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    • GeekyRandy

    • Use of @Cover tag

    • Nov 9, 2011 6:50:15 PM UTC

    I‘m beginning to think the @Cover tag is most useful for covers that artists/bands haven‘t recorded, otherwise it simply screw up the album statistics. For example, when Eric Clapton plays “Cocaine”, it will appear in the album statistics as a cover, instead of showing that it appeared on the SLOWHAND lp.

    If there‘s no way to transfer a cover song to an album (I‘ve tried and it doesn‘t seem to work), then the album statistics are almost useless. Unless the song hasn‘t been recorded by the artist covering the song, perhaps Cover tag isn't needed? The Cover statistic seems most useful when it‘s a song the performing artist hasn‘t recorded.

    What does everybody else think?

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    • DN-Warrior

    • Re: Use of @Cover tag

    • Nov 13, 2011 4:20:28 PM UTC

    I think the song should be marked in the ablum tag AND the cover tag.

    And it would also be better to mark the songs of a medley in the album tag. Example:

    “Song 1“ ist from the album “A“
    “Song 2“ ist from the album “B“

    The band plays the medley:

    Song 1 / Song 2

    Song 1 should appear 2 times in the album statistics. One time as “Album A“ and a second time as “Medley”.

    just my opinion ;)

    Last edited Nov 13, 2011 4:21:51 PM UTC

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    • KingAlanI

    • Re: Use of @Cover tag

    • Nov 21, 2011 3:59:23 AM UTC

    that‘s one of my big issues with the setlist.fm interface.
    yet it would still be useful to mention it‘s a cover.
    Info tag, with or without Cover tag.

    For example:
    Cocaine Cover[JJ Cale] Info[A cover of this song had already appeared on the album Slowhand]

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  • Since You Been Gone.
    A Russ Ballard song – should each appearance in Rainbow / Joe Lynn Turner setlists be noted as a cover? If so, please change.

    (sorry if this is the wrong thread for this – there appear to be a few)

    Last edited Jan 22, 2012 4:32:09 PM UTC

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    • Withnail

    • Re: Use of @Cover tag

    • Jan 24, 2012 1:37:50 AM UTC

    A couple of specific @Cover tag questions as apply to the band ‘Lambchop‘:

    Their album (OH) Ohio features the song ‘I Believe In You‘ which is a cover of a Don Williams song. If I tag the song as a cover, it doesn‘t show in the album statistics as featuring on (OH) Ohio – it only appears there if the tag is left off. As with the example above, would it better to not use the Cover tag, or use an Info tag instead?

    A more complex one.. bear with me.

    The song ‘Give It‘ was written by the lead singer of Lambchop, but written for, and originally recorded with, the dance act XPress-2. However, Lambchop now perform the song live, and it has featured on a Lambchop live album. Should this be tagged as a Cover, even though it was written and performed by the Lambchop lead singer, but for as part of a different project?

    Even more complex: they often include a snippet of ‘Once In A Lifetime at the end of ‘Give It‘ when the perform it live: what would be the best way of listing this on the setlist?

    Does that make any sense?

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    • leglessmoof

    • Re: Use of @Cover tag

    • Feb 21, 2012 2:33:57 PM UTC
    Since You Been Gone.
    A Russ Ballard song – should each appearance in Rainbow / Joe Lynn Turner setlists be noted as a cover? If so, please change.

    Done

    Their album (OH) Ohio features the song ‘I Believe In You‘ which is a cover of a Don Williams song. If I tag the song as a cover, it doesn‘t show in the album statistics as featuring on (OH) Ohio – it only appears there if the tag is left off. As with the example above, would it better to not use the Cover tag, or use an Info tag instead?

    If it‘s a cover, you should use the @Cover tag.

    The song ‘Give It‘ was written by the lead singer of Lambchop, but written for, and originally recorded with, the dance act XPress-2. However, Lambchop now perform the song live, and it has featured on a Lambchop live album. Should this be tagged as a Cover, even though it was written and performed by the Lambchop lead singer, but for as part of a different project?

    In my opinion, I would list it as a cover. The idea behind the @Cover tag is that you should be able to click on a song and see all the times it was performed by any artist. With that in mind, only one artist can be the “original“ artist, and every other artist would be a cover.

    However, in this case you could make a legitimate argument that it‘s not a cover. So if you want to list it that way, that‘s fine. Just make sure it‘s listed consistently across all Lambchop setlists.

    Even more complex: they often include a snippet of ‘Once In A Lifetime at the end of ‘Give It‘ when the perform it live: what would be the best way of listing this on the setlist?

    You have 3 options. Any of these options are fine, just make sure they are listed the same way on all setlists.

    Give It @Info[including “Once In A Lifetime” snippet]

    Give It / Once In A Lifetime

    Give It
    Once In A Lifetime @Info[snippet]

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    • GeekyRandy

    • Re: Use of @Cover tag

    • Mar 17, 2012 7:14:00 PM UTC

    Would this not be the prime example of when to use the Song tag? It was written by the performer, but originally recorded by someone else. In my opinion, it's kind of split ownership. To keep album-statistics in the mix, I'd be inclined to list the original recording artist in the tag, but use Song instead of @Cover. Agree/disagree?

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