kingart
(Brooklyn NY) | | Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 11:22 | |
I appreciate the musicianship — but I find this track annoying and a tad pretentious. And neutered.
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lemmoth
(NYC) | | Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 11:19 | |
One of the most unique songs ever recorded in the "rock and roll" era. It was gutsy of the Waterboys to try to cover it, but the Van original was so wonderful - and I'm not a huge Van fan.
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ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007) | | Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 11:18 | |
ABSOLUTELY LOVE the original...
This one isn't quite there... but listenable none the less
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Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 19:00 | |
Cynaera wrote:Thanks for the additional information on this song, romeotuma.  I was rather dazzled by that violin playing, for starters. Their passion (which simply exhausted me!) and their almost impish interplay - I was prepared to be irritated, but by the end, I was in awe. And knowing that "Blackbird" was improvisational just put the icing on the cake for me. |
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Bobert_ParkCity
(Oakland Hills) | | Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 18:38 | |
DarceySuzanne wrote:Oh god, this is pretty wretched. I like the Waterboys, but they should not have attempted this song. The vocals are sounding terribly half-assed...sounds like Scott has a major cold or virus or something...lame. He definitely should not have thrown Blackbird in there. That song should never be an after thought, let alone mixed at the end of another epic song. What a wankfest nightmare. Ugh. Bad day? |
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expatlar
(Michoacan, Mexico) | | Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 18:38 | |
lol.." I like the Waterboys, but" BUT I can't think of enough sneering ways to tell you all what a "wretched" song this is. Too funny.
I've always like this rendition. Not greatness, but far from vomit-inducing.
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rbigelo
(Spanish Town) | | Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 18:37 | |
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Lazarus
(Bethany) | | Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 18:34 | |
Everybody in my church loves this cover...
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DarceySuzanne
(Columbus) | | Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 09:43 | |
Oh god, this is pretty wretched. I like the Waterboys, but they should not have attempted this song. The vocals are sounding terribly half-assed...sounds like Scott has a major cold or virus or something...lame. He definitely should not have thrown Blackbird in there. That song should never be an after thought, let alone mixed at the end of another epic song. What a wankfest nightmare. Ugh.
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raulman1
(San Francisco Bay Area, CA) | | Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 09:40 | |
Cool cover of a great song — but the best cover of this I've heard is by Shana Morrison, Van's daughter, who lives and performs here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I'll try to upload it and see if enough Listener Request Channel voters like it enough to get in the rotation. In case you're looking for the album it's from, it's called "Caledonia."
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jocelyn314
| | Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 09:38 | |
sucko barfo? i love this song :-)
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msymmes
(Toronto, CA) | | Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 16:06 | |
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jhorton
(Trailer Park on Cape Cod) | | Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 16:05 | |
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Nillagirl
| | Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 03:08 | |
You took the words right out of my mouth. I actually gave it a sucko-barfo. Was lying in bed trying to wake up and it literally propelled me to sit up, grab my phone and turn the music off. Irritating way to start my day!! But hey, I'm awake now.
lkovathana wrote:what the h#ll? |
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lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois) | | Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 02:34 | |
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3Dave
(Fort Wayne, IN) | | Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 15:06 | |
Within the last couple of years, I am pretty sure there was an interview in Rolling Stone with Van Morrison, and they had the gumption to ask him about this cover. As I remember he really didn’t give them a straight answer, BUT he didn’t say anything bad which by Van the Man standards is a HUGE complement!  |
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MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA) | | Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 15:02 | |
Gets a bit...squeaky.  |
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scrubbrush
(Sea of Calm) | | Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 11:27 | |
Good God. this is a great cover of a great song(s).
Another song that I simply will never get tired of.
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Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window) | | Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 11:24 | |
lattalo wrote:Sorry I never saw these guys live.
I don't know if it was the Guinness or the very Irish crowd but their show was magical. |
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lily34
(lexvegas) | | Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 11:21 | |
i've been on a kick with this record lately. love this song especially.
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hoppin_bob
(vancouver BC) | | Posted: May 07, 2012 - 17:06 | |
TJS wrote:I'm sure that the fiddle could be more shrill and annoying, but I'm not sure how. I think it is exactly a shrill as it needs to be to be right ,,, but any shriller and it might be annoying. But I respect your ears and we can both thank the lord for the PSD button. I know I have needed it a few times. |
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xman222
| | Posted: May 07, 2012 - 17:01 | |
Good cover, the original is inspirational |
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TJS
(Bradley, Il) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 06:59 | |
I'm sure that the fiddle could be more shrill and annoying, but I'm not sure how.
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BGGA
(Atlanta, GA) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 06:56 | |
This is really one of my favorite Van Morrison songs, and I really do like this cover, a LOT. This is one of the things I love most about PR, I get to hear stuff I'd otherwise miss out on. |
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Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 06:55 | |
I got hundreds, "of great listens" to this album.
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 14:36 | |
Everybody in my hotel room loves this cover...
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lemmoth
(NYC) | | Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 14:32 | |
cool cover of a great song
and i'm not a massive van fan but this tune is very special
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AndyJ
(Oregon) | | Posted: Jan 01, 2012 - 19:54 | |
Shouldn't self indulgence be done in private... Not inflicted on the passer-by-?
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lattalo
(Beartooths) | | Posted: Jan 01, 2012 - 19:53 | |
Sorry I never saw these guys live.
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Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville") | | Posted: Dec 01, 2011 - 01:50 | |
ubuntourist wrote:Sounds like the blackbird is being eaten by a kitten.
Would the sound be better if the blackbird was eating the kitten? |
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