SXSW: My Brightest Diamond Covers Roy Orbison

It turns out Shara Worden, aka My Brightest Diamond, was the perfect choice to play the first slot of our three-day Stereogum/PASTE party. Armed with only her voice and guitar, the karaoke star and major rock 'n' roll supporter eased us into the day with an intimate, operatic set. Fittingly, she brought Ravel (and the French author Colette, natch) into the mix, singing the part of the teapot from L'Enfant et les Sortileges. Classy, no? She also performed a drop-dead gorgeous take on Roy Orbison's "It's Over," mentioning the Texas-born crooner as an inspiration for her hair, but forgetting to bring up how her voice also lilts with some of Orbison's effortless brilliance.

She's not entirely kidding about the hair. But did you hear that pin drop?

Posted at 11:14 AM in Video
Tags: My Brightest Diamond | Roy Orbison | SXSW

10 Comments

finally, a sxsw post worth a damn! thanks

Posted by: fred at 03/14/08 1:00 PM | Reply
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so beautiful....my fav of her covers, tho I really like the Nina Simone song she always does....please please please make an MP3 of this for us.....

Posted by: abe at 03/14/08 1:04 PM | Reply
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She got the lyrics wrong in the first verse. Oh yeah, and she sang it like a total pant load.

Posted by: razzman at 03/14/08 5:21 PM | Reply
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nuts to you. it was amaaaaazing live.

Posted by: boo in reply to razzman's comment at 03/14/08 5:45 PM | Reply
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I need this MP3!

Posted by: Ashrey at 03/15/08 12:08 AM | Reply
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I definitely need an mp3 of this

Posted by: terry at 03/15/08 2:08 AM | Reply
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wow. what a beautiful, amazing version of that song - kinda gives me chills! i think she's brilliant live & always gives a powerful performance. thanks for posting this.

Posted by: maura at 03/15/08 1:19 PM | Reply
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Not sure if there are objections to this from the stereogum gods, but here's the audio in mp3: http://www.zshare.net/audio/8986252f5abff4/

Posted by: aldo at 03/15/08 1:37 PM | Reply
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thanks!

Posted by: unofficial non-objector in reply to aldo's comment at 03/15/08 3:26 PM | Reply
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She has the drift.The RO fan club is interested.Love to have her sing with us.

Posted by: krossquad at 05/12/08 8:58 PM | Reply
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