The Carpenters
OR
Sonic Youth
I have to agree with Jason Bateman’s character in Juno (2007) this is a masterpiece and one of the finest cover songs ever recorded. I love The Carpenters’ version, but Sonic Youth enhance the weird/haunting vibes of the original even further. But, what do you guys think? Let us know.
9 years after the death of the forgotten genius of the Beatles, George Harrison, I figured for the next edition of “Who Did it Better?” we would look at, in my view, Harrison’s greatest single musical contribution to the Beatles, the song ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ (this is up for debate I know but just go with the premise on this one). This time we have the original and two covers done, by arguably two men who rank in the top ten guitarist category of all times.
First up, the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3RYvO2X0Oo
Next up, we got Carlos Santana featuring Indie.Arie & Yo-Yo Ma
Lastly Eric Clapton & Paul McCartney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9kUphljI2o&feature=related
I am going with the original, but I gotta say Clapton is feeling it during his performance.
Lindsey Buckingham
The Walkmen
http://www.avclub.com/video_embed/?id=48355
The Walkmen cover “Holiday Road”
For some reason Ham doesn’t feel right singing it, but for obvious reasons I think The Walkmen’s instrumentation is much better. ’80s vs. ’10s. C’mon, guys.
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 