He told a story that began with Joni Mitchell dropping by the house in Laurel canyon to hang out, and ended with finishing Best of My Love at a recording studio in England, ‘and that’s the first gold record I had anything to do with.’
I didn’t know how well he sings.
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That’s gonna make things difficult up in here. ..
Thanks for spoon-feeding it to me, Lucas
I wanted to post a ‘prequel cover’, of sorts. . .or the earlier, almost unknown version of a well-loved song. The Eagles beautifully covered Ian Matthews’ version of, “Seven Bridges Road.” I think you’ll find they were pretty faithful to the prequel cover’s arrangement.
Technically, this is not the original. . .the man who wrote it, Steve Young, also recorded it in 1969, four years before Matthews.
Thanks! I was a fan when he played with Fairport Convention.
Back then he was Ian McDonald, then he changed his name to Ian Matthews. Twenty years later, he changed it again to Iain Matthews.
As an aside, a friend of mine introduced himself the other day as "Jan… or Yan."
Geez, pick a name and stick with it…
I recently heard the They Might Be Giants cover of “Savoy Truffle” and loved it. BTW, KMSU Minnesota is in the middle of a They Might Be Giants marathon right now.
I’ve always loved that song. Interesting cover!
The Bacon Brothers love them some Stones.
Two Metallica covers 10 years apart.
Three sisters from Mexico play Rock Band and decide they want to play real instruments and become a rock band themselves. Here is an early Enter Sandman cover from 2013 (the bassist is 9, the drummer is 12, and the guitarist doing her best Hetfield imitation is 14!). Lars Ulrich’s reactions was: “the drummer kicks maximum ass!”
Here they are in 2023 playing an anniversary show in Mexico City in 2023, including the Enter Sandman rendition below, this time their contribution to the Metallica tribute album to the Black Album, Blacklisted. Not so much a cover as a reimagining into their vibe (but it still kicks maximum ass).
Bonus trivia: Glen Campbell was playing lead guitar in this song.
Glen played on the original, not the Soft Cell version right? That would be weird.
Yes, Campbell played on the 1964 Gloria Jones version.
Hey Jude
Jaunty piano
Rory Gallagher covers an old Leadbelly song, “Out on the Western Plain.” Rory was well-regarded for his electric guitar playing. He had many fans, and many guitarists, like Slash, cite him as an influence. I LOVE a ripping 2-minute electric guitar solo, but I find myself drawn to his acoustic songs more. Weird. I posted his version of, “As the Crow Flies” upthread as well.
I happen to think that Kirsten Dunst does a pretty decent cover of “Turning Japanese” by The Vapors.
Yeah, if it was his version of “As The Crow Flies” on his “Irish Tour” album, I totally concur. Rory was a master of both acoustic and electric blues guitar, and one of he best blues guitar players ever. I would rank him even above Clapton. Look out for his live albums, and the three CDs compilation “Blues”, because on his studio albums he often was forced by the suits to record generic rock music, and they mostly sounded sterile. But he was an exceptional player whenever he played the blues.
A twofer by the Greg Kihn Band, “For You” and “Roadrunner”
Wow. I’ve just been getting into The Warning recently and was unaware of that clip of them as kids. Super cute and a sign of things to come. So, thanks man!
The 2023 show is worth watching in its entirety if you have the time. It’s nearly two hours long with interview clips and Paulina playing a couple of piano songs. (She says she’s ill, and her voice sounds a little raspy, but she’s still great.) The string section is out for a couple of songs, including Enter Sandman. Normally I find ES overplayed and inferior to almost all the songs on Master of Puppets or Ride the Lightning, but they do a great job here.
Thanks. I got into The Warning fairly recently (last year) when I kept getting YouTube suggestions for this band I’d never hear of. I finally clicked on one, and they were damn good. (so I kept clicking).
The best full concerts are:
Pepsi Center CDMX 2023 (We agree! This was their ten year anniversary show and they go all out)
Teatro Metropolitan CDMX 2022 (They play most of their ERROR album)
Lunario CDMX 2018 (they do a complete end to end playthrough of the Queen of the Murder Scene album/rock opera)
If you like their early stuff, you should check out their YouTube channel. Here is the TEDx “talk” they performed in 2017 at the University of Nevada.
