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Chi non ricorda la canzone che chiude l'Unplugged in New York dei Nirvana, Where did you sleep last
night?. Un Kurt Cobain all'apice della carriera, poco prima della tragica fine, guida il gruppo in una rilettura del
suo repertorio in chiave acustica, arricchendolo di canzoni di altri reinterpretate in maniera straordinaria. Non succede
spesso che la cover sia così superiore all'originale (come ad esempio nel caso di The Man who sold the world
di David Bowie). Ma chi era questo Leadbelly? |
Where did you sleep last night?My girl, my girl don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't ever shine I will shiver the whole night through My girl, my girl where will you go I'm goin' where the cold wind blows In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't ever shine I will shiver the whole night through The house them walls a hard working man Just about a mile from here His head was found in a drivin' wheel But his body never was found My girl, my girl don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't ever shine I will shiver the whole night through Shiver for me My girl, my girl where will you go I'm goin' where the cold wind blows In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't ever shine I will shiver the whole night through My girl, my girl don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night In the pines, in the pines where the sun don't ever shine I will shiver the whole night through My girl, my girl where will you go I'm goin' where the cold wind blows In the pines, in the pines sunshine I will shiver the whole night through |
Leadbelly era un mito non solo per Kurt Cobain. Anche la canzone Yellow Ledbetter
dei Pearl Jam è basata su Leadbelly. |