Rhapsodies

I’m a big fan of different performers doing their unique takes on the same song. The different takes on these friends are always fascinating both in arrangements and even context. Take the song “House of the Rising Sun” for example. Growing up on my parents’ folk music collection, I was introduced to it through the Weavers and Joan Baez. When I heard the Animals’ version of it in high school I was very surprised by how different it was from the folk versions (for one thing the original version I heard I was pretty sure it was a song about a brothel where the Animals‘ version is clearly about a casino).

Anyway a while back I shared Tres Chicas’ version of Alejandro Escovedo’s Rhapsody from the album Por Vida: A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo. I liked the song enough that I hadn’t even noticed that Escovedo had done it first. So here’s the original. I’m not sure if I like one better than the other, but it’s a damn good song.