A Mark In Time

Mark Knopfler Discussion => Almost Straits => Topic started by: Banjo99uk on August 08, 2014, 02:06:32 PM

Title: Pieta Brown covers Before Gas and TV
Post by: Banjo99uk on August 08, 2014, 02:06:32 PM: A nice cover due to appear on her new album.

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2014/08/video-premiere-pieta-brown---before-gas-and-tv.html
Title: Re: Pieta Brown covers Before Gas and TV
Post by: dmg on August 08, 2014, 03:05:24 PM: Interesting that a former collaborator is covering a MK song. Ruth Moody should cover Hot or What? ;)
Title: Re: Pieta Brown covers Before Gas and TV
Post by: LoveExpresso on August 08, 2014, 06:29:01 PM: Could stand it for 30 seconds. It's one of my favourites you probably know. And she's just another MK girl.. always same type.. same style. . Pieta sounds like a bad version of Edie Brickell to me. This masterpiece should not be ruined by some banjo folk girl...

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Title: Re: Pieta Brown covers Before Gas and TV
Post by: naif on August 08, 2014, 09:16:02 PM: With the most polite word: This is bad. Not a good idea at the first place. You can't turn every song to this style. And i don't know why MK choose this girls for collobration or as a opener. They have nothing special. Bap Kennedy has his own stle. Jon Allen too. But not these girls.
Title: Re: Pieta Brown covers Before Gas and TV
Post by: foma on August 08, 2014, 10:25:31 PM: I don't like it either. But thanks for sharing anyway!
Title: Re: Pieta Brown covers Before Gas and TV
Post by: superval99 on August 09, 2014, 08:28:43 AM: I don't like it either, she completely ruins Before Gas & TV. Ruth Moody, however, is in a different class altogether. I really enjoyed her performances and her albums are very good, especially These Wilder Things. :)
Title: Re: Pieta Brown covers Before Gas and TV
Post by: jbaent on August 09, 2014, 10:06:53 AM: What a boring cover... Its a lovely song turned into a boring one, that voice and banjo made me wish the song to end as soon as possible.
Title: Re: Pieta Brown covers Before Gas and TV
Post by: LoveExpresso on August 09, 2014, 04:45:17 PM: Hey Banjo99uk, although there is a lot of negative talk about Banjos in this thread, thanks a lot for the link nevertheless! AMIT first hand news source as
usual! All the best!
;D
LE
Title: Re: Pieta Brown covers Before Gas and TV
Post by: vgonis on August 09, 2014, 11:12:50 PM: I think that it is a very nice cover. Maybe the original is too good to compare with, but it is not bad at all.