Had to make sure I shared this song with you (and thanks to listener Jason, who shared it with me). It’s a former bandmate of Pete Yorn, named WAZ, and his excellent and unique version of U2’s “I Will Follow”
I spoke with WAZ last week about putting the track onto Coverville, and while he was all for it, his lawyer was forced to say no. Why? Because Universal Music Group, U2’s label has denied him permission to release this version. However, they were all OK with me linking to it in on the site, as well as to WAZ’ MySpace page.
Listen to the cover, and also sample some of his excellent original music.
Wow, amazing! More than a passing resemblance to Bono too…quite uncanny – looks like him about 30 years ago!
Universal – screw you! No way does this do anything but good for U2. I can’t fathom them out…
Thanks for this Brian. Made my night!
Wayne
As always, Brian, thanks for sharing… Can you picture this as the backing music for Grey Anatomy’s or ER’s next funeral scene?
Brian,
Glad you were able to post the link. Hope they change their mind, because I think this is a great version, of an already great song. Thanks for putting this up on the page.
Jason