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2507894, The Cover (Remake) post
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 10:26 AM
Please post a youtube version of a cover (remake) of a song.

I would like to hear different artists versions of songs. If need be post the original as well so we have a point of reference.

Thanks in advance.

Alice Russell - 7 Nation Army (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnrTQngkjLE&feature=related
2507895, Tender Love- Alicia Keys
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 10:41 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQDGCZbfUk4

Force MDs- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=260MTsBNfRQ
original
2507899, Jerry Rivera, Nirvana, Jodeci and Boyz II Men:
Posted by el guante, Sat Feb-19-11 11:02 AM
Four of my favorite covers:

http://www.guante.info/2011/02/unrelated-4-of-my-favorite-10-songs-are.html


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Guante: www.guante.info
Tru Ruts/Speakeasy Records
2507907, Tainted Love - Bilal
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 11:22 AM
http://music.vtechphones.com/video/4939/fullscreen/
2507913, Where did our love go - The Drums
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 11:33 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxwCvgXzTLU

The Supremes (original)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izzKUoxL11E&feature=related
2507915, can't hide love
Posted by Deacon Blues, Sat Feb-19-11 11:35 AM


can't hide love - creative source

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG4ukUYTJyo&feature=fvst

can't hide love - ewf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr0ekZlcM8E&feature=related

can't hide love - dangelo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TisomTEKd4&feature=related

can't hide love - randy watson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp-FvlxE3uI&feature=related
2508078, RE: can't hide love
Posted by slyde, Sat Feb-19-11 02:53 PM
Dionne Warwick (1982) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDzyS7zlPyg

Perry & Sanlin (1980) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WJsoB3Z9Bc
2508092, Bilal/Randy Watson's take is tight
Posted by slyde, Sat Feb-19-11 03:12 PM
His voice is mad flexible. Never took the time before to check that EWF-tribute project.
Only heard last year the ones from Dwele and Kirk Franklin. Thanks for sharing.
2507916, Something About You - Anthony David (acoustic & R&B)
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 11:37 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcUd55EoLlU - acoustic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja0G3fuR6Yg&feature=related - R&B

Leve 42 (Original)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-zP66eSLto
2507921, As - Esmee Denters
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 11:45 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmjQgZPj7F0

I'm not posting the original, if you don't know the original...KILL YOURSELF.
2507930, ???????? singing Lovely Day
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 11:54 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVLtnm4p5GQ

Some chick shut down the Apollo with this version of Bill Withers' Lovely Day
2507931, Fiona Apple - Use Me
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 11:57 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1lzgxYTJPk&feature=related
2507933, Love You Down - Meshell N'Degeocello
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 11:59 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcSDUjDS0Fs

Original by Jheri For The Curl...oops I mean Ready For The World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3Ui8_oqc9Q
2507934, Bilal "High & Dry"
Posted by zuma1986, Sat Feb-19-11 12:01 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHMy6cjz1io

2507939, Radiohead - High and Dry (Original)
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 12:15 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BciOfJsqh7M

I had to do my homework I had never heard it.

THANKS.
2507935, Single Ladies - Sara Barrellis (spelling?)
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 12:09 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1qD4LtaRIU

I usually hate when people try to sing this song, but she sort of changed it made it her own. In a weird way I like it.
2507936, "Hello It's Me" - The Isley Brothers
Posted by disco dj, Sat Feb-19-11 12:10 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh7Pi6Z5wSA



and here's the original: ( which, unlike most people, I like better )

"Hello it's Me" - Todd Rundgren
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8kEUP_40Ak


2507981, the original version
Posted by c71, Sat Feb-19-11 01:12 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtNQvt99P2w

this was Rundgren's band - the Nazz
2508235, I like it...the end is kinda weird though.
Posted by disco dj, Sun Feb-20-11 01:30 AM
not bad.


I still like TR's version the best.

