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Pick, cover or original.
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:03 pm
by Redpig59
Re: Pick, cover or original.
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:57 pm
by Gaspode
Dolly, Harry and Eric. Can't stand those 3 shouting, screechy, wailing tarts.
Except Harry is not the original.
This is
And all the better for it if you ask me....
Re: Pick, cover or original.
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 10:02 pm
by Redpig59
I did not know that.
Re: Pick, cover or original.
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 10:10 pm
by Gaspode
Everyday's a school day on here.
Badfinger's story is a very tragic sad one, google them. A band seemingly destined for greatness.
Re: Pick, cover or original.
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 6:58 am
by Red Baron
Badfinger were fab.
I only like Harry's version out of those though.
Re: Pick, cover or original.
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:16 am
by Phillip Phlopp
A Little Touch Of Schmillson In The Night and Nilson Schmillson are both fave albums in Phlopp House
Re: Pick, cover or original.
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:15 am
by Redpig59
Red Baron wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 6:58 am
Badfinger were fab.
I only like Harry's version out of those though.
I wonder how they got their name?
Re: Pick, cover or original.
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2023 5:16 pm
by Sandra
Whitney's version is astounding. I'm so glad Dolly didn't let Elvis have it.
There is no better song than Nilsson's Without You in my humble opinion. I've loved it forever.
Bit meh about the third one.
Re: Pick, cover or original.
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2023 5:35 pm
by Gaspode
Redpig59 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:15 am
Red Baron wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 6:58 am
Badfinger were fab.
I only like Harry's version out of those though.
I wonder how they got their name?
They were the first act to sign for The Beatles' Apple record label.
At the time they were called The Iveys. Badfinger name comes from the work in progress title of "With A Little Help From My Friends" which was Badfinger Blues. Someone at Apple thought it was a better name, I can see what they meant....
Re: Pick, cover or original.
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2023 6:11 pm
by Lisa
Gaspode wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:57 pm
Dolly, Harry and Eric. Can't stand those 3 shouting, screechy, wailing tarts.
Except Harry is not the original.
This is
And all the better for it if you ask me....
What he said ^^^
Re: Pick, cover or original.
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:52 pm
by RockitRon
I'm no great fan of Katherine Jenkins, but her version, in Italian, of I Will Always Love You, is the best. none of that awful Whitney warbling.
Badfinger's comparatively understated original Without You is my preference there. Mariah Carey's slaughter of it still gives me nightmares.
I can never see Piggy's links but presume the third one is All By Myself, and anything is better than Celine Dion's histrionics. Interestingly, in the 21 years between Eric Carmen's original and Celine's cover version, it was recorded by, amongst others, Vince Hill, Brotherhood of Man, Hank Williams Jr, Sheryl Crow, Rosemary Clooney, Michael Ball and Shirley Bassey.