cohifi
(Denver) | | Posted: Mar 27, 2011 - 01:32 | |
mandolin wrote:...funny, this is the only version of this song that i actually enjoy hearing...
I couldn't agree more that this is good! How many are out there? Who Cares |
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ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX) | | Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 14:41 | |
kdavistcb wrote:great cover of a mediocre original...
Strike that! Reverse it. |
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kdavistcb
| | Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 14:39 | |
great cover of a mediocre original...
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mandolin
(...drifting...) | | Posted: Feb 12, 2011 - 17:41 | |
...funny, this is the only version of this song that i actually enjoy hearing...
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Jelani
(Home of the freak, land of the vague) | | Posted: Jan 23, 2011 - 08:18 | |
AdyMiles wrote:poor cover of a classic song My thoughts exactly. |
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Ouachita
| | Posted: Jan 12, 2011 - 11:09 | |
Cynaera wrote:Okay - I'm dealing with some serious personal stuff now - maybe reconnecting with a family I thought was gone... I'm emotional anyway, but this song just injected some hope into a situation that is, at best, dysfunctional. I don't believe in crossed fingers. I believe in positivity. And this song brings it on in tons. I'll sit here and weep, and love the song, and then move on to what needs to be done to make things right. Thank you, Richie Havens and RadioParadise. And, of course, before I can wipe my tears, I get TMGB's "Why Does The Sun Shine?" Life is just weirder than shit, innit?  I hear you! When it first came out, I lived in beautiful Bavaria but was going through a horrendous breakup. Yep, this song helped me along too. |
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Sep 18, 2010 - 21:04 | |
Okay - I'm dealing with some serious personal stuff now - maybe reconnecting with a family I thought was gone... I'm emotional anyway, but this song just injected some hope into a situation that is, at best, dysfunctional. I don't believe in crossed fingers. I believe in positivity. And this song brings it on in tons. I'll sit here and weep, and love the song, and then move on to what needs to be done to make things right. Thank you, Richie Havens and RadioParadise. And, of course, before I can wipe my tears, I get TMGB's "Why Does The Sun Shine?" Life is just weirder than shit, innit? |
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nerakdon
(Colorado) | | Posted: Sep 18, 2010 - 21:00 | |
Oh, I've never heard this track before. I love it. I wish I had his fingers.
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 20:09 | |
I'd be perfecly okay with hearing ALL versions of this song (except maybe William Shatner's...) I love what Havens did with this - his fervent passion, his total commitment to the words and music.... It's just wonderful and magical, what it does to me when I hear this song. I think I'ma go out and plant a tree, or maybe climb one. Rescue a dragonfly. Cuddle a kitten. Smell a rose. Richie Havens gentles me.  |
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johndmessner
(Carmichael, CA) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 16:42 | |
I'd much rather hear the Beatles' version.
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tompoll
(Seattle WA USA) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 16:29 | |
Love both versions. This is one of my favorite covers of all time. Almost a completely different song from the original.
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alisavox
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Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 16:27 | |
romeotuma wrote:
This cover is soooo good for the ears...
Soooo good! |
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pcicatar
(Portland, OR) | | Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 16:27 | |
I've always loved that his guitar's pickguards and soundhole are so scratched out and carved up from such intense strumming!  |
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calypsus_1
| | Posted: Jul 16, 2010 - 22:33 | |
"This weekend (August 14, 2009) marks 40 years since the Woodstock music and arts festival was held in Upstate New York. It was August 15, 1969 when Richie Havens played the first notes of what would become a three-day celebration. Havens performs for VOA one of his classic hits from the festival - "Here Comes the Sun" "
"Art Is Resistance" |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jul 05, 2010 - 19:31 | |
This cover is soooo good for the ears...
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: May 14, 2010 - 07:25 | |
fireboydan wrote:This song hits every nerve in my body and makes them dance. I will always love this song. As a matter of fact, I have listened to this song so many times, I have a difficult time listening to the original.
I agree with everything you've said, except the part about having a difficult time listening to the original. Well, okay, I DO have a tough time with the original, but only because it makes me miss George Harrison all the more... |
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fireboydan
(2nd dumpster to the left) | | Posted: May 03, 2010 - 06:23 | |
This song hits every nerve in my body and makes them dance. I will always love this song. As a matter of fact, I have listened to this song so many times, I have a difficult time listening to the original.
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treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison) | | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 12:49 | |
Pretty decent cover of The Fabs—-screw the "More Cowbell" movement (no offense to RP's commentor More_Cowbell). I'm diggin' Mr. Havens @ Woodstock, and let me go on record..."More Bongos"!!
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DanFHiggins
(Mid Maryland) | | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 12:45 | |
If ever a chance is given to see him, DO SO!
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MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA) | | Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 15:01 | |
Nostril cam? 
More_Cowbell wrote: |
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ddbz
(The Midwest) | | Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 22:02 | |
I left the room but I must say that down or 'back' beat brought me back in?
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LowPhreak
(United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.) | | Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 09:24 | |
snorlax75 wrote:hippie
I'll take a hippie over a yuppie any day. |
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snorlax75
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jbunniii
(San Jose, CA) | | Posted: Jan 28, 2010 - 12:41 | |
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More_Cowbell
(Northern IL) | | Posted: Dec 07, 2009 - 13:48 | |
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Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA) | | Posted: Dec 07, 2009 - 13:47 | |
Tana wrote:I think of this as a classic cover of a classic song.
ditto |
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Austin2Florida
(Hollywood, FL) | | Posted: Oct 26, 2009 - 06:44 | |
So much sader than the original, but I really like it.
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Tana
(Lancaster, PA) | | Posted: Oct 26, 2009 - 06:42 | |
AdyMiles wrote:poor cover of a classic song
I think of this as a classic cover of a classic song. |
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Rotterdam
| | Posted: Oct 26, 2009 - 06:42 | |
crockydile wrote:okay, that's enough of Mr. Havens...2x today. Here comes the moon.  That's really funny! You made me laugh out loud. Can I get back to work now? (I like the song, by the way,) |
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