I just had to feature this one. I don’t think I’ve ever heard the original, released in 1973, but my memory goes all the way back to 1978/79 when the second Muppets album was released. My dad got it out of the library on vinyl and copied it to tape for me. On it was a cover of this very song. A bit of googling tells me it was an “old scientist” character who sang it (though I would have said it was Kermit’s nephew), but I’m still amazed by how much music can stick in the mind.
In celebration of the previously announced acoustic tour dates, Norwegian progressive band Green Carnation are now releasing the acoustic performance of the Jim Croce song “Time in a Bottle”. The video was recorded in June 2022 and can now be viewed below.
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Vocalist Kjetil Nordhus comments:
We are a band who like to surprise our fans, and sometimes even ourselves. We will include one unique cover song on each date of the tour. This is a nice way to present different shows every day and hopefully our fans will enjoy that. A while ago, we asked our Facebook followers what song they would like to hear in a Green Carnation version, and this one came up. It is a beautiful song, and we do think we have managed to put our own stamp on it! What other cover songs that might be included during The Acoustic Verses Tour 2022, we don’t want to reveal yet! It wouldn’t be too much of a surprise if we told people which songs we have chosen. But one of them will a song in a language that I have never sung before….
The Acoustic Verses (remastered) is out now via Season of Mist. Listen to the album via the usual sites.
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