Posts tagged lenny kravitz
lenny song: come on and get it
Mar 27th
I have always been a Lenny Kravitz fan.
(If you have an opportunity, go see him in concert)
He is incredible and maybe in my top 10 concerts of all time.
So.
I heard this song featured on a local radio station the other night. They announced this new Lenny song called “Come on and Get it.”
This song is everything I like about Lenny’s music.
He has always been a rock musician but also has incorporated a funk undertone to his best stuff. And this song takes the funk to an entirely new level with horns and an amazing funk riff with a power chord progression.
When I went on YouTube looking for the song video I found out they used this song for the NBA All Star game. So here you go. Lenny at his best.
Come on and Get IT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjgp7M_KPQI&feature=fvwk
Oh.
One last thing.
The other thing I really like about Lenny is his consistency. He writes in the same style song in and song out yet it always sound fresh and great to listen to. Anyway. This is just a quick post to highlight Lenny back on the radio.
Enjoy.
20 Cover Songs You May Want To Listen To
Jan 22nd
There have been a lot of great covers over time. This is my list of the ones I enjoy hearing and believe are interesting versions of the original (and in some cases better than the original). I have listed the cover artist, the song and the original artist.
1. Sun Kil Moon “Kentucky Woman” (Neil Diamond)
2. The Sundays “Wild Horses” (Rolling Stones)
3. Aerosmith “Train kept a’Rollin” (Tiny Bradshaw..Cream covered it too)
4. Stevie Ray Vaughan “Superstition” (Stevie Wonder)
Note: Also check out this MTV video from 1989 with both Stevies doing Superstition together.
5. The Bangles “Hazy Shade of Winter” (Simon & Garfunkel)
6. Kristin Hersh “Trouble” (Cat Stevens)
7. Ryan Adams “Wonderwall” (Oasis)
8. Evan Dando:
- with his girlfriend Julianna Hatfield & the Blake Babies “Temptation Eyes” (The Grass Roots)
9. Alison Krauss “Can’t Find my Way back Home” (Blind Faith)
10. 10,000 Maniacs “Peace Train” (Cat Stevens)
although their cover of “To Sir with Love” (Lulu) featuring Michael Stipe is a close second for them
11. Nonpoint “In the Air Tonight” (Phil Collins)
12. Quietdrive “Time after Time” (Cyndi Lauper)
13. Aimee Mann “Baby Blue” (Badfinger)
14. Foo Fighters “Baker Street” (Gerry Rafferty)
15. The Atari’s “Boys of Summer” (Don Henley)
16. Lenny Kravitz “American Woman” (Guess Who)
17. The Fugees “Killing me Softly” (Roberta Flack)
18. Scissor Sisters “Comfortably Numb” (Pink Floyd)
19. Disturbed “Land of Confusion” (Genesis)
5 Honorable mentions:
Robert Downey doing Joni Mitchell’s “River” on Ally McBeal
Red Hot Chili Peppers doing Ohio Players “Love Rollercoaster”
Mindy Smith singing a 1940’s British song “Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square”
Sarah McLachlan doing XTC’s “Dear God”
Alanis Morissette’s kickin’ version of Seal’s “Crazy.”
Cover I would like to hear done:
“Under the Milkyway” The Church
