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[phillyfan26]

For what it is, it's not bad. It's difficult to take a post-punk song and make it acoustic. I don't mind it. It's not fantastic, and it wasn't a great achievement or anything, but I think it worked. The lyrics actually sort of work better there, in a way.

 

[sue4u2]

I love it. The lyrics sound so good with his voice, which is phenomenal.
I have no problem with this version. I'd like to hear more from him.

 

[gvox]

Or...maybe we just don't like it.

Well I wasn't addressing your viewpoint, it was balanced. You found it bland. That's very different from the comments I was addressing...

 

[Marien]

I generally think that if an artist is to cover a song, they have to give the audience something different from the original, for me that's the only thing that justifies it, getting a new look into it, if not, well, we have the original and I don't really like karaoke, of course I want the artist to be able to sing or play and to treat the song with respect.

I don't find the Glay cover so bad, just different, I prefer U2's original song, I'm a fan, but that doesn't necessary mean that I don't find a value in the other one, but the cover of Desire seeems completely superfluous to me because it is exactly U2's without U2's quality.

 

[Marien]

Would you like to have a look at this? I've found it just an hour ago and have not yet decided if I like it or not, but it's really surprising.

YouTube - Chillout Experience (U2) - Lazy - Elevation

 

[Marien]

Sorry, I made a mess with the names, I was thinking about the cover of I Will Follow, not the Glay one of With Or Without You, which I don't find very nice.