{"id":129376,"date":"2023-08-30T21:26:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T21:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=129376"},"modified":"2023-08-30T21:26:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T21:26:16","slug":"al-green-shares-cover-of-lou-reeds-perfect-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/al-green-shares-cover-of-lou-reeds-perfect-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Green Shares Cover Of Lou Reed&#39;s &#39;Perfect Day&#39;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <b>Al Green<\/b> recently released a cover of <b>Lou Reed<\/b>&#8216;s 1972 classic &#8220;Perfect Day,&#8221; his first new single in five years.  The song is out digitally on Fat Possum Records. <\/p>\n<p>Green reunited with members of the Hi Rhythm Section at Memphis&#8217; Sam Phillips Recording studio in February to record the &#8220;Perfect Day&#8221; cover.<\/p>\n<p>The new version features background vocals from U.K. alt-R&#038;B artist <b>RAYE<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I loved Lou&#8217;s original &#8216;Perfect Day,'&#8221; Green said in a statement. &#8220;The song immediately puts you in a good mood. We wanted to preserve that spirit, while adding our own sauce and style.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Perfect Day&#8221; was originally produced by <b>David Bowie<\/b> and <b>Mick Ronson<\/b>.  The song featured on the album <I>Transformer<\/I>.<\/p>\n<p>Green&#8217;s previous release was his cover version of <b>Freddy Fender<\/b>&#8216;s &#8220;Before the Next Teardrop Falls&#8221; in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo: Todd Nakamine) <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s5NT_079_X0?si=Iw-BMmC0rDQrDVgy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rttnews.com\/3387159\/al-green-shares-cover-of-lou-reed-s-perfect-day.aspx?type=ent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Green recently released a cover of Lou Reed&#8216;s 1972 classic &#8220;Perfect Day,&#8221; his first new single in five years.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Al Green Shares Cover Of Lou Reed&#039;s &#039;Perfect Day&#039; 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