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I have an unpopular opinion... I like Placebo's cover of Running Up That Hill more than Kate Bush's original. đŸ˜”â€đŸ’« I know; it is an incorrect opinion... but I'm 34 years old, so it's the version I was listening to when I was an angsty high schooler.

I have an unpopular opinion... I like Placebo's cover of Running Up That Hill more than Kate Bush's original. đŸ˜”â€đŸ’« I know; it is an incorrect opinion... but I'm 34 years old, so it's the version I was listening to when I was an angsty high schooler.

  • annafunk

    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
    I have an unpopular opinion... I like Placebo's cover of Running Up That Hill more than Kate Bush's original. đŸ˜”â€đŸ’« I know; it is an incorrect opinion... but I'm 34 years old, so it's the version I was listening to when I was an angsty high schooler.
    • Chadd Nervigg

      Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
      @annafunk I don’t think that’s an unpopular opinion. I think it’s probably the popular one, by a significant margin.
      • SteveDanuser

        Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
        @Celestalon @annafunk While there can be crass commercial reasons for covering a well-known song, the artistic merit lies in translating something meaningful to one generation of listeners to bring meaning to another. So it's perfectly valid to prefer a cover to an original. It means it did its job.
        • SteveDanuser

          Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
          @Celestalon @annafunk That said, Placebo would be the first to refute your claim that their take is preferred "by a significant margin". Kate's version was a hit on the charts in 1985, 2012, and 2022. Placebo's version had far more modest success. But that doesn't mean you can't like it better. :)
          • Chadd Nervigg

            Posted 3 years, 8 months ago (Source)
            @SteveDanuser @annafunk Ah, didn’t know about the recent two resurgences. (Oh, I suppose I did know about the current one, but wasn’t really taking that into account.)



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