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Shawn Colvin — This Must Be the Place [Naive Melody]
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kcar
Posted: Apr 16, 2013 - 22:01
 
 Jakamo wrote:
"This Must Be The Place" is one of many favorite Talking Heads songs. (it also has a great video)
A definition of a good cover version is when the new version makes you hear new qualities in the song. Shawn's version slowed down a bit, makes the words stand out and gives a slightly different perspective on the tune.
Love it! 

 
Well said. As suesblues noted, Colvin's version pushes forward the longing for a home. One of my fave TH songs. 

suesblues
(Sydney, Australia)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 02:12
 
I think this is a beautiful cover, she's actually singing the words, and it feels straight from the heart, about someone looking for home.  That doesn't come through in TH version............they are too busy being funky, perhaps covering their feelings.  I love how this cover actually uncovers the feelings inherent in this song.

wlpendley
(New Mexico)
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 17:54
 
Always glad to see the Most High Gods, David Byrne and the Talking Heads, honored by a cover of another successful artist.  But I don't think Shawn adds anything to this song.  Like others, I far prefer the original to this one.

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 08:53
 
 leafmold wrote:
boring cover to a boring song
 
Nice performance, beautiful voice, but afraid I have to agree.

ProjectGemini07
(SC)
Posted: Oct 11, 2012 - 08:46
 
Kinda conflicted about this.  It's both cool and blasphemous at the same time.

jhorton
(Trailer Park on Cape Cod)
Posted: Oct 10, 2012 - 15:17
 
Love this great cover!

Jakamo
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 10:56
 
"This Must Be The Place" is one of many favorite Talking Heads songs. (it also has a great video)
A definition of a good cover version is when the new version makes you hear new qualities in the song. Shawn's version slowed down a bit, makes the words stand out and gives a slightly different perspective on the tune.
Love it! 

leafmold
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 10:47
 
boring cover to a boring song

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 10:46
 
just...no.

leechi
(Germany)
Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 23:57
 
rpeeps. displeased with cover versions since the beginning of music.

terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, SC)
Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 20:51
 
One thing you will never, ever hear me say is that I like David Byrne's version better of anything, and I mean anything.  

justin4kick
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 12:49
 
I guess Talking Heads will be next to compensate for this boring cover?

kcar
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 20:09
 
 lemmoth wrote:
So by the beginning of line 2 I knew this was a cover of a tune I was pretty sure I liked but I still couldn't place it 'til I scrolled down the comments.

That - to me is the sign of a cool re-interpretation.

And for all the David Byrne haters on this forum, can you at least admit that the man can write some wonderful songs.
 
Yeah, this cover hit me that way too—and me really listen to the lyrics. I like Byrne a lot less these days than I used to, but Shawn Colvin made me appreciate David Byrne a whole lot more. 



hencini
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 13:42
 
I love the TH version of this song.  I am also passionate about covers.  This song is completely uninteresting to me. 

In this same vein, however, is Nina Gordon's cover of "Straight Outta Compton".  That song never fails to make me smile.  : )

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 13:42
 
So by the beginning of line 2 I knew this was a cover of a tune I was pretty sure I liked but I still couldn't place it 'til I scrolled down the comments.

That - to me is the sign of a cool re-interpretation.

And for all the David Byrne haters on this forum, can you at least admit that the man can write some wonderful songs.

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 13:40
 
 mvanderford60 wrote:
Dreadful.  She murders one of my all-time favorites.  Passionless drivel -ack.
 
Passionless?!?  Have you got corn in your ears??! {#Stupid}

HoneyBearKelly
(Brooklyn)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 13:39
 
I hate this cover with the heat of a thousand suns.

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 22:07
 
 lexica wrote:
I love a cover version that really reinterprets the song so I hear it differently than before. Very nice!
{#Bounce}
 
Totally agree if its done well like here.  What a great tune.

lexica
(Oaktown, 510)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 22:01
 
I love a cover version that really reinterprets the song so I hear it differently than before. Very nice!
{#Bounce}

bluecshells
(Texas)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 08:39
 
I love Shawn Colvin - {#Good-vibes}

paraclete
(Citrus Heights, CA)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 19:57
 
 paraclete wrote:
I used some of the words of this song as part of my blessing on the marriage of my daughter and her husband.  They are making their home with one another.  I cannot hear this version without wistful tears of joy welling up, missing my daughter, but rejoicing in her adventure. 

Home is where I want to be
Pick me up and turn me round
I feel numb - born with a weak heart
I guess I must be having fun
The less we say about it the better
Make it up as we go along
Feet on the ground
Head in the sky
It's ok I know nothing's wrong . . nothing

Hi yo I got plenty of time
Hi yo you got light in your eyes
And you're standing here beside me
I love the passing of time
Never for money
Always for love
Cover up and say goodnight . . . say goodnight

Home - is where I want to be
But I guess I'm already there
I come home - she lifted up her wings
Guess that this must be the place
I can't tell one from another
Did I find you, or you find me?
There was a time Before we were born
If someone asks, this is where I'll be . . . where I'll be


 
I don't know if it is gauche to comment on your own comment.  But as I sit here with tears in my eyes, this old man reflecting on my first born 's wedding day, I feel that I must respond to those who feel that covers are always lesser than . . .  simply not true.


tonypf
(Honolulu)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 19:57
 
Gotta line up w/ the folks who find this version expansive.  That is to say, I will now hear the original differently: not better; not worse.  Different.

mfcrowe
(Chicago,, IL)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 19:55
 
I would have not have thought to play this as a follow up to Just Breathe - Awesome!!!

