Bethany Cosentino, I feel like you are trolling me by covering this guttural, deeply emotional Roy Orbison song “Crying” and sticking your cat on it, as well. Not to get Grandma Claire on you guys, but Orbison made some of my favorite music. A lot of it I love because it brings me back to weekday family dinners that were soundtracked by him and a grip of other Mama Lobenfeld-approved tunes — my dad was the first dude to play David Bowie on American radio; my mom cannot carry the tune to “Happy Birthday,” so we had to go for middle ground at the table — and his were always the ones I found most engaging. But it’s not just that Cosentino has gone full-blown “Sun Was High”-style gritty, bedroom Best Coast recording for this cover, it’s that there’s a guest appearance from the Crazy For You cover star, Snacks The Cat. While she’s not the first to feature a pet on a track — I see you, Lil B — the little mews at the end of the recording are very sweet, totally in line with the kind gruff but girly thing Cosentino does so well, and have totally hooked me. Check it out below.
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The ending wasn’t bad, but the only reason I listened to this was to hear Cosentino hit those high notes, and she omitted them.
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someone’s crying!
Hah, admittedly that sounded very dickish. It’s just interesting to know the lineage of some people. It’d be one thing if Anderson Cooper were a self-made journalist, but it’s an entirely different story knowing he’s a Vanderbilt.
Ryan Seacrest was an everyman tho. Just making that up, his dad’s probably Simon Cowell.
This cover was dece (not in the D-Tits sense, just plain a bit above mediocre), but would have been a lot better if she mustered the energy to at least try to sing “Crying” in the chorus the way Orbison snakily twists the notes around in the real track.
Just got into this boy/song, so dope you’ve been listening to it for lyfe, Claire. I highly reccomend anyone who hasn’t listened to Orbison check out A Black And White Night live, as I recently did to discover him. It has some of the best songs on it, and shows what an incredible voice he had with that unimpeachable live prowess. I have no idea how it sounds so crisp – better than a studio album really.. on to AllMusic to check out the deets!
Another note – I found that Orbison album from my local library, those things are gold mines sometimes.
Oh yeah, and one last thing, I always knew I’d love Orbison’s solo stuff ever since hearing the Wilbury do his weird, totally out of place and maybe slightly off-key thing on Handle With Care.. video rocks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8s9dmuAKvU
The cat was the only good part, and I’m allergic to cats.
Only a matter of time before this band covered Orbison. Their bag of tricks is getting lighter by the song.
Needs more cat. The cat should have sung the entire chorus
Cats are terrible and no grown man should own one but I liked it.