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Oct 2nd 2009, 5:40 pm

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Morecambe Mindy

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Re: I can't wait...

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Originally Posted by The Dean

I like the way that some singers/groups sometimes reinterpret a song completely, and hate it with a passion when they merely sing it exactly the same way as the original. Thus:

Madonna's version of American Pie - bad (very!)
Wilson Pickett's version of Hey Jude - breathtakingly good (don't scoff - listen to it - it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up).

You've got to admit this is a bloody good cover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=209ArurxVG4

However, this one, booooooooooooooooooooo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN05HObT6Sw

Oct 2nd 2009, 5:53 pm

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Eva

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Re: I can't wait...

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Originally Posted by MacScot

Mick Jagger said her version of Wild Horses was better than the Stones' original !

Is he back on the drugs????

Oct 2nd 2009, 7:31 pm

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The Dean

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Re: I can't wait...

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Originally Posted by Morecambe Mindy

You've got to admit this is a bloody good cover:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=209ArurxVG4

However, this one, booooooooooooooooooooo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN05HObT6Sw

Of course Rocket Man can only be sung by one man - Elton John himself.......

.... not either of these two - it's not meant to be a 'talkie' and it's not meant to be turned into a reggae ditty by a woman............. good grief......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hARDXYz2io

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8v2RNLHr0