Today over at AQUARIUM DRUNKARD the following review was posted on TONY DEKKER'S beautiful cover of NEIL DIAMOND's chart topping classic, SONG SUNG BLUE:
Not unlike Mark Kozelek’s reinterpretation of the Modest Mouse canon on his 2005 Sun Kil Moon LP, Tiny Cities, here Great Lake Swimmers’, Tony Dekker takes on the unlikely muse of Neil Diamond for the soundtrack to filmmaker Greg Kohs’ documentary Song Sungs Blue. And it works. Whereas there is an obvious thread between the work of Kozelek and Isaac Brock, the synergy of Dekker and Diamond could not be less obvious. Below, on the title track, Dekker swaps Diamonds trademark rhinestone and flash for his brand hushed, acoustic, folk that, like Kozelek before him, adds a depth to the material that even the most die-hard Diamond fan could appreciate.
If you would like to listen to Tony's cover of SONG SUNG BLUE and the rest of the film's score that Tony wrote and performed, click [HERE].
The Great Lake Swimmers 4th LP, Lost Channels, will be released March 31st via Nettwerk.
2 comments:
I can't believe I can't see this film yet! I wrote a letter to Roger Ebert, published in the Answer Man section of his website, about a month before your letter, half-seriously castigating him for reviewing a movie that can't yet be easily seen by the general public. Being a documentary freak, I'm desperate to see the film. Good work!
I agree! I saw this film in April of 08 at the Baltimore Film Festival and have been waiting (as patiently as I can) to see it again. I've told everybody I know about the film and can't wait to show them...But I wait.
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