2507937, "Police and Thieves" - The Clash
Posted by disco dj, Sat Feb-19-11 12:12 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO2bC7rJl5s


and here's the original:
"Police and Thieves" - Junior Murvin

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


2507941, Sublime "Stepping Razor" & "Scarlet Begonias"
Posted by zuma1986, Sat Feb-19-11 12:20 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73ZprL_ZKxI

Peter Tosh original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLJFRgE4Ywk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cg2O4SsHQw

The Grateful Dead orignal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj_kK1j3CV0
2507942, "Summertime" - Big Brother and the Holding Company
Posted by disco dj, Sat Feb-19-11 12:20 PM
with Janis Joplin on vocals:
( and anybody who doesn't think this is the best version is NOT my friend...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0B41tBTTko

and here's a few others,

( actually, I don't think I've EVER heard a bad version of it...)

Sam Cooke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7D8uxDt8dY

John Coltrane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13esKUJr1hM

Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIDOEsQL7lA

Billie Holiday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7ENPQzlUpY&feature=related




2507945, "Don't Let me Be Misunderstood" - Nina Simone
Posted by disco dj, Sat Feb-19-11 12:26 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ckv6-yhnIY

and here's the original ( a 60's smoker!!!!!)
"Don't Let Me Be Understood" - The Animals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKjQtpA5U5c

and here's the cheesy Disco version...complete with cheesy video...

"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"- Santa Esmerelda:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8NVQ0iao0g

2507946, Emiliana Torrini "Blame it on the Sun"
Posted by zuma1986, Sat Feb-19-11 12:28 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnPqfxg9lyo

Stevie Wonder original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqJLTCxaehc
2507951, Wilson Pickett "Hey Jude"
Posted by zuma1986, Sat Feb-19-11 12:32 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IFB9Q_3t_k

The Beatles original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEKgYKpEJ3o
2507952, "Nature Boy" - Nat King Cole
Posted by disco dj, Sat Feb-19-11 12:34 PM
not sure who made the original, but there's a zillion versions of it. Here's one of the best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvaZ-J2Nvk0


but this one might be my personal favorite:
"Nature Boy" - George Benson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cU2yJaBZqg


2507954, John Coltrane "My Favorite Things"
Posted by zuma1986, Sat Feb-19-11 12:44 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw4Hy6MtBLE

Julie Andrews original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33o32C0ogVM

2507956, Darling Nikki - The Foo Fighters
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 12:46 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEoYKYA9oHE

Original - Prince
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=536dvGMmThw
2507962, Florence Welch - I Don't Wanna Know
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 12:57 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z5X9_3HCRQ
2507966, Sia - Under The Milky Way
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:02 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEdXSOBApIg&feature=related
2507968, I kinda like this one better than the original...
Posted by disco dj, Sat Feb-19-11 01:04 PM
always have.


2507971, Lou Barlow - Round-n-Round
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:06 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2GucoX2nWk
2507977, Frente! - Bizarre Love Triangle
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:08 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ1c9ErCn7w
2507978, Wes Montgomery - Eleanor Rigby
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:10 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZa3Supq79Y
2507979, UB40 - Red Red Wine
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:11 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXt56MB-3vc
2507985, The Deftones - If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:13 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP3hIUNNUhI
2507990, Placebo - Running Up That Hill
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:17 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHXVXG2kXBo
2507993, Urge Overkill - Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:18 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo228wllnYY&feature=fvsr
2507994, Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:19 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8
2507996, Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:21 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGrQTRcxdTo
2507999, Robert Palmer - Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:22 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMT-oiiY7DE&feature=related
2508002, Depeche Mode - Dirt
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjkOl67k0LM
2508004, The Bird and the Bee - Private Eyes
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:27 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcPrNMPZmcY
2508006, John Frusciante - Strangelove
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:28 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XIU18Ea5P8
2508019, HEAT
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 01:38 PM
2508102, Wow that's a great Stooges cover
Posted by zuma1986, Sat Feb-19-11 03:31 PM
Thanks for posting that
2508005, another good one!
Posted by disco dj, Sat Feb-19-11 01:27 PM
.
2507998, I LOVED that version.
Posted by disco dj, Sat Feb-19-11 01:21 PM
.
2507958, Pistol Grip Pump - Rage Against The Machine
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 12:55 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRkvg_LuZvk

