Served Three Ways: Three Covers of Jackson Browne’s “These Days”
December 1st, 2011
“These Days” is a remarkable song. Jackson Browne originally wrote the song when he was only 16 years old and submitted a demo of the track to various artists and publishing companies. The first recording of it occurred a few years later featuring vocals by Nico and finger-picked electric guitar provided by Browne himself. Later, [...]
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Served Three Ways: Three Covers of “Suzanne” by Leonard Cohen
November 17th, 2011
I love hearing different interpretations of the same track. In my mind, the choice draws a common thread between each of the artists, and yet their unique stylistic approaches to the source material simultaneously distinguishes them from one another. For example, here we have three very different musicians – Beck, Nina Simone and Francoise Hardy [...]
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Served Three Ways: Three Covers of Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game”
November 8th, 2011
Presuming you heart isn’t a shriveled, cold, desolate organ feeding on darkness, you probably love Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game.” No need, to get all “How did you know!?!” on me. It’s because I presume you are a normal human being – and that song is like crack for the mushy, romantic parts of the human [...]
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