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Posted by: adamzero, April 22, 2005, 12:07am
I'm kinda partial to "Rock'n'Roll Music" at the present, but heard "Twist and Shout" on the radio today.
Whatta you think?
Posted by: Mairi, April 22, 2005, 12:15am; Reply: 1
Twist and Shout all the way!
Posted by: pc31, April 22, 2005, 1:02am; Reply: 2
i like johnny b goode and anna.ain't she sweet is good too...
Posted by: Bruno, April 22, 2005, 1:18am; Reply: 3
aye, Jonny B Goode is a good one.
I also like Mr. Moonlight, Twist and Shout and To Know Her is to Love Her
Posted by: pc31, April 22, 2005, 1:36am; Reply: 4
oh yeah to know her ya ya.......
Posted by: juniorsfarm (Guest), April 22, 2005, 2:13am; Reply: 5
Why the hell does there always have to be a poll on these things? Can't you just ask what is the best John cover song? I'm going with 'Baby Please Don't Go' off of 'Sometime in NYC' minus the Ocean Child from Hell's banzai banalities.
Posted by: SieLiebtDich, April 22, 2005, 5:47am; Reply: 6
Posted by: The End, April 22, 2005, 11:44am; Reply: 7
Twist and Shout may even be the greatest Rock vocal EVER. :)
Posted by: tkitna, April 22, 2005, 1:24pm; Reply: 8
Yeah, Twist and Shout is an easy choice, although I do like Money also.
Posted by: 197 (Guest), April 22, 2005, 3:56pm; Reply: 9
Posted by: Indica, April 22, 2005, 4:42pm; Reply: 10
I agree with tk, Money is amazing.
I also really like Mr Moonlight, Honey Dont and Too Much Monkey Business.
Also give a big respect to Mccartney with Clarabella 8)
Posted by: Soft_Guitar60, April 22, 2005, 5:58pm; Reply: 11
Posted by: dr.robert, April 22, 2005, 10:07pm; Reply: 12
He did a lot of good covers, but i think "Twist And Shout" is his best.
Posted by: Lostio, April 22, 2005, 10:16pm; Reply: 13
Well shake it up baby now! :)
Posted by: strawb3rryfi3ldsfor3ver, April 23, 2005, 12:24am; Reply: 14
Posted by: SieLiebtDich, April 23, 2005, 5:23pm; Reply: 15
Quoted from The_End
Twist and Shout may even be the greatest Rock vocal EVER. :)
yup, I think so too, they sound better than the original ones >_>..
Posted by: juniorsfarm (Guest), April 23, 2005, 9:09pm; Reply: 16
"You've Really Got A Hold On Me"
Posted by: pc31, April 24, 2005, 2:36am; Reply: 17
shes got the devil in her heart
Posted by: Finder (Guest), April 24, 2005, 3:19pm; Reply: 18
All of these are great - but dig up Anna - and check out his vocal in the chorus! What a voice he had...
Posted by: adamzero, April 26, 2005, 1:52am; Reply: 19
Money, Anna, Baby It's You, the Smoky Robinson songs, they all deserve to be on the poll. It's a shame the "Rock'n'Roll" album didn't come out better. I haven't heard the new release but can't think it's much better. It's just an exercise for him by the mid-70s. In the late 50s to mid 60s he was singing like his life was hanging in the balance.
Which I guess is a good way to sing rock-and-roll.
Posted by: number14, April 28, 2005, 9:18pm; Reply: 20
twist and shout
Stand by me is close as well
Posted by: adamzero, April 29, 2005, 9:49pm; Reply: 21
"Stand by Me" is interesting because it shows the frailty of Lennon's once powerful voice--it's an amazing performance of vulnerability from a guy who could belt out "Twist and Shout" and "Money" in his early days.
Heartbreaking really.
Posted by: Andy Smith, October 20, 2007, 4:58pm; Reply: 22
Rock n Roll Music for me. No-one could & can sing rock n roll
like that! WOW!! :)
Posted by: Kaleidoscope_Eyes, October 21, 2007, 4:59am; Reply: 23
I agree, Andy. Even though I was debating with myself about Twist and Shout... In the end its rock n roll
Posted by: 679 (Guest), October 21, 2007, 8:35am; Reply: 24
Stand By Me , i like the vocal :)
His live version of his old girlfriends song I Saw Her Standing There is very good too :)
DaveRam :)
Posted by: Pasta Cheif, October 21, 2007, 10:58am; Reply: 25
Rock n Roll Music for me. No-one could & can sing rock n roll
like that! WOW!! :)
My pick too, Lennon sang his a** off on thay one! One of only a few songs where
I prefer the cover to the original.