Original - Volume 10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jstb6yvIKNg
2507959, Jamiroquai - Bad Girls
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 12:56 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN9KVEdQyGY&feature=related

Original Donna Summer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgRcUtpxh70
2507965, Vanilla Fudge "You Keep Me Hangin On"
Posted by zuma1986, Sat Feb-19-11 01:02 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIqKGEgsxG8
That's one of my all-time favorite covers

The Supremes original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3bjMtqpGBw
2507970, Taken By Trees "My Boys"
Posted by zuma1986, Sat Feb-19-11 01:06 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nJ5n4GX5ag

Animal Collective original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2MJf6XNE
2507973, "Venus" - Bananarama
Posted by disco dj, Sat Feb-19-11 01:06 PM
and this version embodies everything i HATE about 80's covers of old songs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH3WvI_S6-k

here's the original:

"Venus" - Shocking Blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a5AICDKs7g

2507974, Living Colour - Memories can't wait
Posted by c71, Sat Feb-19-11 01:07 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoOvbNv-XxU&feature=related


Talking Heads - Memories can't wait

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW_3SygtvMA
2507982, Cowboy Junkies "Sweet Jane"
Posted by zuma1986, Sat Feb-19-11 01:12 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRFZFmEq9o

The Velvet Underground original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkumhBVPGdg
2507986, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Paul Anka
Posted by disco dj, Sat Feb-19-11 01:13 PM
yes. Paul Anka:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM_xvTaYavw&feature=related


do I need to link up the Nirvana one?

2507988, "Wonderwall" Paul Anka
Posted by disco dj, Sat Feb-19-11 01:15 PM
yep...he had a whole album of these shits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4e0RtIz9zk&feature=related

and here's the original:

Oasis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAPtTS0TYtU&feature=fvst

2508032, RE: "Wonderwall" Paul Anka
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:49 PM
OH HOLY SHIT
that is badass!

i can hear where michael buble gets some of his mojo from
2507991, "Black Hole Sun" - Paul Fuckin' Anka
Posted by disco dj, Sat Feb-19-11 01:18 PM
actually, this one is kinda cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEjGgkRbuxI&feature=related


Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9fAg


2507992, Rufus - Maybe your baby
Posted by c71, Sat Feb-19-11 01:18 PM
this cover is what sparked Stevie working with them, the result "tell me something good".

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


Stevie Wonder - Maybe your baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ItPnIG6abg


2507995, "Lovecats" - Paul Anka
Posted by disco dj, Sat Feb-19-11 01:20 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfOdaZ6LVVg


and here's the orig ( which is awesome as fuck, btw...)

"Lovecats" - The Cure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcW35t2Gtyk


2507997, Dirty Projectors "What I See"
Posted by zuma1986, Sat Feb-19-11 01:21 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFhdJZQfoP8

Way different than the original by Black Flag http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPiU_8SFIPs
2508001, The Minutemen "Dr Wu"
Posted by zuma1986, Sat Feb-19-11 01:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WxM9IDRDm0

Steely Dan original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57VHBFrl8_A
2508003, "Love Having You Around" - First Choice
Posted by disco dj, Sat Feb-19-11 01:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so9_Vb5yY4k


and here's the original:

"Love Having You Around" - Stevie Wonder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow6JWVmc0tA


2508030, Love and Happiness - First Choice
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 01:48 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ILmck5Xpk

I'm not posting Al Green's version, if you don't know it, KILL YOURSELF.
2508012, Mentalistid - It's No Good
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:32 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBnCtr1luBU
2508018, The Beautiful South - Girlfriend
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:37 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIWyHS1YXDs

heard this on Austin's last.fm radio awhile back
2508014, Nickelbag (Bernard Fowler, Steve Salas) - hit it and quit it
Posted by c71, Sat Feb-19-11 01:33 PM
I think Bernie played on this version, too

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


Funkadelic - hit it and quit it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBXU2t4hodo


Nickelbag did a good cover of Stevie's "I don't know why" but youtube only has a live version - good though
2508020, Faith No More - Glorybox
Posted by 2Future4U, Sat Feb-19-11 01:39 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ4yoYJV_ZY
2508039, Faith No More "Easy" & "Ben"
Posted by zuma1986, Sat Feb-19-11 01:59 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlZIqKibTAw

