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I was discussing Wes Anderson movies with a coworker and defending Life Aquatic as my favorite. One of the best parts are all the Bowie covers in Portuguese by Seu Jorge.

 

Nokomis said:
I was discussing Wes Anderson movies with a coworker and defending Life Aquatic as my favorite. One of the best parts are all the Bowie covers in Portuguese by Seu Jorge.

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I side with your co-worker as to where The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou ranks in the Wes Anderson pantheon, but I did enjoy the Bowie/Portuguese covers.

I do like the film, just not as much as most (maybe all) of his others. I also appreciate that it brought Willem Dafoe into the troupe as well as others.
 

Capping off this Song of the Day exercise actually was a bit of an internal debate. Probably 6 that came to immediate mind, including songs by Lionel Richie and the Young Rascals.

I settled on this one, then debated to go with the original song writer or the also legendary artist that covered it.

I cheated and went hybrid. Johnny Cash & Kris Kristofferson with Sunday Morning Coming Down.

 


fan of Ray Williams said:
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Such a great song.
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I have it in my memory that Cash played it when he hosted SNL in the early 80s. I think it closed the as show for the End Credits with the cast sitting around sort of like a camp fire. That's what I was hunting for.

I gave up the search after several minutes. The one I posted is pretty cool anyway as a precursor to the future Highwaymen.
 


Ope3 said:
Capping off this Song of the Day exercise actually was a bit of an internal debate. Probably 6 that came to immediate mind, including songs by Lionel Richie and the Young Rascals.

I settled on this one, then debated to go with the original song writer or the also legendary artist that covered it.

I cheated and went hybrid. Johnny Cash & Kris Kristofferson with Sunday Morning Coming Down.
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Bump. RIP to another Highwayman.

 

This is my favorite Ringo Starr song even including his time with the Beatles. Here's George Harrison demo version of It Don't Come Easy:


 

Just stumbled across this on X. Wow. At the risk of over-dramatizing it, kinda got goosebumps for a few seconds in the beginning. Very cool.

 

Ope3 said:
Usually it's the younger generation covering the older, but here is a reversal:

Todd Snider, Alright Guy


Covered by Jerry Jeff Walker, who has made it a live staple:


And if you like either of them (and/or Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires) here is a youtube clip that always brings a huge smile to my face. Funny story. Great classic song with a special guest.

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With all the legendary covers, still the best is the original story teller especially knowing the background of the song.

Jerry Jeff Walker / Mr Bojangles



 



The 5th Dimension had a huge hit with Laura Nyro's original version. Laura's is the better by far imo.

 

Continuing with the Laura Nyro love...

Barbara had a smash hit with this Nyro song. Once again, Laura's version is superior.




Fun fact: Nyro had three top-ten hits recorded by other artists simultaneously in 1969. All were written while she was around 19-20 years old.
 

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