Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Big Brother & The Holding Company - Summertime

This is probably the least straightforward of the versions of "Summertime" that I'll be posting here, as George Gershwin's chords and melody, and Ira Gershwin's words, are transformed by Janis Joplin et al into something far removed from the original. But it's still recognizably the same song, and the fact that it uses such a low-key and forlorn way to tell us that the living is easy still carries the same impact.

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