![]() ![]() Well, not this one in particular but a copy when the album originally came out. ![]() This is the first album I ever owned by the Talking Heads. I probably would have rated it better if he hadn't used "A tribute from India" in the title. The best has to be "I Saw Her Standing There", with its trance mix! Overall, this CD is worth a listen for these four songs. "If I Needed Someone" has a cool, trance-like vibe "You Can't Do That" has a great driving rhythm "With A Little Help From My Friends" is one of the few that has just enough Indian sounds. There are four more tracks of "radio edits" "Norwegian Wood", "Gotta Get You Into My Life", "I Saw Her Standing There", and "The John Lennon Tribute Medley", but they add nothing to the longer versions on this disc. While the "The John Lennon Tribute Medley" might sound like a good idea, combining the songs "Imagine"/"Watchin' The Wheels"/"Give Peace A Chance", the various inserted news soundbites about Lennon's death are distracting. ![]() When you hear the Indian effects in "Across The Universe", you wish you could hear more. "Norwegian Wood" doesn't take enough chances…I mean, what do you do to a song that already has Indian influences? Keeping a reggae rhythm, "Ob-la-di Ob-la-da" adds nothing to the original, besides, it is not my favorite Beatle song anyway. The problem with this disc is that too many of the songs fall flat compared to other cover versions I've heard. This disc is sort of an East-meets-West take on the Beatles, with a healthy dose of techno thrown in. So I was a little disappointed that the Indian influence was really toned back. When I first heard about his Beatles tribute I've got to admit that I was really curious, thinking that Indian versions would be really cool, especially with part of the title saying, "A tribute from India". Already a star in his native India, Madooo (Madhukar Chandra Dhas) plays tribute to one of his biggest influences, The Beatles. And the best are when you get to hear the artist truly make the song their own, not sticking too close to the original version. I admit that as a card-carrying Beatlemaniac I'm ALWAYS curious to hear new Beatles tribute albums! Although you can't really improve on the originals, I've heard some really cool interpretations like "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" by Allen Wentz. Madooo, "To The ‘Fab Four’ From Liverpool-A Tribute From India" (Madooo Records) ![]()
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