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drekar
(Dallas.)
Posted: Mar 27, 2006 - 17:07
 
yaaaaa, NOT feeling this.
buck-arkansas
(Northwest Arkansas)
Posted: Dec 15, 2005 - 07:09
 
i'm a big "neil" fan. having said that, i think that this is a great cover of this song.
psycholynx
(Corona, CA (outside L.A.))
Posted: Nov 23, 2005 - 10:02
 
"I wish I was a Trapper. I would give 1,000 pelts to sleep with Pocahontas."

Female singer wanting to sleep with Pocahontas. Thats Hot!
Bocephus
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Nov 23, 2005 - 09:56
 
I dunno...I like it and I love the Neil original.

Marlon Brando, Pocohontas and me...sounds like quite a party.
MikeCloud
Posted: Nov 23, 2005 - 09:55
 
Niel young is much better song writer than singer (um, is that even remotely a question?)

very nice sets. And this is a very nice remake...


tiddalick
(Scotland)
Posted: Nov 23, 2005 - 09:55
 
Posh karaoke.
DMay
(Fayetteville, Arkansas)
Posted: Nov 23, 2005 - 09:55
 
Neil did it better.
jah_blessed
(Netherlands)
Posted: Nov 16, 2005 - 01:18
 
Singer sounds like she's on autopilot. Bland performance, devoid of any feeling.
WordMariner
(Edgewater CO)
Posted: Nov 08, 2005 - 18:29
 
Nothing like the original..........in fact, ANYTHING done by Neil is better than the remake or rehash. LONG LIVE NEIL!
Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Sep 18, 2005 - 08:49
 
rascal420 wrote:


This adds absolutely nothing to the great original recording.


Back to the Mugro Doctrine of Covers:

1. Are you going to take a song from one genre to another and completely redesign the song? Ok, go for it. Examples here are Jimi covering Dylan on "All ALong the Watchtower" or (of all people) William Shatner and Joe Jackson covering "Ordinary People (or whatever the name of that hilarious song is). Another example is Run DMC's take on Aerosmith's Walk this Way.

2. Are you going to take someone else's song and imprint your unique style to it? Ok, that is fine too. The Grateful Dead did a wonderful job on such songs as "Dancin' In the Streets" "Fade Away" and countless others. The Red Hot Chili Peppers with "Higher Ground." There are a lot of good examples.

3. If you are just going to re-sing someone else's song without re-inventing it, and you don't really have a unique style yourself, go to a Karioke bar and annoy the patrons there. Don't cut a record and annoy all of us.

Crash Vegas, sorry, but you are in category 3.
winter
(hither and yon (mostly yon))
Posted: Sep 11, 2005 - 00:16
 
AdamMenendez wrote:


It was in that one scene where they're all doing lines in the canoe.




Oh yeah! And John Smith is going on about how everything is "money".
flipchurn
(Denver)
Posted: Aug 19, 2005 - 15:16
 
Baby_M wrote:
Better than the original, but still too in-your-face PC.
<-X This version isn't bad but Neil's easily wins out.
Baby_M
(a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Aug 12, 2005 - 07:01
 
Better than the original, but still too in-your-face PC.
AdamMenendez
Posted: Jul 13, 2005 - 16:13
 
radiojunkie wrote:
Strange...I don't remember this in the Disney cartoon at all.


It was in that one scene where they're all doing lines in the canoe.
rascal420
(Truckee, CA - 5000 feet above Paradise)
Posted: Jul 13, 2005 - 16:11
 
beelzebubba wrote:
This isn't bad, but it kind of leaves you wondering, "what's the point?"

I can sense that she likes the song like the rest of us, and it would make sense to sing it in the back yard for some friends, or even live in a pub.

But to record it?

And her voice is just a bit too warbly for my tastes.



This adds absolutely nothing to the great original recording.
ANNE_MARIE
(my own little three ring circus)
Posted: Jun 21, 2005 - 13:06
 
swampaholic wrote:


I think my favorites are Like a Hurricane done by Jay Farrar or Cortez the Killer done by Built to Spill (both live)


great examples! Government Mule cranks out a darn good cover of Cortez as well. one of my favorites is On the Beach performed by Golden Smog.
swampaholic
(Sacramento, CA)
Posted: Jun 21, 2005 - 12:55
 
whafrog wrote:


Mine's Harvest Moon by Cassandra Wilson. I find Neil a GREAT song writer, so long as somebody else performs...


I think my favorites are Like a Hurricane done by Jay Farrar or Cortez the Killer done by Built to Spill (both live)
bobringer
(Wayne, NJ)
Posted: Jun 21, 2005 - 12:51
 
It's like cool and all...

