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Cover to Cover: Marvin Gaye v The Band
Henry Irving
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A real battle of the heavyweights.
The original pleading soul voice that is His Majesty Marvin Gaye from 1965 v the foot stomping funked up version by The Band with Levon Helm belting it out live in 1971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKhqL3xS0Dw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Y987Uf1wY
And yes the Who did a cover as did James Taylor but this is the choice today
The original pleading soul voice that is His Majesty Marvin Gaye from 1965 v the foot stomping funked up version by The Band with Levon Helm belting it out live in 1971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKhqL3xS0Dwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Y987Uf1wYAnd yes the Who did a cover as did James Taylor but this is the choice today
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Both really excellent.
I am giving it to Marvin Gaye by .00000000000000000001 of a point.1 -
Marvin - just.0
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Marvin for me0
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Marvin Gaye0
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That's a close call...its marvin for me but I ll hate myself afterwards0
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Much as I love the Marvin version the Band version wins it for Levon's voice and that funky bass line.0
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I love the Marvin version but The Band win this by a mile.1
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No contest ... Marvin1
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Marvin for me.0
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This breaks my heart, being a soul purist/bore, but The Band for me.1
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The Band's take on that tune is just so dirtily groovy so wins this battle for me.0
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yeah, dirtily groovy sums it up for meAddickUpNorth said:The Band's take on that tune is just so dirtily groovy so wins this battle for me.0 -
Marvin for me, but credit to The Band it's a tough thing to pitch a live version against a studio recording and expect a fair outcome.1
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The band wins it for me... A live version by Gaye though would be a different story1
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agreed, it has the upper hand by being a live version and mixed better.McBobbin said:The band wins it for me... A live version by Gaye though would be a different story1 -
NO-ONE beats Marvin Gaye !
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Mr Marvin Gaye0
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Am I allowed to say which one I dislike the least?0