The Commondres original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XcTyEKSnYg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdKfkvhtH3g

Michael Jackson original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwAmpn8ISV0
2508021, 24-7 Spyz jungle boogie
Posted by c71, Sat Feb-19-11 01:40 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaZuTDWl6P0


Kool and the Gang - jungle boogie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgynbFoA9to
2508025, I Love The Night Life - India
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 01:44 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6QDLIiT70M

Original - Alicia Bridges
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN2qImB0sT0
2508029, Runaway - India
Posted by subjctmattr, Sat Feb-19-11 01:46 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBBu2qf8INo

Loleeta Holloway - Original
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcPV-k78lRI
2508045, take me to the river - Talking Heads
Posted by c71, Sat Feb-19-11 02:08 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXYB-1KTeh4


take me to the river - Al Green

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGD8aQ2GKr0
2508052, Closing Time
Posted by DaKidFromHaiti, Sat Feb-19-11 02:25 PM
Semisonic version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGytDsqkQY8

The Five One Version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyLLrZJ2edA
2508070, Women and Cadillacs - The Kings Of Nuthin'
Posted by MadDagoNH, Sat Feb-19-11 02:46 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBr_Yeickok

Cover of Doc Starkes and His Nite Riders

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2010 OKAY COLLEGE FANTASY CHAMPION

2008-09 and 2006-07 Zeno Memorial League Champion

Swanson Pyramid of Greatness
Torso: Should be thick and impenetrable.
2508071, The Right Stuff - Across The Midnight Sky (Al Jarreau)
Posted by slyde, Sat Feb-19-11 02:47 PM
The Right Suff : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT66UwHB7Ho


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0016O2EVM/ref=dm_dp_trk6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR-DUp7fUk0
2508090, Sly & Family "Que Sera Sera"
Posted by slyde, Sat Feb-19-11 03:06 PM
Sly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQZNkzP4kYw

DD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZbKHDPPrrc
2508095, Donny Hathaway "What's Going On" (Live)
Posted by slyde, Sat Feb-19-11 03:22 PM
Donny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct0VXxB2zkA

Marvin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD78i6eoGkM
2508104, A Perfect Circle "What's Going On?"
Posted by zuma1986, Sat Feb-19-11 03:35 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK6wWVtrHXQ
2551813, "It's Been You" (S. McKinney, M. O'Hara, M. Unobsky)
Posted by B_Constructive, Sun May-22-11 03:36 PM
Writers: Sami McKinney, Michael O’Hara, Mary Unobsky

Perri - It's Been You, from "Tradewinds" (1990)
Producers: Don Baker, Perri
Full-length video - http://www.artistdirect.com/video/it-s-been-you/29294
Slightly shorter video, but with slightly better audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkGA69Dniio

Anita Baker - It's Been You, from "Rhythm of Love" (1994)
Producer: Barry J. Eastmond
LP Version - http://www.myspace.com/anitabakerofficial/music/songs/it-s-been-you-35735980

“It’s Been You” seems to be a song about a friendship that slowly blossoms into a romance. It’s about realizing that a love may have existed “for years and years” without the speaker knowing, and how knowing that has transformed her life.

The first version, performed by the Perry sisters Perri, has such a jubilant energy that it really drives the song’s point home, complete with its near-mid-tempo groove and an excited saxophone solo. The cover, performed by Anita Baker, is more reserved and contemplative in comparison, making the song more of a ballad complete with an electric guitar solo.

