music mondays
jdupuis | December 14, 2009...five different ways!
In a bit of a twist on some of the "Five songs I love" posts I've done, I thought I'd take one of my favourite songs and see if I could find a bunch of different versions of it.
Some songs seem to naturally lend themselves to re-interpretation by different artists, and Warren Haynes' song Soulshine seems to be one of them. he recorded it first with The Allman Brothers but he's also performed it both as a solo act and with his other band, Gov't Mule. As we shall see, it's also been performed by other acts as well.
Now, I have a bit of a dilemma here. There's a…
jdupuis | December 7, 2009Thanks to SciBling Ed Brayton for bringing to my attention Fergie's blistering duet with Mick Jagger on The Stones' Gimme Shelter. U2 is the back up band. The Youtube is here. Mick Jagger also sings. Fergie, for those that don't know, is the singer for the Black Eyed Peas
Jagger and Fergie are both great, but U2 somehow misses the propulsive menace of the original.
And frankly, Fergie seems to be wasted performing the brand of bubblegum pop hip hop that BEP do. She has a great rock voice and tons of charisma and presence. But I guess the obscene fame and riches are hard to give up.
As…
jdupuis | November 30, 2009Welcome to the latest feature here at Confessions of a Science Librarian -- Music Mondays! My plan is to have a vaguely music-related post here most Mondays, somewhat in the vein of my Friday Fun posts, but probably not quite as regular. I'll probably mix in short CD reviews, odd bits I've found on the web, the occasional "Five Songs I Love" feature with who knows what else I think of.
And speaking of odd bits...
Rob Halford, Metal God, Judas Priest front man, solo act with a couple of really great albums under his belt, has a new Christmas CD coming out called Wintersongs
Let's hear what…