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Pharaoh

(8,209 posts) Fri Jul 18, 2014, 10:50 PM Jul 2014

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Jack White performs "Mother Nature's Son" at the Gershwin Prize for Paul McCartney

In front of Obama and Paul McCartney..............

Awesome rendition!!!

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Jack White performs "Mother Nature's Son" at the Gershwin Prize for Paul McCartney (Original Post) Pharaoh Jul 2014 OP

Nice to see John's music performed by other musician's 3Stones Jul 2014 #1

Sometimes a cover can illuminate a song's other sides . . . MrModerate Jul 2014 #2

It was written by Paul McCartney. AtomicKitten Jul 2014 #7

Jack White Is A Real Artist supercats Jul 2014 #3

Awesome indeed! raindaddy Jul 2014 #4

Love me some Jack White! Initech Jul 2014 #5

Rather Disappointed panfluteman Jul 2014 #6

3Stones

(85 posts)

1. Nice to see John's music performed by other musician's

Reply to Pharaoh (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 03:34 AM

Jul 2014

but this does his beautiful "Mother nature's Son" song no justice.

MrModerate

(9,753 posts)

2. Sometimes a cover can illuminate a song's other sides . . .

Reply to 3Stones (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 08:38 AM

Jul 2014

And sometimes it just sounds as if the performer doesn't know how to sing it.

This was the second type.

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)

7. It was written by Paul McCartney.

Reply to 3Stones (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 01:38 PM

Jul 2014

I love covers of Beatles' songs. It is a testament to their songwriting genius.

supercats

(429 posts)

3. Jack White Is A Real Artist

Reply to Pharaoh (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 09:57 AM

Jul 2014

He's so authentic. You just feel it whenever you hear him. He's the real deal. Beautiful rendition.

raindaddy

(1,370 posts)

4. Awesome indeed!

Reply to Pharaoh (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 11:39 AM

Jul 2014

Great to hear Paul's music played in the style of Jack White.. Thanks for posting this!

Initech

(107,093 posts)

5. Love me some Jack White!

Reply to Pharaoh (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 06:12 PM

Jul 2014

panfluteman

(2,189 posts)

6. Rather Disappointed

Reply to Pharaoh (Original post)

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 09:57 PM

Jul 2014

The guitar was OK, but Jack White's vocals left a lot to be desired. You may think that he has a very unique voice, and yes that's one way to look at it, but his basic vocal technique was shoddy and inconsistent. I think I'll watch Paul McCartney's original on YouTube, and I think that doing so would only strengthen my verdict.

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