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Cover to Cover: Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Neil Young v St Etienne

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,480
edited May 2017 in Not Sports Related
With a nod to the events in Manchester

Two versions of the same song. Listen to both without prejudice and say which you prefer and why.

No other versions matter

Often these days upbeat electric songs are slowed down and played acoustically when covered. Here we have the opposite.

Which do you prefer; Neil Young's 1970 folk/rock or what might now be called alt. country original or St Etienne's 1991 dance cover?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOl01vKXv6I


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZAajrxvDs4
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  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,952
    St Etienne.
  • Wellingtentioned
    Wellingtentioned Posts: 309
    St Etienne.

    Nice references to cafc in the video as one is a Charlton fan.
  • Addick in SW16
    Addick in SW16 Posts: 1,421
    Has to be Neil
  • maidstoneaddick
    maidstoneaddick Posts: 182
    edited May 2017
    St Etienne - one of my all time favourite tunes
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,292
    St Etienne. Not even close.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,437
    St Etienne

    Wasn't familiar with the original, so glad to hear it though!
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,089
    St Etienne. Love that cover. I don't care much for Neil Young but don't mind this.
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    I think its the traditional version for me....Neil.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    St Etienne, Sarah Cracknell, pwopper sort
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,480
    7 - 2 to St Etienne so far.

    All the old hippies still in bed?

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  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,172
    Neil Young for me
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    Can't believe the amount of St Etienne votes, (good cover though) but Neil Young wins
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,534
    St Etienne by an absolute mile for me. One of the best covers.
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    Not so much of the old hippy please, Neil Young all day long and night time too
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,174
    One of the best songs ever written, Its not even close is it, the Legend that is Neil Young all year long, that other thing is just Musical McDonalds....utter pish.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,480
    8 - 6 to St Etienne now
  • bristoladdick
    bristoladdick Posts: 1,154
    Both good but Neil Young for me
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,480
    Old Shakey closing the gap 8 - 7 to the French football team
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,092
    St Etienne for me, but also had never heard the original before.
  • ken from bexley
    ken from bexley Posts: 5,128
    Neil for me, wether he wrote it for Graham Nash after the break up with Joni just adds to the magic of the song.

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  • cherryorchard
    cherryorchard Posts: 1,738
    Neil - by a long way.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,480
    9 - 9 now.

    Closest cover to cover yet.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,437
    Henry Irving said:

    9 - 9 now.

    Closest cover to cover yet.

    If it goes to penalties, there's only one winner

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  • 3blokes
    3blokes Posts: 4,611
    Neil Young for me.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,480
    killerandflash said:

    Henry Irving said:

    9 - 9 now.

    Closest cover to cover yet.

    If it goes to penalties, there's only one winner

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    You say that but Neil Young did score the winner in the 1969 FA Cup Final

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  • GreenWithEnvy
    GreenWithEnvy Posts: 1,857
    Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha was a brilliant album. Sarah Cracknell didn't sing the original version on the album for them though! Moira Campbell did.
  • daveaddick
    daveaddick Posts: 1,926
    No contest it's a beautiful song and Neil's version wins by a country mile. I also heard Nils Lofgren (Bruce Springsteen's guitarist and long time Neil Young collaborator) play a version on Radio 5 and that was exceptional but Neil's still the man.
  • ChicagoAddick
    ChicagoAddick Posts: 4,418
    St Etienne
  • Alex Wright
    Alex Wright Posts: 8,214
    Much respect to Neil Young but it's St Etienne for me. They take the song and make it their own, not just a copy of the original.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,480
    12 - 11 to St Etienne

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