See What You've Done...

Here's a sneak peek at Heydon's original song See What You've Done. The following video captures the end of the track as he performs it for the first time while on location in the South Island. 

For the film's soundtrack, I had asked Heydon to write a song that spoke more to the genre of a road movie, something that encapsulated the grit and attitude of the production; where Blues meets Johnny Cash.

Three days later, he emerged with this...

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Message to My Girl?

I've been comptemplating whether the lead character (played by Heydon Hohaia) should perform an acoustic rendition of Neil Finn's Message to My Girl as part of the film.

Permission to use the track is subject to writer clearance and would be relatively expensive. Considering the cost, it's important that the song works successfully as a cover version to audiences. 

Heydon Hohaia, Message to My Girl (Acoustic Cover), 2010

Split Enz, Message to My Girl (Original), 1984

...is Heydon's interpretation of the song too different from the original to be effective as a cover?  Or is that a good thing?

Does anyone out there in Internetland have any feedback for us?
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