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Cat Power Covers Oasis – “Wonderwall”
One of a handful of recordings from the sessions for Chan Marshall’s 2000 Cat Power album, The Covers Record, that were left off the 12-track set and later revealed on the late John Peel’s BBC Radio 1 show. If you haven’t heard this — or Ryan Adams’ — take on Oasis’ 1995 smash hit before, prepare for the realization that Liam Gallagher’s vocal stripped this amazing tune of nearly all its inherently poignant despair and longing.
Video: David Bowie, ‘Cracked Actor’, ‘75
http://vimeo.com/16974132
Some amazing footage from Bowie’s 1974 tour in support of the great Diamond Dogs LP. As Dangerous Minds points out, this BBC documentary helps to pull back the veil on a pivotal moment in his career, in which:
His relationship with his wife, Angie, was beginning to falter, there was business problems looming, and he was addicted to cocaine, which caused “severe physical debilitation, paranoia and emotional problems.
(We’re just getting started with Bowie in the ’70s clips, BTW…)
Photo: Bob Dylan & Suze Rotolo
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Nat King Cole – “Nature Boy” (1948)
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.”
Video: Ryan Adams – ‘Heartbreaker’ Tour Documentary, 2000
“So if I bum anybody out, I’m really sorry, but that probably just means I’m doing my job pretty good. [Laughter.] I was gonna cover a Slayer song, but…”
Part 2:
Video: Stevie Nicks Sings/Gets Makeup Done for Photo Shoot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPEhIoKeTg0
In which the lead vocalist of one of my favorite songs of all time is moved by and sings along to the soundtrack of her Rolling Stone photo shoot in the ’80s.