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Thread started 11/07/13 11:17am

JabarR74

The Eagles or Howard Hewett?

I Can't Tell You Why

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Reply #1 posted 11/07/13 11:44am

thedoorkeeper

Eagles.

Just an all round better recording.

Better production.

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Reply #2 posted 11/07/13 12:33pm

JoeBala

Both.

Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It!
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Reply #3 posted 11/07/13 12:57pm

chriss

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Even thought the Eagles made the original, I gotta go with Howard!

His voice is so beautiful, so fitting for such a beautiful song..

I have both versions on vinyl and have always loved the Eagles version, but years later when Howard recorded it, I have always favored his version

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Reply #4 posted 11/07/13 1:21pm

G3000

BOTH! music

I depends on my mood and playlist, but they both work for me. Howard did his thang on this track!

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Reply #5 posted 11/07/13 1:24pm

SoulAlive

the Eagles

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Reply #6 posted 11/07/13 1:27pm

G3000

on a side note:

This was an excellent concept album, with a lot a great cover songs, celebrating The 40th anniversary of Elektra Records.

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Rubaiyat - Elektra's 40th Anniversary

  • Tracklisting:

  1. Both Sides Now - Michael Feinstein

  2. T.V. Eye - John Zorn

  3. Mt. Airy Groove - Leaders Of The New School

  4. You Brought The Sunshine - Shirley Murdock

  5. Hello, I Love You (Slight Return) - The Cure

  6. Love Wars - The Beautiful South

  7. I Can't Tell You Why - Howard Hewett

  8. In Between Days - John Eddie

  9. One More Parade - They Might Be Giants

  10. Union Man - Shaking Family

  11. Apricot Brandy - Danny Gatton

  12. Stone Cold Crazy - Metallica

  13. These Days - 10,000 Maniacs

  14. First Girl I Loved - Jackson Browne

  15. Going Going Gone - Bill Frisell, Robin Holcomb & Wayne Horvitz

  16. The Blacksmith - Linda Ronstadt

  17. Make It With You - Teddy Pendergrass

  18. Hello, I Am Your Heart - Sara Hickman

  19. Almost Saturday Night - The Georgia Satellites

  20. Kick Out The Jams - The Big F

  21. >Road To Cairo - Howard Jones

  22. You Belong To Me - Anita Baker

  23. A Little Bit Of Rain - Ambitious Lovers

  24. Going Down - Lynch Mob

  25. Let's Go (The Cars) - Perfomed by Ernie Isley headbang

  26. Tokoloshe Man - Happy Mondays

  27. Get Ourselves Together - Phoebe Snow

  28. Marquee Moon - Kronos Quartet

  29. You're So Vain - Faster Pussycat

  30. Born In Chicago - Pixies

  31. One Meatball - Shinehead

  32. Bottle Of Wine - The Havalinas

  33. Motorcycle Mama - The Sugarcubes

  34. Werewolves Of London - The Black Velvet Band

  35. Hotel California - Gipsy Kings

  36. I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing - Jevetta Steele

  37. Seven & Seven Is - Billy Bragg

  38. House Of The Rising Sun - Tracy Chapman

  39. Hello, I Love You - The Cure

  40. T.V. Eye - The Stooges

  41. Both Sides Now - Judy Collins

  42. Love Wars - Womack & Womack

  43. In Between Days - The Cure

  44. You Brought The Sunshine - The Clark Sisters

  45. Mt. Airy Groove - Pieces Of A Dream

  46. I Can't Tell You Why - Eagles

  47. One More Parade - Phil Ochs

  48. Union Man - Cate Brothers

  49. First Girl I Loved - Incredible String Band

  50. These Days - Jackson Browne

  51. Apricot Brandy - Rhinoceros

  52. Stone Cold Crazy - Queen

  53. The Blacksmith - Kathy & Carol

  54. Going Going Gone - Bob Dylan

  55. Hello, I Am Your Heart - Dennis Linde

  56. Make It With You - Bread

  57. Almost Saturday Night - John Fogerty

  58. Kick Out The Jams - MC5

  59. Road To Cairo - David Ackles

  60. You Belong To Me - Carly Simon

  61. A Little Bit Of Rain - Fred Neil

  62. Going Down - Don Nix and The Alabama State Troupers

  63. Born In Chicago - Paul Butterfield Blues Band

  64. You're So Vain - Carly Simon

  65. Let's Go - The Cars

  66. Tokoloshe Man - John Kongos

  67. Get Ourselves Together - Delaney & Bonnie

  68. Marquee Moon - Television

  69. Hotel California - Eagles

  70. Motorcycle Mama - Sailcat

  71. Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon

  72. One Meatball - Josh White

  73. Bottle Of Wine - Tom Paxton

  74. I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing - New Seekers

  75. Seven & Seven Is - Love

  76. House Of The Rising Sun - Glenn Yarbrough

  77. Hello, I Love You - The Doors

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Reply #7 posted 11/07/13 3:17pm

JoeBala

Yeah I bought the casstte single back in the day from that boxset. It's also on Howard's greatest hits comp:

1. This Is For The Lover In You
2. Somewhere There's A Love
3. I'm For Real
4. Stay
5. Say Amen
6. I Commit To Love
7. I Got 2 Go
8. Once, Twice, Three Times
9. Strange Relationship
10. Heaven Sent You
11. Show Me
12. If I Could Only Have That Day Back
13. When Will It Be
14. I Can't Tell You Why
15. Just Like A Woman
16. Can We Try Again

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Reply #8 posted 11/07/13 7:49pm

shorttrini

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I'll go with, The Eagles" with an honorable mention to

This....

I will take this version over Howard's version, anyday....

[Edited 11/7/13 19:50pm]

"Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth"
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Reply #9 posted 11/08/13 12:57am

Chancellor

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I Love Howard but I'm going with The Eagles..."Hotel California"...Enough said...

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