![]() ![]() What is sad though, is that James Wilsey in his solo career never finished a recording of his own “Superstar.” And that’s the motivation and gist of it for our recording.īelow, hear the Holy Motors version of “Superstar” along with Wilsey’s live take. Listen to both songs on WhoSampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs. When the album If I were a Carpenter came out in 1994, I had no idea who were The Carpenters. They titled it “Groupie.” It’s definitely not a lament. Superstar by The Ventures is a cover of Carpenterss Superstar. Superstar: The Carpenters vs Sonic Youth (1) Famous blue raincoat: Leonard Cohen vs Tori Amos (0) You really got me: The Kinks vs Van Halen (7). But originally the song wasn’t written by a sibling duo, as you might have heard or known from yer own previous existence, but rather by Leon Russell and a married couple of soul and country music named Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett. Even those who aren’t fans of the music have at least heard the name thanks to popular albums such as Daydream Nation or their cover of ‘Superstar’ by The Carpenters featured in the 2007 film Juno I bought another Sonic Youth album and it sucks. ![]() And then Karen sang it in for the Carpenters. How to play The Carpenters Superstar Guitar Lesson with Chords and TAB Tutorial also covered by Sonic Youth also Leon Russell TAB Book Available Here http://. In 1994, the band released a cover of the Carpenters 1971 hit Superstar on the tribute album If I Were a Carpenter. In a strangely similar fashion in ’71, Richard Carpenter happened to hear Bette Midler sing this same song on late night television. The melody was spaced out in echo and beautiful and he was just pushing it down hard on the vibrator bar of his silver-sparking fender Stratocaster. Some years back I saw James Wilsey’s performance of “Superstar” on the internet. Here’s Raus with some context on the cover: Today that latest version of “Superstar” is out in the world along with news of a fifth-anniversary reissue of Holy Motors’ debut album Slow Sundown on red vinyl. That rendition of the song made its way to Lauri Raus, guitarist for Estonia’s woozy Western-psych band Holy Motors, inspiring yet another cover in the same spirit. Although he was a member of the early LA punk band the Avengers, Wilsey is best known as a member of Chris Isaak’s band - that’s him making the guitar gently weep on “Wicked Game.” Ten years ago he published a live recording of his stirring instrumental version of “Superstar” to YouTube, showcasing those same eerie slide-guitar and tremolo skills. The married couple, who performed as Delaney And Bonnie, recorded the first version of the song in 1969 under the title “ Groupie (Superstar),” but it’s since been covered by countless acts, most famously the Carpenters in 1971 and Luther Vandross in 1983, though everyone from Bette Midler to Sonic Youth has taken a crack at it over the years. The old standard “Superstar” originated with Bonnie Bramlett and Leon Russell, who wrote it with an assist from Bramlett’s husband Delaney. ![]()
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