(September 12, 2010 at 7:34 pm)Zen Badger Wrote: You've all missed the greatest cover of them all
With air guitar! (I used to watch Woodstock religiously when I was younger) I love the organ on that too...
This reminds me of Aretha Franklin radically different version of Eleanor Rigby. She puts her own soulful spin on it:
I don't like it when covers attempt to duplicate the original performance-- why bother? A really good song can withstand several interpretations. Johnny Cash's interpretations of Tom Waits, Nick Cave, U2, Leonard Cohen, and Soundgarden are a prime example. He sings those songs as if he himself wrote them (and in some cases even exceeds the originals).
Unimaginative covers annoy me. What's the point in doing "Cats in the Cradle" when you are using the exact same arrangement? Why bother when I could just as easily hear the original?
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