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Sunday, April 5, 2009
CD Review: Covered, a Revolution in Sound: Warner Bros. Records
Posted by Eric Snider on Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 4:06 PM
Various Artists: Covered, A Revolution in Sound: Warner Bros. Records
(Warner Bros.)
To commemorate its golden anniversary, Warner Bros. Records commissioned a dozen artists on its current roster to each perform a favorite tune from the label's first 50 years. The results, not surprisingly, range from insipid to almost brilliant.
We'll start with the clunkers: Adam Sandler doing a rote, irony-free version of Neil Young's "Like a Hurricane" whiny vocals and all. WTF? Taking Back Sunday's "You Wreck Me," another blatant copy that begs the question: Why would anyone ever listen to this version when you can cue up the Tom Petty original? On paper, Avenged Sevenfold's covering Sabbath's "Paranoid" would seem to have potential — but the original, while thinner sounding, is so much heavier and more menacing than this stiff, ProTooled remake.
James Otto's "Into the Mystic," while pretty faithful to Van Morrison's, succeeds because of the sheer commitment in Otto's blue-eye-soul vocal. Michelle Branch doing Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You?" A recipe for disaster? Nope. Branch proves herself a much more formidable singer than I ever gave her credit for.
Ultimately, the artists faring best are the ones that put their own stamp on a song. Missy Higgins turns Roxy Music's "More Than This" into a loping, country-folk tune. The Used approaches Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House" with a combination of heavy dance-rock (with computer-doctored vocals) and metal guitar chords.
The hands-down winner here comes as no surprise: The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs start Madonna's "Borderline" with a spare drum machine and keyboard, over which Wayne Coyne ladles a soft falsetto. The tune simmers awhile before hitting blastoff with a barrage of grandiose synthesizer chords and warped vocals, then builds and builds into an absurd, glorious cacophony.
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out of sheer cuiosity, I listened to all of the plays...thinking that I might possibly purchase the CD. I fell in love again with the song "into the mystic" by James Otto,....this time! very awesome, heart and soul voice! I decided to download ONE instead of making the purchase.
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I love James Otto SO much!!! (big smile) God bless you and him always!!! Holly in East Tennessee
sweet, a self serving artifact from an antiquated dinosaur! haven't these big record labels that nobody cares about been laid to waste yet? i'm tired of them and their pompous hegemony on the music scene! BOOORRRIIING!
Did you listen, Chris, or just dismiss it out of hand? I mean, it's possible there's some good music crannied into a major label release.
Screw you stupid review writer! This was a great cd all in all. Sure there's a few fuck ups but that's just cover songs are. It's nearly impossible to be better than the original, only a few bands have accomplished that. (i.e. Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix) But that's besides the fact, I give all of these great bands a lot of credit for coming out with these covers of songs that have influenced their music and how they write it.
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