That is just demonstrably untrue, Somebody I Used to Know is transformative to the point to not be confused with the original, which cannot be said for Anxiety.
With this whole “not changing anything means it’s bad” standard
Didn’t say that.
Why are you saying she has to take more obscure samples?
Because her song is being mistaken for the one she is sampling, leading to people not liking her song and thinking she is unoriginal.
Again this is a pretty arbitrary standard to have. Sampling
Not really, proof is in the pudding. Ice Ice Baby is able to be confused for Under Pressure, so people think it’s unoriginal, same here. If it isn’t transformative enough, it is derivative.
I’m just pointing this out cos of the hypocrisy of calling her out on this front but then only having good words for Gotye.
It’s not hypocrisy, the Gotye song does not sound like the song the sample is from, whereas Anxiety sounds exactly like Somebody I Used to Know.
But there’s a difference between saying you don’t like it and thinking it’s bad.
Right, and I never said it’s bad
There’s plenty of stuff I don’t like personally but that I can appreciate has been done well
If the thing you appreciate from a song is not a part that artist added to the mix (for example, if you really like the bass line from Ice Ice Baby), where does the appreciation lay? Because that’s the crux that you don’t seem to grasp. People like the Gotye song because it’s more than the sum of its parts; it made something new. Whereas, as demonstrated by Anxiety being seen as “just Somebody I Used to Know with different lyrics,” it is not transformative or unique. As you mentioned, covers can bring something new to the table, or just be the same song with a different vibe. But it’s still the same song.
Or maybe the consensus is just that she didn’t do it well enough, or it was just too derivative, or any combination of things. To me it certainly feels like the music version of how Hollywood does reboot-sequels that’s basically the same movie but remade for modern audiences, I’d rather just watch the original.
That is just demonstrably untrue, Somebody I Used to Know is transformative to the point to not be confused with the original, which cannot be said for Anxiety.
Didn’t say that.
Because her song is being mistaken for the one she is sampling, leading to people not liking her song and thinking she is unoriginal.
Not really, proof is in the pudding. Ice Ice Baby is able to be confused for Under Pressure, so people think it’s unoriginal, same here. If it isn’t transformative enough, it is derivative.
It’s not hypocrisy, the Gotye song does not sound like the song the sample is from, whereas Anxiety sounds exactly like Somebody I Used to Know.
Right, and I never said it’s bad
If the thing you appreciate from a song is not a part that artist added to the mix (for example, if you really like the bass line from Ice Ice Baby), where does the appreciation lay? Because that’s the crux that you don’t seem to grasp. People like the Gotye song because it’s more than the sum of its parts; it made something new. Whereas, as demonstrated by Anxiety being seen as “just Somebody I Used to Know with different lyrics,” it is not transformative or unique. As you mentioned, covers can bring something new to the table, or just be the same song with a different vibe. But it’s still the same song.
Or maybe the consensus is just that she didn’t do it well enough, or it was just too derivative, or any combination of things. To me it certainly feels like the music version of how Hollywood does reboot-sequels that’s basically the same movie but remade for modern audiences, I’d rather just watch the original.