Remake vs. Cover, Part Two

[ericadawn16]

So, it turns out I am a dinosaur. I will try to keep this in mind in the future that the world has decided things whether I like them or not.

I was raised by family members, friends and teachers that there was a specific difference between "Cover" and "Remake" with songs.

I am not crazy or part of a social experiment with this. I have found links to prove this.

cp found this one:

http://www.history-of-rock.com/cover_remake.htm

Don McLean aka the guy who wrote "American Pie":
http://ask.metafilter.com/11636/Why-is-a-cover-song-called-a-cover-song

https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s/QVVAbaa8JIg

https://www.jerryosborne.com/4-17-00.htm

I had also found an article from 1996 but now I've lost it again.

So, I'll try not to be visibly upset when someone uses it wrong but inside, I'll still be seething in the same way that my mom gets upset over not pronouncing the -g in -ing words or people used to get made at slang.

Comments

[cp.livejournal.com]

Like I said in my comment on that first post, it was not a distinction I was familiar with, but I can definitely see how it's a useful distinction. I guess it's just one of those linguistic shadings that gets lost in the dusts of time and popular usage. Same concept behind why nobody is ever gruntled anymore. ;)

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

Those articles are interesting.