If you don’t know Uruguayan singer/songwriter Jorge Drexler, you may actually know some of his music without realizing it–he won an Oscar for his song “Al Otro Lado Del Rio,” featured on the soundtrack Motorcycle Diaries. If you like vocals in foreign languages, specifically Spanish, you’d like his work. In this case, however, I am plugging a song Drexler did in English– a cover of Radiohead’s “High and Dry.” This is a beautiful rendition of Radiohead’s song, and I know there are people out there who can’t understand why an artist tries to touch a song that was already done so perfectly the first time, but I tend to look at it differently. I don’t think musicians cover a song because they think they can do better than the original artist. The cover wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for the original artists song, and covers are merely a way that one artist can tip their cap toward another’s work, at the same time, offering a different perspective. That is, of course, unless it is “Weird Al” Yankovic covering you, or Ben Folds, as he did with Dr. Dre’s hit “Bitches Ain’t Shit.”

12 segundos de oscuridad:

Jorge Drexler – High and Dry (Radiohead Cover)

Radiohead – High and Dry

Bonus:

Motorcycle Diaries Soundtrack:

Jorge Drexler- Al Otro Lado Del Rio

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