I Put a Spell on You: some relatively recent recordings. Feliz Cinco de Mayo, mañana.
The Scarlet Furies
Harcsa Veronika Band
The Healers
Joss Stone Band
Emma-Lee and Jesse Cook
Samantha Fish Band
Elisabeth Kontomanou
The Scarlet Furies
Harcsa Veronika Band
The Healers
Joss Stone Band
Emma-Lee and Jesse Cook
Samantha Fish Band
Elisabeth Kontomanou
6 comments:
I listened to the first 6 and like the Scarlet Furies the best.
Several of them seem to think they need to whisper it out. This a song that be sung softly, or belted out. I want to hear it, not strain to hear it.
Yeah, six of a single song is already Pushing It, but I like how the last, while hewing pretty close to Nina Simone's approach, demonstrates Kontomanou is capable of engaging with the audience in a way Simone would've found very difficult.
I think each here has enough to recommend it, even if Stone's band is the most blatant example of the band being better than the vocalist.
I do think the guitarist-showcase record was reaching for the most straightforward reading possible, but I still like Emma-Lee's voice and approach.
I believe the best version of this song goes back a long way - back to the 60s with Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Screamin' Jay may or May Not forgive you, Charlie!
The Healers, with a younger Samantha Fish, a very late addition...just now.
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