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“♫ I said maybe/ you’re gonna be the one that saves me […] ♫”

Jimi Hendrix did it with Dylan’s All Along the Watchtower—this happens once in a Blue Moon— when a cover version is so unique that it eclipses the intention of the original.

Wonderwall is another one of those songs. Ryan Adams takes Noel Gallagher’s 1990’s Mancunian anthem and makes it his own. Adams arrangement on Love is Hell is softer yet haunting cover. During their 2008 tour, Adams and his Cardinals performed some killer more extended renditions of Wonderwall. After much deliberation—these two are my favorites.

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Tattoo belonging to Indian Runner Duck, here.

Ryan Adams, “Wonderwall”

Ryan Adams, Please Do Not Let Me Go

Ryan Adams, The Shadowlands

Ryan Adams, “I See Monsters” (Different Take)

Ryan Adams, “Hotel Chelsea Nights”

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atranscriptofheartbreak:

How can I explain to you
What you did to me with words
Words just like the ones you used
They mean nothing at all
Buy they caterwaul, caterwaul, caterwaul
Through my lonely hall