So from the Jimmy Fallon show in 2010, please enjoy country star/Mr. Nicole Kidman (lucky guy) Keith Urban and his definitive take on "Tumblin' Dice"...
...and (from the same week) dig Green Day and "Rip This Joint."
Both of these performances are absolutely non pareil. Urban's "Dice" has all the swagger and soul of any live version I've ever heard by the Stones themselves, and his lead guitar work is stellar. As for Green Day's punk remake of the Stones' rockabilly original? Words fail me. It ups the land/speed level and still maintains the swing and humor that is the song's raison d'etre.
Have a great weekend, everybody!!!
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Urban...I love listening to a cover that puts a smile on your face and makes you appreciate them more.
Slightly sideways...
Grace Potter / Joe Satriano (sp?)
Neil Young cover - "Montezuma"
rob
Is that Howard Johnson sitting next to the tuba stage left? He doesn't appear to be playing it.
Urban did a nice cover of "Gimme Shelter" a few years back.
Green Day's cover was pretty cool too. "American Idiot" was good also.
Let's do a Kinks cover versions week in a few months because this week was a lot of fun.
Captain Al
I never trusted Green Day because they stood on the shoulders of unheralded Punk pioneers and got the big payday. But, I gotta say, this take has got it.
As for a Kinks Kovers week, bring it on! Would that include the times Ray has covered himself?
Also, Ray covering himself ?
Like John Fogerty who was sued for covering himself?
One of my Desert Island songs comes from Sleep Walker. .
"Life Goes On"
rob
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