<<For the record, I wasn't belittling the Tribute CD's in any way when I
said
I'd like to see the "official" version! Bob has done a great job, I'm just
curious to see how these artists handle the songs in a studio, rather than
a
concert setting, ie. the TNT show (which I haven't seen or heard either)!>>
Sorry if it made it sound like you were belittling anything Hell...not my
intention a'tall. You have been a good supporter of the project from the
get go, and probably hold the record for the most distant contribution as
well as sharing the great Joni jazz covers from Jacqui Fitzgerald!
I'm also anxious to hear the Reprise issue, I can only imagine what Stevie
Wonder will do with Woodstock, and to hear Elvis Costello take on a Joni
song will be pure bliss! He's been too quiet anyway!
And speaking of Joni Tributes, I did in fact get the "Came Upon A Child of
God" CD yesterday. The first time I listened to it I was very disappointed,
but now it's begun to grow on me.
The first thing I noticed was the AMAZING lack of information. I expected
to see some kind of dedication, or write-up on how the project came about,
or something, but the insert just lists the songs! Doesn't even state who's
performing them, and there are various performers...I'm gonna have to the
covers database to see who performs what!
They list a website on the insert, www.dressed2kill.co.uk, and I went there
last night but I guess it didn't load properly, because I couldn't find any
info about this disc. But they do have some weird CD's! Especially
tributes, to some pretty minor players if you ask me. And they have some
interesting artists as well, bands with names like Fucking Pigscab and
such...I wish Pigscab had put a Joni cover on this disc, it might've made
it more interesting.
The CD is certainly not without its highlights...there's a nice version of
Chinese Cafe, with a male vocal (shades of Paz!) Great to hear someone
doing a post-70's cover. Also a wonderful slow finger picked version of
"Chelsea Morning" which seems to keep switching keys, but it's very nice.
They misspell Carey as "Cary", and the singer sings "Map of the moon",
instead of "Mattala Moon". Plus, there's a cover of Help Me, which would
seem an obvious choice as it was Joni's biggest "hit", but it actually
rarely gets covered. All in all, 2 and a half stars out of 5. One
consolation is that it's pretty cheap, the CD sells for $6.97 + shipping
from Amazon.com.
Bob
NP: Little Johnny Taylor, "Part Time Love"
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