COVER FRIDAY: Sweet Child o’ Mine performed by Luna - So we have played pop metal ballads all week long, yet I had not gotten to what many consider one of the biggest ballads of them all. It is actually a bit of a toss up as Guns N’ Roses has two power ballads that pretty much dominated the charts and pop culture in their respective years; November Rain in 1992 and Sweet Child o’ Mine in 1988.
But today is Cover Friday, and so it is the perfect opportunity to correct a horrible affront to the canon of rock. Sheryl Crow did a version of Sweet Child o’ Mine that literally made me want to cut off my ears. However not all was lost as a decent version of the cover was released the same year as Crow’s butchered rendition in 1999 by indie pop band Luna.
Luna had the dreamy indie band sound covered pretty will during the 90’s. So it is no surprise when they take the big, ostentatious and juiced up power ballad and lay down this misty, chilled out version that rests at the ends of your consciousness and sweeps you away. They tamed the rough edges of the uber power ballad and gave it a whole new translation. I will be giving this tune and the rest of Luna’s albums some spins at the beach this weekend.
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