2-6: Love Reign O'er Me vs. Bee Girl

Post by **stip** » Wed March 19, 2025 11:18 pm

Love Reign O'er Me vs. Bee Girl

Post by **stip** » Wed March 19, 2025 11:25 pm

Bee Girl has aged kind of poorly, and Love Reign O'er Me is Eddie's most impressive performance of that entire decade.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Thu March 20, 2025 10:31 am

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Thu March 20, 2025 11:44 am

stip wrote:Bee Girl has aged kind of poorly

How so, would you say?

Post by **stip** » Thu March 20, 2025 1:33 pm

it's hard to articulate, and so now I wonder if it's just that I don't like it as much and it's me.

Post by **epilogue** » Thu March 20, 2025 4:56 pm

For me, Bee Girl has agreed really well.

But I'm still voting for Reign, even though I usually never vote for covers over originals.

Farmer John · Post by **Farmer John** » Thu March 20, 2025 5:02 pm

Kind of surprised LRo'M is running away with it (unless we're talking the VH1 Rock Honors performance). I thought Bee Girl was somewhat beloved.

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Thu March 20, 2025 5:06 pm

Never understood the love for Bee Girl

Post by **stip** » Thu March 20, 2025 5:24 pm

epilogue wrote:For me, Bee Girl has agreed really well.

But I'm still voting for Reign, even though I usually never vote for covers over originals.

you voted for Crazy Mary too, right? Everything is on the table!

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Thu March 20, 2025 7:32 pm

stip wrote:it's hard to articulate, and so now I wonder if it's just that I don't like it as much and it's me.

I really like "Bee Girl" -- there is something disarmingly sweet about Eddie circa 1993 singing a cautionary tale about the emptiness of fame to a fictional character from a music video. I find his delivery of the line, "Anxious is the present/Unwrap your gifts, take your time" really affecting.

Eddie kills it on "Love Reign O'er Me" but that's about it -- it's a pretty straightforward karaoke-style cover. Nothing wrong with that necessarily, but I find "Bee Girl" more enjoyable.

Post by **epilogue** » Thu March 20, 2025 8:18 pm

stip wrote:
epilogue wrote:For me, Bee Girl has agreed really well.

But I'm still voting for Reign, even though I usually never vote for covers over originals.
you voted for Crazy Mary too, right? Everything is on the table!

It's a new me in this post Dark Matter world!

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