Mark Lanegan - "Imitations"

PJSEMPREPJSEMPRE Posts: 687
edited September 2013 in Other Music
Mark Lanegan has a new covers album, Imitations.
:thumbup: I'm enjoying it a lot.

“When I was a kid in the late sixties and early seventies, my parents and their friends would play the records of Andy Williams, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Perry Como, music with string arrangements and men singing songs that sounded sad whether they were or not. At home my folks were also listening to country music, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, George Jones and Vern Gosdin were some of our favorites. For a long time I’ve wanted to make a record that gave me the same feeling those old records did, using some of the same tunes I loved as a kid and some that I’ve loved as I have gotten older. This record is it. Imitations.

“Flatlands” is a beautiful song I heard Chelsea Wolfe singing, “She’s Gone” is by Vern Gosdin and the Gosdin brothers, “Deepest Shade” is a song my friend Greg Dulli wrote for the Twilight Singers and then graciously gave to me to sing, everyone knows Nancy Sinatra singing ”You Only Live Twice” but I love “Pretty Colors” by father Frank just as
much. “Brompton Oratory” is by the one and only Nick Cave and I heard ”Solitaire,” “Lonely Street” and “Autumn Leaves” all sung by Andy Williams who I consider to be one of the all time greatest singers. I have always loved Dave Van Ronk and his sparse version of “Mack the Knife” I copied note for note. I have been obsessed with the genius of Gerard Manset forever, hopefully I didn’t butcher his tune too badly. I have tried to cover John Cale before and chickened out, its hard to cover your hero but I managed to get through one this time. Imitations.”

http://marklanegan.com/
http://www.spin.com/articles/mark-laneg ... ds-stream/
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  • Lanegan rarely disappoints and this album is no exception. Looking forward to seeing him again this November with the string section. Gonna be grand :D
  • I also recommend checking out Chelsea Wolfe - she's pretty good.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgWb1d001FI

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1KBjgF3J90
  • PJPixiePJPixie Posts: 3,026
    I saw Chelsea Wolfe open for QOTSA last month, I thought she was horrible.

    Love me some Lanegan - seeing him in a few weeks in LA :)
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  • Attaway77Attaway77 Posts: 3,162
    Cool album...
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,456
    Thanks for the heads up. I didn't even know this was out.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,456
    Listening now.....awesome.
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  • mfc2006 wrote:
    Thanks for the heads up. I didn't even know this was out.
    :thumbup:
    Let's say knowledge is a tree, yeah.
    It's growing up just like me.
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