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Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape, a podcast that
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takes the classic mixtape approach to building
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a modern playlist. I'm your host, Brian Colburn.
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I'm flying solo once again, bringing you another
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bonus episode of Under the Cover, with this episode's
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focus timing in with the conclusion of Taylor
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Swift's massive Errors Tour. And while I'm personally
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not the biggest Swifty on the planet, I've always
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respected her as an artist and... actually have
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enjoyed many of her country offerings prior to
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my two daughters latching onto her pop music
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and becoming huge fans of hers, which at the
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end of the day made me a bigger fan of her music
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because I went from just enjoying her songs at
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a personal level to now having an even bigger
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love and admiration for her songs. Coming from
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the place of a parent, seeing their kids fall
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in love with an artist, and the joy that they
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exude when they sing along with those songs.
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And yes, there were many, many, many listens.
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So the song that I chose to dive into tonight
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is a Taylor Swift song that I've personally become
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a fan of, one because of my girls, and even more
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so because I'm actually a fan of the song. And
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I've become a bigger fan of the covers that I'm
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going to share with you this evening. And I'm
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not going to say that the covers are better than
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the original or not. But in this instance, I
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will say that there are a few that make an extremely
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compelling argument for a neck and neck fistfight
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over which one reigns supreme. Though I'll respect
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the hardcore Swifties that are listening to this
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that are probably appalled at that mere suggestion.
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However, I hope anybody listening will give all
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of these versions a listen to see maybe where
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I'm coming from, because at the end of the day,
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a well -written song is a well -written song,
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and it can be interpreted and reinterpreted in
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many different ways and still hit the mark. And
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Cruel Summer from Taylor's 2019 album Lover is
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definitely one of those songs. This track was
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written by Swift along with Jack Antonoff and
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St. Vincent and features a mix of synth pop and
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electropop with the slightest hint of 80s pop,
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which might be one of the reasons I was drawn
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to the original anyway. There's no denying the
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catchiness of this track, and I would say that
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upon the dozens of times I've heard pretty much
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all of Taylor's albums, This was the one song
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that I always looked forward to listening to
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all the way through when it came on. So as I
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did with my episode focusing on seven covers
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of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Refugee, instead
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of creating a mixtape, I'm going to use this
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episode to dive into and hopefully introduce
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you to some cover songs you may or may not already
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be familiar with. If you visit the episode page
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at myweeklymixtape .com, I'm also going to post
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the videos for each of these songs I'm talking
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about tonight, because in a lot of instances,
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these songs just aren't available on streaming,
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or they're from deluxe editions, live performances,
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or just the label nonsense keeping them off the
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streaming platforms. However, some of these versions
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are actually available to purchase digitally
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on sites like Qobuz, which is Q O B U Z .com.
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If you want to own a copy, CoBuzz also has a
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high resolution streaming package. If you're
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looking for an alternative to Spotify or Apple
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music, I basically use them all the time when
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buying a CD is not available. Cause you know
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me, I love buying my CDs and Not all artists
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are releasing music via CDs nowadays, so I have
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to turn to the digital versions, and Qobuz offers
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a way to get them in either CD quality or high
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-resolution audio, which I don't personally use,
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but for those of you that are audiophiles, right
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up your alley. Now, before we get into the covers,
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.com forward slash My Weekly Mixtape. All right,
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let's get into Cruel Summer, version one. First
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off, we're going to go heavy here. I wanted to
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start with a version of Cruel Summer that's pretty
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far removed from the original, so that way we
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rip the band -aid off for any of the Swifties
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listening. This is a pretty friggin' heavy, gender
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-flipped version of Cruel Summer from the band
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Versus Me. Now, it keeps the pacing of the original,
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but the electropop sound is completely stripped
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away, and instead it's replaced with this chunky,
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chugging guitar riff and a cross between a new
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metal and hard rock slash metal delivery. The
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verses almost bring like an emo punk vocal style
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to the song. And the chorus might be familiar
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to some fans of the original because it's really
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a heavy rock version where the melody is still
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pretty much present and recognizable. However,
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the bridge of the song, I'm drunk in the back
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of the car and I cried like a baby coming home
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from the bar. Instead of being sung in this version,
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it's spoken in a deep, breathy voice to build
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to a. crunchy, heavy breakdown that leads to
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the second half of the bridge, the, and I snuck
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through the garden gate, that entire segment
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is screamo over a massive riff.
