Choices

[plural]

so

I am working on the music

I traded out a version of "Mad World" by Tears for Fears
for a cover by "Gary Jules" (the one from Donny Darko)

Now the trouble I'm having
is with the song

"Last Kiss"

I've got four versions of the song.

One by Bobby Darin
One by Wednesday
One by J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers
One by Pearl Jam

The one by Wednesday doesn't really work
There is little difference between Bobby and Frank
The Pearl Jam version is interesting
I'm leaning toward Bobby
but the Pearl Jam version is haunting me.

It has a bit more hollow feel to it
and a bit more energy
the hollow I like
the energy not so much

oh
yeah
and
as any good writer should be
I'm quite drunk on my fourth bottle
of red wine

which works well for writing
but not so much for this

Comments

[witsbeginning.livejournal.com]

have you considered any jeff buckley music?

[eleven-eleven.livejournal.com]

Although it may not be the original, Eddie Vedder definitely makes the song his own. It doesn't sound as happy as the older versions tended to make it.

[plural.livejournal.com]

I'm leaning that way but the copy I have of the Pearl Jam version is really shitty so it is hard to get a good feel for how it would work. Been trying to download another copy but so far have had little luck.