Rhapsody Link: "1. Hey Joe - Robert Plant
2. One More Cup Of Coffee - Robert Plant"
I am not sure how many classic rock fan has followed Robert Plant's career from the Led Zeppelin era to his solo days. I'm certainly not one of them. In fact, I just "discovered" this all-cover album after I read a review of his latest one, "Mighty Rearranger."
Although Plant's "One More Cup of Coffee" retained a lot of the arrangement from Bob Dylan's version, it sounded as if it could have been Plant's own song. That's surprising. On the other hand, this version of "Hey Joe" is definitely very different from Hendrix's. What is interesting is that Jimi's most well-known cover is probably Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" These three songs form a full circle, cover-to-covered!
Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Saturday, May 07, 2005
Album: Coverkill
Rhapsody Link: "1. No Feelings - Overkill"
Metal "historian" would tell you thrash metal is heavily influenced by punk. You might not hear it immediately but you could definitely tell when Megadeth and Overkill were covering Sex Pistol's songs.
BTW, clever name of the album!
Metal "historian" would tell you thrash metal is heavily influenced by punk. You might not hear it immediately but you could definitely tell when Megadeth and Overkill were covering Sex Pistol's songs.
BTW, clever name of the album!
Friday, May 06, 2005
Album: Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones
Rhapsody Link: "1. Outlaws - Bill Frisell"
Drummer Elvin Jones is best known for his polyrhythmic drum work as a member of John Coltrane Quartet. Bassist Dave Holland, well, is known for his versatility, well fit in small combo or big band or any setting you could think of. Guitarist Bill Frisell has a unique country/blues rooted sound. The three of them playing together? A lot of interesting chemistry is guaranteed.
Drummer Elvin Jones is best known for his polyrhythmic drum work as a member of John Coltrane Quartet. Bassist Dave Holland, well, is known for his versatility, well fit in small combo or big band or any setting you could think of. Guitarist Bill Frisell has a unique country/blues rooted sound. The three of them playing together? A lot of interesting chemistry is guaranteed.
Thursday, May 05, 2005
Album: Quintessence Volume 2
Rhapsody Link: "1. We'll Be Together Again - The Stan Gets Quartet With Chet Baker"
If there is a "sound" that could make people "fall in love too easily" (pun intended,) it gotta be from Stan Getz's saxophone. Ballad like this is his forte.
If there is a "sound" that could make people "fall in love too easily" (pun intended,) it gotta be from Stan Getz's saxophone. Ballad like this is his forte.
Album: Crazy People Music
Rhapsody Link: "1. Spartacus - Branford Marsalis"
Maybe it's just me. I always feel that Branford is a bit undervalued as a Post-bop saxophonist. Probably he got "tainted" by his pop music side projects. :P I first listened to his album "Requiem" from 1999 and was very impressed but he has been playing awesome Post-bop way before that, for example, "Crazy People Music" was from 1990.
Maybe it's just me. I always feel that Branford is a bit undervalued as a Post-bop saxophonist. Probably he got "tainted" by his pop music side projects. :P I first listened to his album "Requiem" from 1999 and was very impressed but he has been playing awesome Post-bop way before that, for example, "Crazy People Music" was from 1990.
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Album: Back From The Dead
Rhapsody link: "1. Bullituary - (remix) - Obituary"
Althought they're not the first band that do hip-hop/metal crossover, doing it in 1997 still shows Obituary was a band with vision. That's 7 years before Jay-Z/Linkin Park.
Althought they're not the first band that do hip-hop/metal crossover, doing it in 1997 still shows Obituary was a band with vision. That's 7 years before Jay-Z/Linkin Park.
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