{"id":806437,"date":"2020-04-16T08:01:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T14:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=984941"},"modified":"2020-04-16T08:01:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T14:01:36","slug":"johnny-depp-jeff-beck-share-riveting-cover-of-john-lennons-isolation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/johnny-depp-jeff-beck-share-riveting-cover-of-john-lennons-isolation\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Depp, Jeff Beck Share Riveting Cover of John Lennon\u2019s \u2018Isolation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DeppBeck.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/johnny-depp\/\" id=\"auto-tag_johnny-depp\" data-tag=\"johnny-depp\">Johnny Depp<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jeff-beck\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jeff-beck\" data-tag=\"jeff-beck\">Jeff Beck<\/a> shared a heavy take on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/john-lennon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-lennon\" data-tag=\"john-lennon\">John Lennon<\/a>\u2019s \u201cIsolation,\u201d which marks the pair\u2019s debut single as a duo after they spent the past few years working on music together behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The tune finds the pair transforming Lennon\u2019s tidy piano rocker into a moody, bluesy ripper. On guitar, Beck drifts effortlessly, as always, from nimble picking to scorching heroics, while Depp delivers a sturdy vocal performance, bellowing: \u201cThe sun will never disappear\/ But the world may not have many years\/Isolation.\u201d The \u201cIsolation\u201d cover also features two longtime Beck collaborators, Vinnie Colaiuta on drums and Rhonda Smith on bass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Depp and Beck made their live debut last September at Eric Clapton\u2019s Crossroads Guitar Festival in Texas, and have performed their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=johnny+depp+jeff+beck+isolation+live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">rendition of \u201cIsolation\u201d live<\/a> several times since then. This new studio version was also recorded last year, and in a statement, Beck said he and Depp decided to release it early as people continue to self-quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic: \u201cWe weren\u2019t expecting to release it so soon, but given all the hard days and true \u2018isolation\u2019 that people are going through in these challenging times, we decided now might be the right time to let you all hear it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Depp added: \u201d Lennon\u2019s poetry \u2014 \u2018We\u2019re afraid of everyone. Afraid of the Sun!\u2019 \u2014 seemed to Jeff and me especially profound right now, this song about isolation, fear, and existential risks to our world. So we wanted to give it to you, and hope it helps you make sense of the moment or just helps you pass the time as we endure isolation together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Beck and Depp are reportedly prepping more music, although it\u2019s unclear when it will arrive or in what form. \u201cYou\u2019ll be hearing more from Johnny and me in a little while,\u201d Beck said in his statement, \u201cbut until then, we hope you find some comfort and solidarity in our take on this Lennon classic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/johnny-depp-jeff-beck-john-lennon-cover-isolation-984941\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck shared a heavy take on John Lennon\u2019s \u201cIsolation,\u201d which marks the pair\u2019s debut single as a duo after they spent the past few years working on music together behind the scenes. The tune finds the pair transforming Lennon\u2019s tidy piano rocker into a moody, bluesy ripper. On guitar, Beck drifts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-806437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-14 00:37:10","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}