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Eliza Gilkyson — Is It Like Today
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kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Mar 31, 2013 - 16:47
 

This is poigniant for this moment in my time.

Right on time.



bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 13:54
 
 Charlie_rijsel wrote:

Trying to remember who did original.

Anyway to me this is wonderful to the ears - but the comments show some who love and some who hate.

Amazing the polarity of human taste for musical art (maybe its the same for spinach though!)

In the end 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder'

 

I see beauty.

 
I like spinach and this version of the World Party song. Eliza Gilkyson is a very good live performer. also.

Charlie_rijsel
(Lille, France)
Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 13:37
 

Trying to remember who did original.

Anyway to me this is wonderful to the ears - but the comments show some who love and some who hate.

Amazing the polarity of human taste for musical art (maybe its the same for spinach though!)

In the end 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder'

 

I see beauty.



bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 13:32
 
 curufinwe wrote:
Boring cover of an already-boring song. IMHO.
 
Probably the wrong question asked of the wrong person, but why do you find this boring? Teenagers spend a lot of time stating that things are boring, as if the statement alone says it all. 

cotsnots
Posted: Dec 23, 2012 - 05:33
 
Second that from another Nottm jury...she's amazing live.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Nov 26, 2012 - 05:50
 
 curufinwe wrote:
Boring cover of an already-boring song. IMHO.
 
The original was ok, though I could see how some folk would see it as boring, but IMO this cover adds layers to the original and refreshes it. Which is what a good cover version should do. 9 from the Nottingham jury.

yahig
Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 09:27
 
I was thinking of this song last monday for the anniversary of the battle of Antietam.She gets her own "wall of sound " going.Interesting Lady.

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 09:24
 
 curufinwe wrote:
Boring cover of an already-boring song. IMHO.
 
I disagree. Wonderful melody.

saloutwest
(southern california)
Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 23:31
 
More people around here need to think like artists rather than analysts... It's a beautiful cover of a powerful song and guess what, that's what artists do, relax and listen and see the beauty in it.   But the banter is fun...

kcar
Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 23:21
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
I had the pleasure of meeting Eliza a few years ago. For one of her encore songs at the end of her show, she sang "Bear Necessities" from "The Jungle Book". Her father worked for Disney, and had written that song for the movie.
 
Wow. Very cool. I beat that soundtrack to death as a kid. 

I always thought Baloo the Bear was voiced by Forrest Tucker (Sarge from F Troop) but then I looked at Wikipedia and realized that Al Harris was the guy. Quite a career... 

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Jul 23, 2012 - 11:31
 
Absolutely sublime....

marmelock
(Frankfurt, Germany, Home of the EAGLES!)
Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 00:19
 
 curufinwe wrote:
Boring cover of an already-boring song. IMHO.
 
Do you listen? This is a great version of a fantastic song. IMHO



curufinwe
(San Francisco, CA)
Posted: May 16, 2012 - 16:23
 
Boring cover of an already-boring song. IMHO.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Mar 14, 2012 - 07:17
 
 Dillinquent wrote:
Whatever happened to World Party?
 

They were so bummed with what Eliza did to their song that the party just spontaneously ended and everybody went home.

Davie
(Lisburn)
Posted: Mar 14, 2012 - 07:14
 
Bringa absolutely nothing new to the table - a redundant exercise!

kurtster
(Back in Ohiya, for now ...)
Posted: Jan 15, 2012 - 06:28
 
I like both, sometimes one better than the other.

This version was most excellent today.

GrooVy
(Planet Earth, Mainly...)
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 18:08
 
Very nice! =) 

dvalfre
(Córdoba, Argentina)
Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 06:42
 
Lyrics reminds me of the movie "A Man From Earth"..... 


DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Nov 08, 2011 - 06:39
 
I love this. Have to remember to pick it up when I'm back on my itoonz-purchasin' machine.

seadog68
Posted: Sep 10, 2011 - 18:07
 
engaging

seemtorecall
(Copenhagen, DK)
Posted: Sep 06, 2011 - 08:25
 
Nice guitar

contractor07
(Ann Arbor Michigan)
Posted: Jul 05, 2011 - 14:09
 
Wow this Blows

Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Apr 01, 2011 - 17:29
 
I had the pleasure of meeting Eliza a few years ago. For one of her encore songs at the end of her show, she sang "Bear Necessities" from "The Jungle Book". Her father worked for Disney, and had written that song for the movie.

Aegean
(Earth)
Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 16:07
 
{#Roflol}  What a hoot!

I wondered how The Mugro Doctrine could have missed an example where the cover exceeded the original (according to Trent Reznor himself):  Johnny Cash's version of "Hurt".  No anachronism here, the doctrine was formulated four years after JC's cover!

Personally, I always give the original artist the inside track on any song, but mrrob has a point, I think Eliza Gilkyson's cover is just as good.

