One of my favorite covers that makes even more sense than you'd think: Byrne stole moves from the Staples' world and then they stole some back:
Byrne's Gumby-like dance moves for Stop Making Sense had been in part inspired by the way worshippers in Southern sanctified churches responded when filled with the Holy Spirit, their bodies writhing and undulating while speaking in tongues. "David's inspiration was seeing people in church, and that's what I connected with," Mavis Staples says. "My head went off into the Bible."
I played The Staples doing the song on Soul Train for my six-year-old and he jumped up and shouted, "I GOTTA DANCE!"
The only appropriate reaction.
(Via Austin Kleon)
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