09-10-2016, 12:42 AM
(09-07-2016, 10:47 PM)gabrielle Wrote:(09-07-2016, 06:53 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: You have your quote attributions mixed up, Copperfield, or gabrielle. This post above has ME saying Bieber's song is dreadful and that he has no talent! And besides, this belongs on the 4T music thread, Copperfield. Well, whatever, no worries.
What this shows though, is that good artists can take a song that is masked by an ugly sound and performance, and bring out some of its inherent qualities. I of course don't think Bieber is without talent or has an ugly sound, and I don't even know if I like this version better myself than Bieber's version, although Copperfield apparently does; but this at least shows his song is good enough for another artist to bring out qualities beyond the original that others might like better. The same was true with how Tori Amos brought out good inherent qualities in the Nirvana song that I could not hear in Nirvana's ugly performance. And it did make me feel a bit better about Nirvana and Cobain as an artist. And the same should be applied to Bieber, if he wrote a good song that another artist can make palatable to those who don't like Bieber's performances. If someone can do that, then Bieber is not "without talent."
Yes, I am opinionated. Deal with it
Yay, progress! Hopefully eventually you'll be able to "feel a bit better" about Gen X and 3T music in general.
As long as the grungy and noisy stuff is well-covered by others, it's possible in some cases!