"Landslide" has become such a cliche song

MarkMc1990 · #1 01-01-2012, 06:46 PM

And not because of Stevie. But these days, is it just me, or has it fallen victim to the "bandwagon" effect? Like everyone from Miley Cyrus, Haley Williams, people on various singing competitions, etc. are all covering it. It's gained a lot more notoriety in the last couple years and I don't know how I feel about it.

wild-heart · #2 01-01-2012, 06:51 PM

I read a comment on youtube that said Miley sounded like Stevie singing that song. I think a part of me died when i read that.

elle · #3 01-01-2012, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MarkMc1990

And not because of Stevie. But these days, is it just me, or has it fallen victim to the "bandwagon" effect? Like everyone from Miley Cyrus, Haley Williams, people on various singing competitions, etc. are all covering it. It's gained a lot more notoriety in the last couple years and I don't know how I feel about it.

hm... jersey girl was on tv the other day and landslide came on - i thought it actually fit nicely how it was used in that movie.

WildHearted · #4 01-01-2012, 08:06 PM

I'd say nowadays it's definitely Stevie's most well-known song. Especially with the exposure from Glee this year, it's become very mainstream if you will.

I'm not bothered by people covering it - I'm bothered by people covering it badly. But that's just me being critical because I hold Stevie and her songs in high regard and don't like to see them butchered. With Landslide, I find a lot of people sing it and maybe sound okay but it completely lacks emotion which is almost worse than if they were singing it completely out of key but meant it with all their hearts.

fleetwoodtrick · #5 01-01-2012, 08:24 PM

!!!!!!! I did NOT know that Paramore did a cover of Landslide, I just looked it up on youtube and died a little. That is fricking fabulous. I thought it sounded great. Paramore is one of my favorite bands, and I went to Warped Tour to see them this past summer. Too bad they didn't do it there, I would have **** a brick!!! ...Miley.....not so much.

icinglover1995 · #7 01-01-2012, 08:39 PM

Yeah, I was in the car the other day, and a BAAAAD cover of Landslide came on the radio and I imediate shouted to my mom "can you turn change it, pleeeaaaase?!"

WildHearted · #8 01-01-2012, 09:07 PM

^ Dixie Chicks, or Smashing Pumpkins?

MarkMc1990 · #9 01-02-2012, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by WildHearted

I'd say nowadays it's definitely Stevie's most well-known song. Especially with the exposure from Glee this year, it's become very mainstream if you will.

I'm not bothered by people covering it - I'm bothered by people covering it badly. But that's just me being critical because I hold Stevie and her songs in high regard and don't like to see them butchered. With Landslide, I find a lot of people sing it and maybe sound okay but it completely lacks emotion which is almost worse than if they were singing it completely out of key but meant it with all their hearts.

I agree. There's nothing worse than clicking on any given amateur cover on youtube where the person barely knows how to play guitar, can't sing that well, they screw up the verses, the sound quality on their video sucks, there's no emotion like you said, but the thing that really bothers me is when it gets to the end and they sing the triple "well maybeee" signifying that they've been listening to the Dixie Chicks cover more than the original.

David · #10 01-02-2012, 02:36 PM

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the thing that really bothers me is when it gets to the end and they sing the triple "well maybeee" signifying that they've been listening to the Dixie Chicks cover more than the original.

Oh, I hate that too. My niece does that every time she sits me down at a piano to play it so she can sing it. She only knows the Dixie Chicks--really had no idea about the Fleetwood Mac connection--so that's the rendition she thinks of as the authentic one.