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Cover Story: Jeff Buckley, Lana Del Rey, and Being “The Other Woman” — afterglow

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Could any artist ever top Nina Simone’s heartbreaking cover of “The Other Woman?” Probably not, but Jeff Buckley and Lana Del Rey offer sensationally different covers from the perspective of “The Other Woman.” Written by Sydney Meier Photos courtesy of Polydor/Interscope and Columbia Records There is one aspect of “The Other Woman” that remains the same throughout all of the versions: the lyrics. It follows a mistress along her emotional journey of what it means to be the other woman as she reminisces in the third person. At the beginning of the song, the audience witnesses a third-person perspective of preconceived notions about existence as a side-piece. The mistress is characterized as a woman who “finds time to manicure her nails” who has “fresh cut flowers in each room,” whereas the wife and mother of his children has “toys scattered everywhere” and is seen “with pin curls in her hair.” His mistress allows for an escape from his everyday life but through the middle and end of the

Cover Story: Jeff Buckley, Lana Del Rey, and Being “The Other Woman” Could any artist ever top Nina Simone’s heartbreaking cover of “The Other Woman?” Probably not, but Jeff Buckley and Lana Del Rey offer sensationally different covers from the perspective of “The Other Woman.” Written by Sydney Meier Photos courtesy of Polydor/Interscope and Columbia Records There is one aspect of “The Other Woman” that remains the same throughout all of the versions: the lyrics. It follows a mistress along her emotional journey of what it means to be the other woman as she reminisces in the third person. At

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