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Ms Knight offers up a great electrifying vocal performance on this cover of the Beatles version of the tune but is let down a little by the competent and overblown accompaniment--just too many people and not enough collective spark to fuel them all. Ms Knight, herself, could have set a stripped-down-to-basics group ablaze, I think. However in the large ensemble, she burns largely alone which is slightly disappointing but good enough for me.
For comparison:
My understanding is that the Beatles recorded Twist and Shout at/towards the end of their inflexibly allotted studio time. It was a make it or break it situation. The band was fuelled by a certain amount of desperation. Lennon's voice was a bit thrashed by the point in the recording session, and so his vocal performance is something hard to duplicate or compete with, but Ms Knight does quite well. Brava!
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For comparison:
My understanding is that the Beatles recorded Twist and Shout at/towards the end of their inflexibly allotted studio time. It was a make it or break it situation. The band was fuelled by a certain amount of desperation. Lennon's voice was a bit thrashed by the point in the recording session, and so his vocal performance is something hard to duplicate or compete with, but Ms Knight does quite well. Brava!
Twist and Shout - Wikipedia
John Lennon provided the lead vocals and initially felt ashamed of his performance in the song "because I could sing better than that, but now it doesn't bother me. You can hear that I'm just a frantic guy doing his best." A second take was attempted, but Lennon had nothing left, and it was abandoned.[ The Beatles' version of "Twist and Shout" has been called "the most famous single take in rock history." Mark Lewisohn called it "arguably the most stunning rock and roll vocal and instrumental performance of all time."
