xtalman
(What dimension?) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 15:19 | |
LastChance wrote:I'm sorry, it is a cover of a classic Beatles song, and no-one can even come close to the original.
Granted there are may great covers even of Beatles tunes. I am not sure this ranks up there but it is not bad. |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 15:18 | |
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AdyMiles
(Wolverhampton, UK) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 15:18 | |
poor cover of a classic song
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crockydile
(The swamps of Houston) | | Posted: Aug 03, 2009 - 14:40 | |
okay, that's enough of Mr. Havens...2x today. Here comes the moon.  |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 08:54 | |
This really is a fantastic cover...
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wtango
(Asheville, NC, USA) | | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 08:54 | |
rtrudeau wrote:Why choose? I say play both this excellent cover and the excellent original.  At least SOMEONE gets it! They're BOTH great. |
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goodpunk
(URSOGR8) | | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 08:52 | |
big_gare wrote:At Woodstock, the original opening guy was too freaked out to go on first in front of 400,000 +, so the promoters begged Richie Havens to go on FIRST. He said no way, but eventually caved. He said, ok, but just for a couple of songs. He played for 90 minutes with 2 encores.... Great performer
Sounds FUN! (Thanks!) |
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LastChance
| | Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 08:51 | |
I'm sorry, it is a cover of a classic Beatles song, and no-one can even come close to the original.
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Mar 29, 2009 - 20:04 | |
Oh, yes... this is a classic awesome cover... love it...
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xenothaulus
(NEPA) | | Posted: Mar 29, 2009 - 20:03 | |
What... the hell...?  |
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big_gare
(Cloverdale, BeeCee, Canada) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2008 - 12:35 | |
At Woodstock, the original opening guy was too freaked out to go on first in front of 400,000 +, so the promoters begged Richie Havens to go on FIRST. He said no way, but eventually caved. He said, ok, but just for a couple of songs. He played for 90 minutes with 2 encores.... Great performer
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calypsus_1
| | Posted: Nov 23, 2008 - 12:35 | |
extraordinary version and tribute to the Band "The Beatles" excellent register of voice of Mr. Richie Havens ** 9 ** |
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pdjpirate
(Near the Graveyard of the Atlantic!) | | Posted: Nov 23, 2008 - 12:35 | |
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Danny_G
(Lima) | | Posted: Jul 20, 2008 - 03:44 | |
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bokey
(Up on the tightwire. One sides ice and one is fire.Mostly) | | Posted: Jun 18, 2008 - 14:55 | |
Excelsior wrote:About a billion times too busy.  Quite the opposite.Lots of plectrum, but his left hand always drags IMO and throws things out of conventional syncopation, that's why some folks don't get it.(unless he's lefthanded,in which case it would be his right)
At any rate, I like the guy, but he leans on the open tunings a little too much for me, but then again he has huge hands.
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Excelsior
| | Posted: Jun 18, 2008 - 14:51 | |
About a billion times too busy. |
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Odyzzeuz
(Austin, Texas) | | Posted: Jun 18, 2008 - 14:51 | |
zaknafein wrote:
Agreed. I can't see any reason why you would play this over the original.
There's no reason to do things any other way than the way thay always have been done. |
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Misterfixit
(Nashville) | | Posted: Jun 18, 2008 - 14:50 | |
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goldberry
(Somewhere between Seattle and Vegas) | | Posted: Jun 18, 2008 - 14:49 | |
Few people can actually get it better than The Beatles. Go, Ritchie!
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horstman
(Syracuse, New York) | | Posted: Apr 16, 2008 - 16:24 | |
zaknafein wrote:
Agreed. I can't see any reason why you would play this over the original.
Because Bill is the djay and he can play whatever he wants!
So there. |
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throwback
(Bailey, CO) | | Posted: Apr 16, 2008 - 16:23 | |
shakitten wrote:Nice to hear Richie!  absolutely!!
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rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California) | | Posted: Feb 13, 2008 - 17:08 | |
zaknafein wrote:
I can't see any reason why you would play this over the original.
Why choose? I say play both this excellent cover and the excellent original. |
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mandolin
(...drifting...) | | Posted: Feb 13, 2008 - 17:08 | |
Agreed. I can't see any reason why you would play this over the original. ...i can't stand the original, but find this quite listenable... |
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shakitten
| | Posted: Jun 07, 2007 - 06:44 | |
Nice to hear Richie! |
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EchoTony
(San Diego) | | Posted: May 22, 2007 - 15:38 | |
I love this. I know George loved it too. He said he loved Richie Havens' covers.
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gopre
| | Posted: May 22, 2007 - 15:38 | |
No matter what you think of the artist or of his rendition, Richie Havens brings back memories of 1969-era radio, when you could hear anything from James Brown to Led Zeppelin to, well, Richie Havens.
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bokey
(Filialville) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2007 - 10:26 | |
Mikec445 wrote:Saw him in Boston in about 1968 or so, he could barley keep from falling off his stool  . Barleycorn related? |
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Mikec445
(Canton, Ga.) | | Posted: Sep 17, 2004 - 15:23 | |
Saw him in Boston in about 1968 or so, he could barley keep from falling off his stool . Same song, great strumming technique. That's his schtick-was, is, and I guess will be. :| |
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zaknafein
(Kansas City, MO) | | Posted: Sep 17, 2004 - 15:19 | |
spoko wrote:
You said it. Bleah.
Agreed. I can't see any reason why you would play this over the original.
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GawgaBoy
| | Posted: Sep 02, 2004 - 19:52 | |
The_Wood wrote:He ain't no George!
He's not trying to be. |
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