The track heavily samples a cover of "Summertime" by jazz flautist Herbie Mann, a live bossa nova version from his album Herbie Mann at the Village Gate. The Irie - Do for love (Cover) 420 Reggae 360 Livestream Music Festival - Duration: 4:07. "Doin' Time" was originally in the lyrics but was replaced by "Summertime" at the last minute. Today is the time to make your case for the best ever cover of that all-time classic: "Summertime." Lana Del Rey's cover of Sublime's "Doin' Time" is the sultry, smooth bop we need to close out this summer. Lana Del Rey has released a cover of '90s party band Sublime and their track 'Doin' Time', which is itself an interpolation of the George Gershwin-penned jazz standard 'Summertime'. Earlier today, Del Rey revealed that she's gearing up to release her own dreamy cover of the band's seminal ska punk classic, "(Doin' Time)." Loading... Unsubscribe from The Irie? Goodbye "Summertime Sadness," hello "Summertime and the living's easy." Lana Del Rey's video for her cover of Sublime's 'Doin' Time' is larger than life. As FADER points out, the future release calendar on All Access shows that the cover is expected to hit radio on May 20.
Listen to ‘Doin’ Time’ below. This is the final song on Sublime's third album, and it was their commercial breakthrough.
Lana Del Rey has released a cover of '90s party band Sublime and their track 'Doin' Time', which is itself an interpolation of the George Gershwin-penned jazz standard 'Summertime'. Lana Del Rey's ready to represent the LBC seeing as she just posted a teaser for a forthcoming Sublime cover. The Irie - Summertime (SUBLIME COVER) The Irie.
Listen to Lana Del Rey's "Doin' Time" cover below. Like the snippet showed, the songstress kept the 1996 hit's laid back ethos in tact, singing the lyrics in her iconic, hypnotizing drawl. She captioned the post "Coming Soon" and tagged the band. "And Bradley's on the microphone with ras m.g." Today is the time to make your case for the best ever cover of that all-time classic: "Summertime." It became a hit shortly after Sublime lead singer Brad Nowell died of a drug overdose. The Irie - Do for love (Cover) 420 Reggae 360 Livestream Music Festival - Duration: 4:07. Lana Del Rey may not be the first name that pops into your mind when you think of Sublime, but apparently the New Yorker is a fan.On Tuesday (May 7), the singer shared a snippet of her covering the SoCal reggae-rockers' 1996 hit, "Doin' Time." The band originally recorded the song with the lyrics "doin' time and the livin's easy".
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The documentary was directed by Oscar-winner Bill Guttentag and premiered at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival in April. "Summertime and the living's easy," she sings patiently.
On Tuesday (May 7), Lana Del Rey gave fans a sneak peek of her covering Sublime's 1997 single "Doin' Time," which interpolates the George Gershwin classic "Summertime." The cover was produced by Andrew Watt, and will feature in the upcoming documentary Sublime that outlines the history of the iconic California band. Yeah, you read that right.
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This version of "Summertime" comes off of his tribute album to Gershwin, ... Sublime's "Doin' Time" isn't exactly a cover of Gershwin's song, but it comes pretty damn close. Del Rey's cover of the Sublime classic came with a music video that paid homage to another pop culture classic. Earlier this month Lana Del Rey teased her cover of Sublime's "Doin' Time," and on Friday (May 17) she shared it with the world. Although the late Bradley Nowell only uses the "Summertime" melody … "Doin' Time" is a loose cover of "Summertime" by George Gershwin, composed for the opera Porgy and Bess. Sublime's "Doin' Time" isn't exactly a cover of Gershwin's song, but it comes pretty damn close.
The Irie - Summertime (SUBLIME COVER) The Irie. The clips shows Lana sing the song's opening verse at a hypnotizing pace, with a film reel filter on the video. Lana Del Rey's video for her cover of Sublime's 'Doin' Time' is larger than life.
Though Sublime fell on hard times after Nowell's passing, they're still making music with Rome and are gearing up to release a new album , Blessings , on May 27.
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