The Waterboys, The Soul Singer When asked by American Songwriter if the lead single from the Waterboys 2020 album, Good Luck, Seeker was based on anyone in particular, Mike Scott laughed. “There could be somebody specific and it also could be an amalgam of people,” he said. “There may even be a couple of bits of me in there as well.”
It keeps amazing me how iconic Van Morrison is. In this line up of songs there was yet another one that I thought was the classic song of someone else; along with the Waterboys having covered Sweet Thing I now realize that Dexy's Midnight Runners were not the original authors of Jackie Wilson Said. But I tell ya, classic artists covering classic artists in a classic way is often a "sweet thing" thing ain't it; just think of where the Beatles and Siouxsie and the Banshees intersect.
It keeps amazing me how iconic Van Morrison is. In this line up of songs there was yet another one that I thought was the classic song of someone else; along with the Waterboys having covered Sweet Thing I now realize that Dexy's Midnight Runners were not the original authors of Jackie Wilson Said. But I tell ya, classic artists covering classic artists in a classic way is often a "sweet thing" thing ain't it; just think of where the Beatles and Siouxsie and the Banshees intersect.
You sure you're not a musician...?
You could write a book about them, that's for sure. Thanks for the tunes.