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quote:Originally posted by Jerry: ...It's fun to see jazz musicians embrace Joni Mitchell. She was bitterly rejected by the jazz establishment when she made her initial efforts at writing, singing, and playing jazz.
A lot of the initial hostility had to do with the time it first happened, I figure. There's a long history of cultural appropriation in jazz that it was hard for Black musicians to talk about without suffering automatic commercial suicide-- until fairly late in the 20th Century. A lot of Black musicians probably looked at Mitchell and thought she was just another carpetbagger, gaming somebody else's culture for whatever cache she could get from it. They didn't think she was serious or that she any sincere interest in the form.
Meanwhile, a lot of White critics were just going to dismiss anyone tagged with the "rock" label who got near their genre without really examining what they were doing with it.
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quote:Originally posted by Blacula: Wow! I was not expecting to find some other Billy Preston fans at Legion World! He never got the level of fame he truly deserved but I think a lot of other musicians would kill for the career he had and the achievements he earned during it. How many people get credited with being 'the 5th Beatle' due to all the work he did with that group?
Some incredible Billy Preston videos on Youtube...
I admit that I'd forgotten what a gem the guy was, until a few years back when I heard a local soul-funk tribute band playing "Will It Go 'Round In Circles" live. Such a great melody. Never goes out of style.
And don't forget, despite his commentary in "Nothing From Nothing," Preston had a side career as superhero.
I bumped the Beatles thread, since I already had some other covers posted over there.
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Okay, I love the Run DMC version...but I almost lost it with the second one. Where did you ever find that?
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I blame the local "community" radio station, Dev. Their weekday morning show when I used to get up for work several years ago was always very folk-bluegrass oriented. Sometimes they got bored will all those songs about broken hearts and the untimely death of loved ones and stopping the war and yadda yadda yadda. Then they'd slip this Hayseed Dixie masterwork into the mix.
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Percy Mayfield has written so many Blues/R&B classics. ("Hit The Road, Jack;" "River's Invitation," "Please Send Me Someone To Love," etc.) I knew his name, but it wasn't until hearing this rip-roaring take of "You Don't Exist No More" that I counted myself a capital-F fan.
Mayfield's original version is introspective and sad. Whereas Li'l Ed and his band sound mad enough to kick a house down-- while the ex is still in it.
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Love the Bobs! Discovered them years ago on Dr. Demento.
Though not a cover, to my knowledge, check out "Banana Love."
They also have off-the-wall covers of "Pscyho Killer" (Talking Heads), "Whole Lotta Love" (Led Zeppelin), and "Light My Fire" (Doors).
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There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.
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30 Seconds to Mars cover of Kanye West's Stronger is freaking awesome to listen to. The lyrics are pretty creepy, but it sounds amazing. (According to the eldest daughter, the fan-video I linked to is like, totally hot.)
I'm a huge Bowie fan, but I like the Wallflowers cover of Heroes better than the original. (Sacriledge, I know!)
And to compound the heresy, I like Nirvana's cover of The Man Who Sold the World better than Bowie's version! (And I generally loathe Nirvana.)
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Regardless of one's opinion of Nirvana, it's hard to deny that the unplugged session contained some soulful, deeply felt, and well performed music.
I generally like the Wallflowers, but it's hard to top Bowie on Heroes.
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Speaking of unplugged, here is another good moment. This one became a hit. I still prefer the Patti Smith version, but Natalie gained some respect from me with this performance.
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A 70s glam rock classic, originally by the late, great Mick Ronson, here performed with affection and energy by Def Leppard -- "Only After Dark"
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