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Originally Posted by stoney
I have never heard Rush or the dead version. I am sure in the case of the Dead if that was ever perfomed more than once that is would be different each time perfromed.
Many many years ago I saw a Jazz band at summerfest " Rush Hour" they were fabulous. I tried finding their cd at the Exclusive Company and the clerk led me to Rush. From that point on I had thing "No Rush" just "Rush Hour".
Both versions used the Bo Diddly beat but The Crickets used their voices to re-create that beat and Buddy Holly had is signature voice nobody can duplicate. The Origianl Buddy Holly version basically put the spot light on all the componts individually and link them with the drums. The Stones version is done like a basic rock-n-rock and just blended as one.
a redundant beat with a simple melody.
I think Bo Diddly once said if he had a dollar for everytime someone used his beat, he would be a millioaire. I think he is a millioaire.
To sum it up I do like Buddy Holly's version best but the Stones make a great tribute version.
After all that was "the day the music died"
That was a very good choice in song renditions to compare and difficult to select.
In my mind the next song up will be just as difficult to select as this one.
One of my guitar heros is Jimi Hendrix and Voodo Chile was his signature song, I think back to the 1st time I heard "Purple Haze" it blew my socks off and I ranted and raved about it for weeks!!!! at one time I knew how to play the song but I could not do that anymore if it meant saving my life.
I am not sure who else coverd it and if you know please post it here but "The Cure" did an amazing version on a tribute album to Jimi.
Which would you pick?
Jimi's
or
The Cures
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Jimi Hendrix is the only artist that does the work of "Purple Haze" any justice. He has the vocals. The lead singing dude with "The Cure" is missing the maturity in the pipes. I'm not sure if the funky beat of The Cure is appropriate for that particular song. I can't take anything away from The Cure's artistic interpretations. They definitely have their own groove running. There's a multitude of artists/bands that covered Jimi's classic. None can get close to it, from what I've heard, there's no touching it.
iTunes let's you listen to a few bars of a particular piece. You don't have to buy anything, just download the player. I have a couple playlists set up on it, but I have'nt figured out how to sync it to my mp3 player. I'm also working to get those playlists to my Windows Media player, where it's a simply a click of a couple buttons, and it syncs.
You mentioned Elmore James, in an earlier post. Who didn't cover Elmore. He's one of the originators. Canned Heat covered "Rolling and Tumbling" with all the respect deserved. Stevie Ray Vaughn gets the tears flowing with his rendition of "The Sky is Crying". "It Hurts Me Too", covered by everyone and their brother, is one of the first blues songs I heard. Of course, Eric Clapton covered it, as did The Grateful Dead. The list goes on. Canned Heat gets my vote for the covering of "Rolling And Tumbling".