The first version was Perri’s second single from “Tradewinds”, but for some reason, it was overlooked until Anita Baker covered the song from her former background singers (from her tours and the “Giving You the Best That I Got” album) in 1994, charting as high as #32 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart in 1995.
2551839, "I Have/I’ve Learned to Respect the Power of Love" (R. Moore*, A. Winbush)
Posted by B_Constructive, Sun May-22-11 05:13 PM
Writers: Rene Moore*, Angela Winbush

Alton McClain & Destiny - (I’ve Learned to Respect) The Power of Love, from "Alton McClain & Destiny"/"It Must Be Love" (1978)
Producer: Frank Wilson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irFKmkuZvjI

Stephanie Mills - I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love, from "Stephanie Mills" (1985)
Producer: Ron Kersey
http://www.myspace.com/stephaniemillsofficial/music/songs/i-have-learned-to-respect-the-power-of-love-14101
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RPk5XhYb40
Live performance at the Apollo Theatre in 1986 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHn93dndOzo

Angela Winbush - I've Learned To Respect (The Power Of Love), from "The Real Thing" (1989)
Producer: Angela Winbush
*Rene Moore is not listed a writer on this version.
http://www.myspace.com/angelawinbushofficial/music/songs/i-ve-learned-to-respect-the-power-of-love-145600
Live Performance on Lou Rawls’ Parade of Stars in 1988(?) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXM8emdhCGc

With all of its differing titles, "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love" is pretty self-explanatory, but to get specific, it’s about overcoming the fear, anxiety, self-delusion and apathy that we may feel when trying to find love with faith, and being steadfast and humble enough to learn to respect the power it has and how to handle it, thereby maturing into a stronger person.

The first version, performed by the collective Alton McClain & Destiny, is intimate and somewhat demure in both the way it is sung and the playing of the instruments used. If I could say what venue would be ideal for this song, it would be a lounge or small-scale concert hall.

The cover, performed by Stephanie Mills, is one that I'm guessing that many of us grew up with and is almost the opposite of the Alton McClain & Destiny version. Released in 1986 and like the times, it makes (more) use of synthesizers, but with Mills' signature powerful vocal stylings (and ad-libs), the song becomes both grounded and soaring, seemingly launching the song's purpose into plain view. Ideal venue for this song? I'm seeing an arena with a light show, albeit a tasteful one, especially during the opening bars.

The third version (cover or original?) is performed by Angela Winbush. On her second solo album, she recorded a rendition of the song that she'd written, which became a hit by Mills 3 years prior to the album's release. Her version sounds like more a medium between the AM&D and Mills versions, as it has a mixture of the intimacy of the Alton McClain & Destiny version and the power of the Stephanie Mills version. Ideal venue for this song? Nearly anywhere, it sounds like a live performance as it is, but a general concert hall (somewhere between an arena and a lounge) would suffice. It's fitting that the writer's version of the song would have that center, and it speaks to the versatility of the song's composition that I like all three.

The Alton McClain & Destiny and Angela Winbush versions were both album cuts, but Stephanie Mills made the song her second single from her self-titled album, and it shot to #1 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart (now the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart) nearly 25 years ago to this week (http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs?chartDate=1986-05-10). Though the AM&D version was not a single, it has been sampled on two different occasions by Common (Sense) with his song "Thisisme" from 1994, and Toni Braxton with "Midnite" from 2005.
2551864, Rolling Stones - Drift Away
Posted by zuma1986, Sun May-22-11 06:16 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVhLe8sqGj0

Original Dobie Gray http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr_eVcCAUXo
2551870, A Change Is Gonna Come -- Aretha - TTD - Baby Huey - Bettye Swan
Posted by BISON CLASS of 97, Sun May-22-11 06:32 PM

Aretha Franklin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6YCxXQ6Scw

Terence Trent D'Arby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwSBbfECfFk&feature=related

Baby Huey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh9v41hx5hs

Bettye Swan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E53LpEu2fZY
2551873, Refused - Gratitude
Posted by zuma1986, Sun May-22-11 06:46 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIDtDgJg2eA

Original Beastie Boys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdJ5e70Q8mw
2551875, Of Montreal - Jimmy
Posted by zuma1986, Sun May-22-11 06:53 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMH4_4A7UdU

Original: MIA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO2pYul9mXk
2551880, David Bowie - Growin' Up
Posted by zuma1986, Sun May-22-11 07:21 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2ym3J5iEcQ

Original: Bruce Springsteen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nJ9mOqZnSI
2551884, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyGDWdikGmU
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Sun May-22-11 07:44 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyGDWdikGmU