05-10-2010, 11:59
Gave Phil's Papa Was A Rolling Stone and Heatwave a listen.
He does the former justice and I liked it but can't say the same for the latter. Probably just the transition from female to male vocal.
What makes these work I think is the note for note copy of the original music which was superb.
I'm just not a big fan of cover songs, let alone albums. That's where Rod Stewart sunk like a stone in my book. IMO, When you reach that level, that means you acknowledge that you have no hope of securing any new fan base, but are just content to get the oldies crowd.
For anyone not in the know those are originally Temptations and Martha & The Vandellas songs.
He does the former justice and I liked it but can't say the same for the latter. Probably just the transition from female to male vocal.
What makes these work I think is the note for note copy of the original music which was superb.
I'm just not a big fan of cover songs, let alone albums. That's where Rod Stewart sunk like a stone in my book. IMO, When you reach that level, that means you acknowledge that you have no hope of securing any new fan base, but are just content to get the oldies crowd.
For anyone not in the know those are originally Temptations and Martha & The Vandellas songs.