Social Distortion revs up Johnny Cash
Jeb Loy Nichols always brings something new to a song, whether he’s covering his own stuff or a tune by his heroes.
So it’s not surprising that he’d cover Johnny and June Cash, but his minimalist-yet-somehow-still-calypso “Worried Man” is fun.
But I didn’t expect his Reggae/Folkie/Bluegrass/Dub/Drum&Bass treatment on one of my favorite Luther Vandross songs:
Dan Hicks put the folk-jazz on Tom Waits’ “The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)”.
Johnny Cash takes possession of Trent Reznor.
Trent Reznor takes on the Queen
“Farmer John” was covered by several artists before Neil Young grabbed hold of it, but Neil puts some rough edges on it and gives it a real garage band feel, which I would contend is more in keeping with what I picture as some snot-nosed punk having the unmitigated audacity to tell the old man that he, the young punk, likes the way the old man’s daughter wiggles when she walks. I mean, really, it takes some balls to tell a girl’s father something like that.
Johnny Cash’s version of Ghost Riders in the Sky is the ultimate one for me. The combination of his Elvis-like voice, the backup singers in the chorus, and the rich instrumentation, all elevate it from a song that was rather folksy in earlier recordings to a distinctive Western standard.
Just heard this on our public radio station – “Crazy Train” in folk/bluegress style. It works well Nice harmonies.
No offense to Neil but garage bands were cranking out “Farmer John” when he was still playing high school gigs with the Squires.it’s probably only second to “Louie, Louie” as the most played song by 1960s garage bands. There are a lot of nice sloppy Garage versions out there.
Sure, but Neil’s the big name who put it on a record that way.
ETA: Or, more to the point, his is the version I like best.
UB40’s cover of Neil Diamond’s Red Red Wine turned a sappy ballad into a reggae hit.
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I had no idea that existed (hadn’t seen the underlying movie). She can really do whatever she puts her mind to, can’t she?
The Oscar on her mantle would suggest so.
Whitney Houston took Dolly Parton’s bittersweet ode on breaking up and turned it into a bombastic anthem about everlasting? love.
Then there are the soothing sounds of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata.
Scary Pockets is in the business of “funkifying” popular songs. Here are two of my favorites:
Isn’t this cover same genre, tempo, etc., same everything as NIN except Cash’s voice?
Aztec Camera’s mellow cover of Jump almost sounds like Lou Reed doing Sweet Jane . This is the “loaded” version that tacks a 2 1/2 minute guitar freak out at the end:
That was fun, Roddy Frame is creative.
Man did that piano background sound a lot like the accompaniment on Springsteen’s “She’s the One.”
Straight No Chaser performs “We Three Kings” in 5/4 time:
One of my favorites. The Dead South gives a whole new perspective to this song.
I love the minor key and the unbearable sadness it evokes.