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Sound of a windmill going ’round
Since the possibility of the current lineup doing Soldier of Fortune for all practical purposes is nil, here’s a take on the track from the good ol’ Cov. It’s a string ensemble version that was a bonus track on various editions of his Purple Album.
Hook City Strings are:
Ruth Lenz
Olga Archdekin
Luciana Gallo
Virginia Evans
Arrangement: Jeff DePaoli
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Not my cuppa tea.
December 11th, 2023 at 19:53It does make me want to hear the original song,though.
@1…Yes, the original was a nice way to close-off the shoe-shine album for sure.
Peace !
December 11th, 2023 at 21:12I think its rather purdy. Perhaps a bit too purdy, but hey, it’s Christmas!
The Stormbringer original had its own sparseness to it, but this is a worthy version too.
December 11th, 2023 at 21:30Whenever a song can be played, can be performed both in the context of a rock band and in the context of a classical music ensemble, it just means one thing:
December 11th, 2023 at 21:46It’s a ingenious composition !
Now what if David Coverdale had been a saxophone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlu0xODdo2U
Ok, ok, it sometimes verges on Kenny G territory or George Michael’s careless guilty feet that ain’t got no rhythm (hey, I like that song!) …
Another string arrangement for SoF here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxlGlp2r8uA
December 11th, 2023 at 22:01It is always difficult hearing a different version of a song after so many years of only knowing the original. Almost 5 decades does take it’s toll especially on rock vocalists & here I find Ole Cov’s as flat as a tack. Also the the melody is missing in the instrumentation, it just sounds like they are all over the place to my ears. Not to worry. Cheers.
December 11th, 2023 at 22:19True, DC relies more on atmosphere and gravitas than actual notes, but that is what you are allowed to do as a senior citizen singer, Herr MacGregor!
I do like the chamber music string arrangement, reminds me of that 80ies hit that came from that little island to the right of you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUXELmPsh7A
December 12th, 2023 at 08:18Thanks for the ‘Glad I’m Not A Kennedy’ song, it has been a long long time since I have heard that. Back in the 1980’s, an era where so many quality vocalist still existed & also good songwriting. Regarding Coverdale back when so young, he had that naivety to his voice, plus the richness, he was really great then. I do cut lead vocalists a fair bit of slack, they are up against it more than anyone else in a band in that regard. Same with a young Ian Gillan pre In Rock. His vocal on the Concerto concert is sublime. See what hard rock music does to people! Cheers.
December 12th, 2023 at 10:04I’m not a friend of the american glamour ‘Snakes, but I loved the bluesy Whitesnake with Marsden/Moody/Murray/Lord/Dowle (Paice)…
David lost his special bluesy voice with “Still Of The Night”.
But obviously he still can sing ballads and blues wonderfully.
So he should retire from the rock biz and return to Blues and Ballads.
Very nice version of the classic. Well Done.
Btw:
December 15th, 2023 at 19:30Whitesnake’s early keyboardist Pete Solley, who played on the Snakebite-EP, died a vew weeks ago.
R.I.P.
@ 9 – yes I noticed Pete’s passing here in Australia a few weeks ago. Joe Camilleri from Jo Jo Zep & The Black Sorrows paid a wonderful tribute to him. Solley was a successful producer as well as a rather good musician. He was connected to a few Australian bands. That British band Fox who had a female Australian vocalist in the 1970’s had Solley in the band for a while. He was a busy chap & it looks like he had a successful life. RIP
December 17th, 2023 at 08:50