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The Dana Fuchs Band
The Dana Fuchs Band
As I have mentioned before, one of my favorite movies from 2007 was "Across the Universe
", a musical exclusively based around Beatles' songs, some of which are sung by an interesting array of professionals, such as Joe Cocker's excellent "Come Together", Bono humorously covering "I Am the Walrus" and Eddie Izzard having an absolute ball with "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite".
However, the core of the songs for "Across the Universe" were covered by the main cast, one member of which really stood out in my mind, which was Dana Fuchs as the Janis Joplin-esque "Sadie". (I was glad that both Janis and Hendrix inspired characters got alternative universe happy endings in "Across the Universe", imagine what the world would have been like if both of these legends had lived on!)
I hadn't really heard of Dana Fuchs or The Dana Fuchs band, so was totally blown away by her deep, powerful, breathy, passionate vocals, especially on "Helter Skelter" and "Why Don't We Do it in the Road?".
If you haven't seen "Across the Universe", get it today! If you have seen "Across the Universe" and enjoyed it as much as I did, you should go out and get the original soundtrack
today!
And, if you liked Dana Fuchs as Sadie in particular, you really should check out both the CD and DVD of The Dana Fuchs Band Live in NYC. I actually prefer the DVD, as it has some bonus acoustic tracks presented in an interview format. (Plus, anyone worth their salt knows how to rip DVD music tracks for their personal MP3 collection!)
Both of these links are to CD Baby, which is actually a pretty darn cool site to get CDs from, unlike the Ebay merchants that I have ranted about recently, CD Baby knows precisely how to ship things to Canada! (nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more!)
Beyond Dana's superb blues/rock vocals, the band also sports excellent song writing talents, "Almost Home", "Misery", "Bleed More" and "Strung Out" are all stand out tracks among a sea of excellence!
I haven't been able to listen to The Dana Fuchs Band debut CD: "Lonely for a Lifetime", which currently available only through iTunes, but it's probably a safe bet that it's an outstanding musical experience as well.
I also think it's pretty cool that Dana and I share a common birthday with the likes of Rod Stewart and Pat Benatar! Rock on Dana!
Posted by Dylon on June 25, 2008 6:30 PM |
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I agree! The soundtrack is excellent.
How cool is it that you share birthdays with Rod "the bod" Stewart and Pat Benatar!?!
I'm going to have to check out that CD Baby link!
March 2010