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"Ben Platt’s recent cover of Addison Rae’s
Diet Pepsi has gone viral on
social media.
The appeal was the song choice and change in performance style – an unexpected
crossover between Platt’s musical theatre background and Rae’s bubblegum TikTok
pop.
It’s just the latest in a long history of our enduring love for covers: songs
that are performed or rerecorded by a different artist to the original one,
often with a new twist.
Think Whitney Houston’s cover of Dolly Parton’s
I Will Always Love You, Jimi
Hendrix’s cover of Bob Dylan’s
All Along The Watchtower, or Luke Coombes’
cover of Tracy Chapman’s
Fast Car.
Covers can give new life to the songs we know and love. In some cases, they may
even surpass the original."
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
