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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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posted on
05/11/2011 8:58:09 PM PDT
by
MplsSteve
To: All
Dammit, sorry about that. I thought each version would link properly.
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posted on
05/11/2011 8:59:25 PM PDT
by
MplsSteve
To: MplsSteve
I’m a big Sammy Davis Jr. fan, but he didn’t pull it off convincingly, imo.
The winner: The Man in Black.
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posted on
05/11/2011 9:03:21 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: MplsSteve
You liked REM’s? Whew. That was my least fav. At least James Taylor could sing it in the same the key.
Sammy Davis could hit the hit the notes, but I just can’t get into a non-country version of his.
Nope. Nobody touches Glen Campbell. Not even close.
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posted on
05/11/2011 9:04:26 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Nachum
Agreed. Glen is probably also one of the Top Ten all-time guitarists.
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posted on
05/11/2011 9:06:12 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: MplsSteve
You are highly mistaken in believing there is one better. There is absolutely no remake of this song worth a bucket of spit. Sometimes the original is as good as it gets. Now there may be a better Rhinestone Cowboy out there.
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posted on
05/11/2011 9:06:43 PM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: MplsSteve
There is only one, and there will be only one version of Wichita Lineman.
The one I fell in love to my girlfriend in 1968.
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posted on
05/11/2011 9:06:50 PM PDT
by
Noob1999
To: MplsSteve
Simple, but well done...
Fretkillr
Glen Campbell/Jimmy Webb...great combo.
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posted on
05/11/2011 9:07:44 PM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery, IXNAY THE TSA!)
To: MplsSteve; 50mm; Salamander
Capturing the “je ne sais quoi” of the Southern Midwest American Nouveau Frontier, this stirring rendition speaks to the Marlboro Man Cowboy in all of us.
Enjoy .....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqz3lgnroVc
(I know this is the Ultimate Version ‘cause he said so.)
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posted on
05/11/2011 9:10:35 PM PDT
by
shibumi
(Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way)
To: MplsSteve
There’s got to be a William Shatner version of this. If so, that’s automatically the best version.
To: MplsSteve
Country singer Wade Hayes days a great job with the song, but Cambell’s original is the best.
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posted on
05/11/2011 9:15:32 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(My greatest fear is that when I'm gone my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them)
To: shibumi
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posted on
05/11/2011 9:15:39 PM PDT
by
Salamander
(Can't sleep....the clowns will eat me.)
To: shibumi
I generally don’t think about drinking Red Stripes while I am smoking a joint on the beach when I listen to this song. This is by far the worst version I have ever heard. Sammy Davis hit just the level of funkiness that I can tolerate on this tune. This guy is way over the line.
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posted on
05/11/2011 9:22:02 PM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
Theres got to be a William Shatner version of this. If so, thats automatically the best version. Would you settle for "Gentle on my mind" by Leonard Nimoy?
Spock sings Glenn
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posted on
05/11/2011 9:31:25 PM PDT
by
freejohn
To: MplsSteve
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posted on
05/11/2011 9:42:02 PM PDT
by
stormer
To: Noob1999
We share a memory. Mine was Trish T. in Nashville when I was a junior in high school, driving down with some buddies to introduce them to my cousin Mary Beth, a real Southern Belle. We were Chi-town Yankees. Boy did I fall under her spell with that song on the radio.
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posted on
05/11/2011 9:42:08 PM PDT
by
jobim
To: MplsSteve
IMO nobody could ever top Glen’s version of the tune.
But it’s such a great song I hope they keep trying.
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posted on
05/11/2011 9:46:14 PM PDT
by
Bullish
To: MplsSteve
Glenn’s own live “remakes” are better than the original.
To: MplsSteve
Jimmy Webb himself does the best version of this song on his album “Ten Easy Pieces”. Second best is James Taylor. I’ll always love Glen’s version, too.
To: MplsSteve
Some originals are untouchable, and shouldn't be touched.
Other tunes are for the taking and interpretation.
Looking at the fog today and the sunshine trying to get through, I thought of the Stones' Blue Turns to Grey from 1965 today.
Came back home and found several versions on YouTube.
Check them out, but I think all are trash, dated, and silly. The Stones rule.
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