From: Gretzky @ Soulsession (@)
Date: Fri Nov 29 2002 - 21:07:58 CET
Hell yeah!! A fantastic record, a friend of mine just came over from Denmark
and brought this album. Phenomenal! My favourite track is the cover of...
hold your breath... Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt". A beautiful track (oh I'm
going to get such a beating for introducing NIN on this list) and the
rendition is superb. So to all o' y'all, keep your heads up for that one.
Put it in a Christmas stocking and your loved ones will want to spend
Christmas day in solitude,drinking whisky in a smoky and dirty bar in a back
alley somewhere. (Oh yeah, the music gets to you)
-Gretzky (currently listening to the streaming of an "Into Somethin' "
Radioshow.)
>From: "Stimp" <stimp@aei.ca>
>To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>Subject: [acid-jazz] Off-topic but essential music review: The new Johnny
>Cash record ROCKS!!!!!
>Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 14:53:16 -0500
>
>Hi
>
>Given that lots of us hear listen to far more than electronic music and its
>various strains, I thought I'd let you know about what will certainly be my
>album of the year for 2002: Johnny Cash's "America IV: The Man Comes
>Around". I've always kinda dug Johnny Cash, but never really raved about
>him as I'm about to do. The words "instant classic" do not do justice to
>the power that is felt on this album.
>
>Among the covers found on this record are a duet of "Bridge Over Troubled
>Water" with Fiona Apple (GOOD duet, not one of those crappy Santana
>starfest
>extravaganzas), a moving duet of the Hank Williams classic " I'm so
>Lonesome I Could Cry" with fellow sad-bastard Nick Cave, and searing
>renditions of:
>
>-The Beatles' "In My Life"
>-an AWESOME version of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt"
>-a so-so novelty-ish cover of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus"
>-Roberta Flack's "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
>-a great version of the Eagles' "Desperado"
>
>Finally, the highlight of the record is a completely jaw-dropping cover of
>Sting's "I Hung My Head". The song's a first person narrative of a man's
>remorse at having shot someone in cold blood, told while facing the death
>penalty. Goosebumps whenever I listen to it, no kidding.
>
>The only weak point is a cover of "Danny Boy", which is actually quite
>good.
>I just find the whole idea of covering that song super cheesy.
>
>Prediction: This one's definitely winning a Grammy (I know, who cares)
>for
>Johnny Cash; I can't possibly imagine anyone putting out something better
>this year, ESPECIALLY in Country music.
>
>Stimp
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