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Welcome to SeeDarkly Sunday DisCOVERies:
a weekly exploration of goth, industrial, & dark alternative cover songs!
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Today we go downtempo with our Second Sunday Slowly feature which, because of poor planning on my part, is also a throwback to the twentieth century that I would normally reserve for the third Sunday of the month. Since I've clearly lost my mind, it's appropriate that I picked this particular country western track from the early sixties remade four decades later by rock industrial organ robbers!:
Kidneythieves – Crazy (Patsy Cline)
Patsy Cline released Crazy in October 1961, the second of two singles that were included on her November 1961 album, Showcase. The song was written by Willie Nelson who had not yet had much recording success of his own, though several of the songs he wrote for others became hits. The song was intended for country western singer Billy Walker, who is said to have turned it down because it was a "girl's song." Nelson also tried to sell the song to singer Larry Butler who also refused it. Interestingly, it's said that Cline also did not really like the song at first either when her husband introduced it to her, but she recorded it anyway. Bad luck for Walker and Butler to turn it down (originally titled "Stupid" ironically enough) since Cline made it a top ten hit and the biggest of her career, while Nelson immediately covered it himself the following year for his own debut album, marking the beginnings of his own successes.
Cline recorded the track while recovering from severe injuries from a car accident.
Cline's version has been featured in numerous films (Assassin's Creed, In & Out, The Handmaid's Tale, et. al) and television shows (Misfits, Fringe, La Femme Nikita, Quantum Leap, et. al).
There are over 260 covers of this song. primarily by country western artists, but also by a number of pop, rock, and R&B acts.
Kidneytheives appear to be the only goth/industrial band of note to cover the song, having recorded it for the soundtrack of the 1998 film Bride Of Chucky. It was later remixed and included on their second album Zerøspace in 2002. This appears to be the only cover the band has done in their career, but frontwoman Free Dominguez has released a demo of her version of Neil Young's Heart Of Gold.
Cline's version of Crazy is a lazy country ballad with a lounge-like, jazzy quality. The cover has a more manic feel to it, unleashing a metal barrage of cathartic cacophony about halfway through, infusing it with a sense of rage that can come with being driven to an extreme state of mental instability. It certainly possesses a darker reflection of emotional distress than the original's melancholy melodies.:
The Cover:
The Original:
Next week:
Since we did a 20th century Throwback this week, I'm going to move forward with the plan I had which was to focus the rest of the month on throwbacks from the early part of the TWENTY FIRST century. And since we just went crazy... might as well go berserk!
Feel free to tell me what you think about today's cover! Comments, suggestions, discussions, etc... welcome! You do NOT need a Dreamwidth account to reply below, but all replies are screened for spam prevention.
(And if, after 4 years and 224 weekly entries, you find this blog of any value, please click over to my profile and find out how you can leave us a tip if you like.)
Part of the reason I'm a little off my regular schedule is because I am off my hiatus and back to work with a gig in RI today! Check my schedule if you happen to be in the area and want to dance to some 80's and showtunes. You'll also seed a couple other events on the horizon there. (ʘ‿ʘ)
Thanks for reading and keep dancing in darkness,
-Xero
Previous DisCOVERies
Aug 04 - In Strict Confidence feat. Melotron – The Sun Always Shines On TV (A-ha)
Jul 28 - Fur – Cruel Summer (Bananarama)
Jul 21 - Stromkern – The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
Jul 14 - Clavvs – I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
Jul 07 - 3Teeth – Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
. Directory of All Previous DisCOVERies .
a weekly exploration of goth, industrial, & dark alternative cover songs!
First time here? Click here for details from first entry.
Looking for something previously featured? Click here.
Today we go downtempo with our Second Sunday Slowly feature which, because of poor planning on my part, is also a throwback to the twentieth century that I would normally reserve for the third Sunday of the month. Since I've clearly lost my mind, it's appropriate that I picked this particular country western track from the early sixties remade four decades later by rock industrial organ robbers!:
Kidneythieves – Crazy (Patsy Cline)
Patsy Cline released Crazy in October 1961, the second of two singles that were included on her November 1961 album, Showcase. The song was written by Willie Nelson who had not yet had much recording success of his own, though several of the songs he wrote for others became hits. The song was intended for country western singer Billy Walker, who is said to have turned it down because it was a "girl's song." Nelson also tried to sell the song to singer Larry Butler who also refused it. Interestingly, it's said that Cline also did not really like the song at first either when her husband introduced it to her, but she recorded it anyway. Bad luck for Walker and Butler to turn it down (originally titled "Stupid" ironically enough) since Cline made it a top ten hit and the biggest of her career, while Nelson immediately covered it himself the following year for his own debut album, marking the beginnings of his own successes.
Cline recorded the track while recovering from severe injuries from a car accident.
Cline's version has been featured in numerous films (Assassin's Creed, In & Out, The Handmaid's Tale, et. al) and television shows (Misfits, Fringe, La Femme Nikita, Quantum Leap, et. al).
There are over 260 covers of this song. primarily by country western artists, but also by a number of pop, rock, and R&B acts.
Kidneytheives appear to be the only goth/industrial band of note to cover the song, having recorded it for the soundtrack of the 1998 film Bride Of Chucky. It was later remixed and included on their second album Zerøspace in 2002. This appears to be the only cover the band has done in their career, but frontwoman Free Dominguez has released a demo of her version of Neil Young's Heart Of Gold.
Cline's version of Crazy is a lazy country ballad with a lounge-like, jazzy quality. The cover has a more manic feel to it, unleashing a metal barrage of cathartic cacophony about halfway through, infusing it with a sense of rage that can come with being driven to an extreme state of mental instability. It certainly possesses a darker reflection of emotional distress than the original's melancholy melodies.:
The Cover:
The Original:
Next week:
Since we did a 20th century Throwback this week, I'm going to move forward with the plan I had which was to focus the rest of the month on throwbacks from the early part of the TWENTY FIRST century. And since we just went crazy... might as well go berserk!
Feel free to tell me what you think about today's cover! Comments, suggestions, discussions, etc... welcome! You do NOT need a Dreamwidth account to reply below, but all replies are screened for spam prevention.
(And if, after 4 years and 224 weekly entries, you find this blog of any value, please click over to my profile and find out how you can leave us a tip if you like.)
Part of the reason I'm a little off my regular schedule is because I am off my hiatus and back to work with a gig in RI today! Check my schedule if you happen to be in the area and want to dance to some 80's and showtunes. You'll also seed a couple other events on the horizon there. (ʘ‿ʘ)
Thanks for reading and keep dancing in darkness,
-Xero
Previous DisCOVERies
Aug 04 - In Strict Confidence feat. Melotron – The Sun Always Shines On TV (A-ha)
Jul 28 - Fur – Cruel Summer (Bananarama)
Jul 21 - Stromkern – The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
Jul 14 - Clavvs – I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
Jul 07 - 3Teeth – Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
. Directory of All Previous DisCOVERies .