The search for "Valerie" took me on an associative journey from performance to performance:
Son of a Preacher Man (Joss Stone) - originally Dusty Springfield. Wow. The girl generated enough raw energy doing this song to light up London. It sounded oddly misdirected to me though - she screams her heart out on the words "son of a preacher man!" as though she is screaming for the dying children in Africa, or the hopelessness of the human condition, at the very least.
Joss Stone and Melissa Etheridge singing a tribute to Janis Joplin - Joss's performance is skillful but flat and soulless here to my taste, but Melissa ROCKS. I admit I clicked on the video because of the image of her bald head.
Bruce Springsteen and Melissa Etheridge, Thunder Road. It looks like an indoor performance but I can smell the grass and dusty night air.
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