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C C Offline Oct 12, 2021 03:45 AM (This post was last modified: Oct 12, 2021 03:54 AM by C C.)
Just in case you never fully grokked how good and innovative a guitarist Jimi Hendrix was, due to device modification and distortion of the electric guitar maybe obscuring such an enlightenment at times... Here's Corey Heuvel once again (and again), who can play his style to a T on the acoustic guitar (and sing to boot). 

The studio original is here: https://youtu.be/iaE4s3m8UOQ

A behind the scenes dialogue about it is here: https://youtu.be/ENXDNjROZSM

Corey Heuvel: cover of "Little Wing" - Jimi Hendrix ... https://youtu.be/Xf7_iWWRb_U

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Xf7_iWWRb_U
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C C Offline Oct 12, 2021 11:37 PM (This post was last modified: Oct 13, 2021 01:43 AM by C C. Edit Reason: correction )
Ufret has a current 132,000 subscribers for a reason. His voice is remarkably versatile (seems to adapt to the style of any _X_ singer), and his guitar has a very robust sound. Rhythmically fills the background, even if it's largely chord accompaniment much of the time. (There are riffs and instrumental work, but not wall-to-wall like, say, Corey Heuvel. This song is arguably an exception in the "more" sense.) 

The original is here: https://youtu.be/rm9coqlk8fY

The "Guns N' Roses" cover is here: https://youtu.be/f8OHybVhQwc

Fernando Ufret: cover of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Bob Dylan (Guns N' Roses version) ... https://youtu.be/Vs3izMXiwWg

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Vs3izMXiwWg
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C C Offline Oct 14, 2021 08:30 PM (This post was last modified: Oct 15, 2021 12:39 AM by C C. Edit Reason: correction )
The sixth installment of the so-called philosophical song series. The previous was here: https://www.scivillage.com/thread-2918-p...l#pid46536

What's Up?

Like "Mr. Jones", at first glance this might be a stretch even in the everyday person, non-academic school of thought camp. But "brotherhood of man" and "revolution" are directly mentioned, so intellectualized radicals do have something to project upon.

The feel-good, saccharine quality of the song is a big reason why it became and remains globally popular.

However, bear in mind that songwriter/singer Linda Perry hated the studio demanded presentation and performance of it in that context, as well as the rest of the album:

"I’m not supposed to tell you this and my publicist said to me ‘please don’t say this’ [...] I didn’t like the record at all. ... I did love ‘What’s Up?’ but I hated the production. When I heard our record for the first time, I cried. It didn’t sound like me. [...] I wanted to say, ‘We’re a f#cking, bad-ass cool band. We’re not that fluffy, polished bull#hit that you’re listening to.’ It was really difficult." --Linda Perry Forms New Band, Admits She Never Liked 4 Non Blondes

The original is here: https://youtu.be/6NXnxTNIWkc

An acoustic version by Linda Perry is here, but it involves multiple instruments.

Below is arguably the best, minimalist vocal cover of it I could find -- yet it's not like I dug to the very deepest bowels of the results. (Well, there is this one with Linda Perry herself playing a lone acoustic guitar and Pink singing, but non-celebrity or lesser celebrity covers are usually my embed game here, if possible.)

The Running Mates: cover of "What's Up?" - 4 Non Blondes ... https://youtu.be/ntM5jkJwI6s

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ntM5jkJwI6s

Below is Quevedo's solo guitar instrumental version of it. The melody part stands out as articulately as it did in her cover of Wonderwall -- as clearly as if those notes were being sung or played on a piano.

Gabriella Quevedo: cover of "What's Up?" - 4 Non Blondes ... https://youtu.be/9D7cJMzK4G8

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/9D7cJMzK4G8
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Magical Realist Offline Oct 14, 2021 10:18 PM
That original version of "What's Up?" has a billion views on Youtube. I see I'm not the only one in love with that song!
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C C Offline Oct 16, 2021 12:41 AM (This post was last modified: Oct 16, 2021 01:33 AM by C C.)
Number five on the Halloween list (not a ranking). The previous was here: https://www.scivillage.com/thread-2918-p...l#pid46506

Echo & The Bunnymen: The Killing Moon (1984) ... https://youtu.be/LWz0JC7afNQ

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LWz0JC7afNQ

An 9-minute extended version of the original is here: https://youtu.be/1Xhd9ILzW78

A minimalist acoustic cover is here: https://youtu.be/3jBMpemGeq8

Strange how that kid's performance in the link just above is better in some respects than Ian McCulloch's own acoustic version as an old man:
https://youtu.be/8guh5hCamWA
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