As long as I’m pondering genre crossing performances I might as well include Bluegrass (Hat Tip: Loan Star Parson):
I’m shocked how cheerful bluegrass sounds even when the lyrics are pure darkness. They were jamming with banjos and sweet harmonies and I wound up tapping my feet happily to lyrics like this:
“Hush little baby, don’t say a word
And never mind that noise you heard
It’s just the beasts under your bed
In your closet, in your head”
That sounded happy when it was “bluegrassified”! Is there nothing that bluegrass can’t make sweet? Here’s the original, which I will always love. I’ve heard it played live in all it’s thundering magnificence and it was awesome:
One comment related to yesterday’s post linked to playing music with Tesla Coils. I didn’t know such a thing was possible. I feel I was denied critical, need to know, information!
I present for your enjoyment Seven Nation Army as originally played by The White Stripes, but now played by a mad scientist using raw electricity:
