Cover Charge is simple: A covers B, B covers C, C covers D and so on, until I loop back to where I started, Ouroboros-style.
Last time: Christina Aguilera to Damien Rice
You see, this is why I was worried about doing a chain of cover versions as a series - the inevitability of having to go into uncharted musical territory to keep it going. Yesterday, Christina Aguilera. Today... well, today we have Irish indie folk rocker Damien Rice covering Australian singer-songwriter Sia Kate Isobelle Furler. Or just Sia, as far as the charts are concerned. This is his typically mournful Own Stamp take on her breakout hit, Chandelier, recorded for an Australian benefit album in 2010.
Here's the Sia original. Usually I would write something here like "this is not my normal bag" and it isn't, at all, but I can appreciate the songwriting craft that underpins this, and the fact that the video feels more like an art installation than music promo. Your mileage may vary, of course, but 2.8 billion (yes, billion) views on YouTube can't be an accident. Either way, here it is.
Next time: normal (Sunday) service is resumed...
Yes, agreed about Sia's craft. Not my normal bag at all as far as artists go but she is without doubt superbly talented. I remember first hearing her as a some time vocalist with Zero 7 twenty odd years ago and then some years later it seemed that all of a sudden she became huge!
ReplyDeleteNo fly-by-night, that's for sure.
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