Oh, and I never liked "Watchtower" by Hendrix.  OMG!  A heretic!!



adamdbenson
(CA->IL)
Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 15:49
 
I've had this tune stuck in my head for weeks! {#Frustrated}
Now I know the name... Finally, a cure for the common ear worm. Now I can rest. {#Sleep}


mrrob
(Toronto)
Posted: Feb 19, 2011 - 00:23
 
I listened to both versions for the first time, and I liked Eliza G's much better.
That's the only Doctrine I need.


PFM
(Out on a limb)
Posted: Feb 02, 2011 - 08:20
 
 Mugro wrote:
The Mugro Doctrine applies here and tells us that this song sucks.

Mugro Doctrine:

In order for a cover song to be worthy of wasting precious airwaves (or bandwith), it must do one of the following:
1. Be a completely taken out of one genre and put into another (the Red Hot Chilis taking on Steveie Wonder's Higher Ground, for example; another example is Hendrix's version of All Along the Watchtower)
2. Be a completely new song through the sheer talent of the cover artist. Examples of this are Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah, or the Allman Bros covering Stormy Monday.

This cover is not a new genre from the World Party version, so this cover's only hope is under #2. This artist cannot qualify for overwhelming talent, so the World Party version must stand as the only acceptable version of this song.
 
I have to agree with the Mugro Doctrine.



Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Dec 28, 2010 - 18:41
 
I see that Bill insists on this song, rather than others by her.   Oh well....{#Rolleyes}

rbigelo
(Spanish Town)
Posted: Dec 28, 2010 - 16:16
 
A nice cover with her earthy voice, complimentary to Karl Wallinger's. ^..^~

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 09:49
 
 Rooney wrote:


I totally agree, so much more to choose from.  C'mon Bill!!!  (When the Great Correction Comes)....beautiful, haunting.

 
Someone needs to upload When the Great Correction Comes and get it into reviewing. (Although, when I checked to see if it was there, even this one didn't show up, so it may have been uploaded already and just doesn't show for some reason. Hmmm...)


ArbiterOfGoodTaste
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 09:46
 
It's a fine song, but I think it's on rotation a bit too much. I'm starting to get tired of it.

ziakut
(A place with air, water and chocolate.)
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 09:44
 
Nice tune...well done!

gandalfbmg
(3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 09:42
 
yeah, I think I like this better than the original version...

Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Nov 01, 2010 - 14:24
 
She played Blue Rock Studio here in Wimberley Texas a few months back....loved the Texas Hill Country so much she bought a house here....Welcome to Wimberley, Eliza! 

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Nov 01, 2010 - 14:23
 
 Sjaaks wrote:
I'm totally in love with the CD Red Horse. Red Horse is a collective of Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky.

Eliza is one talented songwriter!
This one: 8
 

Well - if that's the case, I'd like to hear a song she wrote.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Sep 30, 2010 - 23:11
 
This stays in my ear for hours! Nice groove!

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Sep 29, 2010 - 01:50
 
I'm totally in love with the CD Red Horse. Red Horse is a collective of Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky.

Eliza is one talented songwriter!
This one: 8

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 15:18
 
 Shesdifferent wrote:
You know Bill, you should really choose another song from this CD...I mean seriously! This girls gotta collection of stuff.
 

I totally agree, so much more to choose from.  C'mon Bill!!!  (When the Great Correction Comes)....beautiful, haunting.


teapot
(in orbit)
Posted: Sep 24, 2010 - 15:16
 
Nice cover of the World Party tune. Her version doesn't ape the original, which is the problem with most covers. Thanks for playing it.

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Aug 29, 2010 - 23:16
 
You know Bill, you should really choose another song from this CD...I mean seriously! This girls gotta collection of stuff.

(former member)
Posted: Aug 23, 2010 - 15:04
 
OK, now I'm at the point where I thoroughly dislike that this is taking up my airspace.

More World Party instead, plz.

rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 15:49
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
I like the Whirled Potty version but I like this better {#Music}
 

Is that similar to Whirled Peas? {#Whistle}

bachbeet
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 15:48
 
I like her version.  Not as good as WP's but still good.

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: Jul 22, 2010 - 15:47
 
 Dillinquent wrote:
Whatever happened to World Party?
 
What happened to the rest of the songs from her album? Come on Bill!

DanFHiggins
(Mid Maryland)
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 06:23
 
World Party - 10
Eliza Gilkyson - 7
Nice Cover 

Dillinquent
(Hertford, UK)
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 06:19
 
Whatever happened to World Party?

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: May 26, 2010 - 06:17
 
I like the Whirled Potty version but I like this better {#Music}

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: May 24, 2010 - 09:13
 
Hear it first time - like it!
GREAT SONG ANYWAY!!!

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home)
Posted: May 19, 2010 - 23:34
 
Really, can we add some of her other songs? This one is overplayed and flat and I LOVE Eliza!!

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Apr 18, 2010 - 05:18
 
Nice version, respectful of the fine lyric. You didn't have to show a bit of leg to gain my approval, but the effort is noted and appreciated.