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Mary McCaslin — Things We Said Today
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medoras
(Anastasia Island)
Posted: May 17, 2013 - 14:55
 
I'm not big on Beatles' covers however, Mary McCaslin did a very nice job on this one.

gatorade
(Peninsuland)
Posted: Mar 22, 2013 - 22:36
 
Haven't heard this in a long while. On the eve of my oldest brother's passing, this is touching deep in my heart.

Toke
(Bournemouth UK)
Posted: Feb 19, 2013 - 12:24
 
 Proclivities wrote:

What would those "sufficient chops" be to record a Beatles' tune?  It's a folk arrangement from an artist who has been recording music for about 45 years.
 
Here Here Proclivities........

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Feb 19, 2013 - 12:23
 
 lemmoth wrote:

Having put out 24 covers of songs by well known (Berry, Richard, Holly, Miracles, Shirelles) and obscure (Arthur Alexander, Barrett Strong, Larry Williams) artists and composers, in 1963 to 1965 alone, the Beatles themselves would have no issue with covers.

This one was decent, not great, but good.
 
Fair point. 

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Feb 12, 2013 - 11:30
 

Having put out 24 covers of songs by well known (Berry, Richard, Holly, Miracles, Shirelles) and obscure (Arthur Alexander, Barrett Strong, Larry Williams) artists and composers, in 1963 to 1965 alone, the Beatles themselves would have no issue with covers.

This one was decent, not great, but good.

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Jan 19, 2013 - 04:37
 
 siskinbob wrote:
The Beatles Bigots are in full flood I see.

Mary McCaslin has put her spin on this song and made a good job of it. If we could only listen to and like the originals this would be a boring old world.

She gets my vote for this rendition.
 
My hearty agreement with you, sir.

lexica
(Oaktown, 510)
Posted: Dec 18, 2012 - 20:15
 
I am SUCH a sucker for harmony. Ahhhh… {#Biggrin}

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Nov 10, 2012 - 09:03
 
I rather enjoyed that.

siskinbob
(United Kingdom)
Posted: Oct 17, 2012 - 03:02
 
The Beatles Bigots are in full flood I see.

Mary McCaslin has put her spin on this song and made a good job of it. If we could only listen to and like the originals this would be a boring old world.

She gets my vote for this rendition.

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Jul 14, 2012 - 15:51
 
 jadewahoo wrote:
It is so very hard to top a Beatles song with a cover. That said, this is a good rendition (still doesn't top the original, IMHO). Had I never heard the Beatles singing this, and I heard Mary McCaslin doing this song, I would have thought: "Wow! What a beautiful song!" Alas, that is not how the Time Lords have dictated that it should be.

 
I went through Beatlemania so I feel covers are a tribute to the originals-for what this is-acoustic folky-countrish-it is quite good!{#Wave}

MirageRF
(Clemmons, NC, USA)
Posted: Jul 14, 2012 - 15:50
 
Wonderful cover of a fondly remembered tune.
Quite a feat.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jul 14, 2012 - 15:49
 

I'd really like to hear some Carpenters here. 



Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 13:17
 
 tapatia1072 wrote:
This is just - just - awful. Some people should not re-make Beatles songs, because they don't have sufficient chops for the task. Mary McCaslin is one of those people.
 
What would those "sufficient chops" be to record a Beatles' tune?  It's a folk arrangement from an artist who has been recording music for about 45 years.

Stingray
Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 13:14
 
 Roonie wrote:
nice cover
 
You are full of "i", Roonie!

Stingray
Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 13:13
 
 scraig wrote:
A duo of Sinead O'Conner and Bjork counldn't butcher this any more.
 
Leave Sinead alone - she is a holy potsmoking divorcee on diet!

Stingray
Posted: Jul 07, 2012 - 13:12
 
Sounds like a song I know!

scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Apr 10, 2012 - 12:25
 
A duo of Sinead O'Conner and Bjork counldn't butcher this any more.

ubuntourist
(Brain-Washington)
Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 08:18
 
Lots of artists covering Beatles tunes (or tunes of other icons) do a servicable job handling the material.

This? Well, it reminds me of the cousins et al at family reunions who haul out an instrument... Pleasant enough if enough people have had enough beer to sing along.  Otherwise... just say "No". 

Still, it doesn't come close to rock bottom.  That dubious honor I've reserved for only one song so far: Ry Cooder's cover of It's All Over Now.

Roonie
Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 08:13
 
nice cover

bev
(Reno, NV)
Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 08:26
 
Back in 2003 I rated this a "2" and made a comment, since deleted, expressing my displeasure with this cover version. Today, 9 years later (!!) I find that it's really not so bad. Moving my rating up to "4". Time has mellowed me, I fear...

gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 08:17
 
One of my fav beatle songs. Nice cover.

kirvv
Posted: Dec 05, 2011 - 13:09
 
The Dwight Yoakam cover of Things We Said Today is worthy of an RP play.

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 11:18
 
 tapatia1072 wrote:
This is just - just - awful. Some people should not re-make Beatles songs, because they don't have sufficient chops for the task. Mary McCaslin is one of those people.

I was going to comment about the countless Beatle tunes in the Muzak collection.  Changed my mind, though, to point out that Ms. McCaslin certainly has the chops to interpret (ie, cover) this song in her own folk-music style.  In fact, I'd say she demonstrates significant command of her genre on this recording, therefore lending a degree of respect to the tune (and it's composer) that seems — to me, anyway — tragically missing from the elevator music versions.

lshinkawa
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 22:54
 
No. 2 this week on the list of unnecessary remakes.

