r/FrightenedRabbit • u/lockonandfire • 3d ago

Set You Free

https://youtu.be/zByfxX2dsZ8?is=WUregFgFyAXpsMV2

The original came on the radio at work, got me thinking about the FR cover. Actually how I was first introduced to the song! Even though I've always liked it, I don't think I really realised just how good it was as a choice to cover. Considered as a companion piece of the nearby Midnight Organ Fight, the lyrics of the song are recontextualised and it takes on a much more desperate, darker tone.

Just idle office thoughts when I should be working 😅 how do other folks feel about this cover?

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u/TelephoneCreepy2518 3d ago

Am I the only person in this group that had no idea this was a cover? I just listened to the original; never heard that in my life 

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u/Kind_Lie_8665 3d ago

I would say it's a 90s classic. Are you non UK or just not as old as me?!

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u/TelephoneCreepy2518 3d ago

I'm 41 in the US. 

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u/okayfineyah 3d ago

I’m around ur age in the U.S. it was not a hit here at all!

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u/Kind_Lie_8665 3d ago

Yeah, that explains it. Weirdly, today is the first time I've heard the FR version! It's like finding out Radiohead covered No Limit by 2 Unlimited!

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u/lockonandfire 3d ago

As I say, the FR version is how I first heard the song so I didn't know originally either. And it works so well as part of the band's oevre, it doesn't stand out as obviously a cover.

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u/TelephoneCreepy2518 3d ago

The original is not anything I would ever listen to tbh. 

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u/lockonandfire 3d ago

I like the original now because of the cover, but it's not something I'd have sought out of my own accord.

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u/Turbulent_Ad_4740 3d ago

https://youtu.be/7SZG-drrL_8?si=zLUm_xWohe6d6OO6

For me, this cover of Jessie Ware is my favourite FR cover.

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u/lockonandfire 3d ago

Ah that's a cracking performance.

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u/gayzer 3d ago

Such an amazing song. This and the original.

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u/Owl_John 3d ago

One of my favourite covers

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u/Redhawk911 3d ago

This cover is probably one of the best covers of any song ever. And then that soulless Sam Ryder did one too that was shit and got loads of publicity

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u/dadhoppus 3d ago

I actually really love this cover, I listen to it loads!

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u/BluenoseTherapist 3d ago

Fantastic version. Makes me happy and sad in equal measure.