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Thread started 01/20/09 6:28am

LondonStyle

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A Change Is Gonna Come - who done the best version of this iconic song?

Patti Labelle - A Change Is Gonna Come ?
http://uk.youtube.com/wat...bCVDXTIynY razz

Don't think you can beat Sam Cooks version... razz
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Reply #1 posted 01/20/09 6:41am

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Reply #2 posted 01/20/09 7:10am

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The one who wrote it...



...Sam Cooke


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Reply #3 posted 01/20/09 7:14am

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SunnySkies said:



Areth get's my vote too.
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Reply #4 posted 01/20/09 7:16am

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Aretha's version is a knockout, and so are the following:

Jeff Beck featuring Beth Hart on vocals

http://www.youtube.com/wa...A0X7GHHYVY

Terence Trent D'Arby

http://www.youtube.com/wa...wSBbfECfFk

Gavin DeGraw

http://www.youtube.com/wa...YFCxQTj6Ug

Anthony Hamilton

http://www.youtube.com/wa...1&index=15

Seal

http://www.youtube.com/wa...Ha096VQ8FE
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Reply #5 posted 01/20/09 7:19am

Graycap23

Same Cooke
Lauren Hill
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Reply #6 posted 01/20/09 7:33am

AlexdeParis

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Sam Cooke
"Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis
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Reply #7 posted 01/20/09 8:20am

Timmy84

Sam Cooke...bar none.
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Reply #8 posted 01/20/09 8:25am

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Timmy84 said:

Sam Cooke...bar none.


Word. Most definitely.
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Reply #9 posted 01/20/09 8:26am

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Timmy84 said:

Sam Cooke...bar none.

Baby Huey & The Babysitters do a killer version of it as well cool
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Reply #10 posted 01/20/09 8:43am

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i don't like the sappy violins in Sam Cook's version redface
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Reply #11 posted 01/20/09 8:46am

Timmy84

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i don't like the sappy violins in Sam Cook's version redface


You might like Otis Redding's version. lol He's got horns in his. razz
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Reply #12 posted 01/20/09 12:22pm

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My favorite version is actually by Evelyn King, who recorded a more upbeat version of it on her 1985 album "A Long Time Coming".
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Reply #13 posted 01/20/09 12:28pm

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FuNkeNsteiN said:

Timmy84 said:

Sam Cooke...bar none.

Baby Huey & The Babysitters do a killer version of it as well cool



you beat me to it, Baby Huey's version is so trippy
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Reply #14 posted 01/20/09 12:37pm

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The original version and Seal's version
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Reply #15 posted 01/20/09 2:04pm

kcherisse1977

Sam, that's it, that's all.
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Reply #16 posted 01/20/09 2:10pm

Graycap23

Have u guys heard Lauren Hill's version?
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Reply #17 posted 01/20/09 4:08pm

JesseDezz

I've always dug Solo's version as well:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...6uzbkBgxTo
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Reply #18 posted 01/20/09 4:44pm

trueiopian

Of course it's Otis Redding!
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Reply #19 posted 01/20/09 6:22pm

pacey68

Meloh9 said:

FuNkeNsteiN said:


Baby Huey & The Babysitters do a killer version of it as well cool



you beat me to it, Baby Huey's version is so trippy

Damn! Beat me... Yeah Baby Huey's version is wigged out genius wink
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Reply #20 posted 01/20/09 7:01pm

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Sam Cooke of course! And it's not even close.
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Reply #21 posted 01/20/09 7:16pm

SilverlakePhil

trueiopian said:

Of course it's Otis Redding!


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Reply #22 posted 01/20/09 7:35pm

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I've never liked how Otis changed the melody of the chorus. hmph!
"Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis
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Reply #23 posted 01/20/09 8:31pm

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SilverlakePhil said:

trueiopian said:

Of course it's Otis Redding!


yes



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Reply #24 posted 01/20/09 8:59pm

2elijah

Definitely Sam Cooke.
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Reply #25 posted 01/20/09 9:22pm

Timmy84

AlexdeParis said:

I've never liked how Otis changed the melody of the chorus. hmph!


The lyrics were slightly different too. lol The song became less gospel and more blues and it sounded like the end of a relationship rather than a social commentary. lol
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Reply #26 posted 01/21/09 12:45am

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Sam Cooke
Baby Huey
Otis Redding
Leela James
Al Green
cool cool cool cool cool
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Reply #27 posted 01/21/09 3:29am

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Timmy84 said:

AlexdeParis said:

I've never liked how Otis changed the melody of the chorus. hmph!


The lyrics were slightly different too. lol The song became less gospel and more blues and it sounded like the end of a relationship rather than a social commentary. lol

nod Well put. It's not a bad take -- I mean, it is Otis, after all -- but it doesn't have the same weight Sam's version does.
"Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis
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Reply #28 posted 01/21/09 5:26am

ThreadBare

I thought Sananda/TTD did a killer job with it.
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Reply #29 posted 01/21/09 5:45am

PricelessHo

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there are some good remakes of it, but to me none of them is as electrifying as sam's version.
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