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General Category => General Discussion => Music Threads => Topic started by: corbe on June 04, 2021, 12:47:41 pm
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Never Been To Spain - Three Dog Night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1uSxhFcJn4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1uSxhFcJn4)
Never Been to Spain - Waylon Jennings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ6Gp_WybNM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ6Gp_WybNM)
* Give me a break it's early in Texas
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I like Waylon better than Three Dog Night but in this case Three Dog Night did a better job. As for the song...... it's not my fave.
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@corbe
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And then there's option 3
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIe3_bGHWcc)
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And also the original
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKP3S-r2ZVc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKP3S-r2ZVc)
Hence the need for a weed option. What gives, @corbe?
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No disrespect toward Wailin' Waylon, but the Dog version of this Hoyt Axton number has long been one of my personal favorites. I stack it in playlists next to Steppenwolf's cover of Axton's "Snowblind Friend".
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I tried to repost the song @Hoodat Apparently, Hoyt Axton does not want his songs on Conservative websites. 9999hair out0000
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No disrespect toward Wailin' Waylon, but the Dog version of this Hoyt Axton number has long been one of my personal favorites. I stack it in playlists next to Steppenwolf's cover of Axton's "Snowblind Friend".
I am dyed in the wool Outlaw Country... And I have everything that Waylon ever did, And can play every song by memory...
Three Dog Night. Only.
But then, 3DN is expected, and I am no fan of covers - Only a rare few I will admit did the song better than the group that made a song famous...
Whitney Houston OWNS 'I Will Always Love You'. Sorry Dolly.
Johnny Cash Owns 'Hurt'... turned 9"N's whiny self absorbed teenage grunge song into a stunning and poignant statement of a dying old man...
And yes, I am sorry Simon and Garfunkel, but 'Sound of Silence'... Disturbed kicked your a$$ - And that is the hardest one for me to admit. Nobody covers Simon and Garfunkel.
Oh, and Leonard Cohen... It pains me... But Pentatonix, after all the many many covers, Pentatonix did 'Hallelujah' best of all.
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Added the requested options, you're suppose to be able to change your votes (though I never figured that out). The checkbox is checked.
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I am dyed in the wool Outlaw Country... And I have everything that Waylon ever did, And can play every song by memory...
Three Dog Night. Only.
But then, 3DN is expected, and I am no fan of covers - Only a rare few I will admit did the song better than the group that made a song famous...
Whitney Houston OWNS 'I Will Always Love You'. Sorry Dolly.
Johnny Cash Owns 'Hurt'... turned 9"N's whiny self absorbed teenage grunge song into a stunning and poignant statement of a dying old man...
And yes, I am sorry Simon and Garfunkel, but 'Sound of Silence'... Disturbed kicked your a$$ - And that is the hardest one for me to admit. Nobody covers Simon and Garfunkel.
Oh, and Leonard Cohen... It pains me... But Pentatonix, after all the many many covers, Pentatonix did 'Hallelujah' best of all.
I agree with everything you said @roamer_1 EXCEPT Jeff Buckley did the best version of Hallelujah, IMHO
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIw0ewEsNHs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIw0ewEsNHs)
Another Cohen Classic.
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I am dyed in the wool Outlaw Country... And I have everything that Waylon ever did, And can play every song by memory...
Three Dog Night. Only.
But then, 3DN is expected, and I am no fan of covers - Only a rare few I will admit did the song better than the group that made a song famous...
Whitney Houston OWNS 'I Will Always Love You'. Sorry Dolly.
Johnny Cash Owns 'Hurt'... turned 9"N's whiny self absorbed teenage grunge song into a stunning and poignant statement of a dying old man...
And yes, I am sorry Simon and Garfunkel, but 'Sound of Silence'... Disturbed kicked your a$$ - And that is the hardest one for me to admit. Nobody covers Simon and Garfunkel.
Oh, and Leonard Cohen... It pains me... But Pentatonix, after all the many many covers, Pentatonix did 'Hallelujah' best of all.
I'll add one more - Janis Joplin over Roger Miller doing Me & Bobby McGee.
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I agree with everything you said @roamer_1 EXCEPT Jeff Buckley did the best version of Hallelujah, IMHO
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (Official Video)
Of Course YMMV @corbe even if you're wrong :laugh: Buckley did fine and all, but what sets it apart from a thousand others?
