I hate it when bands I once loved inadequately cover songs I still love. Jimmy Webb is a genius, but Stipe should have left these songs to Glen Campbell.
Glenn Campbell is making a farewell album with a bunch of indie rockers in light of his being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. If his prospects weren’t so harsh and I didn’t have such a soft spot for the music of Campbell from my early childhood I’m afraid I might get snarky about him collaborating with the likes of Robert Pollard, Billy Corgan, and Paul Westerberg. But I can’t go there. I won’t. I dug the album Campbell put out a couple of years ago, with a cover of “These Days” that helped me realize that Jackson Browne isn’t all bad.
I saw a thing about that, but didn’t know it was with indie rockers — interesting that Glenn can get Westerberg away from his kids little league games in the Twin Cities.
I hate it when bands I once loved inadequately cover songs I still love. Jimmy Webb is a genius, but Stipe should have left these songs to Glen Campbell.
This reminds me of a link to a sad article ladymiss sent me while I was in Paris:
http://exclaim.ca/News/glen_campbell_reveals_alzheimers_diagnosis_announces_farewell_album_with_robert_pollard_paul_westerberg_billy_corgan/?&utm_source=TwitterEN&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ENTwitter
Glenn Campbell is making a farewell album with a bunch of indie rockers in light of his being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. If his prospects weren’t so harsh and I didn’t have such a soft spot for the music of Campbell from my early childhood I’m afraid I might get snarky about him collaborating with the likes of Robert Pollard, Billy Corgan, and Paul Westerberg. But I can’t go there. I won’t. I dug the album Campbell put out a couple of years ago, with a cover of “These Days” that helped me realize that Jackson Browne isn’t all bad.
I saw a thing about that, but didn’t know it was with indie rockers — interesting that Glenn can get Westerberg away from his kids little league games in the Twin Cities.
P.S. Glenn is a golf buddy of one A. Cooper.
http://doney.net/aroundaz/celebrity/campbell_glen.htm
Cool, my boss just got tickets for the two of us to see Bryan Ferry in New York on October 6!