Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Cover #64: Thea Gilmore covers "I'm Not Down" by The Clash

    This cover appears on the first of two Clash tribute CDs that came with Uncut magazine in late 2003.  Here we have a competent though not very exciting cover of the London Calling deep cut.  Ms. Gilmore re-imagines the song in a sort of alt-country format, complete with a little harmonica in the beginning.  While her rendition is perfectly fine, it lacks the emotional depth of the original-  the layers of Mick Jones's tortured vocals are greatly missed, as is the rousing outro.  


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