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Al Green — Take Me To The River
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ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: May 02, 2013 - 08:52
 
 bluedot wrote:
I like the Talking Heads, but this original version is just better.


 
I don't like Talking Heads, but this original version is just better.

paradisepig
(Inverness-Scotland)
Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 07:18
 
Take me anywhere with a voice like that{#Dance}

Huey
(Netherlands)
Posted: Oct 26, 2012 - 09:41
 
 fredriley wrote:

Also the voice of a fish. That is, in the short-lived fad of singing fish that you could put on the wall, which sung ironic songs such as this:

Photo of singing fish on the wall 
 
yeah, made me laugh the first time I saw it..he he.

joelbb
Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 21:48
 
Ah, Rev. Green, you got the voice, the rhythm and the blues!

oshkoshbob
Posted: Jul 23, 2012 - 23:58
 
Palm Springs here - Al Green has always been GREAT!

michaelgmitchell
(Ontario, Canada)
Posted: Jun 30, 2012 - 10:51
 
Hi RP'ers! Have a great day where ever you may be.
Al's kicking it, here. Classic. 

nancyt
(NC)
Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 17:36
 
I have this on a favorite CD for travelling. One of my favorites..

hayduke2
(Southampton, NY)
Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 12:59
 
10
Best, it's a beaut, timeless 

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 12:55
 
 Hayabusa wrote:
The voice of an angle
 
Also the voice of a fish. That is, in the short-lived fad of singing fish that you could put on the wall, which sung ironic songs such as this:

Photo of singing fish on the wall 

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: May 29, 2012 - 13:07
 
 drife wrote:

I consider the Talking Heads version one of the best cover songs ever recorded, and I love the original.

My 10 favorite covers are:

1. How Do You Mend a Broken Heart? - Al Green (original: The Bee Gees)
2. Respect - Aretha Franklin (original: Otis Redding)
3. Take Me to the River - Talking Heads (original: Al Green)
4. You're No Good - Linda Rhonstadt (original: Betty Everett)
5. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley (original: Big Mama Thornton)
6. China Girl - David Bowie (original: Iggy Pop, but co-written with Bowie)
7. Hurt - Johnny Cash (original: Nine Inch Nails)
8. People Get Ready - Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart (original: Curtis Mayfield)
9. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (original: Leonard Cohen)
10. My Favorite Things - John Coltrane (original: Mary Martin; most famously sung by Julie Andrews in Sound of Music)
 
Good list. Can't agree with Buckley, though...I hate that cover...hate it with a passion worthy of Stingray.

wlpendley
(New Mexico)
Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 19:30
 
Personally, I prefer the Talking Heads version.  Wouldn't mind hearing them back-to-back though (hint hint)

kcar
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 10:00
 
 drife wrote:

I consider the Talking Heads version one of the best cover songs ever recorded, and I love the original.

My 10 favorite covers are:

1. How Do You Mend a Broken Heart? - Al Green (original: The Bee Gees)
2. Respect - Aretha Franklin (original: Otis Redding)
3. Take Me to the River - Talking Heads (original: Al Green)
4. You're No Good - Linda Rhonstadt (original: Betty Everett)
5. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley (original: Big Mama Thornton)
6. China Girl - David Bowie (original: Iggy Pop, but co-written with Bowie)
7. Hurt - Johnny Cash (original: Nine Inch Nails)
8. People Get Ready - Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart (original: Curtis Mayfield)
9. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (original: Leonard Cohen)
10. My Favorite Things - John Coltrane (original: Mary Martin; most famously sung by Julie Andrews in Sound of Music)
 
You might want to add Johnny Cash's cover of Nick Caves's song, "The Mercy Seat." Way better than the original although Nick deserves credit for the chilling story in the lyrics. 

Hayabusa
(Near and far UK)
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 09:42
 
oops! very quick....{#Silenced}
 

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 09:40
 
 Hayabusa wrote:
The voice of an angle
 

A right angle?

Hayabusa
(Near and far UK)
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 09:39
 
The voice of an angle

bluedot
(Long Beach, CA)
Posted: Dec 22, 2011 - 23:07
 
I like the Talking Heads, but this original version is just better.


bokey
(Left of Centerfield)
Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 05:34
 
 cohifi wrote:
I don't get this {#Arrowd}
 
Other than spelling Linda's name wrong, it makes sense to me.Am I missing something more than usual?{#Stupid}

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 05:32
 
I had this rated at 8, but this morning I'm getting goosebumps listening to those sublime horns in the background, so the criterion for at least a 9 has been met. 

