If you have never heard this cover version, then I strongly suggest that you try it to the end. Rarely does a cover version change the meaning off a song in quite the way that this one does. I suppose that Joe Cocker's With a little help from my friends had the same sort of impact, but that one never reduced me to tears in the way that this one does.
Cover versions are interesting and I do like to compare originals and covers. In the days of Napster, I once downloaded 20 different covers of The House of the Rising Sun, a traditional song arranged by Bob Dylan and made famous by the Animals in the sixties. No two recordings are the same and they vary in length too. The longest is by Santa Esmeralda and is a sort of disco version that I actually like.
Most bands at some time in their careers have done covers of music that went before them, I am sure that there are exceptions to that but I can't think of any apart from Maybe Jethro Tull. Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery after all.
If you listened to Santa Esmerelda I told you it was long :-) I love it though.
Does anyone ever listen to the songs by the way? or am I wasting my time? Anyhow in the interest of symmetry.
If you listened to Santa Esmerelda I told you it was long :-) I love it though.
Does anyone ever listen to the songs by the way? or am I wasting my time? Anyhow in the interest of symmetry.
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