So New Found Glory had their entire new cover album, From the Screen to Your Stereo, Pt.2 up on their myspace page. From The Screen to Your Stereo Pt.1 was one of the group’s masterpieces, so I decided to give it a listen. On both albums the band covered songs from movies, usually from the 80s. But while Pt.1 was amazing, Pt.2 comes off very weak. Any fan of the original will definitely miss the energy and passion the group had on it.
What at first seemed to be some intriguing covers, like Don’t Forget About Me from the Breakfast Club and Iris by Goo Goo Dolls turn out to not even hold a candle to the original versions. Don’t Forget About Me is absolutely ruined and the original is way better, do your ears a favor. Same goes with Iris. These songs are such classics that if you cover them, you should probably be able to at least make it sound better. I’ve always liked some of their music, but NFG seemed to be way off either in their choices of songs or their performance of them. The only real standout on this CD is Stay by Lisa Loeb, and that’s mainly because she sang on the track. By the way Lisa should you ever read this…if you were an explosive you’d be fineomite.
It seems NFG has gotten a little soft in their old age, because alot of the energy they once had is gone. Even the lead singer, who used to have a voice that was so high and whiney you’d get sick of it comes off almost soft spoken on some of the tunes. What a shame, guess I’ll go listen to Pt.1 instead and remember the good times. I guess it’s true, nothing gold can stay….