same notes were played at the same time. One of the more noticeable elements that changed, as highlighted previously, is the pitch of the song. This was not exactly done intentionally, because they used a clarinet which is not capable of hitting the same notes that a trumpet or trombone are able to hit. One other noticeable element that was changed is the intensity of the song. This can be because the audio was recorded on camera but the song sounded a lot weaker than the original.
The version of the song that i like better is definitely the original version because the part of the song that i like the most is the melody, which sounds completely different in the cover song. By using a clarinet, the band that covered it was not able to achieve the tones that the original band did which took away from the overall sound of the melody.