About Luka Bloom:Luka Bloom (original name Barry Moore) is a singer/songwriter from Ireland. Before Luka became a solo artist he played with his brother Christy Moore in the band Moving Hearts. Beginning his career in America, Moore released three albums under that name in the 70s and 80s before turning to Europe and changing his name.Famous for his finger plucking technique on the guitar, Luka...
About Luka Bloom:Luka Bloom (original name Barry Moore) is a singer/songwriter from Ireland. Before Luka became a solo artist he played with his brother Christy Moore in the band Moving Hearts. Beginning his career in America, Moore released three albums under that name in the 70s and 80s before turning to Europe and changing his name.Famous for his finger plucking technique on the guitar, Luka...
.....Here we have Luka Bloom with his cover of the magnificent...Bad. Okay...its unfair to compare this to the original, thats a given. U2's incredible live version of this song will never be bettered. But thats not the point........the point is......Its Sunday, its a cover. Mission Accomplished!
Its not easy watching someone fade away....caught in a destructive spiral....we can only stay out of reach...lest we get sucked in. This song was very popular at the time someone dear to me was drowning, slowly, in morose tears of self-pity, self-loathing. No one could reach her....everyone quit trying, lest they get dragged down. Its not easy watching someone fade away.....
I don't usually get into this whole Sunday covers theme but for some reason today I'm into it. I guess it's because I posted about Hothouse Flowers which lead me to a cover they did that I saw the vid for on Youtube.com when I was doing a search.So here's a couple of covers by Luka Bloom. Michelle or Mktackabery had talked about this song since it's a cover of LL Cool J's rap song. Very well do...
I first became acquainted with Luka Bloom on his "The Acoustic Motorbike" in '92 which was his 2nd cd. His cover of LL Cool J's "I Need Love" got alot of airplay on the Portland, OR radio station I listened to at the time. It's a great remake, the melding of two very different genres but it works so well. Check it out on my previous post I did of two covers off this cd.This cd is just so good w...
As some of you know, both Augusts1 and I are both mad for Luka Bloom, brother of Irish folksinger Christy Moore. I adore his strumming guitar style, born of the necessity of his having tendonitis, and his jaw-droppingly poignant lyrics. I've posted this song before, but there's always time to listen to it again because it's so beautiful. It's one of my favorite Luka Bloom covers, written by one...