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M. Ward's wrapped his third album, 2003's The Transfiguration of Vincent, with a gleaming cover of David Bowie's "Let's Dance".The spare arrangement of Ward's molasses-coated vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, and a few tinkles of dissonant piano turn Bowie's histrionic disco/R&B hit into an affecting slow dance. Absent the original's harmony choirs, synthesizers and guitar solos, the tune un...
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With song titles like "Apocalypse Please" and "Time is Running Out", Brit rockers Muse ratcheted up the scope of their themed albums with 2003's Absolution. Named after the psychological phenomenon where a hostage forms emotional bonds to the captor, "Stockholm Syndrome" is the desperate centerpiece to Muse's end of the world soundtrack.The tune kicks off to a roaring start with Dom Howard's t...
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The cover song is a powerful musical institution, capable of producing tremendous good…or unspeakable evil.Laudable examples like Jimi Hendrix's driving take on "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) or Jeff Buckley's impassioned "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen) achieve their own artistic triumphs in ways the original songwriters may never have dreamed. But more compelling can be the covers that fa...
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