lovefool (cover) - the morning benders

my cursive could use a little work...
(this would be a good time to have a mouse, i think. besides the gregarious one in my pocket, i mean.)

"a cover?!" you exclaim. yes. a cover. but a damn good one. likely, most of you have heard the original by the cardigans which is worthy of a download, but there's something about the morning benders cover that makes me absolutely adore it. it's more...haunting? i don't know how to phrase or describe it exactly. i think the original sounds more like the good pop song that it is, but i feel like the morning benders took it to a whole different emotional level. plus, their harmonies are brian wilson worthy. i definitely prefer this version to the original which is definitely a gasp given my melody & beat-loving self. but this song is just proof that it takes more than that to make me adore a song. i honestly believe that the morning benders took this song & made it their own, which just so happens to be a superior version in my eyes. this is one of the few covers i've heard where i think the covering artist/band actually ends up "owning" the song.

even though likely most of you know the lyrics & the morning benders did not actually write these, i'm still going to post them because i do, in fact, like them.

Lately I have desperately pondered,
spent my nights awake and I wonder
what I could have done in another way
to make you stay
Reason will not reach a solution
I will end up lost in confusion
I don't care if you really care
as long as you don't go

free download: lovefool (cover) - the morning benders

(you can download the rest of the ep for free here. i wholeheartedly suggest.)

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