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Cover to Cover - I Love You Baby

LargeAddick
LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
edited July 2020 in Not Sports Related
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XgvfOjifZl4

or

Surf Mesa https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XAQxSJhMK5E

you decide

Comments

  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,595
    Frankie Valli - Deer Hunter, my favourite film, nothing will ever be better!
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,222
    Surf Mesa but if I was in the pub after a few Frankie Valli would be better for a singalong
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    In my mind the Frankie Valli one was a great, but on listening again it sounded duller and slower than I remembered (perhaps it's better when pissed up at pub singalongs). Surf Mesa was another kettle of fish; a complete bore-o-rama from the softly spoken dirge catalogue. A clear win for the man with the Charlton blog, but a song of this quality deserves to be remade properly - nothing major, perhaps just another Pilooski re-edit. 
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,847
    Andy Williams
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,900
    Off_it said:
    Andy Williams
    Think it was a big hit for Frankie in the States and a hit for Andy in the UK ....anyway an easy choice in my view it's Frankie all the way 
  • johnny73
    johnny73 Posts: 4,567
    Frankie easily. The other one takes all the Verve out of a classic.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,783
    LargeAddick said:
    Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XgvfOjifZl4

    or

    Surf Mesa https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XAQxSJhMK5E

    you decide
    Sorry, @LargeAddick but is this really up for discussion? It feels like a loaded question, but I’m not sure why it’s being asked. Has someone inexplicably said to you that they think the second one is superior or something?

    I don’t have a problem with the Surf Mesa one, but it isn’t even really a proper cover - it’s just the chorus repeated over and over in a kind of chilled out way - which is fine if you want to make a bit of easy listening lounge music to get stoned to, but I can’t seriously imagine there is anyone in the world claiming that it’s superior to the older version.
    And I’m not even a big fan of the Frankie Valli song!
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    lordromford said:
    LargeAddick said:
    Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XgvfOjifZl4

    or

    Surf Mesa https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XAQxSJhMK5E

    you decide
    Sorry, @LargeAddick but is this really up for discussion? It feels like a loaded question, but I’m not sure why it’s being asked. Has someone inexplicably said to you that they think the second one is superior or something?

    I don’t have a problem with the Surf Mesa one, but it isn’t even really a proper cover - it’s just the chorus repeated over and over in a kind of chilled out way - which is fine if you want to make a bit of easy listening lounge music to get stoned to, but I can’t seriously imagine there is anyone in the world claiming that it’s superior to the older version.
    And I’m not even a big fan of the Frankie Valli song!
    What do you expect from a bloke that doesn't rate the Beatles. Final proof that @LargeAddick should never be let lose on the decks.

    FWIW I prefer the Andy William's version. 
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    golfaddick said:
    lordromford said:
    LargeAddick said:
    Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XgvfOjifZl4

    or

    Surf Mesa https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XAQxSJhMK5E

    you decide
    Sorry, @LargeAddick but is this really up for discussion? It feels like a loaded question, but I’m not sure why it’s being asked. Has someone inexplicably said to you that they think the second one is superior or something?

    I don’t have a problem with the Surf Mesa one, but it isn’t even really a proper cover - it’s just the chorus repeated over and over in a kind of chilled out way - which is fine if you want to make a bit of easy listening lounge music to get stoned to, but I can’t seriously imagine there is anyone in the world claiming that it’s superior to the older version.
    And I’m not even a big fan of the Frankie Valli song!
    What do you expect from a bloke that doesn't rate the Beatles. Final proof that @LargeAddick should never be let lose on the decks.

    FWIW I prefer the Andy William's version. 
    Well the Andy Williams version isn’t an option so I’ll put you down for the Surf Mesa version.

    For what it’s worth I like the Surf Mesa version but prefer the Frankie Valli one. 

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