Cover Charge is simple: A covers B, B covers C, C covers D and so on, until I loop back to where I started, Ouroboros-style.
Last time: Nancy Sinatra to Morrissey
Where to go for a cover from Hulme's finest? He's been a serial coverer from day one, but I've gone for a (hopefully) less obvious choice... and (hopefully) less well-known recording. The best-known and most widely released version of Morrissey's Redondo Beach came from Live at Earls Court... so instead, here's a Straight Bat radio session recording for the late and much-missed Janice Long.
And here's Patti Smith's original, from her debut album Horses, which is somehow 50 years old this autumn.
Next time: brace yourself, Rol...
Nothing against Patti but, her version in unlistenable compared to Morrissey's. His voice just does something to the song. I've liked it since the Earl's Court release. Is the Janice version released anywhere other than youtube? Thank you for this series. Always finding new things.
ReplyDeleteI don't think so, I certainly only have the Earls Court version, and I'm something of a completist...
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