Worth Listening
Hotel California” Played in the Distinctive Style of Stevie Ray Vaughan
This little video had a big effect on me. I’m not sure why it was this one, rather than a thousand similar videos out there in the Metaverse, but it got me contemplating what a microscopically small bubble of the universe I (we) live in.
Like many people my age, I’ve heard “Hotel California” countless times played by many musicians. Likewise, I am familiar with Stevie Ray Vaughan. Now, here is Laszlo Buring, a Dutch musician I’ve never heard of, playing the song as he imagines it might have been played by Stevie Ray Vaughan.
I found it mesmerizing. Buring is not only gifted as a guitar player, he has a much deeper knowledge of both the song and both of the singers than I do.
A 1960s Motown Cover of “What I Like About You” by The Romantics
Here’s another music video for you.
Postmodern Jukebox collaborated with singer Tia Simone to perform this 1960s Motown era cover of the classic song by the Detroit rockers. Simone appears to be paying a tribute to Tina Turner in terms of her dress, her hair flips, and her absolutely stunning vocals.