Who Sang it Better?

Joy
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Huh. I didn’t know that was originally a Stevie Wonder song.

Much as I love Weird Al, I have to say that Stevie did it best.

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103

… and possibly add Marianne Faithfull. Maybe for Alabama Song, add Nina Hagen (lots of versions there, from High Camp to fairly serious).

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104

I always prefer the high camp versions of Alabama Song

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105

Then Nina is your lady. No one is as OTT, and no one pulls it off as well as she does.

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106

TIL: thank you!!!

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107
  • Ruth Ungar
  • Jacques Brel

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  • Otis Redding
  • Aretha Franklin

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#sockitomesockitomesockitomesockitomesockitome

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  • Kylie Minogue
  • Blixa Bargeld

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110

Wow, that’s hauntingly beautiful. Not at all what I expected when I saw the name Kylie Minogue.

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111
  • Sublime
  • Lana Del Ray

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112


  • The Rolling Stones
  • Irma Thomas
  • Kai Winding

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113

Your Stones version seems to be missing something (like Jagger, maybe?)…

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114
  • Devo
  • Tony Basil
  • Lene Lovich
  • None of the above. What are you trying to subject us to?

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115

I always vote for Lene Lovich if she’s an option, but Toni Basil was awesome there.

Question: what’s the name of that Lene Lovich song where the refrain is “do you have [something] in Ohio?”

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116
  • Sabbath
  • Ministry

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117

That guy with the guitar and spiked hair in the Toni Basil video also appeared in the Devo “Satisfaction” video.

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118

I had not noticed that before. I know Toni recorded that when she and Gerry were dating, so friend of a friend perhaps?

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119

I did not know that. Interesting.

And I wonder who that guy is. I had no idea he appeared in anything else. One of those underground tallents.

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120

(Ministry side project with reznor… same one… weird)

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121

i’ve always loved this version.

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