The debt the Stones owe R&B is incalculable, building a career on cover versions of Chuck Berry, Howlin’ Wolf, and Solomon Burke, among many others. It must have been quite an honour to in turn be covered by one of the greatest soul singers of his era, and perhaps for all time. Otis Redding was a giant in soul music, easily crossing over into the rock world by delivering one of its anthems in a sweaty Southern soul package.
Where the original version is powered by Keith Richards’ central riff, here the song is all about Otis’ voice. And the thrust here is less about the lustful tone of the original, and more about the song as a sermon. Somehow, Redding makes this into a pleading address to the state of the world. The art of the cover version is all about tone, about subtlety, and adding dimension to the source material in some way. Redding covers all the bases here with ease.
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По инициативе вице-президента открываем новую рубрику, в которой будем слушать и оценивать каверы на знаменитые хиты. В числе этих каверов есть такие, что хоть стой, хоть падай. Некоторые члены клуба употребляли в молодости нецензурные выражения по поводу подобных каверов. Но были и вполне достойные, заслуживающие уважения попытки иными средствами или в собственной интерпретации передать красоту и величие блистательного произведения.
