Comments on: Sea of Love

By: justin

justin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:02:24 +0000

And he really needs to tune.

By: Ghost of the Machine

Ghost of the Machine — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:56:24 +0000

Especially when it’s from an album entitled “The Covers Record”!

By: justin

justin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:35:21 +0000

Um. It's The Honeydrippers.

By: Ramon "LP4" Medina

Ramon "LP4" Medina — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:28:06 +0000

And yes Kilian, yer right, there is a Robert Plant version. I find it’s underrated just becasue, well it’s Robert Plant, but I actually think it’s a good version that keep true to the original and Plant never tries to overshadow the song which I think is key.

I think that’s what’s interesting about these vesions is about how one tries to keep true to the original and still have one’s own voice which is the heart of doing a cover. The Iggy Pop version is pretty straight forward but I can’t buy into it – it seems hacky. Meanwhile, the Waits version is so deconstructed that it loses the original’s spirit. I think Chan Marshall does a lovely job with it though – capturing the spirit but never losing what makes her voice unique.

Just for the record. I cringe when someone erroneously credits the performer as the author liek the person did with the Cat Power video above.

By: Mr. Lost His Way

Mr. Lost His Way — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:18:29 +0000

I believe that Robert Plant also covers Sea of Love.

By: roberto

roberto — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:59:08 +0000

And there was a movie with Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin, based around a serial killer who leaves the original 45 playing on the turntable after each kill (back when I guess most people still had a turntable). I saw back when it came out and at least back then found it somewhat interesting.