Who Sang it Better?

Joy
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That was a tough choice. Both R weak rapperz, yo.

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  • Massive Attack
  • Aurora
  • Graham James
  • Jose Gonzales

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The covers are interesting, but only the original has the Voice of God (and a harpsichord!).

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damn, it’s hard to replace the original, but i admit i was VERY torn. i love José Gonzalez, and i love the voice on Aurora. i had never heard of Graeme James before, but DAMN his cover is so good. he almost snatched my vote.

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I am so sick of Jose Gonzalez. Everything he does sounds exactly the same.

The OG beat was just a better beat with a touch of funk. The others attacked too hard.

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Elizabeth Fraser always wins.

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188

So as I realized I had 3 covers of this from the era in my library. So I put it to you to decide… though the covers are instrumentals.

The original…

Dieter Zimmerman

King Curtis

CCS with the rock flute… and big band.

  • Led Zeppelin
  • Dieter Zimmerman
  • King Curtis
  • CCS

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Can we vote for all four?

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I would have to redo the poll but I kinda want a pick one.

ETA Also I am going to wonder for a long time why that Zeppelin song?

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I voted Dylan for Highway 61 Revisited, but probably my favorite cover of that song is this version by PJ Harvey (apologies for the timestamped link in the middle of a super long video, but it was the best copy of this song I could find :neutral_face:).

Incidentally, the process of trying to find online the exact version of this this song that I remembered sent me down a bit of a musical rabbit hole revisiting early (and not so early) PJ Harvey albums, which proved to be great fun, so thanks for the prompt. :slight_smile:

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Interesting. I’m not sure that song quite works as a blues waltz, but I am from a pre-PJ Harvey generation, so I’m not really knowledgeable about her and wasn’t aware of this cover. It might be “codgerism” on my part speaking.

As it happens, for that particular post I chose originals and the best-known covers from my generation. I’m personally fond of the Johnny Winter cover - he wasn’t all “Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo”, and I think he has become somewhat underrated.

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I’m feeling a bit perverse…

  • The Carpenters
  • Shonen Knife

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I don’t know about “codgerism”, but PJ Harvey can be a bit of an acquired taste. :grin: And when it comes to Dylan, you’re probably never going to know about all the the covers.

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The Carpenters version is so pretty, all soft and smooth, with no rough edges, but Shonen Knife’s version is definitely for me! I’m tapping my feet and grinning right now!

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I gotta get be the original my vote. I do love some Shonen Knife, but I just feel the Carpenters was the better version betwixt the two.

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The poll seems superfluous, because the alternatives are at best merely interesting (if not sacrilegious)

  • Hendrix
  • Cure
  • Kronos Quartet
  • Tangerine Dream
  • Ozzy
  • Frank Zappa
  • Dion

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Missed Frank Marino, amongst others.



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The ideal would have been Carpenter playing drums for Shonen Knife. (There’s a couple of years of overlap there.) :wink:

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  • Led Zeppelin
  • The Duhks
  • Michael Winslow

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  • Tool
  • Brass Against
  • O’Keefe kids

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This one is… fascinating:

  • Tool
  • Brass Against
  • O’Keefe kids 1
  • O’Keefe kids 2
  • O’Keefe kids 3
  • O’Keefe kids 4
  • O’Keefe kids 5

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