Who did it better?

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Abba v The Nutty Boys






Decent effort from Madness but Abba are unbeatable.

 

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Black Pumas v The Beatles





At first listen of Black Pumas I was like oh dear. But if you listen to just a couple of times it's actually very, very good and they did a fantastic job of making it their own. I'm going to give the win to The Beatles but Black Pumas have come very, very close, almost a tie. Almost.

 

[thebeave]

 

[Politesse]

I prefer the Muppet version.

 

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A Beatles song, With a Little Help From My Friends. A rare occasion where Ringo is lead vocal.



An iconic performance from Joe Cocker performing at Woodstock.



And Scottish band Wet Wet Wet



The original Beatles version is a fairly simple arrangement whereas Joe Cocker goes balls to the wall and totally creates a different, almost unrecognizable piece of music. The Wet Wet Wet version is a rather bland poppy version.

Joe Cocker for the win!

 

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I never posted up With A Little Help From My Friends? Must be because it is so blatantly obvious a deaf person would make the right choice just based on the Cocker video alone. One of my favorite performances.

 

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I never posted up With A Little Help From My Friends? Must be because it is so blatantly obvious a deaf person would make the right choice just based on the Cocker video alone. One of my favorite performances.

Indeed you did, my bad.

 

[Elixir]

Joe Cocker goes balls to the wall and totally creates a different, almost unrecognizable piece of music.

Piece of something, anyhow.
I disliked his “rendition” intensely at first listen. My opinion has softened over the years, but I still don’t like it.
One of his many girlfriends owed me money and never made good, and that may have influenced my dislike at the time. But mostly I felt like he disrespected the structure. Parts-ed it out for his own build, so to speak. He could have done that to anything, so why that? I still think George Martin’s “simplicity” is more inventive and less simple than most listeners appreciate.

 

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I never posted up With A Little Help From My Friends? Must be because it is so blatantly obvious a deaf person would make the right choice just based on the Cocker video alone. One of my favorite performances.

Indeed you did, my bad.

Whew. So I'm not losing it.
person, woman, man, camera, TV
Yep. Still got it.