Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
A Punjabi-language version of the Beatles song that closes the album.
Cornershop, from When I Was Born for the 7th Time (1997)
- Written by
- Lennon-McCartney
- Released
- 1997
- Album
- When I Was Born for the 7th Time
The album closes with a 2:28 cover of the Beatles' Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), credited to Lennon and McCartney and adapted by Singh, who sings it in Punjabi. Greg Neate called it an otherwise faithful cover, with Singh returning to his mother tongue.
Christgau wrote that Singh reclaims the song for the land of the sitar. Trouser Press said the Punjabi version put an even greater Eastern slant on the song that originated Indian and western crossover music. Pitchfork's Mitchum, writing in 2002, called it a gimmicky Punjabi reclamation.
More songs by Cornershop
Brimful of Asha, Sleep on the Left Side, Good Shit, Candyman, Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III
Sources
- Cornershop, When I Was Born for the 7th Time: a personal review by Greg Neate, cornershop.com (2018-07)
- Consumer Guide: Cornershop, Robert Christgau
- Cornershop entry, Trouser Press