Favorite Tribute Albums?
I'm a big fan of Tribute and Cover Albums. Some of my favorites include: Holly Cole's Temptation (Tom Waits covers); Poet - A Tribute To Townes Van Zandt; Till the Night Is Gone- A Tribute to Doc Pomus; Timeless - A Tribute To Hank Williams; Bob Marley A Tribute The Riddim Of A Legend and This One's for Him A Tribute to Guy Clark. I would enjoy hearing others recommendations.
”How often does a cover truly equal an original performance, let alone surpass it? Not that often, to my ears.” Well, Sting would disagree with you. He claims that Eva Cassidy’s “Fields of Gold” is far superior to his. Same with Dylan, who claims that Bruce Springsteen’s version of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” is by far the best he has heard. I would give Eva Cassidy the nod for “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” which has made me completely forget the original by Judy Garland. |
I always thought NG had written "More Than A Whisper". I especially enjoy this version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd79mrNr9oM Note I said "not that often". I didn’t say "never". |
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Not until just a few minutes ago, @stuartk , and it is playing agin as I type. I also played it as performed by the Beatles, and I honestly have to say that I prefer the Aretha Franklin cover. But with that typed, The Beatles do not do for me what they do for most others, so that probably doesn't mean much. I did find a youtube of live Bruce in '95 doing knocking On Heaven's Door in Germany, and as interesting as it was, I much prefer Bob Dylan on that one. But it could be due to it being performed live. |
