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Lau Cover Dear Prudence
6:00 AM GMT 28/07/2008
Track: Dear Prudence
Artist: Lau
MOJO says: Winners of the Best Group award at the BBC2 Folk Awards, Lau consist of three of Scottish post-trad firebrands – that’s Kris Drever (vocals, guitar), Martin Green (piano, accordion) and Aidan O’Rourke (fiddle). Their take on John Lennon’s one-take wonder maintains the slow, brooding D major cadence of the original while emphasizing its deep sense of acoustic reverie.
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well, at least it's slightly better than the cover of 'Back in the USSR'...... slightly.
Posted by Michael at 12:16 AM GMT 07/08/2008 Report Abuse
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wonderful track! well done!
Posted by Yoko at 10:07 AM GMT 13/08/2008 Report Abuse
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wonderful track! well done!
Posted by Yoko at 10:08 AM GMT 13/08/2008 Report Abuse
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This is nearl the same as the original. Whats the point. at least the back in the ussr cover was a bit different.
Posted by Anonymous at 9:09 AM GMT 20/08/2008 Report Abuse
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This is nearly the same as the original. Whats the point. at least the back in the ussr cover was a bit different.
Posted by Moscow at 9:09 AM GMT 20/08/2008 Report Abuse
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This is nearly the same as the original. Whats the point. at least the back in the ussr cover was a bit different.
Posted by Moscow at 9:10 AM GMT 20/08/2008 Report Abuse
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You might have noticed on the first track I also put this song down. If I didn't...well, I did everywhere else. My memory's not the best right now.
It's not because it's a bad cover. It's a decent cover. Unfortunately, that's it.
The Main Problem: It's missing the dynamic quality of the original song.
How so? Lau starts out great on the guitar part and vocals, but then it comes to "the sun is up" the electric comes in, and he drags the words as if it were the end of the song. The vocal harmonies then follow.
Because Lau reaches the high so early ("Won't you open up your eyes?"), it feels somewhat flat. Even on look around, it doesn't feel like I'm lifting but rather I'm being sustained on a level ground by a heavy sound. No uplift occurs in this song except the beginning.
I would have liked to see them better incorperate the fiddle.
Also, they're not at any sort of high at the end that they can descend from.
I'd also like to add that it doesn't matter whether or not the track sounds similar to the orignal. A song can resemble the original but be so well enhanced it retains its own identity. If you go a wonderful new way, then bravo to you, but I don't think there's anything wrong with doing a cover similar to the original.
Posted by Bennett Billard at 9:32 AM GMT 22/08/2008 Report Abuse
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