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Cover-Version "Fading like a Flower"?
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Lennon said on May 29, 2004 22:57:
Today on the fairground I heard a terrible Version of Fading Like A Flower. The structure of the song was identical to the Joyride-Version, but everything within a Dance-Beat, electronic sounds and pitched vocals. Although I only heard it from far away I’m quite sure that is was really a new recorded cover-version and not a remix.
Does anyone know who made this version?
Thanx,
Mario.
Lennon said on May 30, 2004 11:51:
It’s not that I think all cover-versions are bad. But I’m really bored of those uninspired recordings. Just chosing a song everyone already knows, without any own input. I don’t understand how someone can identify with such a coverversion.
I once listened to a Tori Amos-CD with cover-songs (also containing “Heart of Gold”, by the way). The total opposite of those dancefloor-covers: although these songs are not written by here, she made them sound like her own songs. That’s an artist, isn’t she?
haui said on May 30, 2004 15:51:
What does Per say to thist terrible cover song. Did he know, hat this song would be covereded?
rox-girl said on May 30, 2004 15:55:
On todays ZDF Fernsehgarten, there was a performence from Mysterio with FLAF.
ally77 said on May 30, 2004 16:39:
I would imagine they do have permisson from Per or EMI to record and release the song....
Lennon said on June 2, 2004 17:02:
You don’t need the permession of an artist like Roxette to cover one of their songs. Those artists are all members of GEMA (that’s the name in Germany) and the equivalent organisations all over the world who manage the composer’s rights of their songs.
This means, that a radiostation who plays a Roxsong will not have to ask Per anytime they play it, and that someone who performs “The Look” on a Karaoke-Party also can do this whithout contacting the songwriter.
A sheet with a playlist has to be signed and the GEMA (or what the name might be in another country)-fees can be calculated.
That’s the same procedure when you release a cover-version. The only exception is, when you rearrange the song in a way that you get a co-composer. For example by writing an english text for a swedish song. Than you can only be accepted as an owner of the copyright, when you have the permission of the original composer. Otherwise all the money goes to Per, when you release a Cover-Version like “Walking through the summerrain” :-)
And using samples of the original track also requires a permission.
A cover-version like this FLF-remake needs no special requests.
alchemiste said on June 11, 2004 20:33:
It is in the Austria Top 30 Charts for the fourth week now, and I do believe Roxette should push their luck and release “Fading Like A Flower” again, with new B-Sides and a reference to the “The Ballad Hits” album.
Patty said on June 12, 2004 03:47:
I hearded it two weeks ago....
I had to listen to it good because it was so terrible that i couldn’t believe it.
roxcyn said on June 14, 2004 02:49:
It’s not that bad! It’s a dance version so it is not going to sound like Roxette, come on this is great coverage for Roxette!!!
qrox said on June 14, 2004 04:02:
I have 4 versions of this remix, 2 of them have noice in the chorus. The versions are: Radio Trance Edit and Original club mix.
Could you, please, contact me if you have those versions (and they have no noice)?
Thank you!
QRoX
irvye said on July 2, 2004 22:11:
The Original Club Mix, Radio Trance Edit and Video Edit can be found here:
http://www.roxette.cz/index.php?id=5&kat=1
LittleDevil said on July 10, 2004 11:36:
On main page
http://mp3spy.ru/en/
choose album Trance Voices Vol11, on first CD you can find FLAF and download it with normal 192 kbs
Enjoy!
rox-girl said on May 29, 2004 23:12:
A band called mysterio made a cover version of fading like a flower