Monday, November 12, 2018

Your Monday Moment of Guess Who!

No, not THE Guess Who.



But a coveted PowerPop No-Prize© will be awarded to the first reader who identifies the artist doing the very interesting cover of The Who classic above.


[h/t Capt. Al]

12 comments:

John K said...

Graham Parker.

Mark said...

Yep, though it could be Marianne Faithfull the way she sounds these days (https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/sep/22/marianne-faithfull-interview-negative-capability-album).

Shriner said...

Mike Viola (who I would have guessed even if you hadn't had posts about him last week.). I could be wrong here, but it sounds a lot like him.

steve simels said...

Graham Parker. I forget where and when it’s from.

Mark said...

Graham Parker's THE OFFICIAL ART VANDELAY TAPES from 1990, a collection of outtakes and things-meant-for-albums-but-didn't-get-there. Rereleased 15 years later, as Volume 1. There's also a Volume II over at Spotify, which until this moment, was news to me.

Mark said...

Error above, mine. My CD reads 2000, not 1990.

M_Sharp said...

Great cover!

AllMusic.com has a good piece on the album; it was a bootleg that eventually was officially released: https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-official-art-vandelay-tapes-mw0000515457

Billy B said...

I guessed Graham P. also too.

Dave said...

Graham Parker here, too. The weird thing is that I felt I knew this rather than guessed it, but I have no idea where I heard it -- it isn't on any of my G.P. albums or CDs.

Dave F

pete said...

A lot of Townsend's things do well as ballads. I have an arrangement of the "Kids Are Alright" that sounds like Eric Carmen.

Anonymous said...

I found Graham's version of "Substitute" on the UK version of Burning Questions as a bonus track.

Pretty cool version!

Captain Al

Dave K. said...

I am going with Graham Parker as well. I've never quite heard Parker sing with such a high pitch which he doies at points in this cover.