Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond. Now there’s a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky. Shine on you crazy diamond. I think everybody knows that this song is about Syd Barrett, the … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Come down off your throne and leave your body alone. Somebody must change. You are the reason I’ve been waiting so long. Somebody holds the key. But I’m near the end and I just ain’t got the time And I’m wasted and I can’t find … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Can’t Find My Way Home
In the same way as I had not planned a Bowie post but felt compelled to do one, I had no intention of doing another one, at least not for a while. Then yesterday I heard “Heroes” by Peter Gabriel and thought I’d find one … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Space Oddity
Well it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe If you don’t know by now And it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe It’ll never do somehow When your rooster crows at the break of dawn Look out your window … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright
Note: The Springsteen series will continue (and finish) in a few days. In the meantime, One song/three versions: “Ruby Baby” was originally recorded by The Drifters way back in 1956. Despite my love for early rock and roll and doo-wop, I never heard this song (to … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Ruby Baby
Another in a series of random posts on the different ways artists re-interpret songs. “Diana Ross Presents the Jackson Five” is how this band was billed when they first hit the scene. They had been her opening act for some time so I guess somebody at … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – I Want You Back
With this post I introduce a new feature which I call One Song, Three Versions. It always fascinates me how different artists can take just one song, run it through their own filter and make something completely different out of it… “Baby Don’t You Do … Continue reading One Song/Three Versions – Baby Don’t You Do It
