Covers and Videos

I've been working on my 3rd zine lately and doing a survey of artists who have covered Cher songs. Some great artists have been covering Cher, by the way. I hope you enjoy these as much as I have. Click the photos to enlarge.

 
This is truly awesome. Not quite a cover but a sampling of "Gypsys, Tramps &  Thieves" by a French rap group called IAM. Une Autre Brique Dans Le Mur

 
In 2010 Charlotte Church covered "Bang Bang." It's haunting like the Nancy Sinatra version we all know and love but she totally takes it up a notch. Excellent cover.

 
Speaking of "Bang Bang," years ago Paul Weller did an amazing cover as well. An artist of his caliber…wow. It's a joy to hear.

 
I was at the movies to see the Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (couldn't make sense of it but it was very beautiful) and I saw a preview for the French Canadian film Heartbeats (Les amours imaginaires) which had the Italian Dalida version of "Bang Bang" featured prominently. All her Sonny & Cher covers from the 60s are lovely ("Mama" and "Petit Homme").

 
And finally, a band who did something f-ing awesome with "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves." The Scud Mountain Boys really treat it well.

Meanwhile, Cher scholars Rob, Robrt, and NYCDishy have been forwarding some good Cher video:

 
Sonny miming & Cher singing "All I Really Want to Do." This one is cute because at the end Sonny walks off and Cher looks like she's having a shy moment. She buries her head in his shoulder at the end.

 
Sonny & Cher singing "What Now My Love." Also, stick to the end to hear S&C duet with Bing Crosby about New Year's resolutions.

 
Sonny & Cher singing "Baby Don't Go" live in early hair and outfits.

 
All the old S&C footage then makes this clip all the more bittersweet: Cher singing "Didn't We," her swan song to her relationship with Sonny, performed at the end of their run on The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour back in 1974. At this point in the song, Cher really belts out the words about their rise to fame and "that long, hard climb."

Misty water colored memories….of the way we were.