The Beatles are the most covered band of all time, and their most covered song is “Yesterday,” written by Paul McCartney. The track has been covered thousands of times, with a few being covered by legendary artists such as Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. McCartney was curious to know what some of these “Yesterday” covers sounded like, so he listened to the “top 10.”
Paul McCartney shares a few of his favorite Beatles covers Paul McCartney | L. Cohen/WireImage for The Recording Academy
The Beatles arguably have the most memorable songs of any rock n’ roll band. Many other artists have performed renditions of these tracks, hoping to put a spin on them that will give the track a fresh sound. Over the years, a few artists have had success with Beatles covers, such as Joe Cocker’s cover of “With a Little Help From My Friends” and Johnny Cash’s cover of “In My Life.
Paul McCartney shares a few of his favorite Beatles covers Paul McCartney | L. Cohen/WireImage for The Recording Academy
The Beatles arguably have the most memorable songs of any rock n’ roll band. Many other artists have performed renditions of these tracks, hoping to put a spin on them that will give the track a fresh sound. Over the years, a few artists have had success with Beatles covers, such as Joe Cocker’s cover of “With a Little Help From My Friends” and Johnny Cash’s cover of “In My Life.
- 1/27/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Yusef Lateef, who died on Monday after a bout with prostate cancer, was a devout Muslim who did not like his music to be called jazz because of the supposed indecent origins and connotations of the word (although those origins are still debated). He preferred the self-coined phrase "autophysiopsychic music." Furthermore, his music encompassed an impressively broad range of styles, and the only Grammy he won was in the New Age category -- for a recording of a symphony. Think about those things amid the flood of Lateef obituaries with "jazz" in the headline.
That said, certainly Lateef's own musical origins indisputably revolved around jazz. Growing up in Detroit, a highly fertile musical environment in the 1930s and beyond, Lateef got his first instrument, an $80 Martin alto sax, at age 18. Within a year he was on the road with the 13 Spirits of Swing (arrangements by Milt Buckner).
A Detroit friend,...
That said, certainly Lateef's own musical origins indisputably revolved around jazz. Growing up in Detroit, a highly fertile musical environment in the 1930s and beyond, Lateef got his first instrument, an $80 Martin alto sax, at age 18. Within a year he was on the road with the 13 Spirits of Swing (arrangements by Milt Buckner).
A Detroit friend,...
- 12/25/2013
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Chris Smither: Hundred Dollar Valentine (Signature Sounds)
Surprisingly, this is the first album in Smither's nearly five-decade career to consist entirely of his own songs. It includes new versions of two older ones, both of them dark. The oldest, "I Feel the Same," is a concisely heart-wrenching breakup song that's been covered by Bonnie Raitt, Candi Staton, Esther Phillips, and more, but sounds best in Smither's bleak. "Every Mother's Son," about vigilante terrorists, is even more chilling: "You know you made your son Joseph a dangerous man, / He's gone to town and bought himself a gun [….] Vengeance is mine, he said, come join the fun, / He looked more like a Judas on the run."
Theoretically it's the last song on the album, but -- as though he didn't want to go out on such a downer -- there's a hidden bonus track, a hotel-room rendition of, actually, a third oldie,...
Surprisingly, this is the first album in Smither's nearly five-decade career to consist entirely of his own songs. It includes new versions of two older ones, both of them dark. The oldest, "I Feel the Same," is a concisely heart-wrenching breakup song that's been covered by Bonnie Raitt, Candi Staton, Esther Phillips, and more, but sounds best in Smither's bleak. "Every Mother's Son," about vigilante terrorists, is even more chilling: "You know you made your son Joseph a dangerous man, / He's gone to town and bought himself a gun [….] Vengeance is mine, he said, come join the fun, / He looked more like a Judas on the run."
Theoretically it's the last song on the album, but -- as though he didn't want to go out on such a downer -- there's a hidden bonus track, a hotel-room rendition of, actually, a third oldie,...