However, they
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do bring back the clean vocals for the final
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chorus, but at the close of the song, you're
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getting a Lamb of God -esque with you growl to
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close out the track. So for the heavy rock fans
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that listen to this show, this is definitely
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your version. Following that up, I'm not going
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to go too far removed from Versus Me. I'm going
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to stay in a similar vein musically, but we're
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going to dial back the heft a little bit. And
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we're also going to bring the gender flip back
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at least to the halfway point as this song starts
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off similar to Versus Me because at its core,
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it is a heavier version than the original. But
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the first verse is female fronted and it keeps
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the groove of the original all the way through
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the first chorus. The second verse gender flips
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the song again, but takes the second verse to
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a double time pacing with male vocals. This adds
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this hard rock meets punk spirit, but it's not
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quite pop punk per se. I'd say we got like this
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emo vibe punk thing going on. Be warned, the
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second half of this verse does introduce more
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screamo elements, which... Personally, I dug
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in this version, but I can assume that the purists
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of the original might be turned off by this.
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But as far as I'm concerned, I'm all in on this
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one. The bridge isn't as transformed as Versus
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Me and feels a lot more familiar to the original
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track. But the last chorus does bring us back
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to that double time feel. And while on paper,
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all these time changes might seem jarring. The
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band handles it with perfect precision and the
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time changes feel extremely natural. So I highly
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recommend this version if you're into the heavier
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emo punk sound, because I think they nail it
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here. For version three, we're going to put the
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emo to the side and go all in on the pop punk.
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So the animal in me does have some punk vibes,
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but. Punk Rock Factory dives
all in on the pop
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punk vibes, and that's why they're TikTok superstars.
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Once again, a gender -flipped cover. If you're
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a fan of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes like I
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am, you're going to be right at home with Punk
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Rock Factory, and this version sounds exactly
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like what you'd expect. If you want to know what
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Blink -182, Sum 41, or The Offspring sounds like
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covering Taylor Swift's Cruel Summer, That's
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what you're getting here. It's fast. It's accessible.
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It's bouncy. But these guys really nail the pop
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punk sound while giving fans of the original
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what they love from Taylor's version. It only
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runs two minutes and 39 seconds, so it never
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overstays its welcome. And if anything, it actually
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leaves you wanting more. So I guess what more
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can you ask for from a punk cover? Now, version
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four, here's where it starts to get fun. I discovered
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this one going down a musical rabbit hole on
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YouTube. This cover is by a guy called Music
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by Blanks. And I'm guessing some of you have
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heard of him because at the time of this recording,
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he has over 1 .2 million followers on YouTube.
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So I'm not just going to sit here and act like
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this is just some newcomer to the game. He obviously
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knows what he's doing and he does it right. This
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version is a, quote, what if Cruel Summer was
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an 80s hit, end quote. And good Lord, he nails
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it. Both in the song and the accompanying video.
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Synth drum sounds. Keyboards heavy up in front
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in the mix. You got the hand claps. Heavy reverb
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pretty much everywhere. An electric guitar solo.
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This is Taylor Swift's. 80s yacht rock version
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and i know this might not be the best comparison
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given the past history between the two but if
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you're familiar with john mayer's sob rock album
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this is what cruel summer would sound like if
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it was on that album I might have just turned
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this version off for some Taylor Swift fans,
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but for John Mayer fans, I might have just raised
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an eyebrow. I'm really trying to toe the line
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here because I know how passionate Swifties are
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about the song, and I know how passionate people
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that aren't Taylor Swift fans are about not being
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a fan. So I'm trying to give a little bit of
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something for everybody here. But here's the
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thing. The title might sound like this is an
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ironic joke that he's doing, but the production
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on the song is dead serious. It's crystal clear.
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And because of the original song strength, this
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version is flawless. The video is shot in four,
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three, not 16 by nine. So it gives you that real
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eighties television feel. He goes all in on the
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dress and the look of the video, the cuts, the
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closeups. Anyone who grew up watching MTV in
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the 80s is going to appreciate what he's doing
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here. He's not mocking the decade. Because if
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he tried to do that, he failed in that regard.
