Beck - Parasite

Nick Drake cover

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Music

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• beck
• b-sides

[AndyWitmyer]

I'm not really sure how any fan of Nick Drake could come here and say that this cover sucks, or it "wasn't good enough." Come on, you don't have to be a fan of Beck to realize that this cover was a labor of love! It's obvious in every sense of the word that in covering Parasite (a very underrated song to begin with), Beck was doing his damnedest here to honor the painfully short life and work of Nick Drake! As someone who likes maybe 8 of Beck's originals, total, doesn't matter. This was good.

[essexlee777]

I love Beck but having just listened to the Nick Drake version for the first time in a while I have to say this doesn't compare, the original is amazing

[sportstuber11]

I love seeing artists doing Nick Drake covers...I

[jllewis79]

i guess i would like this more if Beck left out some of the extra stuff. it's a good cover, but could've been better, i guess.

[ml1968lf]

Great album ! I sure hope BecK continues churning out great music well into the future , I'm like a kid in a candystore getting lost ...

[fatdogtavern]

A good cover. Ya gotta respect anyone who honors an original with a cover unless its completely destroyed, which it is not here. I love Drake's stuff. What a freakin loss he was. If he could have only held on just a little longer until his work got the respect it always deserved. Very Van Gogh like in that respect. Check out the cover of this song by plectrum34 on this site. Mindblowing.

[skywardism]

Nick Drake danced effortlessly within the listener's mind..melding voice with guitar.He created it and completed it.That's why it's too deep to cover and then expect it to be beyond criticism

[fallforthesky11]

Of course I prefer the original but this is a fantastic cover.

[anilbvenkatesh]

Very interesting version. The chords behind the part "take a look you may see me..." weren't what I was hoping for, but everything came together nicely.

[wailin1967]

Really nice version !

[charlottealternative]

This is a good cover of a truly fantastic song! Of course, I do think that the original is better by far, and I guess this could never compare. But if I had heard this before hearing the original, it would still be a good song. It's just, the original is better. 99% of the time, originals ARE better than cover versions. It doesn't mean the cover versions are bad, it just means they're different. An artist's interpretation of another's work.

[paranormalmindattack]

beck`s voice doesn`t fit , otherwise ... nice puzzle , but so melancholic