You know that cover of “Somewhere” by Tom Waits horrifies some non-musical types, like my sister-in-law. She’s the type who rarely buys or listens to music but claims to love Opera and Classical Music but in fact couldn’t name you anything but Nessum Dorma and a couple of tunes from Les Miserables.
I played that version by Tom Waits and of course she was mortally offended by it. It’s a fucking brilliant rendition, a heartfelt, moving version that will be realised as such but the true music lover…
I rather enjoyed that, Balti Stench. Obviously it would have to go a very long way to match the original by Little Marti and his Wet Boys*, but it wasn’t bad at all.
* Fear not, I do know that it’s originally by Reg and the boys - Swindon’s finest.
This might be controversial, given the somewhat icon status of the original (the 21st Century Teenage Kicks, imo) but absolutely love this. An entirely different slant on the track.
Some covers of the Eagles of Death Metal track, “I Love You All the Time”. Proceeds from sales of these will go to victims of the Paris attacks last month.