10CC, Tori Amos
here's the 10CC version. Let me try and get Tori's version too from the album Strange Little Girls
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
(Big) Hard Sun
It was goosebumps all around the first time i heard this song in the middle of the night. Eddie Vedders vocals accompanied by the great canvas that sean penn seems to have directed.
Only eddie could do this i thought.
Duly got the complete Into the Wild OST the next day. After many listens, i bumped into the tiny details that this song is actually a cover. By a band called Indio. Duly got that too. And i like eddie’s cover even more now, because it was such a good song to start with, which means anybody covering it has to do justice to it and take it to another levels. i now love eddie’s cover even more because of this. You can see the Eddie Effect. I prefer the cover actually now.
Only eddie could do this i thought.
Duly got the complete Into the Wild OST the next day. After many listens, i bumped into the tiny details that this song is actually a cover. By a band called Indio. Duly got that too. And i like eddie’s cover even more now, because it was such a good song to start with, which means anybody covering it has to do justice to it and take it to another levels. i now love eddie’s cover even more because of this. You can see the Eddie Effect. I prefer the cover actually now.
Big Yellow Taxi
Joni Mitchell, Counting Crows (but why?)
At somepoint, everyone around was raving about that 'new song' from Counting Crows. ok. I will admit. I never listened to much of the crows unless it was always played by someone else. For some unknown strange reason I was curious to listen to that 'new song' - that was it. I was fuming.
At somepoint, everyone around was raving about that 'new song' from Counting Crows. ok. I will admit. I never listened to much of the crows unless it was always played by someone else. For some unknown strange reason I was curious to listen to that 'new song' - that was it. I was fuming.
Monday, November 12, 2007
New Dawn Fades
Joy Division, Massive Attack
Or Massive Attack, Joy Division??
There are covers. And there are covers. Self-sustained. Each an interpretation. Good. Bad. Better than original? Better left alone? Subjective opinions. We could agree to disagree.
And then along comes a song – New Dawn Fades, in this case.
And I use this as an illustrative example ‘cos i both the bands.
And along comes a song – New Dawn Fades, in this case.
And I use this as an illustrative example ‘cos i love both (?) the songs involved.
More so, because i got into Joy Division because of this song.
And i got into this song ‘cos i like Massive Attack.
Massive Attack => New Dawn Fades => Joy Division.
And Joy Division was such a great discovery.
Do i thank the song? Do i thank Massive Attack? Do i thank Joy Division from whom came New Dawn Fades originally, ‘cos it’s a loop? Should I be grateful it was the Massive Attack cover I listened to? Well. Whatever. Nevermind. I still like Massive Attack. I like Joy Division. I love New Dawn Fades.
There are stories. And I’m sure you have one too. So. Has there been a cover by a band you personally like, which you didn’t know was a cover at first, but once you listened to the original, you got hooked on to the original artist? We’d like to know.
Or Massive Attack, Joy Division??
There are covers. And there are covers. Self-sustained. Each an interpretation. Good. Bad. Better than original? Better left alone? Subjective opinions. We could agree to disagree.
And then along comes a song – New Dawn Fades, in this case.
And I use this as an illustrative example ‘cos i both the bands.
And along comes a song – New Dawn Fades, in this case.
And I use this as an illustrative example ‘cos i love both (?) the songs involved.
More so, because i got into Joy Division because of this song.
And i got into this song ‘cos i like Massive Attack.
Massive Attack => New Dawn Fades => Joy Division.
And Joy Division was such a great discovery.
Do i thank the song? Do i thank Massive Attack? Do i thank Joy Division from whom came New Dawn Fades originally, ‘cos it’s a loop? Should I be grateful it was the Massive Attack cover I listened to? Well. Whatever. Nevermind. I still like Massive Attack. I like Joy Division. I love New Dawn Fades.
There are stories. And I’m sure you have one too. So. Has there been a cover by a band you personally like, which you didn’t know was a cover at first, but once you listened to the original, you got hooked on to the original artist? We’d like to know.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Sappy / Verse Chorus Verse
Again a Nirvana song. Again, sung with a lone acoustic guitar. And again, by a lady with an irresistible voice. This time, with the name of Scout Niblett. Sappy was planned to come just before All Apologies in the album tracklist, but was omitted from it before its release. Later, the track 'appeared' in a compilation album of various artists as a hidden track.
Even if you are not one of those who are way too proud of smoking scandalous vegetation; even if you don’t wear Nirvana tee-shirts with a blown-up Cobain face; even if you can’t recite Cobain’s suicide note with all the comas correct when woken up from a late night slumber after a hard day; you can still be curious about the song that is considered to be Cobain’s most favourite song which he never was happy about, and its title that was assigned and reassigned to different songs at different times, and still is ambiguous.
Even if you are not one of those who are way too proud of smoking scandalous vegetation; even if you don’t wear Nirvana tee-shirts with a blown-up Cobain face; even if you can’t recite Cobain’s suicide note with all the comas correct when woken up from a late night slumber after a hard day; you can still be curious about the song that is considered to be Cobain’s most favourite song which he never was happy about, and its title that was assigned and reassigned to different songs at different times, and still is ambiguous.
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