Vibrations and how they get to your ears.
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A former student of mine picked up on the theme of “covers as musical indeterminacy” we discussed in my class on Indeterminacy this summer. We talked a lot about what different versions of a song need to have in common for them to be considered the “same song,” and what parts of a song are nonessential to its core “identity.”
Vicky took this to heart and rounded up a variety of videos of “Such Great Heights” by the Postal Service, collecting a pretty impressive variety. I may just have to use them as an example next time I teach that class.
And, in a flight of fancy right up my alley, she suggests listening to the first three simultaneously.
Go check it out.
