Glee's cover of Landslide

WildHearted · #1 02-25-2011, 10:27 PM

.... they basically just redid the Dixie Chicks cover of it.

Awful, imo. Gwyneth sounds fine but the whole thing is completely stoic. Sucked all the meaning out of the song. I can't even get through it... And it really bugs me that they covered a COVER of it.

Blah.

CADreaming · #2 02-25-2011, 10:33 PM

^I like it. Thanks for posting.

MacMan · #3 02-25-2011, 10:59 PM

I like it too... I've always liked the way the Chicks did this song. So is that Gwyneth singing?

WildHearted · #4 02-25-2011, 11:02 PM

It's Gwyneth on lead. Apparently there's some discrepancy as to who is doing the backing vocals - I guess we will find out on March 8th during the episode lol.

Jondalar · #5 02-25-2011, 11:30 PM

I like this because Gymneth can sing, but she is really doing an imitation of the dixie chicks, not stevie nicks. It really bugs me, especially after Stevie visited the set.

WildHearted · #6 02-25-2011, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

she is really doing an imitation of the dixie chicks, not stevie nicks. It really bugs me, especially after Stevie visited the set.

Me too.

Like, it kind of sucks that Stevie shows up to watch them film it, and they aren't even singing it the way it was written. They're singing it like the Dixie Chicks.

Christopher · #7 02-25-2011, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

I like this because Gymneth can sing, but she is really doing an imitation of the dixie chicks, not stevie nicks. It really bugs me, especially after Stevie visited the set.

Sorry this Glee cover of a cover BLOWS!
I am a fan of the Dixie Chicks version, but c'mon! Glee generally will do something original, this is so NOT original just an outright copycat version of the DC's and not as good.
So basically I'm pretty sure there will be no reference of Stevie on the show. The only good thing to come of this is for Stevie's bank account!

CADreaming · #8 02-25-2011, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by WildHearted

Me too.

Like, it kind of sucks that Stevie shows up to watch them film it, and they aren't even singing it the way it was written. They're singing it like the Dixie Chicks.

It's just an arrangement. She was thrilled when she made all that money off the Dixie Chicks. And, this will do the same thing for her. It's like when Dolly Parton cashed in on Whitney's version of "I Will Always Love You"... as Stevie said about this Glee thing - "the writer always gets paid, the writer is king." She's not going to be too concerned with the arrangement.

WildHearted · #9 02-25-2011, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by CADreaming

It's just an arrangement. She was thrilled when she made all that money off the Dixie Chicks. And, this will do the same thing for her. It's like when Dolly Parton cashed in on Whitney's version of "I Will Always Love You"... as Stevie said about this Glee thing - "the writer always gets paid, the writer is king." She's not going to be too concerned with the arrangement.

I understand that in the end it's all the same... but I do SOMETIMES like to kid myself into thinking that Stevie cares about a just a little bit more than money lol. I'm sure she's happy that her song is yet again reaching a new audience, but it's just blatantly obvious that this cover was not inspired by Stevie at all.

And it's not like they even tried to do anything different to it to make this arrangement their own. They just sung it EXACTLY like Dixie Chicks did, so you might as well go listen to the Dixie Chicks sing it. It also partially bugs me because I feel like Glee has gotten lazy - they know that their songs will sell no matter what, so they've stopped trying to anything inventive or invigorating with the songs like they did in the beginning, and just started putting out cruddy karaoke versions of stuff with arrangements that are carbon copies of the originals (in this case, the original being the DC cover).

Jondalar · #10 02-26-2011, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by WildHearted

I understand that in the end it's all the same... but I do SOMETIMES like to kid myself into thinking that Stevie cares about a just a little bit more than money lol. I'm sure she's happy that her song is yet again reaching a new audience, but it's just blatantly obvious that this cover was not inspired by Stevie at all.

And it's not like they even tried to do anything different to it to make this arrangement their own. They just sung it EXACTLY like Dixie Chicks did, so you might as well go listen to the Dixie Chicks sing it. It also partially bugs me because I feel like Glee has gotten lazy - they know that their songs will sell no matter what, so they've stopped trying to anything inventive or invigorating with the songs like they did in the beginning, and just started putting out cruddy karaoke versions of stuff with arrangements that are carbon copies of the originals (in this case, the original being the DC cover).

Yep, EXACTLY! It really bugs me. It is a carbon copy.

APerfectLie · #11 02-26-2011, 03:15 AM

This is completely ridic. You cannot cover a cover of Landslide, it is just unacceptable. This is why I do not watch Glee. FAIL!

SuiteShangriLa · #12 02-26-2011, 07:22 AM

ive never liked the Dixie Chicks cover. this version sucks too. that banjo makes me want to vomit.

OooMissionary · #13 02-26-2011, 10:13 AM

I wish Gwyn would stop this singing crap. She shows up everywhere singing and it is annoying. It seems like she can't get any movies, so she has just decided to parlay that into song. This version is stupid, as the kids that watch this show will go to the Dixie Chicks version as the original; not Stevie's. I hope that they make sure to mention that this is a Stevie Nicks song in the episode. I don't watch the show because I think its stupid, but I respect it since it isn't a reality show about sluts and idiots. I think they have to have a competition at the end of every season. Stevie should cameo as a guest judge in that epi (which would probably air in May, close to her album dropping). If I'm not mistaken, I believe I read that Olivia Newton-John did this. They could use a new song or two in the background of a scene, and air commercials promoting the album. It would be great promotion!

David · #14 02-26-2011, 11:12 AM

A defanged "Landslide."

And it wasn't as if it had much fang to begin with.

Still, it means that the song is a classic (or a stunted perennial). Those of you who used to buy songbooks in the 1970s & 1980s remember that it was "Don't Stop" & "Go Your Own Way" that almost always made it into pop song anthologies. But I betcha "Landslide" is what gets included most of the time nowadays.

TerraRhiannon · #15 02-26-2011, 12:21 PM

I think it's alright. But I agree that it sounds reminiscent of the Dixie Chicks version. I liked the Dixie Chicks version a lot but I was hoping that the Glee cover would be more true to the original Fleetwood Mac version.

Now I know why Stevie wanted to go down and meet them - she wanted everyone to know that it is in fact her song, & not the Dixie slut's song