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Leaves aren't the only thing I can rustle, ladies.

1 year ago. September 1, 2023 at 3:28 PM

The song i'm choosing for this challenge is the classic R.E.M. tune, "Losing My Religion"

Of course I absolutely love the original, Michael Stipe's vocals are raw and powerful, and it's one of the best songs to ever feature a mandolin in my view.

(I had linked the original but I am not sure if you're only allowed 2 vid links in a post)

I'm going to over up two covers because I love each of them for different reasons

The first - Lacuna Coil's cover.

Cristina's absolutely soaring vocals are a delight. Andrea as always provides a nice counterbalance vocally to Cristina, and it features all the things that I love about Lacuna Coil at their best. Big hooks, driving instrumentation, and a peppering of keys and/or synths in all the right places. I have always felt that as somber as the song could seem in the original version, that it also had an uplifting quality to it. So, I think that Lacuna Coil making this in the vein of their more upbeat tunes is coherent.



I hope you all enjoy these!

- RL


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