3450. “Kum-Ba-Yah” by Guadalcanal Diary
Album cover video: Guadalcanal Diary’s souped up cover of the traditional “Kum-Ba-Yah” is probably the most fun you’ll ever have listening to the song. Attaway plays the vocal seriously and, believe it or not, the band enhances the song through … Continue reading
Album cover: And live in 2011: “…Vista” features a chorus straight out of a traditional camp song. I know of boy scouts, girl scouts and high school football teams that use slightly different versions of these lyrics as a campfire … Continue reading
Album Cover Video: Great Big Sea don’t play sea shanties exclusively. Their larger body of work consist of a variety of a wide variety of folk traditions, mostly derived from the seafaring traditions of Newfoundland. My knowledge of this band … Continue reading
Album cover video: The Fall’s take on the classic hymn “Jerusalem” is, as one might expect, a fairly dark affair. Mark E. Smith changes and adds words to William Blake’s “And Did Those Feet In Ancient Times” to create something … Continue reading
Fan video: An early version of the song by Champion Jack Dupree: “Junco Partner” is a song with a long and distinguished history. While the lyrics remain similar to the original, The Clash’s version is, as near as I can … Continue reading
Fan video: Chano Lobato is a Flamenco singer of some note. Whomever put together the CD for the book Songs of the Outcasts: An Introduction to Flamenco spelled his last name as “Lobrato,” thoroughly sabotaging my ability to search for … Continue reading
Live in ’07: And from O Brother, Where Art Though? (though not sung by Camper Van Beethoven): I suppose when a band plays a traditional song, it counts as a cover also. “O Death” is just such a traditional number … Continue reading
Original black and white video: I learned how to sing this song in my elementary school chorus class. Our music teacher never explained to us that the corn mentioned in the line “drank up all of my corn” was corn … Continue reading