kollektiv totem: experimental cover

Translations are always a big deal. Covers too. Often they aren’t as good as the original. Or perhaps they are? It depends. In the past, it was common for a producer to ask a well-known singer to cover a big hit from another country – in the hope of achieving success with it in their own country too. People often thought the song had originally been written in their own language. Until, at some point, they discovered that it actually came from another country …

Be that as it may: what difference does it make if you don’t know the original?