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Waterboys — Sweet Thing
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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. 

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.

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

 

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 19:00
 
 Cynaera wrote:

Thanks for the additional information on this song, romeotuma. {#Sunny} 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.

 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...
 

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?

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.

rbigelo
(Spanish Town)
Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 18:37
 
This. is. awesome. :)

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Jan 14, 2013 - 18:34
 

Everybody in my church loves this cover...


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.

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."

jocelyn314
Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 09:38
 
sucko barfo? i love this song :-)

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 16:06
 
Neat stuff.  Love it.

jhorton
(Trailer Park on Cape Cod)
Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 16:05
 
Love, love love this!

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?
 



lkovathana
(Chicago, Illinois)
Posted: Sep 11, 2012 - 02:34
 
what the h#ll?

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! {#Clap}



MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 15:02
 
Gets a bit...squeaky.  

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.

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.

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 11:21
 
i've been on a kick with this record lately. love this song especially.

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.

xman222
Posted: May 07, 2012 - 17:01
 

Good cover, the original is inspirational



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.

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.



Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.)
Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 06:55
 
I got hundreds, "of great listens" to this album.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 - 14:36
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this cover...

 

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

AndyJ
(Oregon)
Posted: Jan 01, 2012 - 19:54
 
Shouldn't self indulgence be done in private... Not inflicted on the passer-by-?

lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Jan 01, 2012 - 19:53
 
Sorry I never saw these guys live.

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?


Odyzzeuz
(Austin, Texas)
Posted: Oct 30, 2011 - 11:00
 
Let's take a mediocre song and destroy it!

fandyman
Posted: Oct 30, 2011 - 10:56
 
Amazing cover of a beautiful song. Now all we need is to get "This is the sea" from The Waterboys on the Radio Paradise playlist. Pure soul.

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 17:58
 
Sweet jam.

RussNelson
Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 17:56
 
There are an amazing number of covers of Van Morrison songs — at least 35 (published) versions of Brown Eyed Girl. And ... almost ever cover of a Van Morrison tune is worth listening to. Well, except maybe John Valby's version of Brown Eyed Girl.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 28, 2011 - 08:34
 
 RazzCat wrote:

Wow!! Never heard this before!

Never thought anyone could ever do a cover that made me feel the way I did when I first heard Van Morrison create this classic. I'm amazed! Thanks Waterboys, and thanks RP... :)

 
Yeah, isn't that cool?  Love it..


RazzCat
(Montréal, QC)
Posted: Jul 27, 2011 - 23:28
 

Wow!! Never heard this before!

Never thought anyone could ever do a cover that made me feel the way I did when I first heard Van Morrison create this classic. I'm amazed! Thanks Waterboys, and thanks RP... :)


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 25, 2011 - 21:18
 
 Cynaera wrote:

Thanks for the additional information on this song, romeotuma. {#Sunny} 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.
 


Thank you, Cynaera...  this is one sweet cover...

 

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 23, 2011 - 18:42
 
 romeotuma wrote:


This is a sweet cover of a Van Morrison song from his 1968 album, Astral Weeks...

The Waterboys' version is a medley... the song ends with the unplanned addition of verses from The Beatles' "Blackbird," which Scott impulsively sang on the spot...

 

 
Thanks for the additional information on this song, romeotuma. {#Sunny} 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.


mfcrowe
(Chicago,, IL)
Posted: Mar 23, 2011 - 18:39
 
I will never, never get so old again...great cover of a great Van song...blackbirds singing in the dead of night..awesome segue to the Fab Four...I will never, never grow so old again...thank you Bill!

bachbeet
Posted: Dec 19, 2010 - 16:41
 
Probably the weakest song from a very good album.  Not as good as Van's.

ubuntourist
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Sep 15, 2010 - 12:22
 
Sounds like the blackbird is being eaten by a kitten.  Not a happy sound.  Before the "Blackbird" abuse, it was innocuous enough.


Bleyfusz
Posted: Sep 15, 2010 - 12:22
 
 etcarroll wrote:
Good - but I prefer Van the Man's version.
 
this one does perfectly justice!


jersey_birdman
Posted: Sep 15, 2010 - 12:17
 
More Waterboys is better; bumper stickers should be issued.

{#Clap}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 14, 2010 - 11:46
 


This is a sweet cover of a Van Morrison song from his 1968 album, Astral Weeks...

The Waterboys' version is a medley... the song ends with the unplanned addition of verses from The Beatles' "Blackbird," which Scott impulsively sang on the spot...

 


jbunniii
(San Jose, CA)
Posted: Aug 14, 2010 - 11:45
 
I want to like these guys, but I their music just doesn't do it for me.  Hard to believe that the brilliant World Party evolved from this.

fatcatjb
(Sunny Sacramento)
Posted: Jul 13, 2010 - 14:13
 
I'm clearly in the minority here, but this song does nothing for me...maybe it's not the right time of day

jckearney
(Playa Del Rey)
Posted: Jun 11, 2010 - 17:36
 
love love love this! van is the man, but this cover is absolutely amazing!!! 

scrubbrush
Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 14:21
 
Highest 10 possible. Love this version as much as the original(s).

Susan_Ssun
Posted: Mar 08, 2010 - 15:28
 
This song always makes me feel great!  Like summertime, like love!

divisionlane
(Seattle)
Posted: Jan 04, 2010 - 16:28
 
A good album and a good tune I had almost forgotten about-thanks for the reminder Bill!