https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP-xffG3ksI
Continuing with the covers, this week it’s a song by another incredible musician.
What I love about this version is how different it is from the original. Elvis’s version keeps everything bouncing along, whereas this strips it right back and leaves room between the notes. And those gaps are what make it for me. Honestly, I can’t think of another song that’s made me notice them quite so much.
There’s one moment where almost everything drops out and you’re left with just the drum beat. You keep tapping your foot… one, two, three, four… waiting for what comes next. It feels like a huge gap, but it works so well.
So perhaps silence isn’t quite the right word. I haven’t got the musical vocabulary for it, but whatever you call it, the timing is absolutely spot on.