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| Glimmer Twin |
I picked "Paint It Black" album full of covers of Stone's songs. It's mostly just ok, but Rod Stewart's cover of Street Fighting Man is awesome. Fantastic. I had never heard it before. It was done in 1970 and Ronnie Wood is on guitar. Anyone hear it before and what do you think?
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| Taptrick |
I grew up on this. My dad always played Sing It again Rod, Every Picture Tells A Story and one of the other albums. I always liked when this kickc into regular gear but grew to like the first sloed down fucnky part too - it's like lazy street fighting man.
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| mrhipfl |
it's ok. I much prefer the original.  |
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
quote:
Glimmer Twin wrote:
I picked "Paint It Black" album full of covers of Stone's songs. It's mostly just ok, but Rod Stewart's cover of Street Fighting Man is awesome. Fantastic. I had never heard it before. It was done in 1970 and Ronnie Wood is on guitar. Anyone hear it before and what do you think?
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It was released in 1969 in the very first Rod Stewart album, in fact is the first track on the album. This album was released in the USA as the "The Rod Stewart Album" and in the UK as "An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down" it was released just after Jeff Beck disbanded his group and just before the first Faces album (released with credits to the Small Faces) and it has Ronnie and Mac in it, also Keith Emerson from The Nice later to form Emerson Lake and Palmer, this is one of the best Rod Stewart albums. |
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| gustavobala |
after 1969, Rod stops to do good covers!!!! LOL
is a good version, i like it! |
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
I like Rod's covers of Bob Dylan, they all are great, same for Joe Cocker not sure if they are the best covers of Dylan but I like them a lot |
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| voodoopug |
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VoodooChileInWOnderl wrote:
I like Rod's covers of Bob Dylan, they all are great, same for Joe Cocker not sure if they are the best covers of Dylan but I like them a lot
This is far better than "Great American Songbook" |
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| gustavobala |
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VoodooChileInWOnderl wrote:
I like Rod's covers of Bob Dylan, they all are great, same for Joe Cocker not sure if they are the best covers of Dylan but I like them a lot
whatīs musics he does bobīs covers?
and joe cocker? |
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| voodoopug |
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gustavobala wrote:
whatīs musics he does bobīs covers?
and joe cocker?
here is a review from Rollingstone.com
http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rodstewart/albums/album/322273/review/5946825/the_rod_stewart_album_1st_lp
Rod Stewart, lead singer with the off-again on-again Jeff Beck group, has come up with a superb album of his own. Imagination pervades the music, in the choice of material, in the frequent use of beautiful bottleneck guitar work to draw out the subtler aspects of many cuts (Ron Wood is responsible here), and in the range Stewart himself displays on virtually every vocal.
British albums are often over-done, with good ideas transformed into gimmicks; on this record the music sustains itself through innumerable listenings. A bass solo is not an indulgence here but a perfect lead-in to striking piano; the bottleneck is so sparing that you simply hunger for more of that brilliant sound. What is more amazing is that the musicians make their statements with the same sort of friendly sympathy that recently has been displayed only by the Stones and by the three geniuses of Traffic. Their soul is in their timing.
Stewart opens by taking the big risk, with "Street Fighting Man." And, like Johnny Winter's "Highway 61 Revisited," Rod's performance shows no self-consciousness, no worry about the "right way" to do it. He starts in the middle, brakes with a crash, and then a familiar "We Love You" riff on the piano carries the song back to the Stones' beginning. Rod's ending. It's just a fine piece of music, not a cover.
"Man of Constant Sorrow" is next; Stewart's own guitar is up front, while Wood's bottleneck creeps in from the other channel, adding depth to a vocal that is just about the definition of English soul. The richness of this album begins to suggest itself herethis is not just another solid Joe Cocker LP, but something more. You don't hear Ray Charles or anyone else looking over Stewart's shoulder, but an echo of lessons well earned.
"Handbags & Gladrags" clinches it. It will remind most of the Stones' "No Expectations"; the same soft despairing heart-breaking Floyd Cramer-style piano played by Mike D'Abo, and again, the sort of restraint and timing that makes the listener wish the song would never end. It's a very sophisticated composition, a brief story that's full of emotion but which never slides into dull sentiment. Like the rest of the songs Stewart is singing here, it's not going to get old.
Stewart's LP is perhaps the only album released this year that reflects something of the feeling of Beggars' Banquet, aside from Let It Bleed. And, unlike so many of the records of 1969, issued with a flood of hype and forgotten after a dozen playings, this one is for keeps. Many LPs are a lot flashier than this one, but damn few are any better. (RS 51) |
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| LoveinVainRonnie |
Street Fighting Man -
"What on earth led me to record this song I'll never know. In fact, it was actually meant to be a song by Little Richard called "The Girl Can't Help It," but, during the session, for no apparent reason, I started singing "Street fighting man," adding much confusion to an already bewildered band." - Rod Stewart 1990
The Faces - Too much woman/Street fighting man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pvS6AXUBdQ
Clips of Rod's Bob Dylan recordings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQuOcLpSNJQ
A tribute video I just made...Video collage to "When we were the new boys" last song I believe Rod wrote in 97. Plus Rods sense of humor displayed with funny Rod clips over the years:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeJFzLo25R4
Since talking about his early albums, here is some clips on his love of Folk music etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4vdpRjD4Ns
Talking about his idol Sam Cooke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzBMGMpWRlw
Rods introduction into the UK hall of fame with Paul Rodgers, Bryan Adams, James Morrison, Glen Matlock, Kenny Jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7usZTvGd49k
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| Fuck! |
Off Topic:
Rod Stweart - Young Hearts be free tonight
Fuckin' great song! i like it!
Ok, on Topic again, yeah cool version, although i like the stripped version better! but good to see 'big' artists doing a stones tune 
Fuck!
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| Glimmer Twin |
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mrhipfl wrote:
it's ok. I much prefer the original.
Yeah, I like the original better too, but I was surprised at how good the cover was.
Thanks to everyone with their comments and research.
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| VoodooChileInWOnderl |
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gustavobala wrote:
whatīs musics he does bobīs covers?
and joe cocker?
Rod and/or Faces covers of Dylan:
- Wicked Messenger
- Only a Hobo
- Tomorrow Is a Long Time
- Mama, You Been on My Mind
- Girl from the North Country
- Just Like a Woman
- Sweetheart Like You
- If Not for You
Joe Cocker:
- Dear Landlord
- Just Like a Woman
- I Shall Be Released
- Girl from the North Country
- Catfish
- The Man in Me
- Watching the River Flow
- Seven Days (based on Woody's cover)
- Maybe some more
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