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BAD COVER VERSION 051: LIKE A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
When deciding how to tackle a cover song, one option – albeit rarely a popular one, and one fraught with risk – is the dramatic reading.
The most famous example, of course, is William Shatner, whose reading of Beatles songs pretty much defines the genre, for good or ill (though he’s made a good living at it). Peter Sellers did it too, albeit for laughs (which is an important distinction, because no one is really sure whether Shatner is being serious or not – possibly even Shatner doesn’t know).
It may be all in the delivery – after all, Beatles lyrics are meant to be sung, not spoken. But what about lyrics that arguably stand alone as poetry, which lends itself more to the spoken-word genre? What if you took, say, Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone” and read it like a spoken-word piece?
Sebastian Cabot – TV’s Mr French – will demonstrate for you now.
The results speak for themselves, I think.
How does it feel,
This is dF
The most famous example, of course, is William Shatner, whose reading of Beatles songs pretty much defines the genre, for good or ill (though he’s made a good living at it). Peter Sellers did it too, albeit for laughs (which is an important distinction, because no one is really sure whether Shatner is being serious or not – possibly even Shatner doesn’t know).
It may be all in the delivery – after all, Beatles lyrics are meant to be sung, not spoken. But what about lyrics that arguably stand alone as poetry, which lends itself more to the spoken-word genre? What if you took, say, Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone” and read it like a spoken-word piece?
Sebastian Cabot – TV’s Mr French – will demonstrate for you now.
The results speak for themselves, I think.
How does it feel,
This is dF