Sunday Under the Covers: KT Tunstall "Aint Nobody"
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The last gasp of Rufus and Chacka Khan as a group, 1983's Stompin' at the Savoy, was about as trite as the album's title (how many Stompin' at the Savoy albums are there?) One song on that album had any significant redeeming value: Ain't Nobody. The irony is, on an ostensibly live album (that's the subtitle of the album), this was clearly a studio effort, and Ain't Nodoby, has come to be associated solely with Chaka Khan, complete with a 1984 video you might be able to catch on VH1 (when they're, ghasp!, actually playing music--can you tell I'm in a bit of a mood today?)
So, it's with no small amount of trepidation that I offer up KT Tunstall's cover. As good as KT Tunstall might be, she's not going to match Khan's searing vocal vamps as the background singers offer up the chorus. And, it's a good thing she doesn't try. The result is a credible effort with some interesting instrumentation (a mandolin doing the synthesizer intro?).
Whether you like this or not, it sure beats Sing Around the Campfire, as a song to sing while sitting around a campfire.
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Comments (3)
You're right on all counts, I think...(I'm not too familiar with Chaka Khan)
but this is a good performance of a nice song. I like the low-fi funk.
Nothing beats the oomph of Chaka in her 80s lamé ;)
I can dig that cover. The song does have a couple of real good hooks in it that sound just fine acoustic. Those 3 sides live records from back in the day did get quite old,didn't they?