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Top 5 Cover Song Interpretations
Cover songs are often musically similar to the originals. However, every now and then, an artist or band will completely reinterpret a song, and take it to a place the songwriter never dreamed of. It’s not that the cover is better. Quite often, both the original and the cover stand alone as great songs. The five songs in this list are so good, you may have thought were originals. Blinded by the Light. Bruce Springsteen’s original was rebuilt, note-by-note, by Manfred Mann in 1976. Whereas Springsteen relied on his often underrated word-smithing abilities to morph memories into images, Mann squeezed every measure through a sonic vibe of synthesizers, processors and atmospheric…
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Steve Turner – Poet and Explorer (part 2 of 3)
In part 2 of the Jim Wall Creativity interview with Steve Turner, he discusses influences, exposure to art, and Hans Rookmaaker’s take on The Who. ON ARTISTS THAT INFLUENCE AND INSPIRE HIM Jim Wall Creativity (JWC): Just to go off in a different direction. Which artists fascinate you and why?” Turner: Bob Dylan has meant a lot to me, what he was and the kind of integrity he had – the way he combined stylishness with ideas about religion and politics, his use of language and rock music – that whole bundle of things that I was interested in. That all came together with him. Allan Ginsberg. I like his…
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Steve Turner – Poet and Explorer (part 1 of 3)
Steve Turner combines an artist’s passion with a journalist’s curiosity. His published poetry includes Tonight We Will Fake Love, Nice and Nasty, Up To Date, The King of Twist and Poems. His poetry collections, published for children, include The Day I Fell Down The Toilet, Dad, You’re Not Funny, The Moon Has Got His Pants On, I Was Only Asking and Don’t Take Your Elephant To School. His books, biographies and articles are too numerous to list, but include Hungry for Heaven: Rock and Roll and the Search for Redemption, Van Morrison: Too Late to Stop Now, Cliff Richard: The Biography, A Hard Days’ Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles…
