Ας μείνουμε για λίγο ακόμα στον αστερισμό των διασκευών: Ούτε η ιδιαίτερα επιτυχημένη του Marc Almond μαζί με τον πρώτο ερμηνευτή του τραγουδιού Gene Pitney, ούτε η της …Vicky Leandros, ούτε καν η orιginal, δεν μπορούν να συγκριθούν μ’ αυτή την ερμηνεία, από τις πιο βαθειά συναισθηματικές που έχω ακούσει από τον Cave. Μόνο ένας Eric Burdon θα μπορούσε να φτάσει ένα τέτοιο επίπεδο – στα ίχνη του οποίου o φίλος μας εδώ κινείται με μεγαλειώδη βήματα. 📀 📀 Let’s linger a bit longer on the constellation of covers : Neither the smash hit of Marc Almond with duet with the song’s first performer, Gene Pitney, nor the one of …Vicky Leandros, not even the original performance, can compare to this interpretation here, one of the most deeply emotional I’ve heard from Cave. Only an Eric Burdon could reach a level like this – in whose footsteps our friend here moves with majestic strides.

Something’s gotten hold of my heart
Keeping my soul and my senses apart
Something’s gotten into my life
Cutting its way through my dreams like a knife
Turning me up, turning me down
Making me smile, making me frown
In a world that was war
I once lived in a time
That was peace
With no trouble at all
But then you came my way
And a feeling I know
Shook my heart
And made me want you to stay
All of my nights
And all of my days
I wanna tell you now
Something’s gotten hold of my hand
Dragging my soul to a beautiful land
Something’s invaded my night
Painting my sleep with a colour so bright
Changing the grey, changing the blue
Scarlet for me, scarlet for you
I’ve got to know if this is the real thing
I’ve got to know what’s making my heart sing, oh yeah
A smile and I am lost for a lifetime
Each minute spent with you is the right time
Every hour (yeah) every day (yeah)
You touch me and my mind goes astray
And baby yeah, and baby yeah
Something’s gotten hold of my hand
Dragging my soul to a beautiful land
Something’s gotten into my life
Cutting its way through my dreams like a knife
Turning me up, turning me down
Making me smile, making me frown
In a world that was war
I once lived in a time
That was peace
With no trouble at all
But then you, you, you
Came my way
And a feeling I know
Shook my heart
And made me want you to stay
All of my nights
And all of my days
Something’s gotten hold of my heart
Keeping my soul and my senses apart
Something’s invaded my night
Painting my sleep with a colour so bright
Changing the grey, changing the blue
Scarlet for me, scarlet for you