I woke up with Greg Dulli's crooning his memorable cover of Hole's "Miss World" in my head this morning. There's something about Dulli's raspy soulful vocal and the New Orleans flavored jazzy arrangement that turns Hole's original into southern bluesy confessional. I love the fact that it's just piano and sax for most of the song. The stripped down sound accentuates the passionate emotions of Courtney's lyrics.
Just like Mark Kozelek of the Red House Painters, Dulli doesn't just cover a song, he possesses it, takes it over and unleashes it back into the world with a resurrected skin and feeling. This one's a keeper. It makes me long to be back in a low lit half empty French Quarter bar, hanging back with a cold drink and hand rolled cigarette. Songs like this cover of "Miss World" capture the spirit of the city I miss and still love. This is what I feel when I hear Dulli's cover.
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i've always loved this song, & i've always loved dulli's voice. this is an amazing cover.
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sounds really cool and different from the original. knida sounds like later bob dylan
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Had never heard this before...
...and now I am floored.
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anna: yay! you heard it...while i was listening to it i was thinking "damn, anna would love this!"
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another awesome pick.
i agree with what you said about both Mark Kozelek and Greg Dulli, and you said it so well - either one doesn't only cover a song, he possesses it. word.
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Always, always, always trust a bar that has Afghan Whigs on the jukebox.
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This reminds me so much of Tom Waits' boozy style! Love Hole & Afghan Whigs but hadn't heard this cover before. Pretty damn cool. . . thanks for sharing it.
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I agree about trusting a bar that has Afghan Whigs on the jukebox. Make yr way down to the French Quarter of New Orleans and y'll find not only the Whigs, but Tom Waits, Pixies and a plethora of the coolest music on the planet in some of the best bars in the universe.
btw, when I was living in the 504, Dulli had just moved there to start the Twilight Singers. A buddy of mine knew him and he recorded in the Garden District blocks from my house.