Massive Attack + Newton Faulkner = Teardrop raised to LEGENDARY
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Hello Dahlings!
Some of you may know this song from watching the hit Emmy Winning series, "House". I'm not gonna be a pretentious schmuck and say, "Oh yeah, I'm soo cool I learned about this because I looove music too much." Dahlings, I know I'm cool. But I'm not pretentious. I also learned about this song courtesy of that hit show.
I never got tired listening to this song. In fact this is my lullaby when I go to sleep. Its so relaxing to listen too!!! Here's their video:
I was browsing Youtube looking for covers of the song Teardrop. I'm really curious how people try to do a cover of this song. Some sing it just how Massive Attack rendered it while some try to use their own style to make it more "original" so to speak. And of course for both attempts there were the good ones and the bad ones. And so far, I think Newton Faulkner has the BEST cover.
Now, some of you guys might already have an idea who Newton Faulkner is. Unfortunately for me my dahlings, Ive only heard of him today. And I really mean today - TODAY. Like T-O-D-A-Y. You get the picture.
So here's what I scoured over the worldwide webby about Faulkner. This is from his official website:
"Newton Faulkner is a 23 year old English singer songwriter with a wistful smile and phenomenal dreadlocks. But you’ll already know him as one of 2007's most striking musical arrivals, clocking up a Number One platinum album, sell-out UK tours and a growing legion of passionate fans. This is an old fashioned word-of-mouth success story from an artist with simply stunning songs and an astonishing virtuoso guitar technique...
...It's a genius cover of Massive Attack’s Teardrop dropped into a set to silence a rowdy crowd whilst supporting Paulo Nutini during the World Cup or the Python-esque wit with which Newton Faulkner is fast winning over audiences across the UK."
I love the fact the his cover gave the song Teardrop a "Faulkner" sound. I hope his album is available here in the P.I. so I could get a copy! Wouldn't that be awesome, dahlings?!
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Meanwhile, here's the cover of Faulkner and see what I'm raving about!
Smoldering you with hugs and kisses,
Foxyzombie
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