GBV on piano really pulls the gorgeous, longing melodies from under the murk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11r-0GpcQz4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMqjzJsxJCc
― Evan, Saturday, 8 September 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsArOakcLHw
― Earth, Wind & Fire & Alabama (Eazy), Saturday, 8 September 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not a Paul Simon fan but that is great
― Evan, Saturday, 8 September 2012 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
think i was introduced to this by ilx. It's incredible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKIC_Kza4Ek
― Number None, Saturday, 8 September 2012 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
Not really a fan of Feist, but this is choice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzFMFkNeBaw
― This Whole Fridge Is Full Of (Old Lunch), Saturday, 8 September 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
xpost -- from that description alone I was figuring it was said "Gypsy" take.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 September 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
Mara Carlyle's version of "1 Thing":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP288qDiLA8
― A guy who one-shots his coffee before it even cools down (Sanpaku), Saturday, 8 September 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
^^ Technically a cover and live mash-up, so I'm not sure it really fits this theme.
― A guy who one-shots his coffee before it even cools down (Sanpaku), Saturday, 8 September 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
No that's fantastic. Open ended interpretation of thread theme but I started with stripped down songs that happen to strengthen the beauty of the underlying melody.
― Evan, Saturday, 8 September 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
Oh and the Stevie Nicks is enchanting.
― Evan, Saturday, 8 September 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
Ooh, that 'One Thing' is gorgeous. Slowed-down acoustic R&B covers are generally kinda a lazy treatment imo, but there's so much going on in the original that it's really good to hear the vocal line pulled out alone like that.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 8 September 2012 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
Curt Boettcher's demo of "Another Time", later recorded by Sagittarius and re-recorded by Boettcher himself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86nFxcu2p7k
― crütis what we aim for (unregistered), Saturday, 8 September 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
This is the definitive version of this song for me. The orchestration and guitar wankery on the album version basically ruins ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGGMlLZmjDg
― Number None, Saturday, 8 September 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link