Great idea, McGeorge.
Here's the original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA7qnx1osVE
And the (vastly superior) cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV32Ucgvwn4
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That's a revelation, ExpandingMan. Sabs rule, though I actually rather like the Ansley Dunbar version too (which I'd never heard).
Totally loving this thread McG and ExM.
Not exactly a huge difference 'tween these first two versions,
but a great tune (from the soundtrack of a very poor Dean Martin movie of the same name),
Burt Bacharach - Something Big
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-VqYUiuZSA&list=FLHP--0hDGIUjx9d8h9JVrZA&index=1
Jim O'Rourke - Something Big
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TVVQvk5KbM&list=FLHP--0hDGIUjx9d8h9JVrZA&index=2
and then there's this ...
Mark Lindsay - Something Big (Stereo Single Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuub1eVpKfY
John Kongos - Step On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wTxjJrn2g4
The Happy Mondays - Step On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M0xdLO_bmo
^
Syd Barrett - Vegetable Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr4-Nk4YApw
The Jesus & the Mary Chain - Vegetable Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc625zBGS4c
I never liked the Cure much — Yelp Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa2nLEhUcZ0
But I have to admit, "Friday I'm in Love" is a catchy tune. Covered just recently by Yo La Tengo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJwTSTlpsak
Similarly, Culture Club was always a bit much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nXGPZaTKik
But in the hands of the Violent Femmes, "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" sounds pretty damn good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmsj67QpYZI
Inspired stuff ! Here's my twopenneth worth ....
The Knife - 'Heartbeats'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPD8Ja64mRU
and the perhaps better known cover .....
Jose Gonzalez - 'Heartbeats'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4_4abCWw-w
^ , nice one chuck love that Knife track.
The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRtW1MAZ32M
Schneider TM & Kpt.michigan - The Light (3000)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vodnI38cNI0
The Farmer's Daughter:
Beach Boys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EUrKOTshIM
Fleetwood Mac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlyQEqrx1vY
And Yo La Tengo, adeptly mixing the two:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmk4GVBlkEM
Yo La Tengo specializes in good covers
Another triple header - in ascending order of brilliance .....
The Style Council- 'The Whole Point of No Return'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgMDsOWp8Mc
Superpulse -'The Whole Point Of No Return '- feat Cynthia Lucci
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fpuEFQFP-Y
Robert Wyatt - 'The Whole Point of No Return'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trQH4FRrcdc
The last one is haunting - if I (or the kids) can find a decent trumpet player - this is what I'd like played at my funeral ....
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Amazing stuff Chuck. Perfect hat trick
^ oh yeah, fine triple play chuck.
Here's mine, again Mr Wyatt heavily involved...
Chic - At Last I Am Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo0LYX6COv0
Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xQx4G11pRo
Wyatt/Atzmon/Stephen - At Last Im Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeJIXR4ggXY
and a dodgy house version for balance
Pretty Lights - At Last I'm Free
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vph37dJBKjE
The Beatles - 'Mother Nature's Son'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmkRY6h0hJE
to .....
Sheryl Crow - Mother Nature's Son
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpGCVc-oMfY
and ....
Danger Mouse - 'December 4th ' The Grey Album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRWDuqzc5q0&index=4&list=PL42sXk7ilGoIMv-P9d9ffmiaYDV8hBw57