BOTV6 -Dreamlover

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:02 am

Ok let's see how we fare with this, 4 distinct versions I feel.
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beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:41 pm

Ooh - tough one, Roy. They're all good versions. I guess I'll have to go with 4,2,1,3. Version 1 sounds unfinished - like a work in progress. Otherwise, I probably would have rated that one higher.

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:08 pm

Well spotted Kris, version 1 was not the released version, so perhaps one should judge it on vocal performance. Revise if you wish.

Version 4 was more or less, except the vocals, how the finished version sounded.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:23 pm

Place Version # 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 3

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:31 am

OK, Roy. Revise mine to 4,1,2,3.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:44 am

Hmmm..... 4,2,3,1. Not sure I like the vocal treatment on #2 so #3 and #2 could easily be reversed for me. I agree on #1 - sounds like there are a couple of tracks missing.

Sounds like #3 is Lulu.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:27 am

I had a hard time with this one. These were all so close except for #4 which I disliked.
I know who #1 who's great and of which this is an outtake, and #2 who is also great and of whom I like just about everything, #4 was also really good, to me they were equal in their respecive ways.
But I will have to go in this order:
#1.
#2.
#4.
#3.
Hey Sheena, we picked the same order, great minds think alike as we say here in the states.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:04 pm

Hey Sheena, we picked the same order, great minds think alike as we say here in the states.

We say the same here, Bob, but in a different language.

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:22 pm

#1
#2
#4
#3

Same order as Sheena and Bob for me as well. The vocals on number 1 sold me. Obviously the backing track is rudimentary.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:40 pm

I guess a cliche is a cliche in any language.

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:04 pm

Aw. Why do so many nice phrases become cliche?

lyle_from_minneapolis · Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:30 am

Having posting issues, but maybe this will work...

#1
#4
#2
#3

Here is my opinionated spiel. #4 actually does the best job of presenting this song as a natural, catchy hit for the times. It has a certain tameness to it, but it still sounds good...only not nearly close to the simply expressed artistry of #1. That is just supreme. #2 has a great, sexy, drunk young man's voice with a nice early-Beatlesy backup group, but he's a touch out of his depth here. #3 is fun. Cool but lame, overwrought, not a lot of time spent working on this one. But it sounded pretty exciting, sort of, back in the day.

Thanks for making this easier to access, Roy.

dedicated_follower · Post by **dedicated_follower** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:56 am

And the votes from the Durham Jury are:-
In first place - Version 4
In second place - Version 2
In third place - Version 1
and last 4th - Version 3

admin · Post by **admin** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:17 am

4,1,2,3 for me, Roy.

royclough · Post by **royclough** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:26 am

For those who may be interested the 4 versions were as follows
version 1 - An early take - Bobby Darin
Version 2 - Dion and The Belmonts
version 3 - Lulu
version 4 - Marty Wilde (meant nothing in US but in late 50's early 60's very successful in UK.)

Based on those who voted the Cloughs Classics favourite version of Dreamlover was:

Bobby Darin 82.5% of vote
Marty Wilde 75%
Dion 65%
Lulu 27.5%