Three versions of the same song... yes, this one is a favorite: HOAGY CARMICHAEL's "Stardust".
WILLIE NELSON
http://youtu.be/Hf5UvKjCDUU (http://youtu.be/Hf5UvKjCDUU)
NAT KING COLE
http://youtu.be/DjU6ZjrQulc (http://youtu.be/DjU6ZjrQulc)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG who recorded "Stardust" at least a few times, I think each version is worth listening to so I treat all to... uhm... three...:
http://youtu.be/x-1f25Lg2FI (http://youtu.be/x-1f25Lg2FI)
http://youtu.be/WIE6U6Lrtrc (http://youtu.be/WIE6U6Lrtrc)
http://youtu.be/QLdvP2_OBJs (http://youtu.be/QLdvP2_OBJs)
How about "Der Kommissar"?
The 'lude-enhanced version by Dale Bozzio:
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiQhCsPT8Fk#)
The version most people remember by After the Fire:
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfFDTPPlaM#)
Then there was the funkiest and the original by Falco:
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w4Xulsjo5I#)
And, as a bonus, a reworking of the tune by Laura Branigan:
! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=823aeo0WU_k#)
That was cool.
"Search and Destroy"
THE STOOGES
http://youtu.be/LC9km8qnbOY (http://youtu.be/LC9km8qnbOY)
THE DICTATORS
http://youtu.be/xuKd65C6jvU (http://youtu.be/xuKd65C6jvU)
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
http://youtu.be/VW0sueFgcCk (http://youtu.be/VW0sueFgcCk)
Bonus: THE STOOGES Live! :teddyr:
http://youtu.be/A2yHqJCkpLU (http://youtu.be/A2yHqJCkpLU)
"Miserlou"
MANOLIS ANGELOPOULOS
http://youtu.be/9BZ4mobFCgo (http://youtu.be/9BZ4mobFCgo)
KORLA PANDIT
http://youtu.be/G9ytSC8rz84 (http://youtu.be/G9ytSC8rz84)
DICK DALE & THE DELTONES Also known as HIS...
http://youtu.be/ZIU0RMV_II8 (http://youtu.be/ZIU0RMV_II8)
Tom Waits "Downtown Train"
Some 80s band covered it.
Rod Stewart's version (Yuck)
http://youtu.be/pD2TcO1xXpY (http://youtu.be/pD2TcO1xXpY)
http://youtu.be/khHm8aLiGIw (http://youtu.be/khHm8aLiGIw)
http://youtu.be/5A-4VGfx5lU (http://youtu.be/5A-4VGfx5lU)
That famous recording has been over played, but the old video makes it fun again. THE ANIMALS were cool. I thought JOAN had it for a moment. Nope. THE ANIMALS.
Quote from: Allhallowsday on February 24, 2017, 07:48:53 PM
That famous recording has been over played, but the old video makes it fun again. THE ANIMALS were cool. I thought JOAN had it for a moment. Nope. THE ANIMALS.
The Animals version is the best, impressive to nail a song definitively after it had been out for decades and covered by hundreds of top blues artists.
Fun game, here's another:
http://youtu.be/cyIJ2vMIuDg (http://youtu.be/cyIJ2vMIuDg)
http://youtu.be/sJ__tlJhz1A (http://youtu.be/sJ__tlJhz1A)
http://youtu.be/XXzQCyHStpM (http://youtu.be/XXzQCyHStpM)
Coming back...
I read that
"When Sunny Gets Blue" is a song recorded many times and was hot in its era.
JUNE CHRISTY http://youtu.be/BmyRv7ac7I0 (http://youtu.be/BmyRv7ac7I0)
SARAH VAUGHAN http://youtu.be/sV6RiCczkZ4 (http://youtu.be/sV6RiCczkZ4)
And of course, the grandaddy of 'em all,
JOHNNY MATHIS http://youtu.be/zev27OfGImI[/url ]
(http://youtu.be/zev27OfGImI)
Quote from: Rev. Powell on February 24, 2017, 08:05:59 PM
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Fun game, here's another:
[url=http://youtu.be/cyIJ2vMIuDg]http://youtu.be/cyIJ2vMIuDg[/url]
[url=http://youtu.be/sJ__tlJhz1A]http://youtu.be/sJ__tlJhz1A[/url]
[url=http://youtu.be/XXzQCyHStpM]http://youtu.be/XXzQCyHStpM[/url]
I'm always ready for
ELVIS. That
ARTHUR LYMAN sounds like
"Quiet Village" interpolated there...