Steemit Open Mic Week 68: Yeats' Grave (Cranberries Cover)

For Steemit Open Mic Week 68, I decided to record a loose version of a Cranberries song that I always loved when I was a kid and still love to this day. Actually, I recorded a this song a few months ago for Open Mic, but threw it in the trash because it wasn't even close to the original. Tonight, I decided to try it again because Delores and The Cranberries have been a huge influence on me.

I mean no disrespect by covering a song about death, but this one was always special to me for some reason. Delores O'Riordan wrote this about the poet W.B. Yeats. Her voice told a story, and through her voice, she told it in a way that was different. That's something that I always admired about her.

I've been sick with the flu for the past couple days, but I was devastated to hear the news about Dolores when I logged on to my social media accounts. The Cranberries were a huge part of my adolescence. We were a poor family during the 90's. We didn't have access to MTV or "good" radio stations, but my dad subscribed to a monthly music service called "Rock Video Monthly", where we would get 10 videos a month on a VHS tape sent to us in the mail. When we found something we liked, my Dad would order the band's CD through a company called BMG music. As the oldest child, I would take these CDs and listen to them on repeat in my room over and over and over. The Cranberries were one of those bands. Their music, but especially their lead singer, made a huge impact on me.

RIP, Delores. My thoughts are with your family and friends and I can't even begin to express how much your music has meant to me over the years.

Thanks for checking it out.