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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9342777"><p>I agree with a lot of this. Also just as a musician, and with art in general, I tend to like the early forms of things more than later (I prefer the 1818 Frankenstein to the 1831 revision, I feel like Star Wars as we experienced it and as it was intended was in many ways lost when Lucas started altering it over the years----to the extent that the composition of the shots feels distorted now in some instances). With musical re-interpretations, often someone makes something their own in a way that supplants the original. I am not familiar with Batten's rendition of Beat It so I can't comment on that one. But there is artistry involved in interpretation and reimagining another artists' work. What that doesn't do is take away the significance or meaning of the original. Even when a work has been eclipsed by a cover, you learn a lot going back and following things to the source. Also in the case of Van Halen, even though I must admit I am not a massive fan, he was a pioneer. I can't deny that he changed guitar as we know it. The only song of his I can play is eruption (which I think most guitarists are taught as just a standard part of learning technique). And so if I were to suddenly take an interest in learning the beat it solo, I would want to give primacy to him</p></blockquote><p></p>