Florence and the Machine – Postcards from Italy (Beirut Cover)
Florence + the Machine
It’s somewhat inevitable that cover versions tend to pale in comparison to the original outcome of creative genius, although there are a few exceptions, but Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine does a pretty good job of maintaining the vulnerable purity of the Beirut’s ‘Postcards from Italy’ whilst injecting her own distinctive and powerful vocal style…no sugary-femme high notes here.
Florence and the Machine – Postcards from Italy
There are a few other tracks on the last.fm and MySpace pages as well.
Here’s the original for comparison – in case you haven’t heard it, another one I’ve been playing on repeat in recent times.
(This is the one that’s on spotify, not the Florence cover)
I sort of prefer her voice, but the instruments in the original are just too awesome! So I made a mashup of the cover plus the original by Beirut: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RypQ7ZDIJHU
They should collaborate for a live performance! At a festival…. Thanks for the link.