LizK
(Houston, Texas)
Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 19:38
 
She handles this song as her very own .

Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Jul 25, 2011 - 10:35
 
This is very good.  It respects the original, but does not merely imitate it.

And I don't get the point of view that no one should cover the Beatles because it's somehow too sacred.  It does not diminish or insult the Beatles' talent or accomplishments for another artist to take a Beatles song and put her own spin on it, as long as it's well done.

Orodrigues
(Resende (RJ), Brazil)
Posted: Jul 25, 2011 - 10:33
 
A very very nice cover!

daisymaybee
Posted: Jul 25, 2011 - 10:32
 
Always nice to hear something from so long ago.............

jadewahoo
Posted: May 30, 2011 - 12:15
 
It is so very hard to top a Beatles song with a cover. That said, this is a good rendition (still doesn't top the original, IMHO). Had I never heard the Beatles singing this, and I heard Mary McCaslin doing this song, I would have thought: "Wow! What a beautiful song!" Alas, that is not how the Time Lords have dictated that it should be.


gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 06:49
 
 petrfas wrote:
I think it misses it all and brings nothing to this Beatles piece
 
I think you've missed it all. What do you suppose this song sounded like as the Beatles wrote it, or performed it acoustically for the first time? What do you think it would have sounded like a thousand years ago? The "folkification" of this tune reminds one well of the roots of the music and the influences insinuating themselves into its creation. Listen to some Fairport Convention, and then spout off about how they've brought nothing to the music.


ajobse
(Winnipeg - Canada)
Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 23:14
 
People have been re-interpreting all kinds of classics ( Bach, Mozart et all.). Nothing wrong with doing the same thing with "Beatles Tunes". And I think this particular one is not half bad. I'll rate it a Seven.

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 08:25
 
I like this cover ...


Lrobby99
(Wisconsin, USA)
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 - 14:29
 
Sang with no pretensions, I have no problem with it. Nice voice, acoustic guitar. A 6.

petrfas
(Prague, Czech Republic)
Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 04:38
 
I think it misses it all and brings nothing to this Beatles piece

blue_angel
Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 11:17
 
 sandyclaws wrote:


I could not agree more. Make. It. Stop. PLEASE! {#Stop} {#Frustrated} {#Crashcomp}
 

{#Stop} is right!

sandyclaws
(On our way back home . . .)
Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 11:09
 
 tapatia1072 wrote:
This is just - just - awful. Some people should not re-make Beatles songs, because they don't have sufficient chops for the task. Mary McCaslin is one of those people.
 

I could not agree more. Make. It. Stop. PLEASE! {#Stop} {#Frustrated} {#Crashcomp}

triskele
(here)
Posted: Oct 14, 2010 - 18:54
 
love the harmonies

bachbeet
Posted: Aug 11, 2010 - 23:37
 
Always liked her version.  I thought she had a unique take on the song.  Saw her live a long time ago with her husband at the time.  She did this one and Blackbird.

bluedot
(Long Beach, CA)
Posted: Aug 11, 2010 - 23:34
 
I don't think it's "awful," but I agree in principle...

 tapatia1072 wrote:
This is just - just - awful. Some people should not re-make Beatles songs, because they don't have sufficient chops for the task. Mary McCaslin is one of those people.
 



tapatia1072
Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 05:43
 
This is just - just - awful. Some people should not re-make Beatles songs, because they don't have sufficient chops for the task. Mary McCaslin is one of those people.

Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast)
Posted: May 08, 2010 - 11:59
 
 WonderLizard wrote:

This is a good one, tho' I'm partial to 801's "Tomorrow Never Knows" and Gomez's "Fixing a Hole." Anyone else remember Matthews Southern Comfort's version of "Hide Your Love Away?"

 
Never heard Matthew's Southern Comfort version of that; but can someone upload his version of "Woodstock?" ( I don't know how to upload yet.)


Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast)
Posted: May 08, 2010 - 11:57
 
this whole album is God—-she's a good songwriter and i love her voice and guitar tunings.

jim1964
(british columbia, but use to ride the IRT to work)
Posted: Feb 02, 2010 - 16:12
 
...nice, she sounds a bit like Nancy Griffith.

CyberCoyote
(Cali)
Posted: Sep 29, 2009 - 22:01
 
Nice cover

cattail321
Posted: Jul 28, 2009 - 20:55
 
 LastChance wrote:
You just can't top the Beatles. You just can't.
 

Harry can.....{#Dancingbanana_2}Nilsson. that is!!!!!

Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Jul 28, 2009 - 20:38
 
 forge wrote:
Best. Beatles cover. Ever.
 
Joe Cocker doing "With a Little Help from My Friends" is pretty darn good.  And Richie Havens' version of "Here Comes the Sun" isn't bad either.



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 28, 2009 - 20:38
 


groovy cover...



egiova
Posted: Jul 28, 2009 - 20:38
 
Absolutely far from my culture. But I love it! Well, I love any sincere song, band or whatever.

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: May 26, 2009 - 06:57
 
 forge wrote:
Best. Beatles cover. Ever.
 
This is a good one, tho' I'm partial to 801's "Tomorrow Never Knows" and Gomez's "Fixing a Hole." Anyone else remember Matthews Southern Comfort's version of "Hide Your Love Away?"


forge
(Boynton Beach, FL)
Posted: Apr 24, 2009 - 15:14
 
Best. Beatles cover. Ever.