In our Premature Evaluation of Bon Iver’s self-titled second LP, we wrote that album closer “Beth/Rest” recalled Steve Winwood and Bruce Hornsby, and definitely pushed the “cheese” factor furthest. The track was, to say the least, something of a curveball. However, Bon Iver recently took to NPR to do a solo piano version, siphoning out the schmaltz, and it’s pretty great.
(via World Cafe)
Thanks reader Doron for the tip!
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I like it better with cheese.
i like it dangerously cheesy
I GIVE YOU – DANGEROUSLY CHEESY: http://vimeo.com/28494555
Jesus Christ, that video made me cry! Awesome vid!
Seriously, I almost cried. I have said this song belongs in an 80s movie, but you sir went above and beyond.
So many memories! It made me laugh so hard! I remember myself being so sad watching all these scenes when I was a young and beautiful boy…
Great compilaton man! Chapeau!
still one of the best songs of the year
Steve Winwood isn’t cheesy. Just sayin…
I love Steve Winwood.
To me the Beth/Rest cheesiness seemed more Chicago.
Either way, great song.
It reminded me of Mike & the Mechanics right off the bat as well.
The cheese is totally post-Gabriel Genesis / Phil Collins.
I agree. That’s exactly what I said to my girlfriend the first time she listened to it.
I do love the cheese-fest though.
that cheese was so cheesy, the first time i listened it blocked my coronary artery and gave me a heart attack!
[CRICKETS...]
best song on the album…don’t get the hate
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I thought I hated this song. Every time I heard it, I would get a horrible stomach ache. However, after listening to this version and not getting sick at all, I have reached the conclusion that I am just lactose intolerant. Thanks Dr. Stereogum.
Great song. I like it better than the album version. Thanks, Stereogum!
Can we have a “Week’s Worst Headlines” column?
All my hipster friends decried the cheeze, but after a few listens it became one of my favorites on the album. There. I said it. But if you don’t have a soft spot in your heart for Bruce Hornsby, then YOU, sir or madam, are dead inside!
Well played, good sir
That was for the dangerously cheesy one
this version sounds WAY cheesier. I like the stripped down piano version but the lower, raspier vocals imo make this one cheezy