Everyone Has A Hallelujah: Jeff Buckley's Song

This creates a beautiful blending of the two parts together and shows that this song was written to showcase the vocals.

Like any genre of music, country music is famous for its cover tunes. Younger artists paying tribute to legends, old songs getting a breath of fresh air, or sometimes a song is so great it takes almost every country artist in Nashville to record it. No matter what the reason, artists will continue to create their own unique version of timeless country songs.

Overall, the execution of the original version of “Sara Smile” is an impeccable work of art. The song stays true to the artist’s style. The fact that this song is written for a loved one makes it full of passion and sincerity. In the article “Why Do Some Covers Disappoint?”, Jeff Turrentine suggests, that covers work best when artists are “being themselves - utterly and magnificently (255).” This explains how he believes music is all about the uniqueness and free expression of the artist. Hall & Oates rock at using the song to express their personal

In the music industry, it is not uncommon for original songs to be rerecorded and altered by other artists resulting in what is known as a cover song. One example of this situations occurrence can be seen in Vance Joy’s indie folk-pop song, “Riptide”, that was famously covered by pop and country crossover artist, Taylor Swift. Overall, there are many factors that go into the relationship between an original and cover song and the artists of each song. Such as both artist’s connection to the song and the relationship between the artists themselves. There are also differences between the original and cover songs themselves including song structure, instrumentation, vocals, lyrics, and lyrical meaning.

The song Glory was written by music artists Common and John Legend and was part of the Oscar nominated movie Selma. The movie Selma was an incredible experience that showcased the African American history and in particular the turbulent 1960s era in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr(MLK) was leading the civil rights movement. The song Glory itself won the oscar for the best song in a motion picture and truly was an important part of the movie because not only did it chronicle the civil rights marches of 1965 led by MLK but it also incorporated events that occurred in the 21st century. It was this combination that made the song a true inspiration for all human beings because it shed a light on the struggle for racial equality that African Americans have been pursuing for over a century now and also showed that the struggle is still ongoing and is far from over. The song Glory through its lyrics included several key moments in the struggle for racial equality for African Americans such as the Rosa Parks incident, Ferguson, MLK civil rights marches and through all of these events the common theme of defiance and resistance is brought to light.

Green Day, who surfaced in the early 1990’s, has never been known to do covers, especially of songs with as slow a tempo as Morrison’s Brown-Eyed Girl. Green Day, who sings strictly punk rock, was given the idea of covering the song by the father of one of the group members, who was a huge fan of Morrison himself. After hearing the proposal, Green Day thought about it and knew

She identifies with the story and the country twang and believes that changing one word does not change the song. She sang classics like “Popular,” from Wicked “Taylor the Latte Boy,” a stand alone contemporary musical theatre song and “Upon this Rock,” her “God song.” She also sang a new song titled “Reasons For

The Pentatonix, aka PTX, are an a capella group consisting of 5 member: Scott, Mitch, Kristin, Avi, and Kevin. The group got their start in Arlington, TX where Scott, Mitch, and Kristie sang in their school’s, Martin High School, talent show. They found Kevin celloboxing, playing the cello and beatboxing, on YouTube and Scott had a friend who knew Avi. PTX competed on season 3 of The Sing Off.

In fact, Haley’s version removes much of the original verses and leaves just the chorus intact. This changes the entire meaning of the song itself. While Turner’s version contains sexual innuendos, Haley’s remains to stay more of a “feel good” song. With all of this considered, this makes Haley’s version much more of a pop hit than Turner’s song (which made both R&B and pop charts at the time). To say cover versions are all good or all bad, I don’t know. For me, sometimes there’s a particular band or group that covers a song that I wouldn’t have heard if it wasn’t for the cover. Such covers like “La Bamba” by Los Lobos or “All Night Long” by A Loss for Words and Jason Mraz have lead me back to find the original versions by Ritchie Valens and Lionel Richie which I have come to love just as much if not more. I know that without these covers I would have never been led to have liked any of these songs. This also works vice versa where I know the original version, but have found another version by another artist I like, and I tend to be drawn to the cover version I had found. Also, I think that covers play an important part for young and upcoming musical artists

There have been millions of renditions performed. Elvis, Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson are just a few of the many singers that have performed this song. This song can all be heard in most Christian

Another song the choir performed was O come, O come, Emmanuel. The song was much different from the rest of the songs performed to this point, and the choir had use of many different instruments. The song was slow, soft, warm, and rich. On this song, the choir had splendid diction, and the words were easily understood. The artist cut off at appropriate times, and sang soft and loud as directed with much emotion. The choir blended well together, and the sound was free and

have been well showcased in this difficult piece. These pieces are seen as challenges for many modern singers as well. It goes to show just how talented and well trained the performers were.

The two musical elements from this selection that stood out to me the most were its dynamics and tempo. The choir and piano would often employ softer and louder dynamics throughout the performance. There were times when they would repeat the phrase “I’m so happy yes,” softer, then slowly increase into a much louder and more powerful repeat, giving it a sense of a buildup of joy. Next is the tempo. It seems as though the tempo in this piece would sometimes change, moving from a faster to slower rate to, again, most likely to

The second vocal ensemble of the night started out with a song which included a twelve bar blues, called “ I use to know you”. This performance consisted of the most combinations of solos of the night as well as using an improvising style. The entire band started all together which led to a Trumpet solo. Then Jose on the Sax did his solo followed by the pianist comping. Then the choir along with the band joined together to lead to a female solo which was particularly interesting since she was scatting. The second performance of this ensemble was “Spring can really hang you up the most” which consisted of 3/4 time and 4/4 time. This started with a female solo vocalist then a male one. The band as a whole played together and ended with a male solo scatting. The third and shortest performance of the night was a vocal acapella piece, “Love walked in” which was short and sweet. The fourth performance of the night was a Richmond Rogers piece. This had a rhythmic swing/salsa feel from the “Lady is a tramp”. This started with the rhythm section, with the male vocalist and horns. Then the female vocalist from the choir joined and concluded this piece. The fifth performance for the group was a sequel to voice stand an acapella piece by Greg Jaspers. This song started with the choir using their voices as the instruments altogether. The final performance of the night was one of

The song ends abruptly and as it does it links with the editing as "Paris, 1900" appears on the screen to inform the audience of the time and place it is set. This shot then dissolves into a much darker shot, informing the audience that maybe this film isn't about the celebration of love, and that something sinister is going to happen, the sound also links well with this as it is quite melancholy, this song signifies to the audience that the story beginning to unfold is a tragic one. The character singing is directly addressing the audience as he narrates the story through song, and the contrast between the sound here and the sound in the previous shot is extremely noticeable as it is much more depressing. It is known as parallel sounds as it matches the action in the shot and emphasized by the morose characters and the shadowy lighting.