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Cover to Cover: The Monkees v Robert Wyatt - I'm a Believer

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  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,479
    edited May 2017
    The Monkees......what a pile of manufactured shyte they were/are......Beatles wannabes thrown together by an American managerial/record company team attempting (very poorly I may add) to steal some of The Beatles thunder.
    Thought of as embarrassing rubbish at the time and since by real music aficionados, who for the most part, were left squirming in front of their TV sets in agonised disbelief.
  • addix
    addix Posts: 1,183
    Not keen on either version, though there is a slight improvement when you play them both at the same time.
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    Monkees
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    I prefer my Wyatt doing more moody solemn stuff. The Monkees are the ultimate fun band and this song suits them down to a tee. Very easy victory for the sixties boy band. It's not their best record though. That honour goes to the wonderful Valleri (for any Fall fans, it's essentially the same tune as Barmy).

    As for Wyatt's best that was another Nick Mason production, the superb, surreal Fictitious Sports. Though I believe that it was actually Carla Bley rather than Mason or Wyatt who was the driving force behind that.
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Fan of Wyatt, but the Monkees rendition is much better
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,032
    PeterGage said:

    Neil Diamond first sang that song in the same beat as The Monkees, but in latter years (I cant remember which album), slowed it right down to a beautiful ballad.

    It is on his 2010 album of mainly covers called Dreams.

    Diamond often likes to revisit his compositions. At his concerts he often does a reggae influenced version of Red, Red, Wine.
  • 3blokes
    3blokes Posts: 4,610
    bristoladdick said:

    Robert Wyatt, born in Bristol, part of the Canterbury scene (my youth) and one of my favourite musical puns ever - Matching Mole.

    So it has to be - The Monkees. Sorry Mr Wyatt.

    Love that Matching Mole album, particularly the song Caroline.
    But it's the Monkees for me here. Pure pop. Love it.
  • PeterGage
    PeterGage Posts: 1,793
    Richard J said:

    PeterGage said:

    Neil Diamond first sang that song in the same beat as The Monkees, but in latter years (I cant remember which album), slowed it right down to a beautiful ballad.

    It is on his 2010 album of mainly covers called Dreams.

    Diamond often likes to revisit his compositions. At his concerts he often does a reggae influenced version of Red, Red, Wine.
    I have seen N Diamond live about 30 times and will do so later this summer. Also to see Brian Wilson later this summer
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,599
    PeterGage said:

    Richard J said:

    PeterGage said:

    Neil Diamond first sang that song in the same beat as The Monkees, but in latter years (I cant remember which album), slowed it right down to a beautiful ballad.

    It is on his 2010 album of mainly covers called Dreams.

    Diamond often likes to revisit his compositions. At his concerts he often does a reggae influenced version of Red, Red, Wine.
    I have seen N Diamond live about 30 times and will do so later this summer. Also to see Brian Wilson later this summer
    I saw Neil Diamond about 15 years ago, he was fantastic.
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    The Monkees.
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  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 914
    The Monkees for me, far better
  • Alex Wright
    Alex Wright Posts: 8,214
    Seems like a landslide Henry :)
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    Yep, Monkees by a mile

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