Pullin' up the covers...
A quick and dirty update for this late Sunday night. An exhausting, yet highly productive, road trip to Bay City over the weekend (and the extreme cold) has left my brain cells dead and/or dying so this one will be nice and easy... a couple recent cover songs that I've been in love with.
"Get Ur Freak On" - Eels (originally performed by Missy Elliott) (taken from Meet the Eels)
Alternative bands covering hip-hop hits often dwell on pure "hey look at me!" novelty, but this is quite a cool reinvention of the Missy classic. It's a trip listening to E approximate Timbaland's Bengali beat on guitar, not to mention Missy's various vocal exclamations ("hollaaaaaaa"). A really, really fun cover.
"Goin' To Acapulco" - Jim James and Calexico (originally by Bob Dylan) (taken from I'm Not There O.S.T.)
We go from a fun, but relatively inessential, cover to one of those covers that absolutely manages to improve upon the original. Dylan's original never really stood out among the other gems on The Basement Tapes for me, but this recent cover is absolutely beautiful and captivating. This is, quite simply, one of Mr James' best vocal performances ever - and, considering My Morning Jacket's stellar discography, that is really saying something.
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