yesterday's post was about "the green manalishi" by fleetwood mac. it's an eerie, bluesy rock song that hovers around you and haunts you at night. peter green tapped into magic when he wrote it. it's the kind of song that's impossible to imitate, no matter how hard you try.
so naturally, judas priest covered it and turned it into something completely different.
their cover of "the green manalishi" is a full-blooded heavy metal song. the haunting spirit has been replaced with suave vocals and rolling, crunching chords. the new version of the coda turns the wordless howling into a focused, piercingly high melody. the entire song is transformed from a solitary experience to a stadium anthem. it's amazing how they so utterly changed it while keeping it recognisably the same.
and somehow, they didn't include it on the album. the original uk release didn't have it. they only added it when they released the album in the us. fortunately, they've included it on every version since.
