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   13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 21:05:54 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

   • Lil Meow Meow

   Today's #TuneTuesday theme - from @lil_meow_meow - is incredibly hard!

   We're after a #BetterCover - a cover that improves on the original. But the crux of a great cover is that there's a great song underpinning it.

   Turisas's cover of Rasputin by Boney M? Awesome, wonderful take, but better? I love both. Same with Paradise Lost doing Walk Away by the Sisters of Mercy, or the Sisters doing Jolene, or Therapy? doing Diane by Husker Du.

   After some consideration, I'm opting for Ghost's cover of Crucified by Army of Lovers. I love both of them, but I'm impressed by the degree to which Ghost turn up the sleaze on a song that's already pretty redolent in it.

   Ghost - Crucified
   https://ghost.bandcamp.com/track/crucified

   Army of Lovers - Crucified
   YT: https://youtu.be/di18hTFTwIw
   Invidious: https://invidious.flokinet.to/watch?v=di18hTFTwIw

   (The video is worth your time, but flirts with mild lewdness, so bear in mind if your workplace considers bosoms and fancy underwear to be NSFW.)

   I think I kind of failed at the Tune Tuesday brief?

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     13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 00:36:29 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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     • Thomas
     • Lil Meow Meow

     @derthomas

     I was delighted when I discovered they'd covered it, although it took me a little time to get used to it. I've now grown to really enjoy it - it's a very well-balanced reworking that injects it with their own style while still retaining the spirit of the original in many ways.

     @lil_meow_meow

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     Thomas (derthomas@metalhead.club)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jul-2024 00:36:31 JST Thomas

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     • Lil Meow Meow

     @HauntedOwlbear
     Oh I love Ghost's version, it is actually my favourite cover of them, and they do have plenty!
     @lil_meow_meow