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Bettye LaVette — Wish You Were Here

Album: Interpretations
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Total ratings: 28

Released: 2010
Length: 3:42
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So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?
Did they get you to trade, your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change? Did you exchange
A walk-on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year
Running over the same old ground, what have we found?
The same old fears, wish you were here

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The other cuts I've heard off of this I reacted to with a yawn. Bill likes it, not for me, meh, whatever.

This, however, is blasphemy, treason, a travesty . . . it sucks. This is a bad cover of a truly iconic song. She shouldn't have even tried. And Bill should not reward the effort.

Posted 13 years ago by Xeric [ Reply ]

this one did not do it for me—-still wanna hear her interpretations of some of the others, tho.

Posted 13 years ago by Giselle62 [ Reply ]

Different and well done. The poetry still works. 7

Posted 13 years ago by Webfoot [ Reply ]

I suppose this is okay but nothing can touch the original version.

Posted 13 years ago by Leslie [ Reply ]

This rates up there with Peter Gabriel's version of "The Boy in the Bubble."

Posted 13 years ago by crockydile [ Reply ]

cayenne wrote:

Wish you were beer.

down with that!

Posted 13 years ago by scraig [ Reply ]

Nice interpretation!

Posted 13 years ago by PopKombo [ Reply ]

Did not recognize this immediately - it's ok, but I love the Pink Floyd version so much I can't really go higher than a 4 on this cover.