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For What It's Worth
Posted: 08 Jul 2019, 16:45
by Samoan
At Worthy Farm and elsewhere -
Mavis Staples performed this at Glastonbury the other weekend but whose version do you prefer of these two ?
Buffalo Springfield
The Staple Singers
Re: For What It's Worth
Posted: 10 Jul 2019, 08:17
by Jumper K
I'm going with A.
Re: For What It's Worth
Posted: 10 Jul 2019, 09:38
by Footy
Jumper K wrote:I'm going with A.
Me too
Re: For What It's Worth
Posted: 10 Jul 2019, 09:41
by ChrisB
I'm going for (c) and Art. One of those songs that's almost impossible to ruin. i'm now going to be proved wrong
Re: For What It's Worth
Posted: 10 Jul 2019, 11:31
by The Prof
slightbreeze wrote: One of those songs that's almost impossible to ruin.
Too right.
Re: For What It's Worth
Posted: 10 Jul 2019, 11:57
by Samoan
The Prof wrote:slightbreeze wrote: One of those songs that's almost impossible to ruin.
Too right.
Fabulous!
Re: For What It's Worth
Posted: 10 Jul 2019, 17:56
by Count Machuki
slightbreeze wrote:One of those songs that's almost impossible to ruin. i'm now going to be proved wrong
Lou Rawls sure came close!
Re: For What It's Worth
Posted: 11 Jul 2019, 10:14
by ChrisB
Count Machuki wrote:slightbreeze wrote:One of those songs that's almost impossible to ruin. i'm now going to be proved wrong
Lou Rawls sure came close!
I always knew that my theory would be shot down in flames. That's borderline iffy at best
Re: For What It's Worth
Posted: 11 Jul 2019, 14:06
by The Slider
I don't hate the Staples one but it's just not right
Stills.
Always.
I quite like the Muppets one though
Re: For What It's Worth
Posted: 11 Jul 2019, 14:10
by The Slider
How odd
30 seconds after reading and responding here, *this* started playing
Re: For What It's Worth
Posted: 11 Jul 2019, 16:29
by The Modernist
My favourite version of this is by Sergio Mendes. Magnificently moody and as funky as hell. I first came across it on a series of comps I used to buy in Camden in about 1990. Still sounds great to me today.
Re: For What It's Worth
Posted: 11 Jul 2019, 16:33
by Diamond Dog
Re: For What It's Worth
Posted: 16 Jul 2019, 14:37
by modharper
I've always dug this version:
Re: For What It's Worth
Posted: 17 Jul 2019, 10:20
by Tactful Cactus
The original is the best. The genius of that song is the 12th fret harmonic on that two-note riff. It unique and very subtle yet it grabs your ears straight away.
I first heard that song on the White Room! Channels 4's live music show, they used to play one archive clip a week and once it was the BS on Smothers Brothers.
