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Your Favorite Versions of Standards

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MrMidwest
#1Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/10/12 at 7:26pm

I Think It's Going to Rain Today - Nina Simone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Lhcby4d0k

Fever - Sara Ramirez:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syudQGmsXUs

Secret Love - Mandy Moore:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fieNHFylrqw


"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter

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#3Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/10/12 at 11:52pm

Bewitched Bothered & Bewildered - Patti LuPone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9lSvkYAZEY

Blues in the Night - Rosemary Clooney:
http://www.youtube.com/com/watch?v=1zi2a1spXfY


"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter

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thetinymagic2
#4Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/10/12 at 11:58pm

Oh man - chet Baker. So perrfect, that rendition!! Too bad about his life, though. So, so sad.

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Wynbish
#5Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 12:07am

Carla Bruni - You Belong to Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=murYvyEzpUM

Louis Armstrong - La Vie en Rose (sorry, Edith)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IH9gGywLk4

Jane Monheit - Embraceable You (really exquisite)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO-VF2eGQ-k
Updated On: 9/11/12 at 12:07 AM

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#6Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 12:15am

Wynbish - I never knew you had such GREAT taste in music. Carla Bruni - I NEVER knew!? Superb, superb, superb. The other 2, I agreed COMPLETELY! Great!

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Wynbish
#7Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 12:20am

Aww thanks. Now, I'm off to hide how many times I've played Call Me Maybe this summer...

In all seriousness, I love classics. I like to buy one of the originals and a cover version for comparison. My favorite example is how different Billie Holiday's "Don't Explain" and the version Herbie Hancock did with Damien Rice/Lisa Hannigan are.

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strummergirl
#8Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 1:12am

"Bang, Bang" Dalida (in French!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF7PQbadX4U

"Gloria" Patti Smith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgNeBNMJFZs

"Hey Jude" Wilson Pickett (supported by Duane Allman on guitar)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2629krYrv1c

"Hallelujah" Jeff Buckley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8AWFf7EAc4

"Heard it Through the Grape Wine" CCR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93S_l0qZrXA

"House of the Rising Sun" The Animals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwAw9ThDQmk

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#9Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 3:44am

I HATE Sara Ramirez's version of Fever! Gah.




Summertime by P!nk


Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
Updated On: 9/11/12 at 03:44 AM

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#11Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 4:43am

Strummer, that version of Hey Jude has made my morning. My brother would have LOVED that. Thank you for sharing it.


Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!

LaurenB
#12Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 4:49am

More favorites:

Duke Ellington - How High the Moon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7e4xIcUIA0

There's another great version of this song by Benny Goodman live at Carnegie Hall, recorded in the 70's (with Lionel Hampton), but I can't find it.


Frank Sinata - I've Got You Under My Skin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmobo-PrYZw

I was looking for the version where Frank sang this at Madison Square Garden, but this will do. These videos don't do him justice. His concerts, performed with a full orchestra, were the best. I wasn't a fan prior to seeing him in concert, but I wanted to see "a legend" and he knocked my socks off.

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#13Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 8:01am

Someone mentioned "I Think It's Going To Rain Today", well:


Bobby Darin - I Think It's Gonna Rain Today

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#14Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 8:02am

Everything Ella Fitzgerald ever did.

This for example, a 7:37 version of "These Foolish Things Remind Me of You":

http://youtu.be/mshV7ug8cdE


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#15Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 2:08pm

This is THE BEST (Classic American Songbook) MUSIC THREAD EVER! Keep it up, kids!. I need more obsure, fabulous iTunes to download.....

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Wynbish
#16Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 2:14pm

Is Autumn Leaves a standard? If so, definitely Eva

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--xW8HPJRY0

#17Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 2:28pm

I refuse to believe Patti LuPone's version of "Bewitched"
could top Ella Fitzgerald. It is the most perfect pairing of an artist, song, arrangement and orchestra ever.

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PalJoey
#18Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 2:52pm

This thread needs a little Nancy LaMott love:


"Moon River"

http://youtu.be/z0W0ZUz1Amw


"All the Things You Are"/"I'm Glad There Is You"

http://youtu.be/6P5Uxa0GCz0


"My Bill"

http://youtu.be/R0CU5LfLIyw



"The Best Is Yet to Come"

http://youtu.be/rpWU2KfnM3g


"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"

http://youtu.be/gFEZh0mdL9o



"Two for the Road"

http://youtu.be/r-ULtacF-34


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#20Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 3:30pm

Thanks, JerseyGirl. I love that song.

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MrMidwest
#21Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 4:55pm

Joe, your favorite is your favorite; my favorite is my favorite. The best, is something else.

Marilyn Monroe - Do It Again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKYjAmzjCag


"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter

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#22Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 5:44pm

Of course Autumn Leaves is a standard (I have Grace Jones' campy, slightly off key disco version on vinyl). Eva's is brilliant. While a bit on the soft jazz side, I also love Dutch vocalist Laura Fygi's live version in French http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCToiC9GJsQ

I *love* Laura Fygi's jazz take on Michel Legrand's I Will Wait for You from Umbrellas of Cherbourg, from her Legrand album he produced with her. For me, it's hands down the best take of the song in English--that ending wow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OxEYNf1u3o

It's impossible to beat the Dusty original (especially in the original Bacharach produced soundtrack version--the later single re-recording is a bit watered down), but I *love* The Zombies' take on The Look of Love done for BBC radio in the 60s. Colin Blunstone's vocals make me melt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4emLYfb9rA

Actually, I also love the jazzy cover of Summertime they do, though it's impossible to pick a favorite version of that song (I admit though, I've always found Joplin's overated *ducks*)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo4cKTlGSFE

(OK, I also love their cover of Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? but I shouldn't turn this into a Zombies thread http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftemreRiAzM )

Everyone here probably knows them, but as cheesy as they are (in a good way--at least for me), I think Donna Summer's disco takes on Barry Manilow's Could it Be Magic and Richard Harris' MacArthur Park crap all over the originals.

I suppose some of this depends on your definition of standards, but it seems like much from the early 70s or before counts now...





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#23Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 6:22pm

I really Amy Winehouse's cover of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" because it's such a different take on it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_r-b8vbK48

Beyonce's cover of "Fever" is literally just sexy. Nothing can compare to Miss Peggy Lee, but I really like this cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEOqbqhF8IA&feature=fvst

Also, Frank Sinatra's "It Might As Well Be Spring": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-65g3ofIEo

Rosemary Clooney's "Shine On Harvest Moon" (couldn't find a link to it).


"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop

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#24Your Favorite Versions of Standards
Posted: 9/11/12 at 7:32pm

Peggy Lee - How Long Has This Been Going On?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2C6yjbplxQ

Doris Day - 10 Cents a Dance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JX2P3VekOo


"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter
Updated On: 9/11/12 at 07:32 PM


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