Comments on: REM's "Losing My Religion" shifted into a major scale

By: Michael Davis

Michael Davis — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:22:00 +0000

Dude, did you not know SimRos1000 is the mayor of music? If he says it’s bad it IS, bro

By: Brandon Eaves

Brandon Eaves — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:59:00 +0000

Wait, are you singing mixolydian scales, or something?

By: Jim Schuler

Jim Schuler — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:02:00 +0000

Hopefully the people you nauseated with your reaction to this song are feeling better.

By: Sean Nelson

Sean Nelson — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:50:00 +0000

For those who don’t have musical training, please see this reference: http://youtu.be/6RmO6fc-FdE?t=13s

By: Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:40:00 +0000

The many negative comments are an interesting study in rejecting the unfamiliar — it’s as if the song is in the Uncanny Valley of music. That doesn’t make the listeners with negative comments wrong, taste is taste and who am I to tell someone what to like, but the large number of negative comments is surprising to me.

By: beaker

beaker — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:08:00 +0000

The Cure’s Poronography would be a real challenge for Melodyne. Would it come out sounding like the Lovecats?

By: mindfu

mindfu — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:01:00 +0000

This song is so much BETTER than the original. Even the somewhat clashing vocals, it gives it something of a Nirvana feel.

To be fair, I hate the original whingetastic version so much, that I’d rather hear it done by Two Live Crew.

By: Rezeya Montecore

Rezeya Montecore — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:50:00 +0000

Some of these people are demanding a hell of a lot out of what is essentially a music experiment. It’s for PLAY, people, do you not grasp the value of that even when it’s not 100% aesthetically perfect?

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:25:00 +0000

This sucks. Go and paint a frown on the Mona Lisa.

By: Kowgirl Jenkins

Kowgirl Jenkins — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:20:00 +0000

I really like it too. Different but not necessarily bad. Agree it’s good to hear something old in a new way. Each to their own though.

By: Timothy Horrigan

Timothy Horrigan — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:56:00 +0000

It sounds like “Shiny Happy People”

By: Andy H.

Andy H. — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:53:00 +0000

God, who gives a fuck? It’s a weird experiment, you don’t really have to shit all over it.

By: sdmikev

sdmikev — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:29:00 +0000

I know, they changed it for both, and they were both the same to begin with.

By: Jay Sanchez

Jay Sanchez — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 23:19:00 +0000

its an amazing work, yeah, but i still feel mind raped.

couldnt help it, the revulsion came by itself.

By: essmeier

essmeier — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:13:00 +0000

I prefer D minor. It’s the saddest of all keys, you know.

By: Sean Shamus McCabe

Sean Shamus McCabe — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:42:00 +0000

They definitely used Melodyne to so this

By: bhowza

bhowza — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:36:00 +0000

Thank you for getting it. It’s an experiment and an interesting demonstration of the power of music.

I can’t believe the uptight whiners here. Sound like a bunch of Michael Stipes.

By: Mark Gunson

Mark Gunson — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:36:00 +0000

I dont know why he bothered. What a waist of time. You can see why R.E.M. have had so many hits. They know how a song should sound.

By: Dewgeist

Dewgeist — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:40:00 +0000

Agreed. Nice and creepy.

By: Joshua Bardwell

Joshua Bardwell — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:50:00 +0000

I have been listening to this on and off over the last 24 hours. It’s growing on me.

By: katielala

katielala — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:14:00 +0000

What an interesting experiment. Listening to this version makes my teeth hurt, or something. It’s so intriguingly uncomfortable!

By: Mike McCann

Mike McCann — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:12:00 +0000

Someone needs to do this for a large portion of the Cure, Depeche Mode and Joy Division catalogues – could be fascinating!

By: Clint Barnett

Clint Barnett — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:41:00 +0000

This…is…..awful….

By: Corinne Crammer

Corinne Crammer — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:30:00 +0000

Awful! And I love the real song.

By: Alan Bleier

Alan Bleier — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:29:00 +0000

Sounds awful to me too. Somehow turns the emotional flatness of the original even flatter…

By: dudly d

dudly d — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:59:00 +0000

can you just hear that? or do you need a guitar to confirm it, Just curious because im impressed if youre right

By: dudly d

dudly d — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:59:00 +0000

re: the Fmaj7 and A

By: Suzanne Vaartstra

Suzanne Vaartstra — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:24:00 +0000

Hey – actually the verse and chorus are different chords now: the A minor is now A Major; Em & Dm are now E Major and D Major respectively. There is more they did – but that would mean me caring enough to explain it all. LOL

By: Gloo

Gloo — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:34:00 +0000

Too bad I never watched this series. Anyway, don’t know if she really came from Planet Claire herself but I still got a crush on Kate Pierson’s voice. I was also recently listening to “Who knows where the time goes” by Sandy Denny from Fairport Convention and was moved again. Recently Boing Boing’s been great at bringing back almost lost memories to me… Thanks for that Mr. Doctorow :o)

By: njbartlett

njbartlett — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:07:00 +0000

Umm… sounds the same. What am I missing?