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Welcome to SeeDarkly Sunday DisCOVERies:
a weekly exploration of goth, industrial, & dark alternative cover songs!
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The season officially begins a few weeks from now, but Mother Nature waits for no one's calendar and is sending Winter Storm Ezekiel to bare its cruel wrath on us in the northeast, chilling our hearts, greying our skies, and will surely blanket us with with far more than just "a patch of snow on the ground." Clearly...:
She Wants Revenge – Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon & Garfunkel)
American folk rockers Simon & Garfunkel released Hazy Shade of Winter as a single in October 1966. While recorded at the same time as their 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, the track was not included on that album, instead it was placed on their fourth studio lp, Bookends, released in 1968. Song writer Paul Simon has called the track and several others on the album their "dry patch," saying further that "they didn't mean a lot" and "weren't well recorded." While it wasn't a number one smash, the single still managed to be a successful and memorable top twenty hit for the duo. There have been over thirty covers, one of the first and possibly most popular versions was done by The Bangles in 1987. One of the most recent was done by Gerard Way for the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy.
Los Angeles based radio personalities Kevin and Bean, anchor show hosts for KROQ-FM, curated annual Christmas season holiday albums featuring various alternative and rock artists for the better part of a decade and a half between 1991 and 2006. Their final physical media release of such compilations was Kevin & Bean's Super Christmas, with an introductory X-mas greeting from Stan Lee. The proceeds of this compilation went to benefit Starlight Foundation, Friends & Helpers Foundation and other L.A.-based local charities. She Wants Revenge, also from L.A. and likely a friend of the show, contributed their version of Hazy Shade Of Winter. Their inspiration for the track seems to be more dominantly influenced by the version done by the Bangles as both omit 3 lines of Simon's original lyrics. She Wants Revenge has covered one other winter holiday-adjacent song: Kidnap The Sandy Claws from the soundtrack of The Nightmare Before Christmas. They've also covered Love My Way by The Psychedelic Furs.
As a personal aside, while the song itself mentions a specific religious institution known for collecting donations during this time of year, any brief amount of research will reveal the harm that organization has done to LGBTQ+ persons and their communities. Where you have the means and opportunity to give this season, please find other groups worthy of your kindness. Perhaps one of these non-religious pro-LGBTQ charities.:
The Cover:
The Original:
Next week:
The downtempo cover for Second Sunday Slowly might or might not adhere to the general monthly theme I stick to in December... still figuring it out, but if you have a good suggestion leave a comment.
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.
I've at least one gig in December, though another is in development and a few things on deck for 2020 have already been announced. Details can be found on my schedule as well as other updates soon!
(And if, after 4+ years and 239 weekly entries, you find this blog of any value, consider leaving me a tip in the form of the gift of music and get me something from my wishlist on Bandcamp if you like. It'll go to good use! Thanks!)
Thanks for reading and keep dancing in darkness,
-Xero
Previous DisCOVERies
Nov 24 - Seer of the Merciful Own – One Week (Barenaked Ladies)
Nov 17 - Attrition– Underpass [click, click, drone] (John Foxx)
Nov 10 - Simple Minds – Teardrop (Massive Attack)
Nov 03 - Horrorfall – Juke Joint Jezebel (KMFDM)
Oct 27 - Panic Lift – Every Day Is Halloween (Ministry)
. 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.
The season officially begins a few weeks from now, but Mother Nature waits for no one's calendar and is sending Winter Storm Ezekiel to bare its cruel wrath on us in the northeast, chilling our hearts, greying our skies, and will surely blanket us with with far more than just "a patch of snow on the ground." Clearly...:
She Wants Revenge – Hazy Shade of Winter (Simon & Garfunkel)
American folk rockers Simon & Garfunkel released Hazy Shade of Winter as a single in October 1966. While recorded at the same time as their 1966 album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, the track was not included on that album, instead it was placed on their fourth studio lp, Bookends, released in 1968. Song writer Paul Simon has called the track and several others on the album their "dry patch," saying further that "they didn't mean a lot" and "weren't well recorded." While it wasn't a number one smash, the single still managed to be a successful and memorable top twenty hit for the duo. There have been over thirty covers, one of the first and possibly most popular versions was done by The Bangles in 1987. One of the most recent was done by Gerard Way for the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy.
Los Angeles based radio personalities Kevin and Bean, anchor show hosts for KROQ-FM, curated annual Christmas season holiday albums featuring various alternative and rock artists for the better part of a decade and a half between 1991 and 2006. Their final physical media release of such compilations was Kevin & Bean's Super Christmas, with an introductory X-mas greeting from Stan Lee. The proceeds of this compilation went to benefit Starlight Foundation, Friends & Helpers Foundation and other L.A.-based local charities. She Wants Revenge, also from L.A. and likely a friend of the show, contributed their version of Hazy Shade Of Winter. Their inspiration for the track seems to be more dominantly influenced by the version done by the Bangles as both omit 3 lines of Simon's original lyrics. She Wants Revenge has covered one other winter holiday-adjacent song: Kidnap The Sandy Claws from the soundtrack of The Nightmare Before Christmas. They've also covered Love My Way by The Psychedelic Furs.
As a personal aside, while the song itself mentions a specific religious institution known for collecting donations during this time of year, any brief amount of research will reveal the harm that organization has done to LGBTQ+ persons and their communities. Where you have the means and opportunity to give this season, please find other groups worthy of your kindness. Perhaps one of these non-religious pro-LGBTQ charities.:
The Cover:
The Original:
Next week:
The downtempo cover for Second Sunday Slowly might or might not adhere to the general monthly theme I stick to in December... still figuring it out, but if you have a good suggestion leave a comment.
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.
I've at least one gig in December, though another is in development and a few things on deck for 2020 have already been announced. Details can be found on my schedule as well as other updates soon!
(And if, after 4+ years and 239 weekly entries, you find this blog of any value, consider leaving me a tip in the form of the gift of music and get me something from my wishlist on Bandcamp if you like. It'll go to good use! Thanks!)
Thanks for reading and keep dancing in darkness,
-Xero
Previous DisCOVERies
Nov 24 - Seer of the Merciful Own – One Week (Barenaked Ladies)
Nov 17 - Attrition– Underpass [click, click, drone] (John Foxx)
Nov 10 - Simple Minds – Teardrop (Massive Attack)
Nov 03 - Horrorfall – Juke Joint Jezebel (KMFDM)
Oct 27 - Panic Lift – Every Day Is Halloween (Ministry)
. Directory of All Previous DisCOVERies .