When I was in High School (way back in the dark ages) I remember being frustrated when I was excited about a new song, and my mother would say, “oh, that’s a remake”. Apparently the cycle is about 15-20 years because not only did I explain to the X-man that Disturbed’s song was a remake (and had to get onto You Tube to prove it) but recently had a cute interaction with Elizabeth’s daughter where she was discovering that Shout was written by Tears for Fears and not by Disturbed (apparently they like to do covers of the songs we liked in the 80s)

Remakes are a funny thing; for the most part I enjoy covers a lot. There’s something about a band I enjoy reimagining songs that I love (and my Dh teases me that there is a relationship between how much I like the group remaking the song, and how much I like the remake) – and it is also funny how when you hit in the remake part of the cycle, how that informs your musical taste – for example, my favorite version of Ring of Fire is the one by Social Distortion , not Johnny Cash (and in fact, I didn’t know it was a cover for years). And we’ve all had those moments of “that’s a remake?” – I remember discovering that “The Passenger” wasn’t original to Siouxie and the Banshees well into adulthood.

For Valentine’s Day, my love got me The Killers’ Sawdust, which has one of my newest favorite covers – Romeo and Juliet. May you enjoy a favorite song through someone else’s eyes soon.