Comments - I'm Still Here - crafthaus2024-03-29T15:40:38Zhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2104389%3ABlogPost%3A561513&xn_auth=noWell, on a Mexican theme, her…tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2017-01-26:2104389:Comment:5627302017-01-26T09:06:59.755ZThe Justified Sinnerhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/TheJustifiedSinner
<p>Well, on a Mexican theme, here is the Mariachi version of The Smiths' "Big Mouth Strikes again"...</p>
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<p>My absolute favourite Smiths' cover is by The Ukranians:</p>
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<p>Two…</p>
<p>Well, on a Mexican theme, here is the Mariachi version of The Smiths' "Big Mouth Strikes again"...</p>
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<p>My absolute favourite Smiths' cover is by The Ukranians:</p>
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<p>Two for the price of one!</p> Just to keep it going with so…tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2017-01-25:2104389:Comment:5625992017-01-25T23:36:39.099Z2Roseshttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/2Roses
<p>Just to keep it going with something completely different, here is a taste of "El Parche" (Steve Jordan) who has been called the Jimi Hendrix of the TexMex Accordion. This is his cover of the classic El Cascabel. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DCH6Q8qN9GU?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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<p>Just to keep it going with something completely different, here is a taste of "El Parche" (Steve Jordan) who has been called the Jimi Hendrix of the TexMex Accordion. This is his cover of the classic El Cascabel. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DCH6Q8qN9GU?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
</p> I particularly like Nirvana's…tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2017-01-25:2104389:Comment:5626392017-01-25T07:39:31.758ZThe Justified Sinnerhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/TheJustifiedSinner
<p>I particularly like Nirvana's version of "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam" but I'm biased as it was written by a friend of mine from Glasgow! </p>
<p>I particularly like Nirvana's version of "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam" but I'm biased as it was written by a friend of mine from Glasgow! </p> I've been thinking about cove…tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2017-01-25:2104389:Comment:5625902017-01-25T03:31:53.753ZSeana Higginshttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/SeanaHiggins
<p>I've been thinking about covers so much since I first saw Brigitte's post on Instagram. I can't post all the videos because it would be insane, but I'll make a list of my favorites.</p>
<p>Ryan Adams covering Wonderwall by Oasis<br></br> Nirvana covering In the Pines by Lead Belly<br></br> Sturgill Simpson covering In Bloom by Nirvana (see what I did there?) <br></br>
Local H covering Toxic by Britney Spears (yes, another one)<br></br>
the Civil Wars covering I Want you Back by The Jackson 5<br></br>
Gillian…</p>
<p>I've been thinking about covers so much since I first saw Brigitte's post on Instagram. I can't post all the videos because it would be insane, but I'll make a list of my favorites.</p>
<p>Ryan Adams covering Wonderwall by Oasis<br/> Nirvana covering In the Pines by Lead Belly<br/>
Sturgill Simpson covering In Bloom by Nirvana (see what I did there?) <br/>
Local H covering Toxic by Britney Spears (yes, another one)<br/>
the Civil Wars covering I Want you Back by The Jackson 5<br/>
Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlins covering Black Star by Radiohead<br/>
A Perfect Circle covering Imagine by John Lennon</p>
<p>I'm realizing as I compile the list that I mostly enjoy what artists of a completely different genre do with a song out of their usual range. Taking this on seems to force them to consider how to adapt the song to not only pay homage to the original artist but also to make it sound like it fits with their particular style.</p>
<p>I think I could probably add to this endlessly, but I'll add these two videos (1) Because I saw them perform this last summer at a festival I attended by myself and it moved me so much that I cried. <br/> (2) Because our political climate is (in my opinion) quite bleak, and this cover seems to capture that feeling.</p>
<p>Thanks for bringing up this subject, I enjoyed thinking about it for a bit.</p>
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<p><a href="https://youtu.be/dunKAwRN3P8" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/dunKAwRN3P8</a></p> My favourite audience shot is…tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2017-01-21:2104389:Comment:5622932017-01-21T17:15:53.724ZThe Justified Sinnerhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/TheJustifiedSinner
