... Versus...

Hard to spilt both versions of this song

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPuIoVOEx1I&feature=related[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgAFcvIw8J4[/youtube]
 
jimharri said:
Bigga said:
What the fook??

Are you serious????

Nah, you're joshing me...
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Er; no. Why would I? Franklin has a fantastic voice, but the song is synonymous with S&G and it just doesn't sound ''right'' hearing someone else singing it. Very, very few cover versions are as good as the original, especially when the original is a classic like ''Bridge Over Troubled Water''. It's like listening to anyone other than Franklin singing RESPECT. Or listening to the Will Young/Gareth Gates version of ''The Long and Winding Road''. Just wrong. Sorry, but it's what I believe.
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With all respect, NONSENSE!


Aretha's arraignment is almost unrecognizable from the original, which is only a couple of white guys ripping off gospel anyway.
 
prairiemoon said:
jimharri said:
Bigga said:
What the fook??

Are you serious????

Nah, you're joshing me...
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Er; no. Why would I? Franklin has a fantastic voice, but the song is synonymous with S&G and it just doesn't sound ''right'' hearing someone else singing it. Very, very few cover versions are as good as the original, especially when the original is a classic like ''Bridge Over Troubled Water''. It's like listening to anyone other than Franklin singing RESPECT. Or listening to the Will Young/Gareth Gates version of ''The Long and Winding Road''. Just wrong. Sorry, but it's what I believe.
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With all respect, NONSENSE!


Aretha's arraignment is almost unrecognizable from the original, which is only a couple of white guys ripping off gospel anyway.
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Each to their own.
 
Bigga said:
jimharri said:
Bigga said:
What the fook??

Are you serious????

Nah, you're joshing me...
Click to expand...
Er; no. Why would I? Franklin has a fantastic voice, but the song is synonymous with S&G and it just doesn't sound ''right'' hearing someone else singing it. Very, very few cover versions are as good as the original, especially when the original is a classic like ''Bridge Over Troubled Water''. It's like listening to anyone other than Franklin singing RESPECT. Or listening to the Will Young/Gareth Gates version of ''The Long and Winding Road''. Just wrong. Sorry, but it's what I believe.
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Mm, interesting.

I think AR takes it beyond S&G's original sight and makes it a spiritual journey with much more meaning to it.

But, fair enough...
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The Simon and Garfunkel version IS spiritual. The purity of Simon's words and Garfunkel's voice has a blend that can't be surpassed. Frankiln's version just lays the obvious on with a trowel, and ultimately fails.
 
Lavinda Past said:
Clean your ears out garrincha... Al Green is the voice of God. The greatest singer EVER.

BOTW... Simon & Garfunkel - Perfection.
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I know Al has the voice of an angel,but the Bee Gees original is a great
song,it had to be for Al to do a cover of it.

BTW. I see Teddy P as having the voice of god :)
 
Garrinchas---Dog said:
Lavinda Past said:
Clean your ears out garrincha... Al Green is the voice of God. The greatest singer EVER.

BOTW... Simon & Garfunkel - Perfection.
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I know Al has the voice of an angel,but the Bee Gees original is a great
song,it had to be for Al to do a cover of it.

BTW. I see Teddy P as having the voice of god :)
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Blasphemy! The Reverend Al has the best contacts... ;)
 
Bigga said:
jimharri said:
Bigga said:
What the fook??

Are you serious????

Nah, you're joshing me...
Click to expand...
Er; no. Why would I? Franklin has a fantastic voice, but the song is synonymous with S&G and it just doesn't sound ''right'' hearing someone else singing it. Very, very few cover versions are as good as the original, especially when the original is a classic like ''Bridge Over Troubled Water''. It's like listening to anyone other than Franklin singing RESPECT. Or listening to the Will Young/Gareth Gates version of ''The Long and Winding Road''. Just wrong. Sorry, but it's what I believe.
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Mm, interesting.

I think AR takes it beyond S&G's original sight and makes it a spiritual journey with much more meaning to it.

But, fair enough...
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You must have thought it was close to ask the question though.......S&G for me too although I love Franklin.
 
The Scarlet Pimpernel said:
Bigga said:
jimharri said:
Er; no. Why would I? Franklin has a fantastic voice, but the song is synonymous with S&G and it just doesn't sound ''right'' hearing someone else singing it. Very, very few cover versions are as good as the original, especially when the original is a classic like ''Bridge Over Troubled Water''. It's like listening to anyone other than Franklin singing RESPECT. Or listening to the Will Young/Gareth Gates version of ''The Long and Winding Road''. Just wrong. Sorry, but it's what I believe.
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Mm, interesting.

I think AR takes it beyond S&G's original sight and makes it a spiritual journey with much more meaning to it.

But, fair enough...
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You must have thought it was close to ask the question though.......S&G for me too although I love Franklin.
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I do find it close, but for different reasons, hence why I chose two extreme versions to assess. S&G sing it in very much a Caucasian approach, which can sound very pure in itself, for example "Jerusalem" is hardly bettered as an anthem.

But, AR's version lifts the song higher still. Maybe it's polarising harpsichord over the bass line with the Blues piano of AR's playing bridging the two, that works mostly. Plus her off set vocals somehow bringing the mish mash of sounds all together brilliantly. Not keen on the ending, on this version. Too playful.

Still, I've attended many churches that have sang hymns of similarity to S&G, allowing for pure sound of vocals and organs not to be littered with other noises and it's sounded clean.

I can understand, after much thought why people feel AR 'cluttered' the song, but I guess hers just moved my soul in a different way.

Any other polarising versions of song out there?
 
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