After a discussion in my Sound in the 20th Century Class, I’ve decided to compile a collection of “Such Great Heights” covers. It ultimately opens the debate of whether the covers are different songs from the original despite the consistancy of melodies, structure, and lyrics. Indeterminacy! Read more about it on Nick Seaver’s site from the course.
While there are a lot of videos, I tried to pick ones that each have a different style to them (aka not 5 people playing an acoustic guitar in front of their webcam) so try to look at a least a couple of them for a couple of seconds.
The Original by the Postal Service:
Just Ben Gibbard playing it acoustic:
Ben Folds’ Cover:
(Also, if you start all those top three together to synch with them all starting to sing the words it sounds REALLY cool by the end)
Iron and Wine Version:
Confide (crabcore):
The Pilgrim’s Regress:
Logs (MIT A Capella):
The Scene Aesthetic:
Electric Shortz:
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