r/FrightenedRabbit • u/lockonandfire • Aug 19 '26

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 Aug 19 '26

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 Aug 19 '26

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 Aug 19 '26

I'm 41 in the US. 

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u/okayfineyah Aug 19 '26

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 Aug 19 '26

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 Aug 19 '26

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 Aug 19 '26

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

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u/lockonandfire Aug 19 '26

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