- 7/3/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Danny Boyle’s films are known for boasting some great soundtracks and 127 Hours is no different. From the a go-go of Trainspotting to the lethargy of The Beach, Boyle has never been shy in overflowing his films with as much pop music as possible. Powered by an original score by A.R. Rahman and peppered with an eclectic mix of songs by Sigur Ros and Bill Withers, the soundtrack is definitely worth a listen. A. R. Rahmann is already one of world’s all-time top selling recording artists, selling over 100 million records, and his Oscar winning soundtrack for Slumdog Millionaire only helped make him even more popular outside of Bollywood. Creating music for a movie which focuses mainly on one individual in a small space would be a new challenge for Rahmann, but the composer delivers some of his best work, amplifying the movie’s fierce energy, and hallucinatory rhythms. Rahmann’s three openers,...
- 11/14/2010
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
The 127 Hours soundtrack. The temptation is to wonder if the monster success of A.R Rahman’s soundtrack for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire left the Indian composer feeling a little like the Americas following their inaugural visit from that Christopher Columbus chap. Because while Rahman’s double Oscar-winning work on Slumdog resulted in his ‘discovery’ by large swathes of the general public, the truth was he had been getting along very well indeed for a very long time prior to that elevation to a new stratum of recognition, having already totted up the kinds of album sales, awards hauls and big name collaborations that you might more readily associate with an Elton John. Or a Michael Bolton. Hi Michael!
Boyle’s new movie, 127 Hours – which has already gone down well at the Toronto and London Film Festivals – would seem, in its ultimately uplifting real-life tale of a man (Aron Ralston,...
Boyle’s new movie, 127 Hours – which has already gone down well at the Toronto and London Film Festivals – would seem, in its ultimately uplifting real-life tale of a man (Aron Ralston,...
- 11/13/2010
- by Paul A. Martin
- Movie-moron.com
Soundtrack details for Danny Boyle's grim survival film, "127 Hours" are out and it features one of the smoothest songs ever written, Bill Withers' "Lovely Day." It might help combat the nausea and fainting spells the film is reported to induce.
Built around "Slumdog Millionaire" composer, A.R. Rahman's, original scores, including a Dido / A.R. Rahman collaboration, there are also tracks by Free Blood (the same song in the film's trailer) Esther Phillips, Chopin, and an overly climactic song by Sigur Ros -- which plays during the film's climax.
"127 Hours" opens November 5th, with the soundtrack available digitally on November 2nd and physically on November 22nd. In the meantime, have a lovely day:
Bill Withers -- "Lovely Day"
Sigur Ros -- "Festival"
Free Blood -- "Never Hear Surf Music Again"
"127 Hours" full track list.
1. "Never Hear Surf Music Again" - Free Blood
2. "The Canyon" - A.R. Rahman
3. "Liberation Begins...
Built around "Slumdog Millionaire" composer, A.R. Rahman's, original scores, including a Dido / A.R. Rahman collaboration, there are also tracks by Free Blood (the same song in the film's trailer) Esther Phillips, Chopin, and an overly climactic song by Sigur Ros -- which plays during the film's climax.
"127 Hours" opens November 5th, with the soundtrack available digitally on November 2nd and physically on November 22nd. In the meantime, have a lovely day:
Bill Withers -- "Lovely Day"
Sigur Ros -- "Festival"
Free Blood -- "Never Hear Surf Music Again"
"127 Hours" full track list.
1. "Never Hear Surf Music Again" - Free Blood
2. "The Canyon" - A.R. Rahman
3. "Liberation Begins...
- 10/28/2010
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
New York – How do you turn a twangy Texas blonde into a stylish, Midwestern media superstar?It's all about the hair.When Judith Ivey takes the stage as Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer — aka Ann Landers — at the Cherry Lane Theatre on Oct. 14, she takes it with the legendary advice columnist's black bouffant firmly in place."The hair's right," Ivey assures us.So is the distinctive cadence of Lederer's native Iowa, her home study on Chicago's swanky Gold Coast and the mammoth Ibm Selectric typewriter that serves as Ivey's only co-star in "The Lady With All the Answers."It's the two-time Tony winner's reprise as the 50-something Eppie during a professionally precarious moment in 1975 — how to break the news to millions of readers that she's divorcing Budget Rent-a-Car mogul Jules Lederer. This a decade after Eppie first began to soften her "cure it, don't kill it" advice to married couples in crisis,...
- 10/9/2009
- backstage.com
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