The Bluemoon Song Cup 2024 - Round 4/M5 - P277 - The Mamas & The Papas (California Dreamin') v The Beach Boys (God Only Knows)

[BlueHammer85]

I love the Kula Shaker version. For me they were the best British band of the 90s. Better singer than Blur, Oasis etc., and crucially a far better sound from the instruments.

They are already (and have been for a while) on the list of future albums to review.

K is a quality album

 

[jimharri]

Deep Purple, clearly. That other mob have butchered a classic.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Similar to a few other of my votes, nothing wrong with The Slits and I typically don’t cotton to the elephantine DP that much, but Hush a pretty easy call here for me.

 

[OB1]

The Mighty Deep Purple walk away with this one. Jon Lord is the master of the Hammond Organ and Blackmore's guitar fills are the work of a genius (even if they are not his best work).

The Slits version is simply awful and laughable in comparison to Marvin's - a very unfortunate choice.

 

[OB1]

Saw Kula Shaker a few weeks back at The Ritz - still a terrific watch and listen.

Their latest album is pretty good........

It is, but not as good as their debut.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

It is, but not as good as their debut.

Bit harsh - it was bordering 30 years ago...........

 

[roman totale]

Neither of these do it for me. Pass.

 

[hilts]

Meh!

Deep purple just

 

[mancity111]

We've already had the definitive version of IHITTG. Plus, who can resist that Hammond on "Hush"?
Interestingly, I didn't know this was a cover.

Somebody's Image headed up by a legendary Aussie artist Russell Morris ( still going strong ) did a cover of this song back in 1967.

 

[RobMCFC]

Somebody's Image headed up by a legendary Aussie artist Russell Morris ( still going strong ) did a cover of this song back in 1967.

Yeah, I did a quick Google to confirm this was a cover and was amazed by the number of versions there are.