covers for the weekend!
so i've really been digging this handful of covers lately. they're somewhat all over the map musically, but i guess they're sort of all about longing. in very different ways. i always get obsessed with revisiting the originals when i get really into a good cover version, so i've included those as well.
HEAD OVER HEELS
what a f-ing good song. you know a good cover when it makes you hear a song in a completely different way, and this Samamidon version really cracked the Tears For Fears song open for me. And now the T4F version is killing me too. Some really hard-hitting lines throughout, but this section leading into the chorus really drives it home for me:
You keep your distance with a system of touch
And gentle persuasion
I'm lost in admiration could I need you this much
Oh, you're wasting my time
You're just wasting time
Something happens and I'm head over heels
I never find out till I'm head over heels
I never find out till I'm head over heels. Seriously.
Samamidon - Head Over Heels
This fella has a new album "All is Well" coming out... omg MONDAY. So... more on him soon.
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
hearing this song and revisiting whatever my emotional landscape was in the late 80s gives me a very bizarre feeling.
and here's the buh-zarre video from T4F, just for good measure.
IRREPLACEABLE
Beyoncé's version is, of course, pretty awesome. But I rather like D's take... he seems to be playing against a surface reading of the lyrics which I think is a more compelling interpretation: whereas Beyoncé is empowered and on top of her shi*, i think D sounds a little more precarious, like deep down he fears his lady actually might NOT be so irreplaceable...
SEXUAL HEALING
It's just such a good song, with one of the best opening lines ever: "Baby, I'm hot just like an oven, I need some lovin'." And these three versions are so awesomely different; so differently awesome. I couldn't possibly pick a favorite. Though I might say I'd have to choose Hot Chip's version as the soundtrack for the healing it describes. Possibly with the fellow on the right there. If that's an option. Thanks.
Hot 8 Brass Band - Sexual Healing
alright kiddos. enjoy and have a beautiful saturdaysunday.
xoBen
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