Cody Fry

Regina Scime: Originally by The Beatles… this orchestration engenders an existential cry to the universe better than the original

• Joseph Harvey +2 — Ok, what the heck!! This was insanely good and contributes a ton to the song!
• fionmul +1 — This was so cool woah. I was ready to hate it cuz Cody Fry but I LOVE it. Why am I like gonna cry?!
• Claire +1 — My first listen of this song was on the south shore line and it didn’t quite hit, felt a little melodramatic. Second listen was in terminal 3 of ORD and this time I really dug the way he works more texture and narrative into the original material with the choral and orchestral arrangements. I feel like the (successful imo) creative reworking merits a vote
• shea nowicki +1
• judd.baker 0 — I wanted to like this but just couldn’t really get into it. It’s not bad, it’s definitely different from the original in compelling ways and the production value is high, but it almost seems like it’s trying too hard
• SamRobertsND -1 — This is a good example of confusing the sum of parts for a whole. The original Eleanor Rigby is one of the Beatles’ masterpieces. It is economical in runtime and minimal in production, yet it is dripping with mystery, packing a huge punch with little and in little time. This overly-long and over-produced imitation replaces any mystery with boring bombast. A good cover is a metamorphosis of one creature into another of equal or greater beauty. Like the Star Wars sequels, this is a puppeteered corpse dressed in new clothes, relying on brash restatements of the original’s accoutrements while losing the soul to which those elements were subordinated and given purpose.
• Edward James -1 — I actually really liked the instrumental opening here, very beautiful and Star Wars esque. But then it takes a nosedive imo. One time I saw a Beatles Christmas musical at an evangelical mega church. The music, performance, technical chops were all amazing and it was very fun. Despite almost everyone in the performance being a better vocalist than the individual Beatles, I would still not consider them better or even comparable. I feel the same way hearing this song. It has all the beauty and none of the artistic merit. Really just taking this as a moment to expound on why I often find beautiful vocals to be of only middling importance in music. Overall, the song was fine.