Nope. Pentatonix, for sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRP8d7hhpoQ
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe (Official Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXwMrBb2x1Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXwMrBb2x1Q)
Otis Taylor Band: Hey Joe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ghxckWVzkI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ghxckWVzkI)
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I'll add one more - Janis Joplin over Roger Miller doing Me & Bobby McGee.
YEP. But I like Kris Kristofferson (It's his song) better than Roger too - And I am a Roger Miller fan.
But yeah- It's Joplin's song.
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Of Course YMMV @corbe even if you're wrong :laugh: Buckley did fine and all, but what sets it apart from a thousand others?
Nope. Pentatonix, for sure.
Never heard that version @roamer_1 pretty damn good, still sticking with Jeff though, as you suggested YMMV.
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Never heard that version @roamer_1 pretty damn good, still sticking with Jeff though, as you suggested YMMV.
:beer: :seeya:
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Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby McGee (Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cg-j0X09Ag (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cg-j0X09Ag)
Roger Miller ~ Me And Bobby McGee
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwU89X4k6bM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwU89X4k6bM)
Janis on this one (@Emjay beat her up in High School) I thought Kris Kristofferson wrote it?
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I thought Kris Kristofferson wrote it?
IIRC, Yes he did, @corbe
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Janis on this one (@Emjay beat her up in High School) I thought Kris Kristofferson wrote it?
Kristofferson wrote it & recorded a version - after Janis's.
I wish @Emjay still hung out here. I wanna know how that went down.
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(https://www.norwegiancreations.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/and-now-for-something-completely-different.jpg)
Bonnie Raitt-Angel from Montgomery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toJ3ZYWRh24 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toJ3ZYWRh24)
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Kristofferson wrote it & recorded a version - after Janis's.
I wish @Emjay still hung out here. I wanna know how that went down.
She just got tired of some of the 'Nevers' here (most since gone), then became angry and decided, rightly, to find peace somewhere else.
I miss her too @skeeter
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Only a rare few I will admit did the song better than the group that made a song famous...
I prefer the Kentucky Headhunters' cover of "Spirit in the Sky" to Norman Greenbaum's original.
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And yes, I am sorry Simon and Garfunkel, but 'Sound of Silence'... Disturbed kicked your a$$ - And that is the hardest one for me to admit. Nobody covers Simon and Garfunkel.
This may be an acquired taste but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHxPPwNySzw
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Jimi Hendrix waterfall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3etpQ4vpYk&t=21s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3etpQ4vpYk&t=21s)
Or a Brit's Version:
Michael Kiwanuka - Waterfall - Jimi Hendrix - cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Uft7KFz_o&list=RDGMEM3vRVvLY6rn_98uxOr5tY5A&start_radio=1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Uft7KFz_o&list=RDGMEM3vRVvLY6rn_98uxOr5tY5A&start_radio=1)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFrU2UMyVHo
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That kicked my azz @Lando Lincoln Thanks
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I love this...I can't even listen to S&G anymore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk7RVw3I8eg
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Disturbed is absolutely the best cover of "Sounds of Silence" hands down ... Draiman even received an invitation to a party from Simon and they met and sat down and talked, Simon thought his cover was amazing and presented it on his social media!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntNfwoKD0XA
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I love this...I can't even listen to S&G anymore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk7RVw3I8eg
888high58888 A 100x better!
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I love this...I can't even listen to S&G anymore
Fact. He has such a marvelous, trained, clear voice... It's really stunning in that range and clarity. The metal edge is really almost an afterthought...
But the operatic, almost cinematic means by which he moves from an intimacy in telling the story, to a disbelief, an urgency crying out, pleading, almost grieving... and no one listening, to finally that metal edge expressing hard anger at the foolishness of it all... The performance of the song is utterly magnificent, and so utterly different - and in this case, BETTER - So much better a fit that the melodious harmonies delivered by S and G. It is absolutely STUNNING.
The composition lends itself too - Very intimate, almost acapella with a light distant guitar to begin, with a beautiful swell in the music reaching crescendo, finally for but a moment in his anger....
That song - Paul Simon's mastery of his craft is unmistakable. But Disturbed's delivery shook the ground - Truly a masterpiece.
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And now for something completely different.
Try this one. "You're Gonna Get What's Coming"
Bonnie Raitt
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTIZbKhl3_w)
Robert Palmer
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0p-UM9k7iQ)