walt91
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Post by walt91 on Jun 11, 2020 21:15:06 GMT -5
Robyn cover - made it to #2 in the UK & Australia and #93 on the US charts.
This is my least favorite song of all time. It takes everything that makes the original great and turns it into a whiny piano song that decimates the original contrast between the heartbreaking lyrics and the danceable production. And people prefer it to the original because "it's so much deeper" - don't get me started.
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Post by Trilogy on Jun 11, 2020 22:11:19 GMT -5
who greenlit this for him? how did this get so popular compared to other shit songs from this franchise? would this even be half as popular as it is if the white man was *not* gay?
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Post by BB๐ on Jun 11, 2020 22:45:01 GMT -5
One of the worst songs ever is a cover of one of the best songs ever
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2020 22:46:39 GMT -5
Terrible cover song and I am APPALLED that this charted better than the original
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Post by JOJO SIWA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME on Jun 18, 2020 21:54:29 GMT -5
I didn't like this at all and was really disappointed that this did so much better on radio and the charts than Robyn's epic original. The sad lyrics coupled with the umtempo Eurodisco production on Robyn's original worked. Turning it into a weepy song just didn't.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2020 22:31:42 GMT -5
I liked this at the time but have never cared to revisit it.
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Post by lazer on Jun 19, 2020 11:37:47 GMT -5
One of my least favorite songs of all time. It's bullsh*t that they turned a dance classic into this whiny dredge.
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Post by Fire on Feb 12, 2021 12:44:53 GMT -5
genuinely don't see how a cover this whiny and this bad became such a big hit, let alone outperformed the original
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Post by ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ค on Feb 18, 2021 19:52:31 GMT -5
He reinvigorated attention in the song, brought more ears to Robyn + has a good voice. He also likely picked it having a special reverence for it, being gay and all (all gays must stan Robyn, itโs the law)
Sure, itโs a literal interpretation - he took the sad dance pop song and made it a sad piano ballad. However, I donโt really mind it that much. There are other covers out there that have been more sinful than this
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Post by Choco on Feb 22, 2021 14:43:54 GMT -5
I like it for what it is. It doesn't take away from the iconic original, and his vocals were good.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Apr 6, 2021 8:09:31 GMT -5
One of the worst covers of all time. There are no words...
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Post by marcyiam on Apr 7, 2021 6:07:09 GMT -5
So much dislike for this song in here. I'll be one of the few dissenters and say I really like it.
To each their own.
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Post by ๐ฒ๐ฝ'๐ผ.๐ฐ๐ฟ on Apr 9, 2021 19:07:35 GMT -5
I heard this already but wasn't aware of the original version. After seeing this thread, I've decided to listen to the original and I may be in the minority here, but I'm fine with both versions. The production made it so that the two versions come from two different perspectives.
Robyn - heartbroken, but completely fine and willing to move on
Calum Scott - heartbroken, but heart can't completely move on
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