The Briefing Room

General Category => General Discussion => Music Threads => Topic started by: corbe on June 04, 2021, 12:47:41 pm

Title: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: corbe on June 04, 2021, 12:47:41 pm
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
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: libertybele on June 04, 2021, 01:21:07 pm
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.
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: Gefn on June 04, 2021, 01:23:34 pm
@corbe
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: Hoodat on June 04, 2021, 01:25:27 pm
And then there's option 3

  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIe3_bGHWcc)
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: Hoodat on June 04, 2021, 01:27:22 pm
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?
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: HoustonSam on June 04, 2021, 01:35:08 pm
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".
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: MOD7 on June 04, 2021, 01:38:08 pm
I tried to repost the song @Hoodat  Apparently, Hoyt Axton does not want his songs on Conservative websites.  9999hair out0000
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: roamer_1 on June 04, 2021, 01:54:04 pm
Quote from: HoustonSam on June 04, 2021, 01:35:08 pm
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.

 
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: corbe on June 04, 2021, 01:56:25 pm
   Added the requested options, you're suppose to be able to change your votes (though I never figured that out).  The checkbox is checked.
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: corbe on June 04, 2021, 02:02:32 pm
Quote from: roamer_1 on June 04, 2021, 01:54:04 pm
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.
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: skeeter on June 04, 2021, 02:10:45 pm
Quote from: roamer_1 on June 04, 2021, 01:54:04 pm
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.
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: roamer_1 on June 04, 2021, 02:12:40 pm
Quote from: corbe on June 04, 2021, 02:02:32 pm

   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
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: corbe on June 04, 2021, 02:15:18 pm
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)
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: roamer_1 on June 04, 2021, 02:16:38 pm
Quote from: skeeter on June 04, 2021, 02:10:45 pm
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.
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: corbe on June 04, 2021, 02:19:39 pm
Quote from: roamer_1 on June 04, 2021, 02:12:40 pm
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.
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: roamer_1 on June 04, 2021, 02:22:20 pm
Quote from: corbe on June 04, 2021, 02:19:39 pm
   Never heard that version @roamer_1 pretty damn good, still sticking with Jeff though, as you suggested YMMV.

 :beer: :seeya:

Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: corbe on June 04, 2021, 02:27:00 pm
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?
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: roamer_1 on June 04, 2021, 02:30:05 pm
Quote from: corbe on June 04, 2021, 02:27:00 pm
I thought Kris Kristofferson wrote it?

IIRC, Yes he did, @corbe
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: skeeter on June 04, 2021, 02:30:20 pm
Quote from: corbe on June 04, 2021, 02:27:00 pm
   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.
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: corbe on June 04, 2021, 02:33:18 pm
(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)
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: corbe on June 04, 2021, 02:36:22 pm
Quote from: skeeter on June 04, 2021, 02:30:20 pm
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
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: HoustonSam on June 04, 2021, 02:59:56 pm
Quote from: roamer_1 on June 04, 2021, 01:54:04 pm
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.
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: Lando Lincoln on June 04, 2021, 03:21:07 pm
Quote from: roamer_1 on June 04, 2021, 01:54:04 pm

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
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: corbe on June 04, 2021, 03:24:41 pm
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)
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: Lando Lincoln on June 04, 2021, 03:29:40 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFrU2UMyVHo
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: corbe on June 04, 2021, 03:39:13 pm
   That kicked my azz @Lando Lincoln   Thanks
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: mystery-ak on June 04, 2021, 03:53:37 pm
I love this...I can't even listen to S&G anymore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk7RVw3I8eg
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: libertybele on June 04, 2021, 03:56:37 pm
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





Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: libertybele on June 04, 2021, 03:57:38 pm
Quote from: mystery-ak on June 04, 2021, 03:53:37 pm
I love this...I can't even listen to S&G anymore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk7RVw3I8eg

 888high58888  A 100x better!
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: roamer_1 on June 04, 2021, 08:14:11 pm
Quote from: mystery-ak on June 04, 2021, 03:53:37 pm
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.
Title: Re: Who did it better ~ Three Dog Night or Waylon Jennings
Post by: Hoodat on June 06, 2021, 06:08:43 pm
Quote from: corbe on June 04, 2021, 02:33:18 pm
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)