...but really now... this is NOT Neil Young. Not even in the same universe.

Too bad a song as great as this can't get more than a "6"
beag
Posted: Jun 14, 2005 - 06:15
 
Dreadful lyrics. What was he thinking?
whafrog
Posted: Jun 06, 2005 - 20:04
 
mbop wrote:
This is my favorite Neil song in general so a cover makes me happy, but then a second later I wonder where Neil is.

My favorite Neil cover is done by Tori Amos during her Lottapianos 03 tour. She did an awesome cover of "Gold Rush".

This song in comparison well....you just can't compare!


Mine's Harvest Moon by Cassandra Wilson. I find Neil a GREAT song writer, so long as somebody else performs...

radiojunkie
(stuck in the crack, NY/CT)
Posted: May 15, 2005 - 22:31
 
Strange...I don't remember this in the Disney cartoon at all.
maryba
Posted: Mar 10, 2005 - 19:50
 
So that where the other copy of Red Earth ended up. There are better cut on the album!

ttfn ftde
Mike
ANNE_MARIE
(The Ozarks)
Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 13:17
 
stratrjb wrote:
I like bit's of this version & bits of Young's original version...but when I hear the live acoustic version Neil does...that has so much expression I can't compare them to it.


it's a good cover but not great by any stretch of the imagination....imo.
a seven or so.

Johray63
(The Lowlands)
Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 13:06
 
I like the (distorted) electric guitar (sound) best, though it sounds he/she wants to let go more, but doesn't want to get too much in the way of the fragile vocals
beelzebubba
(Where the hell is Walldrug, South Dakota?)
Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 13:05
 
This isn't bad, but it kind of leaves you wondering, "what's the point?"

I can sense that she likes the song like the rest of us, and it would make sense to sing it in the back yard for some friends, or even live in a pub.

But to record it?

And her voice is just a bit too warbly for my tastes.


rah
Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 13:03
 
wow -- cheery stuff!
pksgorilla
(Wellington, NZ)
Posted: Jan 10, 2005 - 19:04
 
chaosonio wrote:
This is one of the better Neil Young covers that I have ever heard. I love the voice and the lyrics


One of the better Neil covers
mbop
Posted: Dec 29, 2004 - 04:43
 
This is my favorite Neil song in general so a cover makes me happy, but then a second later I wonder where Neil is.

My favorite Neil cover is done by Tori Amos during her Lottapianos 03 tour. She did an awesome cover of "Gold Rush".

This song in comparison well....you just can't compare!

chaosonio
(Whitehorse, Yukon)
Posted: Dec 14, 2004 - 09:23
 
This is one of the better Neil Young covers that I have ever heard. I love the voice and the lyrics
stratrjb
(lil screen)
Posted: Dec 14, 2004 - 09:23
 
I like bit's of this version & bits of Young's original version...but when I hear the live acoustic version Neil does...that has so much expression I can't compare them to it.
sherp
Posted: Nov 29, 2004 - 15:12
 
I dig this cover. I have the cd that it's on and I still love it after all these years.

I remember seeing them open for the Tragically Hip on the "Another Roadside Attraction" tour back in 95' maybe. I was almost frightened by the lead singer, eccentric for sure.
phineas
(between the mountains and the sea)
Posted: Nov 29, 2004 - 15:09
 
RichardPrins wrote:
weak cover

I like the simple arrangement and plaintive voice.
Black_Dog
Posted: Oct 14, 2004 - 04:38
 
Not as good as Johnny Cash's version but worth listenning.
rgio
(West Jersey)
Posted: Sep 29, 2004 - 14:46
 
Twice within the hour is a bit too much.
eyelykearrpee
Posted: Sep 22, 2004 - 05:25
 
Can Neil write a song or what? Not bad but I prefer Neil.
eco
(Montreal)
Posted: Sep 14, 2004 - 20:34
 
hats off to them for the effort and choice of music, but the singer is just too detatched, and sounds like she's reading the lyrics from a songsheet.

the band's playing is tight, but lacks any sense of invention and ends up doing a classic pop-band cover.
conejo
(buenos aires, argentina)
Posted: Sep 14, 2004 - 20:34
 
it is a very good cover.no question 'bout it
RichardPrins
(z­­³)
Posted: Aug 23, 2004 - 15:20
 
weak cover
Pyro
(Between a rock and a hard place)
Posted: Aug 18, 2004 - 11:53
 
There is NOTHING like the original, but I do think this is a good cover, as well.
steeler
(teetering on the abyss)
Posted: Aug 16, 2004 - 09:31
 
I think this is a good cover of one of Neil's songs.