The New Pornographers' live cover of Dreams

[Livia]

http://obscuresound.com/mp3/newlive-dre.mp3

A rare New Pornographers bootleg (less than 1000 copies released) recently surfaced online, being a standard thirteen song set. I’m not sure if it is a collection of various boots from different shows, or one whole show. I do know that their cover of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Dreams’ was played on October 12th, at Webster Hall in New York. The cover is the one of my favorite songs from the release, with the band’s reputation as an exceptional live band proving to be correct (through headphones, anyways — I have yet to see them in person). Neko Case’s rendition of ‘Dreams’ is just fantastic, doing her readily available Stevie Nicks interpretation. For some reason, this cover was considered to be one of those hidden tracks on the release, with twenty-four out of twenty-seven minutes of the song being silent. I cut out the silence, so you can get straight to the point. For those like me who haven’t witnessed one of the greatest acts of the decade live yet, this could be the closest way for now. That is, unless you live in Australia, where they recently confirmed eight dates for December.

http://obscuresound.com/?p=423

[carrie721]

i. love. neko!!! she totally doesn't know the words to the verses, though. thanks for posting this!

[dontlookdown]

very funny.

i love neko.
when i first saw her on stage she was opening up for The Jayhawks and I had never heard of her before.
She blew me away about 4 notes into the first song. My jaw hit the floor.
Go see this woman sing if you have a chance.
She reminded me a lot of a young Stevie Nicks or Maria McKee.

I love how at the end of this song she says
"you are so ****ing patient New York. I messed up the words yabba dabba doo Stevie Nicks song..."

[sparky]

Cool ! Thanks for that. It's sloppy, but she has a world class voice. I'd love to hear a real tight version of it.

[amber]

That kicked ass! I love it. And her Stevie imitation is readily available.
I liked that she didn't know it perfectly, it's almost like Stevie of old was doing it...

[rbs3676]

****ing love it!!!

rbs

[foxyluva]

Im sorry, but this cover is crap. I don't see how any of you could like it

[shackin'up]

Originally Posted by foxyluva

Im sorry, but this cover is crap. I don't see how any of you could like it

me neither.

[irishgrl]

the music sucked but man, she's pretty darn good!

[dontlookdown]

you have to "get" the new pornographers to appreciate this.

it's nothing more than a drunken romp. not something to be taken seriously.

[sparky]

Originally Posted by dontlookdown

you have to "get" the new pornographers to appreciate this.

it's nothing more than a drunken romp. not something to be taken seriously.

Regardless, I like it better than any version of the song Stevie has done since the Tusk tour.

[JazmenFlowers]

ehhh, it's ok. not horrible...a little eye twitching inducing at times...

I'd love to know what the hell was so damn funny tho? does she have involuntary laughter disease or maybe it's the fact that she almost totally re-wrote the lyrics?

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

ehhh, it's ok. not horrible...a little eye twitching inducing at times...

I'd love to know what the hell was so damn funny tho? does she have involuntary laughter disease or maybe it's the fact that she almost totally re-wrote the lyrics?

lol. i suffer from involuntary laughter disease ... it's especially a problem at weddings & funerals.

[Livia]

I think Neko was laughing out of embarrassment, cuz she didn't know the lyrics.

And Sparky? Snap!

[sparky]

Originally Posted by Livia

I think Neko was laughing out of embarrassment, cuz she didn't know the lyrics.

And Sparky? Snap!

What can I say?

At least it's more than 4 notes.
Something about it sounds very fresh and fun to me.
Better than, well, a woman snoring to a backing track.
So, double snap !