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John Martyn — Glory Box
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DaidyBoy
(Bristol, UK)
Posted: May 23, 2013 - 03:34
 
Give me a reason for this to exist.  

stalfnzo
(Somewhere... out there)
Posted: May 07, 2013 - 11:16
 
I enjoy John Martin, just not this song. I love the Portishead version.

shellbella
(so california)
Posted: May 07, 2013 - 11:12
 
Nice...

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: May 07, 2013 - 11:07
 
I'm ready for love..

Dearlizanyc
Posted: Apr 21, 2013 - 19:52
 
 Bridieboo wrote:

I agree 100%.

 
100% agreed.



Bridieboo
(Halifax, NS)
Posted: Apr 06, 2013 - 07:31
 
 LifeIsMusic wrote:
Not a fan of this at all. I love the Portishead version. 
 
I agree 100%.

dig
Posted: Mar 05, 2013 - 19:49
 
Why have I never heard of this guy? What is wrong with me?

testpilot
Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 11:55
 
ok, but it would've been so much more interesting if he didn't adjust lyrics according to gender  {#Eek}

ninamo
Posted: Dec 17, 2012 - 06:42
 
Thanks. I needed that!

Lichenia,
(uk)
Posted: Dec 17, 2012 - 06:39
 
Love anything the big man did.

augusto
Posted: Dec 17, 2012 - 06:39
 
Bela canção!

Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK)
Posted: Dec 17, 2012 - 06:39
 
 Boy_Wonder wrote:
1 Giant Leap
CSN
and now John Martyn

what's not to like about that! 
 
Oh look Deja Vu all over again!

LifeIsMusic
Posted: Dec 17, 2012 - 06:38
 
Not a fan of this at all. I love the Portishead version. 

lexica
(Oaktown, 510)
Posted: Dec 01, 2012 - 18:59
 
Man, that raspy, bittersweet, sliding-around-the-rhythm almost-sloppy delivery SO does it for me. Aw, yeah... {#Clap}

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 21:57
 
Interesting that both this and the Portishead versions debuted here in December 2001 (near RP's beginning and 4.5 years before my discovery). Yet I came to know the Portishead version first and loved it enough to add it to my Radio Paradise Favorites playlist. I like this version, too, but probably wouldn't have picked it up.

DickieStaff
(Auckland NZ)
Posted: Oct 15, 2012 - 13:26
 
In theory an original artist sets the bar for all others to follow. Some covers are arguably better than the original  - many fall short. As a big JM fan just hearing that slurry, drooling, gravelly voice hits home that an artist can bring different things to the same song and turn the song into something they own. Portishead set the bar without doubt, but in the genre they intended the song to be performed. JM's performance is in his own inimitable genre. Great song.

Johnny-smooth
(On my bicycle)
Posted: Oct 15, 2012 - 13:22
 
 ziakut wrote:
I like it, but it kinda drags. Have to admit Portishead nailed this the way I like it.
 

Agreed

Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK)
Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 12:41
 
1 Giant Leap
CSN
and now John Martyn

what's not to like about that! 

Martino
(Almere, Netherlands)
Posted: Jul 29, 2012 - 00:49
 
only sounds good, because it's a good song, no thanks to the artist. sorry.

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jun 11, 2012 - 10:26
 
this is a pretty good cover, i suppose, but i'm just not feelin it. {#Snooty}

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jun 11, 2012 - 10:24
 
 bc wrote:
I like the Portishead version.

I might like this one better.

You probably don't care.
 
i care.

i like the portishead version better...which is odd for me since i usually prefer male vocalists.

bc
(It's everything. Location, Location, Location.)
Posted: May 10, 2012 - 15:19
 
I like the Portishead version.

I might like this one better.

You probably don't care.

stunix
Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 05:34
 
Oh John, I miss you so much.  Im so glad I got to know you, this cover is just what Id imagine you would do to it.   lends itself to the sluuuur beautifully.  Be there soon matey. 

ziakut
(A place with air, water and chocolate.)
Posted: Feb 05, 2012 - 12:58
 
I like it, but it kinda drags. Have to admit Portishead nailed this the way I like it.

shakitten
(Not where I want to be yet)
Posted: Jan 04, 2012 - 18:05
 
LOVE this bluesy interpretation. Got a nice groove. {#Sunny}

tunstene
(Italy)
Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 08:58
 

We All are missing you!



RPrits
(Netherlands, Driebergen)
Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 09:55
 
Radio on in the background...The sound attracks... must be John Martin...ah, delicious voice...

Zimmerman84
Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 09:51
 
Pretty good, not an easy one to make your own I imagine but big JMs gone an done it. Prefer portis though.

tomis
(Monterey, CA)
Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 11:47
 
I already know how everyone else does it! Give me something new I say! This song is exactly what a cover should be. It's something different from the original, a new take, he's taken the song and made it his own. 

