This week it's going to be a little different. Tamsyn sent in this Unsolicited Song Recommendation. It comes with a twist. She submitted Howling at Nothing by Nathaniel RATELIFF & the Night Sweats AND she recommended a cover by Walk off the Earth. I was not familiar with them so thanks for the intro Tamsyn.
She went on to ask which I preferred... and gave no hint of which was her favourite. I am a fan of covers. I like when others interpret the song differently and some of my favourite tunes are covers. (I also really like alternative versions of tunes by their original artists.). For this song, Walk of the Earth had some nice vocals and I liked it, but I was leaning towards the original. It was a toss up so I waited a week and listened again... Then I remembered there was yet another version of this song that I had heard that I liked (I have a friend who is a huge Rateliff fan so I have heard a bit of this stuff). It's also by the Night Sweats but it's an acoustic stripped down version - which in my opinion lets the vocals shine more.
So in the end my selection is #3 and alternative version of Howling at Nothing - Mokum Sessions
But you decide. Here is the original
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Howling at Nothing
and here is the cover by Walk off the Earth Howling at Nothing
Ha, I should have known you would find the mokum session! I didn't want to submit too many videos so i elected to stick with the original.
ReplyDeleteWhen i first went through all three videos I really wanted to like Rateliff better but the WOTE version kept drawing me back in.
Now it's been a few weeks so this time I only listened, didn't watch the videos. What's ultimately clear is this is just a great catchy song all three times!
I don't like the guitar in the original and agree the mokum session brings out the vocal better. WOTE has great harmonies and an infectious energy but this time I also rank the mokum session higher.
That was fun.. thanks for the suggestion.. and so nice to see that we agree.. And yes it's an infectious song... I am thinking Phoebe would like this... she's turning out to be quite a Beatles fan so I am feeling pretty good about that
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