Hello All!!
Welcome to another Music Monday hosted by Drew @The Tattooed Book Geek, and my twist on it “Who Did it Better?” Where I take different versions of the same song and you get to vote on your favourite!
Last week we had a battle for
Who Did it Better? “Video Killed the Radio Star“
Buggles
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Presidents of the United States
VS
Walk off the Earth (Featuring Sarah Silverman)
And the Winner is……………………..
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BUGGLES!!!!
Now, for this weeks vote!
Who Did it Better? “Don’t you Forget about Me”
Wind and the Wave
VS
Simple Minds
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Ooh great song! Simple Minds of course.
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Ha ha!! “of course” 🤣🤣💖
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Ah! Childhood flashbacks!
Going to have to go with Simple Minds on this one 🙂
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Isn’t it, though?? I love this song!! Simple Minds is defintitely an amazing classic. I do like the other, as well. It’s fun when a band can take a classic song and give it a completely different sound. 😊
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Any chance you have a recipe for a PanGalactic GargleBlaster?
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I made up my own… It was pretty disgusting. But, I followed the recipe!!
https://thebookwormdrinketh.com/2018/05/02/6-days-of-deep-thoughts-finale-who-wants-to-make-a-pan-galactic-gargle-blaster/
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how much you can expect to pay for one and what voluntary organizations exist to help you rehabilitate afterwards.”
😂 We might have to come up with a remake
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It’s the trying to follow the recipe, AND make it palatable that is difficult. 😂😂
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Honestly i think a real life version of a PanGalactic GargleBlaster would contain some psychoactive ingredient
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Dont follow the recipe break the recipe Craft your own !!!
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You can’t CHANGE the recipe for a pan galactic gargle blaster!! It’s already written!! That would be forsaking a great man’s amazing mind! 😂😂
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Call it a PanGalactic GargleBlaster 2.0
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And I’ll make that my official drink of choice
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🤔 I Challenge you Nicole Bookworm Drinketh to Craft the REAL GargleBlaster
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Ha ha!! Well, I’ll see what I can do. I don’t think there will be any psychoactive drugs in it… I don’t need the cops looking for me for posting illegal substances! 😉🤣🤣
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😂😂
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“After two of those babies, the dullest, most by-the-book Vogon will be up on the bar in stilettos, yodeling mountain shanties and swearing he’s the king of the Gray Binding Fiefdoms of Saxaquine”
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… Don’t know if the link actually showed up. Sometimes WordPress is dumb about sending links.
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If anyone would it would be you
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Gotta go with the original again Nicole.☺️
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Thanks for the vote, Kim! Hope you’re doing good!! ❤️❤️
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🤗🤗🤗🤗
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Okey dokey, here we go.
‘The Wind and the Wave’ seems like they just added an up-tempo folksy drum track to the song. Kind of a silly cover. Maybe it is slightly charming, if I were being generous.
I am going to give the win to ‘Simple Minds’. I like his stylish, rolled up sleeves.
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I am so glad you posted that! The wind lots video isn’t available in my country (hello Canada, UK calling.. commonwealth!!! ) and I couldn’t be arsed to find it here. Obviously a wise move on my part. Sounds dreadful.
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Well, I tend to like a cover that can take the song and give it a different sound. You will probably get mad at me in the future because, although I absolutely adore my classics and I love a great song. I can also appreciate an artist who can flip it on its head and do something silly with it! People who won’t even give something different a chance make me angry. I’m not saying that these artists can win against a classic by any means… But, sometimes I feel like they’re not even given a chance and just looked over BECAUSE they’re up against a classic. The point of me starting this was to introduce people to something new that they may enjoy, but most of the time I just feel like it’s “I like this version and didn’t even try something new because…”. I still enjoy putting it out there! But, I wish that others would at least keep an open mind and try something new!
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P. S. It’s funny that I’M the one saying this, because I grew up on music from the 20s-60s mostly and I’m the LAST person to support anything new over a classic…. But, sometimes you need to put aside what you grew up with and look at something different.
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Hi Nicole.
Sorry I bagged on a song you love.
I love Fraggle’s irreverent humour.
I do try to give each version an honest chance, and then I go all ‘Lester Bangs’ on them.
I often change my mind on which is my fave after your articles.
I usually go for the original version of a song, but I do have a few surprising exceptions:
– Jimi Hendrix performing ‘Hey Joe’, is NOT my favorite version.
-The Rolling Stones performing ‘Satisfaction’ is third on my list..
-Devo, performing ‘Uncontrollable Urge’ is NOT my favorite version.
Your Monday morning smarty-pants pal,
~Icky. 🙂
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Simple Minds
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Thanks for the vote, AJ!!
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Simple Minds, Nicole. Hands down for me on that one! Great song.
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Definitely a great song!
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I have found thru the ages that covers are rarely as good as originals. It sometimes happens that a cover can surpass the original but it isn’t that common. Simple Minds has this one by a dozen lengths.
Here’s a suggestion for a song, “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” A number of incredible versions of it out there. It would be a very tough decision for me.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll defintitely put it in the list! 😁
I agree completely that a lot of the time the original will be best, but sometimes I put things out there just to introduce something new to people. I understand it won’t win, I just hope that people actually listen to it or I’ve pretty much wasted my time! 😉🤣
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Gotta go with Simple Minds. I think I’ve heard the Wind and Waves version in a few romcoms and I kind of bopped to it for a few seconds because of the familiarity … but I recognize the Simple Minds version way better.
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Thanks for the vote! 😀 It’s defintitely a great song!
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Aww… Major flashback here to The Breakfast Club here – Simple Minds!!! ❤️
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That was a pinnacle scene in history, for sure!! Thanks for the vote! 😀
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