wash-a me downnnnn

Sep 21, 2012 20:26

((this is possibly dumb. but screw it, i think it's cool.))

so there are basically enough covers of "take me to the river" to make a pretty respectable mix-cd. maybe about the length of one side of one mixtape.



talking heads, which is the one people usually know:

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al green, the dude who *wrote* the song, and who is the MEAN AL GREEN:

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syl johnson, who may as well have done it with the same backing tracks covered it pretty faithfully (a little throatier and fleshier) per green:

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tom jones, who is motherf*cking tom jones:

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levon helm, the crowd-pleaser, the crowd is a little corny and tolerant of a dude who sounds a little like Jimmy Buffett vamping:

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k, things start getting weird.

Uyen Linh, with the showboatin' Western-style pop cover:

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Annie Lennox, with, um, Annie Lennox:

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and, the reason i even did this, The Gizmos, who are awesome.

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forgive my dumb post full of videos and nothing else. basically, i'm just happy to get them all in the same post, so i can play them in a round and have a mixtape.

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oooh! the other side of the mixtape should be covers of michael jackson songs. or if i want to make it unlistenable, it should be a mix of the Worst Covers of All Time So Far. Laidie Marmalahhhde, i'm looking at you for ruining disco. ruining!
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