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Because it comes across with nothing but admiration
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and love. In no way does this feel like a parody
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or mockery of anything. But with all that said,
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the coup de grace happens at 2 minutes and 49
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seconds into the song. Because he throws in the
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80s classic key change. Freaking brilliant. Version
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5 is from Teddy Swims. Fans of Taylor Swift might
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actually be familiar with Teddy Swims because
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he's making a name for himself on the pop charts
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with hits like Lose Control, The Door, and so
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much more that's been coming out over the last
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year. His version of Cruel Summer comes courtesy
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of BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge Sessions. Man, he
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knocks this one out of the park. stripped down
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to a piano in his voice for the entire first
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verse. It's slow, melodic, emotionally charged,
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and it invites you to really listen and focus
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on the lyrics, which is something that hasn't
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necessarily happened in the versions leading
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up to this. At 40 seconds when the first
chorus
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kicks in, the drums and band start building this
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whole song together. But the song keeps that
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emotional vibe throughout the second verse and
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beyond. And this drummer's groove, who's ever
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playing with him on this track, is just locked
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in. Honestly, you could play Teddy Swim's version
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back to back with Taylor's original, and it almost
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feels like you're listening to two different
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songs. Taylor's is breezy and, well, summery,
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and this version is just gut -wrenching and powerful.
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It tugs on the heartstrings, but dare I say in
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a good way, the bridge, they actually build up
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and it... slams with heft the drummer builds
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it to a frenzy but he never overplays the song
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he keeps the focus on the vocals and the storytelling
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of the vocals in the song there are some hints
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of an 80s power ballad that seep in momentarily
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but they disappear pretty quickly because it
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gets stripped right back down to a piano and
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vocal chorus before closing out with the full
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band honestly Teddy swim's version could be a
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radio hit in and of itself, and it could fit
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on any of his albums. I'm actually shocked. He
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hasn't recorded a studio version of it because
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this one is that frigging good. And the final
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version of Cruel Summer I want to share is thanks
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to fellow Pantheon Network mate Leah Jones, host
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of the Struts Life podcast, who introduced me
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to this insanely unique cover, which was recorded
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live on Triple J's Like A Version. And that is
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G Flip. This is actually my introduction to her
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music. And good God, is she talented. Her version
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of the song feels, I'd say, closest to the original,
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albeit a little heavier, with guitars and a string
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section that really make up the synth elements,
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although those elements are incorporated tastefully
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here as well. I'm picturing like a Paramore vibe
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for this song, but both eras, the punk side fused
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with the poppier side, along with a love and
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admiration for the original, the pacing, the
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delivery, it's all there. The string section
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really adds a level of heft to the song and makes
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this version feel absolutely massive. Now the
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part of this version that stole the show for
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me, for the first two thirds of the song, G Flip
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is just standing with a mic and singing the song
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and kind of letting the band back her. But at
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the line, I love you ain't the worst thing that
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you ever heard, while she's singing it, she puts
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her microphone down, sits down on a second drum
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set, and uses the drum mic to sing for the remainder
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of the track while slaying. drums as she's playing.
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The first drummer switches to percussion at this
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point, and now she's singing full throttle 100%,
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but she's also playing the song and including
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massive fills at the same time, and both are
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done to perfection. She's not just singing gang
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vocals, she's singing the melody with authority
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and playing the drum fills. Simultaneously, it's
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absolutely unreal, and it's not even the best
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part. By the time they repeat the bridge, she
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switches up the drumbeat to this Ridiculous groove
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that fuses punk, funk and rock all in one while
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continuing that pitch perfect vocal performance.
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The band then rocks out while she nails a bunch
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of vocal runs. The string section keeps building
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and building and it brings the song to this crazy
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climax only to crescendo into a quiet close with
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just her voice and the string section. It's an
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absolute goosebumps moment. this version made
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me a G Flip fan by far moving forward. Now, I've
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just talked about six different cover versions
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of Taylor Swift's Cruel Summer, and you could
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check out all of them over on the episode page
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at myweeklymixtape .com, where they're all embedded
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for you to listen to and watch in the case of
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some of these live performances. You definitely
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need to watch pretty much most of these, although
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The Animal in Me is just an audiogram version
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of the song. But just as a reminder, the six
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renditions once again are from Versus Me, The
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Animal in Me, Punk Rock Factory, Music by Blanks,
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Teddy Swims, and G Flip. If you like what you've
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heard from any of these artists, please go to
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their pages, follow them. Like their videos,
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connect with them on social media, and support
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the other songs they're releasing. Follow them
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on Spotify or wherever. Go to Qobuz and buy their
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songs because as far as I'm concerned, there's
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a ton of great music to dive into from all six
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of these bands and artists. Finally, I threw
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a poll up on the episode page because I would
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love to know what your favorite rendition of
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the song is. outside of Taylor's original, of
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course. So make sure to head over to the episode
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page and vote for your favorite cover or message
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me at myweeklymixtape at gmail .com and let me
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know which version of Cruel Summer was your favorite
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