Oh lord, please don't let me be misunderstood

[venta]

It's Friday, and it's about 3 o'clock. It's time to go underneath the covers (with the lights out).

I always recommend listening to a cover version without knowing what or who it is, so click on the link before reading ahead...

Link to cover version expired

That was Muse butchering covering The House of the Rising Sun, originally by The Animals.

Last week I posted a cover version I really liked, and almost everyone who commented hated it. So this week I thought I'd post one I don't like, so you can all tell me how good it is ;)

Today's sounds, to me, like a really bad bootleg: a typical Muse swooshing backing track, with the Animals' lyrics dropped over the top with pretty much no regard for how they fit together. Yes, I know, the singing doesn't sound much like Eric Burdon, and does sound quite a lot like Matt Bellamy. But in general, the singing and the backing track don't seem to have anything to do with each other, they're merely happening at the same time.

I admire the attempt to give such a 60s classic the Muse treatment, but I really don't think it worked.

Comments

[venta.livejournal.com]

Dammit, yes. I was intending to say "made famous by" rather than "originally by". That's what cut-and-paste does for you :)

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Just read the Wikipedia page. Eric Burdon learned it in the Bridge Folk & Ballad Club from Johnny Handle of the High Level Ranters? I did not know that! Johnny's lovely, he's a mate of my Dad's.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Fancy that.

I don't know Johnny Handle personally (though I think my parents do), but I've heard him and he's a very, very entertaining guy.