Posted by: alexis, October 21, 2007, 10:29pm; Reply: 26
For me it's
Twist and Shout
Money
To Know Her is to Love Her
And I really like ... "Leave my Kitten all alone"!
Posted by: wingsman, October 21, 2007, 11:16pm; Reply: 27
Dizzy Miss Lizzy. I love that performance.
Posted by: 829 (Guest), October 21, 2007, 11:29pm; Reply: 28
his best Beatle era cover : 1)Rock & Roll Music
best solo-era cover: 2) Stand By Me (no doubt)
Posted by: JimmyMcCullochFan, October 23, 2007, 8:27am; Reply: 29
Posted by: Lissy, October 23, 2007, 11:41am; Reply: 30
Posted by: walrus_21, October 27, 2007, 8:04pm; Reply: 31
Nobody votes for "Slow Down"? Not the best song ever, but his vocal is killer. Pure balls.
Posted by: 829 (Guest), October 27, 2007, 8:15pm; Reply: 32
Nobody votes for "Slow Down"? Not the best song ever, but his vocal is killer. Pure balls.
yeah...and I think the Macca rival to this was Long Tall Sally...Paul does
his version of a killer vocal here (IMO)
Posted by: ElementaryPenguin, November 13, 2007, 6:15pm; Reply: 33
Where's Mr. Moonlight? Not my favorite song but John's vocals are great. Words of Love is also amazing. Is it just me?
Posted by: 829 (Guest), November 13, 2007, 6:17pm; Reply: 34
yeah, the way John sings "mistahhhhhhhh ah ah ah ahh Mooonlight" on that is C-L-A-S-S-I-C ^5
Posted by: Taxgirl, November 14, 2007, 11:02am; Reply: 35
Stand by me. I really love John's version. :)
Posted by: Ligger, February 7, 2008, 7:26am; Reply: 36
Baby, It's You (so soulful)
and
Soldier of Love (a tribute to Arthur Alexander)
The original versions are pretty fabulous also.
Posted by: HeatherBoo, May 13, 2008, 12:32am; Reply: 37
Posted by: harihead, May 13, 2008, 4:05pm; Reply: 38
I figured "Twist and Shout" would ace it so I voted for my next fave, "Stand By Me". When I heard each of these songs for the first time, I immediately wanted to play them again. :)
Posted by: Andy Smith, May 13, 2008, 10:53pm; Reply: 39
it's funny how people love Twist & Shout but Lennon always said that he thought he could do the vocal better,
because of his sore throat! obviouly it was kind of right that he had that sore throat. :P
Posted by: HeatherBoo, May 14, 2008, 12:16am; Reply: 40
I don't think it would have been as good if he didn't have the sore throat!
Posted by: pc31, May 26, 2008, 1:39pm; Reply: 41
Posted by: fendertele, May 26, 2008, 1:42pm; Reply: 42
Andy ive been looking for pics similar to the pic you have in you're sig, do you know if there is any high res ones about ?
Posted by: pc31, May 26, 2008, 1:45pm; Reply: 43
Posted by: pc31, May 26, 2008, 1:47pm; Reply: 44
Andy ive been looking for pics similar to the pic you have in you're sig, do you know if there is any high res ones about ?
let me search my computer..ever since chazz avery started grabbing them less are available on line....pauls brother took them....
Posted by: pc31, May 26, 2008, 1:54pm; Reply: 45
i found this one.....
Posted by: pc31, May 26, 2008, 1:57pm; Reply: 46
wow here is a great rory and ringo one....
Posted by: pc31, May 26, 2008, 2:11pm; Reply: 47
Posted by: fendertele, May 26, 2008, 2:23pm; Reply: 48
great collection cheers m8 ;)
Posted by: alexis, May 26, 2008, 3:33pm; Reply: 49
Nobody votes for "Slow Down"? Not the best song ever, but his vocal is killer. Pure balls.
Yeah, baby, I'm with you on this one ... AWESOME vocal, one of my favorite Beatles songs to listen to!!
BTW, do you have any idea what he is saying in that third verse:
You know that I love you, tell the world I do,
Come on pretty baby, why can't you be true.
I love your
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX baby oh so bad,
The best little woman I ever had ...
I always figured it was something dirty, and then when I heard him leave that verse out of the BBC version I thought that even more, but who knows, it might just have been one of John's "I forget the line so I'll just scream louder" moments!
Posted by: pc31, May 26, 2008, 4:47pm; Reply: 50
yes a larry williams song...great cover indeed...i like matchbox as well...pete did it then john and then ringo finally got to record it....i wonder how petes version was???
Posted by: Andy Smith, May 26, 2008, 10:35pm; Reply: 51
Andy ive been looking for pics similar to the pic you have in you're sig, do you know if there is any high res ones about ?
god knows, i just surf and find them. ;D
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