Doing something a little different in this installment; are you all up for a little comparative analysis?
I picked up a copy of the new Everlast LP - "Love, War & The Ghost of Whitey Ford."
Being a fan of Everlast since his Ice-T days, and being a big House of Pain mark, I had been pretty pleasantly impressed with his solo joints so far. Based on that, and his La Coka Nostra work recently. I guess I expected more than what I got.
But I come not to praise Caesar; my agenda is completely different. Nope, I wanted to discuss what is probably his current label's selling point of the album (other than the Emmy-nominated theme for the TV show "Saving Grace): his cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues."
I listened to this version and formed my opinion. Then I recalled that I have another cover version of "Folsom," this one performed by the Reverend Horton Heat. I listened to that one again, having not heard it in quite a long time.
Now, I'm of the opinion that, not only is the success of a cover song weighed by its faithfulness to the original (or its departure), but I also think that, whenever possible, when a song has been covered by multiple skilled artists, you can get a lot out of measuring these versions against each other.
That being said, you may have noticed on the side, that voting booth over there? Yeeeaaah ....
- VS -
"Folsom Prison Blues" - Everlast
I want to get a few votes counted before I weigh in with my opinions, so let me know what'chu got, holmes.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Science Gone Mad: Audio eXchange
1 comment:
I don't particularly like either of them. The lack of percussion in Reverend Heat's version leaves the song flat and that trademark "House of Pain" squeal in Everlast's version is way out of place. The use of scratches to recreate the guitar solo/breakdown in Everlast's track is neat, but neither version is compelling.
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