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If you follow American Idol each week like I do, you'll remember Simon saying that he wanted the contestants to redo songs with their own style. He didn't want them to completely butcher the original, but instead do an interesting take on it. Also, take a look at the hit show Glee. Each week you have several covers of famous songs done by the cast. And go figure, some of their remakes are now outselling the originals!
A great site to check out who really made that song is Second Hand Songs. I go there a lot to fact check. They have an extensive list of who has covered the song, and who was the original artist.
This got me thinking about writing my top 6 favorite covers of the 60's. There were lots of them as people tried to cash in on other people's success. (i.e. The Beatles) So, I know you may or may not agree with my picks, but here's what I think are the cream of the crop:
1. All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix, 1968 (Bob Dylan, 1967)
Just watched Georgy Girl from 1966 and I'm just not too sure what I saw. One moment she's teaching kids to be silly, then she's dancing and singing like a mental patient, finally she's macking with a married James Mason, who's like 40 years older! I don't know what that was. If I do find out one day, I'll be sure to let you know. Honestly though, I had never heard of this movie. Heard the song about a million times and just absolutely love it, but I didn't know there was a movie.
Just found this on YouTube and thought I'd pass it along. Watch for the little snippet of Lou Christie in the video. Oh, and don't forget to sing along as well. :P
Over the past couple of weeks, I've just been enthralled by Lou Christie. Yeah, I'd heard of him before when I was introduced to such songs as "Two Faces Have I", "Lightnin' Strikes" and "The Gypsy Cried". I liked how high his voice got on all of the songs...it reminded me of Frankie Valli a lot. On YouTube, I came across this old music video for "I'm Gonna Make You Mine", which I'll admit I had heard before, somewhere, but it wasn't that familiar to me. So I watched it, didn't think much of it and went on with my life. Next day, I found myself humming the stupid song!
So I watched it some more and more. Present day, and I'm hooked. I just love the simplicity of the "music video". The video quality is very poor. They're dancing in front of a hotel pool, not moving from their spots. He's wearing tight pants, obviously lip-synching really awfully, and there's a crazy lady over to the far left of the screen. Who she is, I don't know. Someone posted on the YouTube page an apparent funny story about her, but I could never find it. (Anyone, if you find it, send it my way!)
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