Do You Like Remakes Of Songs? - Page 5

Teddie · ‎03-10-2010

@sidsmom wrote:
@Teddie wrote:
@sidsmom wrote:
@Teddie wrote:
One remake that was really well done was Johnny Cash singing “Hurt”. Even the original artists, Nine Inch Nails, said it was now Johnny’s song. His old voice was imperfect, yet it is what made the song what it was.

https://youtu.be/vt1Pwfnh5pc
@Teddie
That was the first one I thought of when reading this thread.
And I want to say...he recorded ‘Hurt’ close to his passing
which makes it even more touching.
Exactly right, @sidsmom. That’s why it was all the more touching for me as well.
@Teddie
‘I’m Afraid of Americans’, David Bowie
https://youtu.be/u7APmRkatEU

If you’re a NIN fan....I recently discovered their live version
on YouTube. Trent Reznor worked with David Bowie w/ the
1997 original (and Trent was in the video) but NIN did a live cover
in 2009. Only place you can hear it is on YT...no studio version.
Almost want to say...NIN version is better than Bowie’s.
Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/x-d2T29dNMY

Oh my, @sidsmom, that is a long way from Johnny Cash’s ‘Hurt’. Honestly, not a fan of NIN or this kind of music. You are an interesting person to introduce me to different things, though. 😀

itsmetoo · ‎03-10-2010

@insomniac2 wrote:
Itsmetoo, the Art Garfunkle concert I saw in September was stunning. He was accompanied by a guitarist and a keyboard artist. It was peaceful, gentle, and effective.

He sang "Sounds of Silence" near the end. It all began as usual. But gradually, there was more intensity. He never reached the point where he was shouting the words, but the orchestration (even with just guitar and keyboard) became slightly more powerful, with the beat more pronounced. It was a thank you to Disturbed, and showed that Garfunkle could use some of the element.

It's odd, when you think about it: all of S&G's hits were led by Garfunkle singing the melody. He made the songs, the ones we know. So he sang the hits and added others from his own albums. And he shared loads of background information about the songs, and constantly praised Paul Simon.

It was only on "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" that he said he could no longer sing the high solo lines that appear nearer the end.

When the concert ended, how could there be an encore? And yet the three musicians walked out and sang, very simply, the children's prayer of "Now I lay me down to sleep."

Perfection.

@insomniac2

Sounds like a great show. Thank you for sharing that.