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I first heard “Sweet Dreams” a year or two ago, back when it was simply known as “Beautiful Nightmare”, and even then I felt that this song was sort of wasted on Beyonce.
Over the course of a Beyonce album, there will most definitely be a handful of Hip-Pop&B, cross-platform hits that validate it — songs like “Crazy In Love”, “Irreplaceable” and “Single Ladies” that are just so Beyonce. “Sweet Dreams” was a bit more special than that, I felt. A bit too special to be lumped together with such sensory trickery.
I am indescribably glad that the Big Pink played “Sweet Dreams” during their Live Lounge session at BBC Radio 1. Their lo-fi take on Beyonce’s synthesized, pitch-perfect, all-around pop masterpiece feels right at home in the Big Pink’s repertory. In a setting that can be described as the polar opposite of the setting Beyonce and her team created, “Sweet Dreams” still works devastatingly well.
MP3: The Big Pink – Sweet Dreams (Beyonce Cover)
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Tags: Beyonce, The Big Pink
question: why do underground bands think remaking more famous artists’ songs will in turn make them famous?
it doesn’t quite work like that.
Nothing is wasted on Beyonce… fyi
So which version do you like better? I still like Beyonce’s version, but this one is really good too.
haha this is awesome.