I was very annoyed when Cornell said that David did a note-for-note copy of his version. Perhaps the basic melody was the same, but David's version had far more suspense, anger, and just felt different to me than any other cover of BJ to date. And I completely agree that Cornell was singing BJ as a blues song, like an old man sitting in a smoky bar telling stories of his misspent youth. David sang it like he was standing in the witness box facing a judge. Or while hiding from TMZ.
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I was very annoyed when Cornell said that David did a note-for-note copy of his version. Perhaps the basic melody was the same, but David's version had far more suspense, anger, and just felt different to me than any other cover of BJ to date. And I completely agree that Cornell was singing BJ as a blues song, like an old man sitting in a smoky bar telling stories of his misspent youth. David sang it like he was standing in the witness box facing a judge. Or while hiding from TMZ.