S-curvy
(Lovely Alameda, the Isle of Style)
Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 11:43
 
 funkyalfonso wrote:
Why compare the two versions? What does it achieve? So what if it wasn't his best recording. It's still John Martyn and that's good enough for me.
 Well put, thanks Funky.  To Stingray I say:  "Right, and we all live in a 1-dimensional universe where all that exists or matters are the originals.  God help you if you try to do something after the original and put your own spin on it; for instance, after Michaelangelo, every painter into perpetuity really blows, Bach has doomed every single composer after him to 2nd tier status at best, and to all of the programmers, plumbers, lawyers, nurses, chefs, etc..., you too are only 2nd rate in this universe because you aren't the original.  C'mon, let's ease up on the judgement, because none of us is perfect."



funkyalfonso
(Canada)
Posted: May 28, 2011 - 22:48
 
Why compare the two versions? What does it achieve? So what if it wasn't his best recording. It's still John Martyn and that's good enough for me.

crispynz1
Posted: May 13, 2011 - 04:40
 
 Stingray wrote:
TERRIBLE VERSION! JUST AWFUL!!!
 
Hardly. {#Chillpill}

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 09:32
 
TERRIBLE VERSION! JUST AWFUL!!!

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 09:28
 
 grungepuppy wrote:
I'm not against covers in general, and there are many that I prefer to the original. It seems I usually like the version I heard first best. That being said, I really don't like this. I'll probably take crap from his followers, but the mumbling really detracts from this song. It overwhelms and defines this version. The Portishead original is far superior.
 
True enough, and the lyrics make a lot more sense when sung by a woman. Yer man Martyn did some grand stuff in his long career, I hear, but this cover's a real turkey.


btilrn
(Redding, CA)
Posted: Apr 11, 2011 - 14:17
 
Portishead. Does my vote count?

Oh, it's like Florida. Never mind.

<———-backs away quietly. 

foothillfreak
(Salt Lake City)
Posted: Apr 11, 2011 - 14:16
 
Signing off to play the portishead original. much better!

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet CAN I GO HOME NOW?)
Posted: Apr 11, 2011 - 14:14
 
Likin' both versions....

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 01:54
 
 handyrae wrote:

 I really like both versions. This version is more — I don't know, raw? Which fits well with this song.
 
No - I much prefer this as it sounds like he is singing from his soul

mike_chouinard
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 08:48
 
Wow, I just stepped out for a coffee and missed it. Too bad. I can't imagine an improvement on Portishead's original. It doesn't sound like the late John Martyn's version quite hit the mark. Hopefully, his detractors aren't dissuaded. His early/mid-stuff was fantastic, though I think, like many, his offerings got a bit thin later on. At his best, he was on par with contemporary Nick Drake, who managed to make three perfect albums in his short life. (I often wonder what Drake's material would've been like had his career been longer. Even the best songwriters, Dylan, etc, usually serve up a few duds in their career.) Anyway, people should check Martyn's Bless the Weather or Solid Air to hear him at his best.

grungepuppy
(Flagstaff, AZ)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 08:38
 
I'm not against covers in general, and there are many that I prefer to the original. It seems I usually like the version I heard first best. That being said, I really don't like this. I'll probably take crap from his followers, but the mumbling really detracts from this song. It overwhelms and defines this version. The Portishead original is far superior.

handyrae
(Zero Point Field)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 08:37
 
 purplespider wrote:
I like Portishead's version better- more languid.{#Meditate}
 
 I really like both versions. This version is more — I don't know, raw? Which fits well with this song.


nicolewe
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 08:34
 
Mellifluous and spicy...{#Cowboy} {#Devil_pimp}

lizardking79
Posted: Jan 23, 2011 - 02:13
 
I love the portishead version but this is a good one, too.

S-curvy
(Lovely Alameda, the Isle of Style)
Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 11:06
 
 wferrier wrote:
Posted: Aug 20, 2008 - 12:38 < Reply >
 anchoresse wrote:
The only way I was able to make it through that awful song with my life was the hope that an actual Portishead song would follow it. I was greatly disappointed...
 

You must be dead by now. . . {#Angel}

 
Touche, wferrier, touche!


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 10:50
 
 purplespider wrote:
I like Portishead's version better- more languid.{#Meditate}
 
I'm not sure if I'd consider the original version is "more languid" than this one, but I find Portishead's version more sexy and profound.  I find it thoroughly better than this version - though this isn't that bad really.


S-curvy
(Lovely Alameda, the Isle of Style)
Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 10:47
 
Right on Bill!!!  It was just yesterday that I had a very strong hankerin' to hear this — no kidding.  Yer a mind reader you are.

I just figured out why this version is so appealing to me, despite Portisehead's really stellar version, and that is that this strikes me as having the same sort of street creds that Johnny Cash's version lends to NIN's Tear.  Both Martyn and Cash truly lived the life that leads to the anguish of these songs and it so clearly shows in their renditions of other people's music.


purplespider
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Dec 22, 2010 - 17:20
 
I like Portishead's version better- more languid.{#Meditate}

david1045
(Madison Wisconsin)
Posted: Nov 20, 2010 - 23:45
 
I have never heard this song before. It is not bad. 

jools
(Brighton UK)
Posted: Nov 05, 2010 - 02:55
 
Stingray - you are the Weirdo!  have you actually read any of your postings before you press "SUBMIT"?!! 
Stingray wrote:
Have never seen such a
set of weirdo-trousers and
weirdo-shoes on stage!
EVER!!!!

WEEEIRD!!!

Now the shock: do not care much
for his version of the song!

Why?

Simply because I doubt that any woman
would even think about loving a guy with
such trousers and shoes!
To me he looks like a child-molestor rather
than a person I can trust when coming up
with such lyrics!
 



vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 07:42
 

Martyn's version quickly lost its appeal to me.  Sounds like his dentures were a bit loose - I keep listening for the telltale whistling. . .

{#Neutral}