C'mon, check these out. All of these are wonderful, but, as a performance, Leslie Feist's cover of "Secret Heart" gets my undying devotion (even if she does hit a sour note on her guitar at the end). When I watch this, I can't help but smile, and the smile lasts.
PJ HARVEY: she rules
DIONNE WARWICK: great singer, not thinker. Dionne + David/Bacharach = great
PATTI SMITH: because I couldn't find a good version of her "Gimme Shelter." This'll do.
Kinda like LESLIE FEIST, too: "Secret Heart," live
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That'll do all right.
Patti Smith.
Damn.
Patti Smith: Who'd of thunk she'd get this good as an interpreter of others' songs? Wow.
Was you omission of Jessica Simpson intentional?
L. Feist is MARVELOUS in this video!
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