Orianthi covers John Waite “Missing You” on new album Believe (II)
June 1, 2010 by Beatweek · Leave a Comment
Orianthi is set to re-release her album Believe on June 8th under the name Believe (II) with four new songs including new single “Shut Up & Kiss Me.” The new album just arrived here at Beatweek offices, and we can confirm that the new song “Missing You” is in fact a guitar-fueled cover of John Waite’s 1984 hit song of the same name. The other two new songs on Believe (II) are the mid-tempo radio friendly “Courage” which sounds like it could be in line to be the next single, along with the RedOne-produced “Addicted To Love” which we can confirm is not a cover of the classic Robert Palmer song. The rest of Believe (II) consists of songs from the original Believe release, including the hit “According To You.”
Orianthi’s version of “Missing You” is not the first time that the song has been covered; Tina Turner released a high profile cover version in 1996, while Rod Stewart, Brooks & Dunn, and Tyler Hilton have also covered the song.
Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street re-release debuts at #2 in iTunes
May 17, 2010 by Beatweek · Leave a Comment
Today’s re-release of the 1972 classic Rolling Stones album Exile on Main Street has debuted at number two overall on the iTunes album charts (at least for the moment, as iTunes charts can fluctuate several times during the course of the day). The new version of Exile includes the original eighteen tracks, plus several previously unreleased songs from the era including new single Plundered My Soul, alternate takes of Loving Cup, Soul Survivor, and All Down The Line, plus two Plundered My Soul videos. The thirty-one item package is selling for an eye-popping $19.99, but that hasn’t stopped Exile release number two from jumping all the way to number two on the charts. So what are the Stones losing out to in the number one spot? The new Glee soundtrack.
review: “Plundered My Soul” by The Rolling Stones
April 19, 2010 by Bill Palmer · 8 Comments
Can you believe it… It’s almost as if Mick Jagger somehow knew nearly forty years ago that he’d someday be teasing us with that opening line to the “new” Rolling Stones song entitled “Plundered My Soul” which was actually recorded back during the Exile on Main Street sessions but never has seen the light of day until now. Released as an extremely limited thousand-copy run this week as part of Record Store Day, the song will actually serve as the lead single for Exile’s re-release on May 18th. Universal sent over an advance of the song, and after having spent some time with it, I can confirm that it definitely sounds like it was recorded in 1972 – that’s not a bad thing, mind you – and I’m also left to wonder how the band (and the label) managed to go this many years without finding a way to release it, seeing as how it’s a pretty darn good song.
It’s one of those plodding mid-tempo Stones songs with the meandering guitars in which Jagger’s vocals have a pliable relationship with the downbeat, and he sounds perfectly okay with the fact that he’s been taken by the lady who serves as the recipient of his lines even as he sings “I thought you needed my lovin’ but it’s my heart that you stole… I thought you wanted my money… but you plundered my soul.”
It’s not necessarily a vital song, and may not carve out a place in Rolling Stones history for any bigger reason than the novelty of having spent so many decades sitting in the vault before being sent to radio – and hey, it’s probably the best “new” Rolling Stones single in at least fifteen years.
I know, you don’t want to have to wait another month to hear the song – but if you’ve already waited four decades…
Rolling Stones to re-release Exile on Main Street with unreleased tracks
April 8, 2010 by Beatweek · Leave a Comment
Nearly four decades after its original release, Exile On Main Street will hit the streets another time as The Rolling Stones prepare to rerelease the 1972 album on May 17th in the United Kingdom and on May 18th in the United States. The album’s original eighteen songs will now be joined by ten previously unreleased tracks from the Exile era, including “Plundered My Soul” which will be released as a single – a funky mid-tempo number accompanied by a bari sax and female backing vocals [Editor's note: we've heard the new song, and it's good stuff, very 1972-ish].
