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Wednesday 8 April 2020

Covers 13. Sheryl does Guns n Roses.


George writes:
I’m struggling to find some decent country covers of famous songs. In fact, struggling to find half-decent country covers. Actually, struggling to find any country covers of famous non-country songs. But I have got this one for you this week, and it ranks somewhere between half-decent and decent (cue “three-quarters decent” from CC?). (nt biting .... Ed)




I hasten to add that there is absolutely nothing at all by Guns n. Roses in the music room, not even on any of the Download series (nil here also .... Ed)


And for those who are interested, here’s The Kira Justice’s take on the original, where the singer tells us of his “sweet child”




And here’s their acoustic take:





If anyone can read Portuguese AND is familiar with the lyrics of the original they can tell the rest of us (ie me and CC himself) if the translation is faithful after watching the second video.

More next week.

14 comments:

  1. Luna's cover of Sweet Child O Mine is lovely. I'll find a link for it later. No other GnR music at my end.

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    1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XvilAOVWg7hVEJkGsof0ImtGX67ndFDJ/view?usp=sharing

      Sweet Child O' Mine covered by Luna for anyone who'd like it.

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    2. very good, even better than the former almost-Mrs-Armstrong

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  2. If someone says they really enjoyed Sheryl's cover, do they lose any of their hard-earned indie credibility? Asking for a friend.

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  3. Following the sad news of the death of my favourite singer/songwriter John Prine, I'd like to unashamedly plug a track - a cover of a beautifully sad country song called 'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose sung by John and his wife Fiona


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyMrkrOU3Xg




    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyMrkrOU3Xg

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    1. Sad news but sadly not unexpected.I'll be posting something tonight

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  4. Absolutely love Sheryl's cover - it really suits her, thanks for that.

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  5. Sheryl Crow version is particularly good - more laid back than the original - more MOR/Radio 2. But still a great song.
    Here it is again recast as a Bavarian Oompah
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbsEZzgCwmI

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    1. That is tremendous. And it gives me a project for today!

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  6. I was about to suggest the Luna cover, but Swiss Adam beat me to it.

    I have a lot of time for early GnR, before they became Axl's Bloated Ego Machine.

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