A Song for All Occasions (30 Days of Music) #2

[wishfulclicking]

Day 02 - Your least favorite song
Put Yo Hood Up (cover) by Set Your Goals

My weakness for covers has been documented before: I love the ridiculous ones and the ones that add something special. This one made me skip and almost regret my decision to buy this album. For anyone thinking that I should automatically regret buying Punk Goes Crunk, you haven't heard Lorene Drive's Hey Ya :)

It's difficult picking my least favorite song because I don't listen to things I don't like.

Yes, it is past midnight but I haven't slept yet and I spent most of my night doing house stuff. Also: the cool thing about box.net is that you can listen to the track without downloading, so click the link and test out the song if you want before saving it.

Comments

[coverallthebasses]

haha, wow. okay. :) well, i hope you like it now that you're consciously listening to it! although i feel like that's one of the more recognizable songs off of that mix...

[stripped]

Oh it's a totally recognizable song! When I went and specifically pulled it out to listen to by its lonesome, I sort of sat back and analyzed why I hadn't connected it up. And I realized that when I was listening to the mix at work, I don't glance at iTunes to see details on the songs usually. And I already know Hey Ya and love the original (it grew on me, after I hated it at first... it's one of those songs which all of a sudden something clicked and I was like I HAVE TO OWN THIS). The cover isn't so significantly different from the original that my brain couldn't do a "I know and love this" and I just smiled happily when it came on, sang along, and hadn't quite twigged onto consciously that it was a cover.

What's scary is how often this happens. There's one song that I just realized last weekend was Simple Plan that I had thought for almost a year was Angels & Airwaves, because I first heard it in a mix that included both bands, and the SOUND is very much like A&A. So until I was listening very specifically to the Simple Plan disk, I just lumped it in with A&A.

My brain has a habit of doing more pattern recognition where music is concerned, and less actual memory and noting of details. *wry smiles*

[coverallthebasses]

haha, that's interesting! i like getting to know how other people listen to music. either way, i'm glad you like the song!