Original Songs and Their Covers
"Bird on the Wire", described by Cohen as a simple country song, has been covered by many musicians including Jennifer Warnes (his one-time backup singer), The Neville Brothers, Willie Nelson, The Lilac Time, and Johnny Cash.
"Story of Isaac," based on the Old Testament story of God's demand that Isaac be sacrificed by his father Abraham, has also been covered by a handful of musicians including Judy Collins, Suzanne Vega, Linda Thompson, The Johnstons, and Roy Buchanan.
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Famous quotes containing the words original, songs and/or covers:
“Man, even man debased by the neocapitalism and pseudosocialism of our time, is a marvelous being because he sometimes speaks. Language is the mark, the sign, not of his fall but of his original innocence. Through the Word we may regain the lost kingdom and recover powers we possessed in the far-distant past.”
—Octavio Paz (b. 1914)
“O past! O happy life! O songs of joy!
In the air, in the woods, over fields,
Loved! loved! loved! loved! loved!
But my mate no more, no more with me!
We two together no more.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“Boys finding for the first time their loins filled with heart’s
blood
Widowed farmers whose hands float under light covers to find
themselves
Arisen at sunrise”
—James Dickey (b. 1923)