Another Take on Cathedrals
September 20th, 2008 . by mattThanks, for the most part, to everyone that is sending me updates on Joan Osborne’s cover of Cathedrals. It is neat, of course. It’s also a little disconcerting to think that after my playing it every night for more than six years, it would be attributed to someone else…but that’s the name of the game, I guess.
Here’s another version, that I like. Her name is Heidi Talbot, and she was in Cherish the Ladies, an all-female trad Irish group that is led by my one-and-only tin whistle teacher, Joanie Madden. That’s pretty darned cool. I especially like the string arrangements that come in towards the last minute of the song. Jay-influenced, but steppin’ out.
Gregory, I didn’t know that Jump was from Delaware, either. Wacky!
Did she not credit Jay on her album at all? That’s just *slightly* illegal…
Joan’s version of Cathedrals is one of the most disconcerting things I’ve seen of late (other than Palin’s up-do and stance on certain issues that make her seem like a hypocritical, backwards dummy who doesn’t have any close female friends), but anyway, Joan Osborne does NOT have the richness of voice to carry the song. Ptooey.
no no no! one thousand times no. Sorry Matt, but I inwardly cringed as soon as I played joan’s version. then i felt barfy - it’s just not you guys. it almost feels sacrilegious. can’t listen to it. can’t. do. it.
please tell me you guys did get some money out of the deal right?
now THAT version, i can stomach! it’s different enough that it doesn’t feel “sacrilegious”, whereas the Joan version is too similar (tempo-wise, i guess is what i mean), but sorely lacking jay’s pretty voice.
Joan’s version is HIDEOUS! Honestly, it made me sad to listen to it and think that there are people out there who:
a) Like Joan Osborne; and
b) Think that she had anything to do with Cathedral’s creation.
Sad sad. I miss Jump!
I see a lawsuit in the making:
http://www.6lyrics.com/music/joan_osborne/lyrics/cathedrals.aspx
Song *ain’t* by Joan Osborne!
Heh - everybody go to Amazon and set the record straight: http://www.amazon.com/Little-Wild-One-Joan-Osborne/dp/B001C0NMXO
Of course, there will never be a better cover of “Mexico” than: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTy9JCFPmXU