countrymusicfan15
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Flat On The Floor easily won round 1! How will it square off against Carrie's cover of Randy's class "I Told You So"? Voting will close in 4 days this time (instead of 5).
Ashley (the co-writer) did perform it for a live session recorded for CMT, and this video was available for quite some time, but may no longer be. Katrina Elam also recorded it for a planned album, which was later shelved. However, her version did receive radio play as an advance single - so, technically, Carrie's version could be called a cover - nevertheless, hers was the first commercial album release.
In this clash betwen two songs I like, though, I'm going to have to come down on the side of "Flat On The Floor" - which is really the song that led me to become a Carrie fan. It's also a difficult high speed vocal, imposing considerable demands on the singer, showing emotion that combines vulnerability with determined survival
I have just voted for "Flat On the Floor".
As Professor Farawayhills said more than one day ago, "Flat On The Floor" can be considered a cover.
On the other hand, "I Told You So", a Randy Travis' song, is evidently a cover.
There is a fact that I have listened to "Flat On The Floor" more than "I Told You So".
I may also have a similar point of view to Professor Farawayhills' view
In addition, "Flat On the Floor" has been the only song released by both Carrie Underwood and Lauren Alaina -2 out of my 3 favorite and important singers (supreme rulers of my musical taste), though Lauren's version is not included in any studio album
One of the good things about ITYS for Carrie was that I feel it was her most emotionally complex song up to that point. It kind of pushed the boundaries of Carrie as an interpreter which was one of the biggest highlights of Play On on the strong tracks. Still, I've decided Flat On the Floor is the winner of this round.
Personally I never the whole determined which song I liked more by it was a cover or if it was original material. If the artist interprets a song well, makes it their own, and its a good song I'm going to choose it.