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    Classic Cuts — Top Five versions

    Hey Joe

    1) Love

    2) Jimi Hendrix
    *
    3) Tim Rose
    *
    4) The Byrds
    *
    *
    *
    5) The Leaves

    #2
    I don’t know if I can think of a song that has that many good versions.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View Post
      Hey Joe

      1) Love

      2) Jimi Hendrix
      *
      3) Tim Rose
      *
      4) The Byrds
      *
      *
      *
      5) The Leaves
      6) The Make-Up



      7) Music Machine



      8) Nick Cave




      Now I'll think about some other songs where there are at least 5 good versions. I'm sure there are some Dylan songs that fit this bill for sure and maybe Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark."
      Last edited by danielmak; 16-08-2021, 04:38.

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        #4
        There are (apparently) 166 recorded versions of Hey Joe so there's bound to be more than five decent ones I guess.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View Post
          I don’t know if I can think of a song that has that many good versions.
          I can't think of many songs of which I know five versions period.

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            #6
            In honour of Jimmy Webb, who celebrated his 75th birthday yesterday

            By The Time I Get To Phoenix:

            1. Isaac Hayes (1969, "I'm gonna moan now!")
            2. Al Wilson (1968)
            3. The Four Tops (1968)
            4. Thelma Houston (2007)
            5. Glen Campbell (1967)

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              #7
              Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View Post
              There are (apparently) 166 recorded versions of Hey Joe so there's bound to be more than five decent ones I guess.
              Yeah, for me, I'd go with the 3 I listed as some of the best. The Make-Up version I like a lot because the version sounds so different and there is some slight shifts in the lyrics, which I find interesting.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Sporting View Post

                I can't think of many songs of which I know five versions period.
                They don't have to be good I guess, just memorable in some way. I was going to post a five of Stoney End, I know three really good versions one that's meh, and one that misses the point totally. That would work I think.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Amor de Cosmos View Post
                  Hey Joe

                  1) Love

                  2) Jimi Hendrix
                  *
                  3) Tim Rose
                  *
                  4) The Byrds
                  *
                  *
                  *
                  5) The Leaves
                  Deep Purple - 1968 - the band jams for 2:30 before they get to the vocals.

                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toLfkTM28Wo

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                    #10
                    To Love Somebody

                    1 - Nina Simone
                    2 - Eric Burdon and the Animals
                    3 - James Carr
                    4 - The Blues Busters
                    5 - Flying Burrito Brothers

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                      #11
                      Goin' Back

                      1 - Dusty Springfield
                      2 - The Byrds
                      3 - Nils Lofgren
                      4 - Marianne Faithful
                      5 - Paul McGrath (Up the Villa!)

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                        #12
                        Ooo! Good call. I'd have included Carole King's version myself, but it's a tough one to screw up.
                        Last edited by Amor de Cosmos; 17-08-2021, 00:27.

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                          #13
                          River Man

                          1. Nick Drake's original version remains the best of course.
                          2. Brad Mehldau Trio
                          3. Mike Gibbs/Norma Winstone/NDR Bigband
                          4. Andy Bey
                          5. Lizz Wright

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                            #14
                            Google suggests that there are over 2000 versions of Summertime, and my commitment to this thread does not involve me having listened to all of them to provide a definitive top 5,
                            1. Billie Holliday
                            2. Sam Cooke
                            3. Big Brother and the Holding Company
                            4. Bobby Womack and the Roots
                            5. Fun Boy Three
                            (highly commended: Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong)

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                              #15
                              Walk On By:

                              1. Isaac Hayes (1969)
                              2. Dionne Warwick (1964)
                              3. The Stranglers (1978, the instrumental part of it anyway)
                              4. Rhetta Hughes (1969)
                              5. Robin McKelle & The FlyTones (2013)

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                                #16
                                Ain't No Sunshine
                                1. Bill Withers
                                2. Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Des'ree
                                3. Horace Andy
                                4. Isaac Hayes
                                5. The Triffids

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                                  #17
                                  Like A Rolling Stone

                                  1 - Bob Dylan
                                  2 - Rotary Connection
                                  3 - Jimi Hendrix
                                  4- Spirit
                                  5 - Mick Ronson

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                                    #18
                                    This one is on the brain since I posted the Animals version in the ear worm thread a couple weeks back:

                                    Dylan original



                                    Animals (my favorite version)



                                    Them



                                    Going with this Echo and the Bunnymen live version because it's from a time when the band was really good. The studio version is too recent.



                                    Portastatic (Mac from Superchunk's solo project)

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                                      #19
                                      Train Kept A Rollin'

                                      1. Tiny Bradshaw
                                      2. The Rock and Roll Trio
                                      3. Yardbirds
                                      4. Aerosmith
                                      5. Motörhead


                                      Who Do You Love? (five versions that I own, millions more out there...)

                                      1. Bo Diddley
                                      2. The Preachers
                                      3. The Misunderstood
                                      4. UFO
                                      5. George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers

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                                        #20
                                        Who Do You Love?
                                        The Misunderstood is a great choice, I'd also suggest The Doors. In a similar vein:

                                        Baby Please Don't Go

                                        Big Joe Williams
                                        Lightnin' Hopkins
                                        Bob Dylan
                                        Them
                                        The Amboy Dukes

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                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by loosehandlebars View Post
                                          Like A Rolling Stone

                                          1 - Bob Dylan
                                          2 - Rotary Connection
                                          3 - Jimi Hendrix
                                          4- Spirit
                                          5 - Mick Ronson
                                          I'd have Maxine Weldon's and Major Harris' versions in there somewhere. If you can't get enough of "Like A Rolling Stone" covers, try this.

                                          And more song swarms.

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