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Cover to Cover: Take me home country roads

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,222
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Two versions of the same song.

Listen without prejudice and say which you prefer and why.

In tribute to Toots, who left us yesterday, his 1972 cover of the John Denver 1971 original 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTeUdJky9rY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQFKMar4x-w

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  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    John Denver
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    John Denver, Toots version just doesn’t sound right. 
  • Rossman92
    Rossman92 Posts: 3,650
    John Denver. Take me home country roads is a perfect song that no one can truly replicate
  • CharltonKerry
    CharltonKerry Posts: 2,960
    John Denver version.
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,820
    I always preferred the Greg Champion and the Music Makers version - 

    Take me home Jonty Rhodes
    To the veldt of Transvaal
    Orange Free State
    Good ole Jo'Burg
    Take me home Jonty Rhodes


  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,454
    https://youtu.be/0VSRMRh8fEs
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,447
    John Denver. Toots version doesn't work for me.
  • ProperCharlton
    ProperCharlton Posts: 2,254
    The John Denver original is sort of the anthem for my local. Get the whole pub singing it when it gets late into the evening and we've all had a few too many
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    John Denver - the song just doesn't convert to reggae.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,221
    John Denver.

    Classic song... I do like to sing it at the family singalongs but I’m rubbish mind. 

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,222
    Toots brilliant reworking getting a beating here.
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,246
    John Denver 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    I don't like the Denver version, I find it suffocatingly cringey so it's got to be Toots for me. I was hoping to make a joke that it's 'by a country mile', but I don't really like that version either.
  • SheffieldRed
    SheffieldRed Posts: 3,772
    J Denver

    Think this song (Slight rewording) suits us as a club
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,032
    Neither. 

    Olivia Newton John. 
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,274
    I would like to hear Jonnie Jackson do it before deciding on my favourite version 
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    Toots
  • HugoZHackenbush
    HugoZHackenbush Posts: 775
    The man could write a song, I'll give him that.

    Bizarrely I remember him best for a guest appearance in "McCloud"
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    randy andy said:
    https://youtu.be/0VSRMRh8fEs
    Song was really well used in the Soundtrack for this film
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,739
    John Denver
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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Quite like them both.
    I think Toots kind of fulfils the spirit of a cover version, as Hendrix did with 'Watchtower', by not photocopying but adapting to his style.
    As it is a nice sunny day outside I am voting for Toots.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,716
    Toots for me. the last minute or so did it for me. has a real uplifting feel to it. 
  • JohnnyJoeyDeeDee
    JohnnyJoeyDeeDee Posts: 1,040
    To properly triangulate you now need to find John Denver covering the Clash. GarageBand? 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    Toots "version" is not the same song. If the lyrics are different it's a different song.

    Or shall I put up Mull of Kintyre......
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,032
    seth plum said:
    Quite like them both.
    I think Toots kind of fulfils the spirit of a cover version, as Hendrix did with 'Watchtower', by not photocopying but adapting to his style.
    As it is a nice sunny day outside I am voting for Toots.
    Really excellent comment. 

    I love it when artists do this and add to the original. For pop songs done with a Reggae vibe I loved John Holt. He seemed to corner that market. 

    Rebounding back to the writer. Dylan sometimes 'covers' the Hendrix version at concerts. Neil Diamond sometimes performs Red, Red Wine in the style of UB40 live. 
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Toots for me.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,789
    The John Denver version is one I love to listen to and sing along with. The Toots version is one I'd love to see performed simply for its versatility and energy.

    But, overall, it has to be JD for me
  • Addictedoldgit
    Addictedoldgit Posts: 1,826
    John Denver

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