 Cry Cry Cry (1998) [ larger cover art ] |
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There's a problem feathers iron
Bargain buildings weights and pullies
Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air
Buy the sky and sell the sky and tell the sky and tell the sky
Don't fall on me
Fall on me
Fall on me
There's the progress we have found
A way to talk around the problem
Building towered foresight
Isn't anything at all
Buy the sky and sell the sky and bleed the sky and tell the sky
Don't fall on me
Fall on me
Fall on me
Well I could keep it above
But then it wouldn't be sky anymore
So if I send it to you you've got to promise to keep it whole
Buy the sky and sell the sky and lift your arms up to the sky
And ask the sky and ask the sky
Don't fall on me
Fall on me
Fall on me
| Tim_in_N_FL (Florida) | Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 07:53 appst89 wrote: Uh, no. Sadly, don't like criticizing other musicians, however...hearing this cover makes me want to...Cry Cry Cry (like Sinister Dexter said). Also, I have to ask myself...Why Why Why inject the monotonic recital of the verses? Everything is open to interpretation, I guess.  |
| zaknafein (Kansas City, MO) | Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 07:51 This is a miss. |
| SinisterDexter | Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 07:50 This cover makes me cry, cry, cry. And it doesn't help that I consider this tune the greatest single in REM's catalog. |
| rockstarbro (Up and to the right. A little higher. A little to the left. Ahhh... that's it. RIGHT THERE!) | Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 07:50 citizenkeith wrote: I'm not familiar with the band, but this cover version makes them sound like amateurs. Thankfully you said it much more tactfully than I could have so I'll just say "ditto." Mute! |
| citizenkeith | Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 06:18 I'm not familiar with the band, but this cover version makes them sound like amateurs. |
| appst89 (North Wilkesboro, NC) | Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 06:15 Uh, no. |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Oct 21, 2010 - 14:05 dmax wrote: See, I like it. It's opened up a bit, with some airy spaces instead of the other's density. Still love the original, but this is fine. |
| (former member) | Posted: Apr 13, 2010 - 12:02 LorraineV1 wrote: Love Dar Williams on this. Suprised everyone here does not like it. See, I like it. It's opened up a bit, with some airy spaces instead of the other's density. Still love the original, but this is fine. |
| treatment_bound (Duluth to Madison) | Posted: Apr 13, 2010 - 12:01 Wow! R.E.M. is probably the LEAST covered band that's in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and this thing certainly will scare off others who dare to take a swing at their catalog... |
| coyote620 (Near the river, USA) | Posted: Apr 13, 2010 - 12:00 w3weasel wrote: The golden rule for remakes: If you don't have anything new or significant to add, don't bother recording it. That's exactly what I was thinking! |
| whaze (Chicago) | Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 21:26 nah... it's rare that I turn the volume to mute while RP is on, but I did for this |
| FogAudio (St Petersburg, FL) | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 08:23 I hope their originals are better than covers. I never ever post a negative comment but I can't think of any redeeming quality that would make me want to listen to that again. I also agree with comment below, a cover should add something to the original unless it is just a bar band... (even the Rickenbacker guitar sound was lifted). Weak... |
| w3weasel | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 08:20 The golden rule for remakes: If you don't have anything new or significant to add, don't bother recording it. |
| chyk5 (Florida) | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 08:19 Richard Shindell is incredibly talented, but this is making me nauseous. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 08:18 This cover is good for the ears... just not as good for the ears as the original... |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 08:17 Is this a joke? It's not funny. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 08, 2010 - 21:39 nice cover... |
| gregormiz (Portland, OR) | Posted: Jan 08, 2010 - 21:35 Just "No". |
| Giselle62 (California's Cental Coast) | Posted: Jan 08, 2010 - 21:35 I like it. I like their name. the band HEM does a cover of "South Central Rain" that's exquisite. |
| rumplestiltskin | Posted: Jan 08, 2010 - 21:35 Retch retch retch |
| ick (S.E. La Jolla) | Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 12:57 I'm all for a cover recording if it adds something to the original... this does not. Not even worth rating really. |
| wbeaver | Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 12:55 Likewise. Dar is great. Cry Cry Cry is good, too. This version just doesn't measure up to the R.E.M version. I'd stop short of saying 'awful' but it is just 'OK' |
| sapphire9 | Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 12:55 Yuck |
