bands you just dont get that everyone else does

[grumpyhack]

That surprises me gonzo I'll be honest. Can understand the others even if I don't agree but thought doors would be right up your street

[Zoo Music Girl]

Nick Cave does a fairly good interpretation of an Elvis song too:

PS. I also love Elvis.

Edited November 24, 2013 by RebeccaD

[russycarps]

Nick Cave does a fairly good interpretation of an Elvis song

PS. I also love Elvis.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Sorry, yeah, I know Elvis didn't write it - just couldn't be arsed looking up who did. Very lazy of me.

(And really just an excuse to post that video)

[dirty_dog]

Pixies

Also every song by the Foo Fighters sounds the same to me. DG seems like a nice bloke but his band is shite.

[whisty]

I wonder if Elvis would've been famous at all ,.. had he looked like Shane Mcgowan.

Edited November 24, 2013 by whisty

[simonizer]

Vampire weekend , Two door Cinema Club & bloody Ed Sheeran ?!! To name just a few.

[russycarps]

Sorry, yeah, I know Elvis didn't write it - just couldn't be arsed looking up who did. Very lazy of me.

(And really just an excuse to post that video)

[Zoo Music Girl]

It's amazing. He looks so awkward that it's kind of cute. Still new to the whole ballad thing. And he looks pretty wasted but think that was fairly standard back then.

He was 27 (I looked that up) and looks so hot it's actually a bit painful.

[Guest]

aye, I was only pulling tonyblairs pudding. I had to google it myself

that video is ace though, dont think I've seen it before. How old is he there? He looks like a sulky kid

[Ed209]

All i think of when I hear that song is this

[Zoo Music Girl]

All i think of when I hear that song is this

http://youtu.be/YpufzJNrZ2Y

[James Kneen]

Hawkwind - does anybody else think they're awful?, Stone Roses, Bob Dillon. I pretend I like Miles Davis to be a bit hip....Bitches Brew is great until that fucking trumpet starts up..

[FloorFiller]

Hawkwind - does anybody else think they're awful?, Stone Roses, Bob Dillon. I pretend I like Miles Davis to be a bit hip....Bitches Brew is great until that fucking trumpet starts up..

[Mardy]

Bitches Brew is, to me, unlistenable.

[CaledonianGonzo]

In A Silent Way was my gateway album into electric-period Miles - and now it's one of my favourite albums full stop. Maybe have a stab at that.

[All Mod Cons.]

Anything by The National

Edited November 25, 2013 by All Mod Cons.

[bsolxiv]

It's amazing. He looks so awkward that it's kind of cute. Still new to the whole ballad thing. And he looks pretty wasted but think that was fairly standard back then.

He was 27 (I looked that up) and looks so hot it's actually a bit painful.

[Zoo Music Girl]

Now I am confused. Are you saying that Nick Cave is physically attractive?

[bsolxiv]

Hmmm, I don't think we've met before.

[russycarps]

we're 'even' then.. I was (partly) pulling yours too.

I only really like early Elvis, pre-army mainly. But that's an interesting comparison. I've never been mad about Elvis's version of that song.. well, I don't like the song much, by anyone.

Image-wise, don't you think Nick Cave borrows a heck of a lot from Elvis? As I've said before, who wrote the song isn't as important to me as the performance. A lot of Elvis's songs aren't really covers, as many of them were written FOR him (not that I think it's that important). But what he did, is hard to over-estimate, for me.

Maybe he's one that you don't 'get'?

[Zoo Music Girl]

Pleased to meet you. Now explain how in any sense that Nick Cave is attractive.

[russycarps]

If you don't get it, then I'm afraid I just can't help you

He gives me the feelings anyway.

[The Nal]

Everyone borrows from Elvis dont they?? He's the coolest man who has ever existed. I love him, and not just pre-army stuff.

Of course it doesnt impact my enjoyment of his records in anyway, but the fact he didnt write his own stuff will always mean I will have more respect for the likes of cave.

I'm sure Elvis, were he still alive, would be devastated to learn this.

This is why we will never agree, as I find the act of writing more impressive than the act of performing, and you think the opposite (and are wrong).

On the very rare occasion when you get the magic formula of someone who is an ace writer AND an ace performer, you find my favourite artists: cave, bowie etc

[russycarps]

Sinatra wrote nowt but he headlines the fantasy Glasto line up. For me anyway.

It can be equally difficult to interpret someone elses song and do it well as it can be to write one.