The original 'California Dreaming,' like 'Season of the Witch,' is such a perfect rock classic, or a product, at least, the the classic rock era, that I'm not convinced LDR could pull it off. I don't think she really pulled of 'Season of the Witch'; her version was just a dry run-through. It would be like trying to cover 'Hotel California' or 'Stairway to Heaven.'
No matter how good an interpretation, it's going to pale beside the original, unless the interpretation and arrangement are wildly different from the original, the way Tori Amos radically deconstructed songs she covered, from 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' to Steely Dan's 'Do It Again' and the Velvet Underground's 'New Age.'
I find LDR's covers only good about 40% of the time, though 'Summertime' has given me new hope. On this record, I hope she sticks to material pre-1960, or post-1960s songs that were still somewhat in the pre-1960s style (that is, non-rock, non-folk), like the beautiful 'The Shadow of Your Smile,' which I would love to see her cover.
Season of the witch sounded like that cause of Jack Antonoff .
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That's really , unexpected and jazzy. I love it.
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Season of the witch sounded like that cause of Jack Antonoff .
Other covers like
The good life
The other woman
Dont let me be misunderstood
Hearshaped box
Knocking on heavens door
They all sound really dope .