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"Wichita Lineman" - Who does the best remake?
MplsSteve

Posted on 05/11/2011 8:57:59 PM PDT by MplsSteve

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To: Revolting cat!

REM’s is a lot better than you would expect. I wonder if one of the band members did it for their parent(s). I’ve read that a lot of “oldie covers” get made this way.


21 posted on 05/11/2011 9:54:52 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: MplsSteve

I listen to a radio station that plays both the Glen Campbell and James Taylor versions (KLBB AM 1220 out of Stillwater, MplsSteve) and for some reason they play the JT cover slightly more often than the GC version. I cringe whenever they do. There’s nothing like the original. For me, it’s that slow riff played close to the bridge that’s got 60’s written all over it. That and Glen’s got the better voice for this one. Don’t get me wrong, I do like JT’s other stuff a lot, just not this one.


22 posted on 05/11/2011 9:55:19 PM PDT by Ackackadack
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To: MplsSteve

One of the sadder songs by Campbell.

The Fate of Man:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRawHdrdQ5U


23 posted on 05/11/2011 10:03:41 PM PDT by Revel
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To: MplsSteve

It’s probably not on YouTube but Boots Randolph’s instrumental version is one of my favorites.


24 posted on 05/11/2011 10:21:24 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Washington, we Texans want a divorce!)
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To: MplsSteve

James Taylor must die. Along with Snuggle bear.


25 posted on 05/11/2011 10:36:42 PM PDT by yup2394871293
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To: MplsSteve

Mind you, I’m not sure if the Snuggle bear did a rendition of it.


26 posted on 05/11/2011 10:38:11 PM PDT by yup2394871293
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To: Salamander; shibumi

It’s probably just me but I had a hard time picturing a rastafarian as a “lineman for the county” singing about how the “stretch down south won’t ever stand the strain” and snow.


27 posted on 05/11/2011 10:38:29 PM PDT by TenthAmendmentChampion (Darwinism is to Genesis as Global Warming is to Revelations.)
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To: MplsSteve
I like the Craig Ferguson version.
28 posted on 05/11/2011 10:46:57 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: MplsSteve
There is a Keith Urban live version floating around the web that I like rather a lot. Keith has mentioned in interviews that Jimmy Webb is one of his favorite songwriters. BTW, it was recorded at the world trade center in early 2001.

CC

29 posted on 05/11/2011 11:04:02 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Wisdom comes from experience. Experience comes from a lack of wisdom.)
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To: MplsSteve

You just had to put this up on a Wednesday night, didn’t you?

Now I just have to go to youtube and find Glenn Campbell singing this damn song!


30 posted on 05/12/2011 12:22:22 AM PDT by SatinDoll (NOT FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
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To: TenthAmendmentChampion

Stretched reality right to the snapping point, dinnit?

:)


31 posted on 05/12/2011 12:22:33 AM PDT by Salamander (Can't sleep....the clowns will eat me.)
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To: MplsSteve

Weird Al Yankovic’s was the best one to date, so far.


32 posted on 05/12/2011 1:21:03 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (FreeRepublic's frontline citizen reporter in Japan (among others). -- AiT)
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To: MplsSteve

The Meters did the best version.


33 posted on 05/12/2011 3:41:06 AM PDT by wideawake
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To: Irishgirl

Agree 110% - Jimmy Webb’s “ten easy pieces” is a GREAT album of his songs. “Whichita Lineman” sounds so much more haunting on his album with only a piano and his voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlEpKhSHTyQ


34 posted on 05/12/2011 4:20:20 AM PDT by newfreep (Palin/West 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
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To: MplsSteve

I like Keith Urban’s rendition. I usually love anything by Johnny Cash, but his, I thought, was terrible!


35 posted on 05/12/2011 5:48:01 AM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (You will try to nudge commies toward the truth, while they try to nudge you toward the cattle cars.)
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To: Nachum
Nope. Nobody touches Glen Campbell. Not even close.

IMHO, any attempted remakes of original hits are insults to the original artists and show me a lack of artistic ability to write their own songs.

36 posted on 05/12/2011 5:52:17 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (It's a beautiful day and I'm glad I can see it in color.......)
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To: shibumi

That’s criminal.

First Degree Aggravated Musical Assault.


37 posted on 05/12/2011 6:04:05 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: MplsSteve

later


38 posted on 05/12/2011 6:08:24 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy (Trust in God, but empty the clip.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Nonsense. Some people do better than the original. Although this one is Glen Campbell’s signature, so nobody does it better. I think of “Moon River” and Jerry Butler performed it better than Andy Williams.


39 posted on 05/12/2011 7:56:57 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: dfwgator

My daughter has had the priviledge of playing a jam session with Glen’s old uncle Boo a few years ago. He was the one who taught Glen how to play the guitar. In his mid-80’s uncle Boo hobbled around like any elderly person, but put a guitar in his hands and his fingers became as fluid as water. Amazing dexterity.


40 posted on 05/12/2011 8:02:14 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (The stench of dependency is a sickening smell. Strive to become an asset, not a liability.)
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