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Watch Bon Iver Play “I Can’t Make You Love Me”/”Nick Of Time” In Studio

Scott — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:50:06 +0000

You saw Bon Iver debut this cover on Fallon last month and then heard a studio recording as the b-side to “Calgary” last week. Now here’s a live take of Justin Vernon alone with his hat and piano performing the Bonnie Raitt classic(s). Budding Bruce Hornsbys will be pleased with all the close-ups of his fingers.

Bon Iver – “I Can’t Make You Love Me / Nick Of Time” (Studio Version)

Scott — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:41:24 +0000

Justin Vernon threw viewers a curveball on Fallon last month by performing a cover of “I Can’t Make You Love Me.” The Bonnie Raitt cover (originally written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin) does not appear on the geographically inspired album of the year contender Bon Iver, Bon Iver, but is the b-side to its lush first single “Calgary” and bonus track on iTunes pre-orders. Like on Late Night, Vernon’s stripped studio take on the AC classic pairs the singer with a pianist playing the accompaniment Bruce Hornsby made famous. The ending incorporates the chorus of Raitt’s earlier hit “Nick Of Time.” Take a listen:

Bon Iver Debuts “I Can’t Make You Love Me” Cover On Fallon

brandon — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:58:04 +0000

Instead of performing “Calgary” on Jimmy Fallon last night, Bon Iver offered a modified version of that Bon Iver single’s B-Side, the remake of Bonnie Raitt’s 1991 smash “I Can’t Make You Love Me” complete with a taste of 1989 via a “Nick Of Time” coda. Switching things up a bit for Late Night, he started it off with a swatch of Donny Hathaway’s “A Song For You.” As the above photo suggests, it was pretty smooth:

Annie Lennox Gets Every Breathing Pop Female Vocalist To “Sing”

Stereogum — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:01:07 +0000

Maybe we’re posting this new Lennox song “Sing” ’cause the Eurhythmics hold a sweet and nostaltic spot in our hearts … or maybe it’s because — despite the routine, FM-friendly/Glenn Ballard balladry of “Dark Road” — Annie has her moments on Songs Of Mass Destruction. Of course it’s neither of those; all you gotta do is look down a few inches. That’s tag field population on par with Feist at Letterman! Just, nowhere near that degree of awesome. But still, helluva pull, Annie.