Thanks Bill

Never for money, always for love...home that's where I want to be...

ekeyte
(Lynchburg, VA)
Posted: Mar 05, 2011 - 01:08
 
I much prefer Talking Heads to do this song, BUT I like hearing the song nonetheless. I gave it a nine.

gshrieves
(Colorado, USA)
Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 09:50
 
This is one of those songs that should never be covered anywhere, by anyone. This just lacks the passion of the original. 

bobrk
(Beautiful Downtown San Jose)
Posted: Feb 18, 2011 - 09:49
 
A great cover of a fantastic song.

peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 18:15
 
 casey1024 wrote:
To cover a song and make it different and interesting - without insulting the original singer and/or songwriter is extremely creative.  Since many covers are done of songs that are considered "anthems" or "classics" or defining of one genre or another, I consider it more difficult at times than performing one of your own original pieces.  Of course, that is IMHO...
 
{#Clap} Well said.


mvanderford60
Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 17:27
 
Dreadful.  She murders one of my all-time favorites.  Passionless drivel -ack.

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Feb 01, 2011 - 17:25
 
Who knew this song could be so beautiful?!

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jan 18, 2011 - 04:21
 
Nice lullaby {#Sleep}

Mugro
(My body is in Dubai, my heart is in Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Nov 16, 2010 - 01:02
 
I like this cover. It takes the original to a new place and therefore makes it a new song. Shawn makes it her own. I like that.

A million years ago here I used to pontificate about the Mugro Doctrine of Covers. That all seems rather silly now. The older I get, the less I know. Now I just have my opinion: I like it. That is all.

Tana
(Lancaster, PA)
Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 08:48
 
Just watched "The Big Lebowski" the other night. Shawn Colvin's "Viva Las Vegas" is beyond belief. Just wonderful. Beyond belief that she would even cover that song!

casey1024
(Between the rock & the hard place)
Posted: Aug 27, 2010 - 11:19
 
Like it more every time I hear it!

lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 11:13
 
Well said, casey, thanks. {#Arrowd}

Imagine the guts needed to take on, say, a Peggy Lee classic (Fire) or Prince (Kiss), or Jimi (Little Wing), yet folks've done it, and done it well.


casey1024
(Between the rock & the hard place)
Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 11:06
 
To cover a song and make it different and interesting - without insulting the original singer and/or songwriter is extremely creative.  Since many covers are done of songs that are considered "anthems" or "classics" or defining of one genre or another, I consider it more difficult at times than performing one of your own original pieces.  Of course, that is IMHO...

raewah
(Somewhere where the mountains meet the plains)
Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 11:02
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Okay, it took awhile, but I finally realized that TH was "Talking Heads." I'd never heard either version of this song before, but I really love Shawn Colvin's, because it was stripped down and vulnerable (and she does simplicity and fragility in the most beautiful of ways.) I have yet to hear the TH version. Somehow, I can't picture David Byrne "stripped down and vulnerable" ) so I'm eager to experience that rendition.
 
How could you not have heard the TH version?  One of the most overplayed songs from the commercial radio days.


HoneyBearKelly
(Brooklyn)
Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 10:58
 
FAIL.

paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Jul 26, 2010 - 10:57
 
 Rozsa wrote:
Covers are for those who lack imagination and creativity...Joe Cocker and The Cure excluded..imho
 
Isn't objectivity wonderful.


lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny)
Posted: Jul 09, 2010 - 10:31
 
This and the recent Peter Gabriel have shown me how surprisingly coverable Talking Heads are! Well done.

apd
(Toronto, On)
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 14:19
 
 chirpie wrote:
Jeez, look at the guns she's got in that picture. She could break that guitar over your head. ^_^
 
Didn't notice. Too busy checking out her cheekbones...


sandpebble
(near Paradise)
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 14:08
 
 Taraincognito wrote:
this might be my favorite song EVER. Shawn, as always, your covers rule.
 
Pulling weeds is no fun either Tara


Taraincognito
(Out back, in the garden, pulling weeds)
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 14:05
 
this might be my favorite song EVER. Shawn, as always, your covers rule.

sandpebble
(near Paradise)
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 14:04
 
 DaWiz wrote:
I just turned off RP and put on the original.
 
Love the stop making sense version{#Tongue}

DaWiz
(Asheville, NC)
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 14:02
 
I just turned off RP and put on the original.

sandpebble
(near Paradise)
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 14:02
 
She took all the bouncy fun right out of it.{#Rolleyes}

Rozsa
(Züri Oberland)
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 14:01
 
Covers are for those who lack imagination and creativity...Joe Cocker and The Cure excluded..imho

fevertree
(P'cola, FL)
Posted: Jun 24, 2010 - 13:59
 
Annie Lennox, Neil Young and now Shawn Colvin. Yawn. I'm sleepy now, thanks.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 09, 2010 - 19:34
 
Okay, it took awhile, but I finally realized that TH was "Talking Heads." I'd never heard either version of this song before, but I really love Shawn Colvin's, because it was stripped down and vulnerable (and she does simplicity and fragility in the most beautiful of ways.) I have yet to hear the TH version. Somehow, I can't picture David Byrne "stripped down and vulnerable" ) so I'm eager to experience that rendition.

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Jun 07, 2010 - 14:00
 
 CalOF wrote:
 TH's weird instrumentation and vocals make it sound like total irony, or at least surprise that this could even remotely be the place, let alone must be.
 
Exactly. The surprise, especially for an artsy NY guy, in finding that the Leave it to Beaver concept of "home" is actually pretty nice.

See also the lyrics to Big Country, "I couldn't live there if you paid me" but the way he romanticizes small-town America makes it sound like he's not all that sure...


von_Hayek
(Land of the early birds)
Posted: Jun 07, 2010 - 13:58
 
Great cover, indeed!