DAY 04: THE LOUVIN BROTHERS "TRAGIC SONGS OF LIFE" (1956)

Day 04 and I'm on my 3rd album. This one is very difficult for me personally because "COUNTRY" is my least favorite genre. Ask me if I have a favorite country song and I can guarantee you that I'll answer back with a blank face.  Add that with the culture and the time gap(this was made in the 50's) then you'll have a recipe for a music that I'll stop after 5 seconds but nevertheless, I have to listen to it since it is a part of the book. With an open mind, I listened to the whole thing.

I want to start off this entry by saying that I believe that there is no bad music. IT'S TRUE!!! You're probably saying NO IT'S NOT right now with your Simon Cowell know-it-all stature but you are wrong because music is all about preference, my friend!

You want proof? FINE! I'll make a believer out of you. I'll give you one perfect example. Remember when you were little and you could not sleep at night and you ask your mom or your dad to sing to you? You probably realized now that your older that your mom's or dad's voice suck but when you were young you thought whoever is singing to you is an angel. 

I also want to say that this is not a bad album. I just don't prefer the style. I'm pretty sure that there are a lot of people back in the day who like it otherwise it won't be a part of this book. I can honestly say that If I were born in the 50's and I live in the country then I'd probably like it.

I can also say that If Lady Antebellum or the Dixie Chicks make a cover of these songs then I'll probably like it as well. Remember when Nirvana sang "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" on MTV Unplugged? Everyone thought it's an original but it's actually a Leadbelly song. It's the same thing when John Meyer sang "In the Wee Small Hours Of The Morning" in Late Night Show with David Letterman. I think the lesson of the day is that Music have versions. We've heard this done a million times by different artists and there is nothing bad about it. For me, a version of another song would mean to say that you are probably catering a "preferable" version to a person who did not like the original. IT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK, I have to say that with a great emphasis. I remember hating Avril Lavigne because she murdered Foo Fighter's Everlong. Her fans like it but I don't. But Hey, I also remember liking a song because Boyce Avenue made a cover of it. I won't say the title but man, I hate the original so much. It's a circle isn't? 

Just like life, music finds a way.