MUSIC@TWO_SENSER: GET LUCKY - A TALE OF TWO VERSIONS

One of the great things about music is how a single song can be interpreted and re-interpreted; how a track originally written for the dance floor can be taken apart and re-imagined into something completely different.

I love coming across these unexpected gems, and sometimes the covers often turn out to have more of an impact than the originals.

Take for instance, the happy, funky tune that is Get Lucky by Daft Punk. This new collaboration by the French electronic music masters with Pharrell Williams on vocals and the inimitable sound of Nile Rodgers' guitar brilliantly encapsulates where today's dance music began and where it is today in just over four minutes. The production is immaculate and instantly raises the bar for the entire dance pop enterprise.


Now... look what happens when London folk trio Daughter comes along and produces this amazing cover. Rather than stick within constraints one might consider genre-appropriate, Daughter often branch out into the delightfully absurd with their cover work.

In the hands of singer Elena Tosca and her band, the track takes on a brooding, chilly air and soaring, synth-heavy soundscape, giving so much more of an intimate meaning to the lyrics. But that catchy beat and irresistible chorus are kept pretty much intact

A beautiful thing: