Norah Jones covering I’ve Got a Feeling from the “rooftop” of the Empire State Building. I haven’t heard many covers of that song, but its quirkiness works well with a jazzy/gospel arrangement.
I love that!
I submit to the thread jazz-pop vocalist Julie London’s sultry, slowed down 1968 rendition of the Doors’ “Light My Fire”.
Here is one with at least a little bit interesting story. This one is a Metallica song…yeah.
Ride The Lightning from Megadeth
What makes it interesting is that:
- It’s the final song on Megadeth’s final album
- Dave Mustaine, the main member of Megadeth, claims to have written the song back when he was in Metallica, some 40+ years. He would have expected almost sole credit for it if he was in the band when they recorded it…
Now, Metallica has always credited it to their members…and Mustaine. They claim he wrote one riff. At one point in history, Dave Mustaine claims to have written a lot more than one main riff.
Megadeth, on the final album, also credits it to the other Metallica guys and Dave.
On some level, there is a peace offering with this cover. Metallica never sued or pressed any type of falsehood claims against Mustaine…they added his name even though he’d left the band before the album came out.
Now Dave includes their names and does his version on the final Megadeth album.
Megadeth’s version is actually excellent. Dave finally records this song he…wrote…most?..some?..a bit?