At 08:51 PM 12/12/01 +0000, you wrote:
>Letīs put this into perspective. If, because of 4 Heroīs version of 'Le
>Fleurs', someone discovered the wonderful world of Minnie Riperton and
>goes out and searches for 'Come to my garden' and in the way finds Charles
>Stepney and, why not, the Rotary Connection, 4 Hero have done their job at
>connecting the dots.
agreed....anything that leads to discovery is worthwhile....especially
Rotary Connection!
>
>As for the track, I think that 4 Hero intentionally didnīt try and go
>further with the remix (because thatīs what it is, a remix, not a whole
>new song). And, although some of you may feel a bit disappointed for not
>hearing something new done with 'Les Fleurs', the way 4 Hero treated
>Minnie Riperton and Charles Stepneyīs song is, IMHO, the way any musician
>should treat a classic. They didnīt disrespect it.
>
you're right, they didn't dis it...however, IMHO, my general philosophy
regarding remakes is, if you can't do something that either improves on the
original or do a radical interpretation that takes it in another direction,
then why bother? A similar example would be Gus Van Zant's remake of
Hitchcock's "Psycho." It was a novel idea to mimic the original shot for
shot, but in the end, it just made you appreciate Hitchcock's vision all
that much more.
DB
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