Covers for Sunday

I haven't been posting as much lately, so apologies for that. Hopefully I'll be back on track this week. And if I'm not you'll still have these six covers to comfort you.

Feel Good Inc by Editors (originally by Gorillaz). This works so much better than I'd imagined. Tom Smith has such a dense heavy voice, this song sounds like it's part of the soundtrack to the end of the world.

No Love Lost by LCD Soundsystem (originally by Joy Division). And so does this. Obviously I don't think that the end of the world would be in anyway a good thing, but at least the soundtrack will be pretty good. Every cloud has a silver lining and all that.

Crossroad Blues by Tom Hanway (originally by Robert Johnson). Crossroad Blues is one of the great early blues recordings, something everyone should have in their collection. This is a bluegrass cover, it's well done and gives a new different look at a very familiar song.

First Of The Gang To Die by Zee Avi (originally by Morrissey). This'd be a lot better if it finished 30 seconds or so earlier, but it's still a good cover. Drawn-out and fragile while the original is punchy and compact this is a nice compliment to Morrissey's recording.

Here Comes Your Man by Meaghan Smith (originally by The Pixies). I'm not sure what to make of this, it seems both similar and different to the original. It's really enjoyable to listen to, either way.

When Love Comes To Town by Declan O'Rourke (originally by U2 feat BB King). Another cover of a song featuring a blues legend. Robert Johnson and BB King are pretty much opposite musically and professionally. Robert Johnson was little recorded and left behind a legacy filled as much with myth and legend as with fact. In contrast BB King has played over 15,000 shows, there are more BB King albums than Robert Johnson songs. However both are blues legends and both have influenced plenty of guitarists.

None of that is anyway related to the song, but it is a great cover.

Enjoy the songs and I'll see you next week. Hopefully more regularly than this week.