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royclough wrote:It's different alright mainly because it's rubbish.

It's a very bad cover of Neil Young's version and although I like a lot of his stuff, his covers aren't always the greatest either. So this is a bad cover of a bad cover,

Oh yeah. A-ha-ha.

Ok for those interested and very few had a go this week but here are versions for those who played and those who may have just listened

Version 1 Chan Romero (The Original)
Version 2 Swinging Blue Jeans (big hit in UK)
Version 3 Georgia Satellites ( their version featured in Movie Cocktail)
Version 4 The Beatles (live at the BBC)

SBJ's 3.5
Beatles 2.4
Georgia Satellites 2.2
Chan Romero 1.9



% who chose as favourite

SBJ's 50%
Georgia Satellites 25%
Beatles 12.5%
Chan Romero 12.5%

went more or less the way thought it would.

Well, as i suggested — i do not regret my choice.

I listened again, and I'm still not sure (which really shocks me!!) - who's singing lead on the Beatles version? It actually sounds more like Gerry Marsden than any one of them to me! I guess it's Paul, but I think John would have done a better job. (Now someone's going to tell me it's John, and make me even more embarrassed than I am already!)

I'd vote for Lennon, but not sure — never really been into them.

It's Paul

So, you shouldn't be embarrassed , Nick, it's my turn to be embarrassed (i ain't, but still...)

I became suspicious and thinking Beatles when someone mentioned we would be surprised when artist #4 was brought to light! So I listened back, still not able to reveal the singer! And I own the BBC recordings. It's Paul yes, and this recording predates the hit version of SBJ. Small surprises like this makes this game fun!

Definitely Paul singing on that one.