I may be alone on this, but I don't care for this new trend of using covers of classic songs in trailers. It's how they do it that bothers me. Have them sing slowly and ominously. It's a bit much IMO.
shareI love it personally :D!
I Sympathise with Lars Von Trier.
Normally I would agree but I really like this version.
shareI didn't care for this one in particular. I did however like the music in the trailer for the Carrie remake.
sharei actually couldn't' take the trailer serious because of this. Maybe because this trope is so overplayed now or maybe it's because they used a Ramones song but i had to come here to see if this was some quirky black comedy.
shareYes I'm with you. It was distracting IMO. Although I thought it was a good trailer in that it didn't give too much away.
shareI completely feel where you're coming from. Since The Social Network's trailer did it with Radiohead's Creep a few years ago, it seems to have become more and more prominent in trailers. And it's always a slower, more morose take on the original. But, in the case of this trailer, it's done very well and is very effective.
shareGood point. I forgot about Social Network(didn't care for that version either). The instrumentation is nice, and I like the idea of hearing good 'ole songs. Maybe it's the vocal style.
shareI take back what I said about Social Network trailer(it was really good). I'm referring to more recent examples. Sparse instrumentation usually with a dinstinct solo singer.
shareI didn't know it was a cover, but yeah, the trailer song annoyed the life out of me...
shareYah this was the worst cover I've heard in a long time
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