<p>My favourite audience shot is at 1'58", where the lady in the typing-pool glasses freaks out and her friend to the left completely fails to understand. There is more than a whiff of Max Wall about that dancing, though!</p>
<p>What an utterly joyful performance. Thanks for sharing.</p>
<p>My favourite audience shot is at 1'58", where the lady in the typing-pool glasses freaks out and her friend to the left completely fails to understand. There is more than a whiff of Max Wall about that dancing, though!</p>
<p>What an utterly joyful performance. Thanks for sharing.</p> O - M - G !! At first look I…tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2017-01-21:2104389:Comment:5620962017-01-21T13:38:11.839ZBrigitte Martinhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/brigittemartin
<p>O - M - G !! At first look I thought, hey that's Bruno Mars' daddy, only with more umph. Hahaha.</p>
<p>Thank you John, you made my day. This is incredible. I also love the stunned looks from some people in the audience, and the cut to the two white men at the end who just don't know what to make of this - fricking hilarious. Must practice those awesome dance moves. Splits, I am sorry to say, are totally out of the question, but that one-legged shimmy (or whatever you call it) I am going to…</p>
<p>O - M - G !! At first look I thought, hey that's Bruno Mars' daddy, only with more umph. Hahaha.</p>
<p>Thank you John, you made my day. This is incredible. I also love the stunned looks from some people in the audience, and the cut to the two white men at the end who just don't know what to make of this - fricking hilarious. Must practice those awesome dance moves. Splits, I am sorry to say, are totally out of the question, but that one-legged shimmy (or whatever you call it) I am going to go for. In a well-carpeted area of my house. Thanks!!!!!!!</p> Here's early James Brown doin…tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2017-01-21:2104389:Comment:5623222017-01-21T07:22:30.982Z2Roseshttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/2Roses
<p>Here's early James Brown doing a cover of Night Train. Nobody had ever seen anything remotely like James Brown before. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZF_rZrH4yBY?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
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<p>Here's early James Brown doing a cover of Night Train. Nobody had ever seen anything remotely like James Brown before. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZF_rZrH4yBY?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
</p> Neither had I until this came…tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2017-01-20:2104389:Comment:5620892017-01-20T07:42:47.374ZThe Justified Sinnerhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/TheJustifiedSinner
<p>Neither had I until this came on the radio one evening and I got absolutely obsessed with it, listening to it on repeat for ages. There is something quite unworldly about it. </p>
<p>Neither had I until this came on the radio one evening and I got absolutely obsessed with it, listening to it on repeat for ages. There is something quite unworldly about it. </p> Ohhhh, that's a good one Dauv…tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2017-01-19:2104389:Comment:5623152017-01-19T22:23:15.992Z2Roseshttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/2Roses
<p>Ohhhh, that's a good one Dauvit. I had not heard Veron Green and the Phantoms before. </p>
<p>Ohhhh, that's a good one Dauvit. I had not heard Veron Green and the Phantoms before. </p> Thank you! I knew about "Houn…tag:crafthaus.ning.com,2017-01-19:2104389:Comment:5620872017-01-19T20:42:17.466ZThe Justified Sinnerhttps://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/TheJustifiedSinner
<p>Thank you! I knew about "Hound Dog" and had heard it before but it was great to be reminded of it. WAY better than Elvis' version. </p>
<p>Just while we're on such niche music, here is one of my favourites from the era, "Sweet Breeze" by Vernon Green which is not a cover and I don't know that it has been covered, but it is like a 1956 song by Portishead!…</p>
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<p>Thank you! I knew about "Hound Dog" and had heard it before but it was great to be reminded of it. WAY better than Elvis' version. </p>
<p>Just while we're on such niche music, here is one of my favourites from the era, "Sweet Breeze" by Vernon Green which is not a cover and I don't know that it has been covered, but it is like a 1956 song by Portishead!</p>
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