| lmic (Influential In All The Wrong Ways) | Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 12:55 Wow - awesome!!! And I say this as a complete REM sycophant, LOL 8 |
| Antigone (A house, in a valley, Virginia) | Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 12:55 FlatCat wrote: The original has some syncopation and swing to it. Stipe plays around the rhythm, singing some notes slightly off the beat and such. Here, they make it all sound robotic and dead by staying right on the beat for every note. How to rip the soul out of a song and leave behind the bare shell. Never thought about it that way, but you're right ... I've lowered my rating on this song. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 12:55 Cool cover that does not hold a candle to the original... I like it... |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 12:54 How does this kind of crap get played on here? This is just plain old bad. |
| Dalebarely | Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 12:54 Like Dar. This is awful. |
| LorraineV1 | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 14:41 Love Dar Williams on this. Suprised everyone here does not like it. |
| FlatCat (Chicago) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 14:41 The original has some syncopation and swing to it. Stipe plays around the rhythm, singing some notes slightly off the beat and such. Here, they make it all sound robotic and dead by staying right on the beat for every note. How to rip the soul out of a song and leave behind the bare shell. |
| jgirl63 (Georgetown, Maine) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 14:38 Now that I think about it, this remake makes me want to cry cry cry! |
| iscoot4peace | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 14:38 Well...they picked a good name for the band anyway. Shame about the singing. |
| chasech5 (East Lansing, MI) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 14:37 That was my assessment as well. Dar's great, but this song seems aimed for background music. Illustr8r wrote: I thought it was the post-Natalie Merchant 10k Maniacs... |
| fergie348 | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 14:37 Feh. That's all I have to say ~2 |
| jgirl63 (Georgetown, Maine) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 14:37 Filofox wrote: This cover seems underpowered, compared to the rawness of Stipe's vocal in the original. Also, the instrumentation was unimaginative — similar but somehow muted. YUP |
| Leslie (Antioch, CA) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 14:37 blech. |
| asocash (Webster, NY) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 14:37 No sir, I don't like it |
| jgirl63 (Georgetown, Maine) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 14:37 plutodazed wrote: Out of deference to the greatness of REM's original, I rated this a well-earned Marginal 2. Well said. Double ditto. |
| jgirl63 (Georgetown, Maine) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 14:36 If you remake a classic song such as this one, it better be fresh, powerful and innovative. In short, this version fails miserably. |
| plutodazed (I am here) | Posted: Nov 26, 2005 - 23:55 Out of deference to the greatness of REM's original, I rated this a well-earned Marginal 2. Barandis wrote: This is horrible. There's really little else to say about it. Where's my copy of Life's Rich Pageant?
Well said. |
| Daveinbawlmer (Bawlmer, Merlin. Hon.) | Posted: Oct 28, 2005 - 18:28  |
| Barandis (Rockville, MD) | Posted: Aug 30, 2005 - 18:33 This is horrible. There's really little else to say about it. Where's my copy of Life's Rich Pageant? |
| oppy (Charleston, SC) | Posted: Jun 03, 2005 - 04:40 I really like this song, can't say that I'm impressed with this cover... |
| flandersdog (the sunny Pac NW) | Posted: May 19, 2005 - 12:50 I must go dig out my copy of Eponymous and blast this track in order to cleanse my ears of this foul cover... |
| number6 | Posted: May 19, 2005 - 12:50 Yeesh. Normally, I love Dar Williams. But not this time out. |
| Filofox (Nowhere important) | Posted: Apr 20, 2005 - 06:10 This cover seems underpowered, compared to the rawness of Stipe's vocal in the original. Also, the instrumentation was unimaginative -- similar but somehow muted. |
| nufterinck | Posted: Apr 05, 2005 - 14:47 Sure, just rape the poor song... stupid idiots... why even try to cover one of REM's best songs? Sad... |
| radiojunkie (a sleepy bordertown (NY/CT)) | Posted: Mar 21, 2005 - 21:17 I can't decide. I'd be willing to take bribes for my vote either way.  |
| tomnam | Posted: Dec 23, 2004 - 08:51 No. |
| beardp (fairbanks) | Posted: Dec 08, 2004 - 14:14 gandalfbmg wrote: This is actualy one of the better REM covers I've ever heard, and it's only about a 4. I would love to hear some *excelent* REM covers sometime. Are there any out there?
I heard a decent cover version of Radio Free Europe a couple years ago, but I can't for the life of me remember who by. there is a tribute album to rem called "surprise your pig" that has lots of interesting covers on it. some are better than others. one or two might be excellent, depending on your taste. put "surprise your pig" into google and see what happens..... |