The original vs The Covers: Runnin’ Out Of Fools
February 28th, 2010
I’m going to pull a Stephanie here and do a little original vs the covers. I still have something planned for Music Monday, but this is just a bonus weekend post.
The original by Aretha Franklin. She’s so young.
Isaac Hayes. Oh my, that’s a sexy cover.
First Choice cover. Groovy.
Neko Case cover. None of her music is on youtube besides live performances, so you can also hear it here (or below) in it’s much better glory, as it’s my favorite version of this song.
Some of you may mention that Elvis Costello did a cover of this, but the internet is 100% free of that song, apparently. Which honestly I’m not that bummed about as I’m not a Costello fan. What? Blasphemy to some of you, I know.
February 28th, 2010 at 2:55 am
Neko Case is my absolute favorite. Even her lyrical butchering of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" is awesome!
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February 28th, 2010 at 3:38 am
I had a conversation with Neko about the Elvis Costello version after one of her shows a couple years ago. We agreed that it was the mutual favorite version. True story.
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February 28th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
I almost always prefer Neko Case singing other people's songs rather than her own, although I like Marianne Faithfull's cover of a Neko song. Maybe that makes her a pure cover artist for me – singing covers and writing covers?
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March 1st, 2010 at 3:16 am
Unrelated to your awesome post, but did I just see one of your necklaces on How to Make it in America on HBO? I am 99% sure it was, if so I am sure you already knew about it, but I wanted to say congrats!
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