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 23:53
 
I don't get this {#Arrowd}

drife
(Golden, CO)
Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 15:27
 
 daveshel4 wrote:
I know I'll get flamed for this, but I knew the Talking Heads version before I ever knew this one.

OK, bring on the Talking Heads/David Byrne - haters....
 
I consider the Talking Heads version one of the best cover songs ever recorded, and I love the original.

My 10 favorite covers are:

1. How Do You Mend a Broken Heart? - Al Green (original: The Bee Gees)
2. Respect - Aretha Franklin (original: Otis Redding)
3. Take Me to the River - Talking Heads (original: Al Green)
4. You're No Good - Linda Rhonstadt (original: Betty Everett)
5. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley (original: Big Mama Thornton)
6. China Girl - David Bowie (original: Iggy Pop, but co-written with Bowie)
7. Hurt - Johnny Cash (original: Nine Inch Nails)
8. People Get Ready - Jeff Beck and Rod Stewart (original: Curtis Mayfield)
9. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (original: Leonard Cohen)
10. My Favorite Things - John Coltrane (original: Mary Martin; most famously sung by Julie Andrews in Sound of Music)



yodasan_magoo
(Close to the far side)
Posted: Oct 17, 2011 - 09:48
 
I've got one of those talking mounted fish that sings this song almost as well. 

a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 14:58
 
 daveshel4 wrote:
I know I'll get flamed for this, but I knew the Talking Heads version before I ever knew this one.

 
ditto ... as well as this gem from Syl Johnson, whom I had the pleasure to see perform at Solid Sound this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJRkn6AjTx8
syl



daveshel4
(Seattle)
Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 14:40
 
I know I'll get flamed for this, but I knew the Talking Heads version before I ever knew this one.

OK, bring on the Talking Heads/David Byrne - haters....

lsfeder
(At the wheel of a Benzo)
Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 14:39
 
Once again... the master of FUNK

kcar
Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 11:23
 
Love Al—such an amazing voice for so long. It may be unfair to compare the two, but this song is miles better than the one that RP played just prior—"River is Waiting" by John Fogerty.  

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jul 18, 2011 - 05:53
 
 SinisterDexter wrote:
This is one of the very few songs where the original and the remake are very good.  That's a rare occurence.
 
I don't find that to be so rare.  Many great songs have lent themselves to numerous enjoyable interpretations.  There are, of course, some which have not (and shall not be named).  Unfortunately, the bad ones are often easier to remember. {#Wink}



drcrnp
(Philly)
Posted: May 12, 2011 - 19:52
 
Al.  My man.

DD rabbi_phil
(beach)
Posted: Mar 13, 2011 - 22:48
 
Blasphemy (I know) but my favorite is Foghats version.( Even like Dave Masons version of All Along the Watchtower best too).   All apologies.      For what it's worth Levon Helms version of this is one you should play, Bill.


bachbeet
Posted: Mar 13, 2011 - 22:09
 
As much as I like Al and this song, I like the TH version more.

SinisterDexter
Posted: Feb 07, 2011 - 08:57
 
This is one of the very few songs where the original and the remake are very good.  That's a rare occurence.

calypsus_1
Posted: Oct 23, 2010 - 14:21
 

Soul: Sinead O'Connor & Al Green & BP Fallon, The Grammys, LA Feb 22nd 1989  by bp fallon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpfallon/

Photographer unknown.

Copyright All rights reserved



icemang
(Boston & DC, mostly)
Posted: Oct 07, 2010 - 09:13
 
Bill's on fire!

ROCK ON REV!!! 

bigcat
Posted: Aug 04, 2010 - 08:58
 
Thanks for playing Big Al!

Huey
(Netherlands)
Posted: Jun 30, 2010 - 06:55
 
 kurtster wrote:
I do like this, the original, but I have to agree with the few that I like the Heads version so much more.  They did to it what Hendrix did to All Along the Watchtower.
 
I'm with you on this..still an 8 though.


nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: Jun 30, 2010 - 06:54
 
I've actually heard the Rev Al Green preach - Mt Zion AME Church, Durham NC.

And, yes, the rev went nuts, the choir went nuts, and the congregation as well. Even a cracker like me could feel the spirit. 

KikaKitty
Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 16:05
 
Al Green he always gives it his all.  See why Rolling Stone rated this one of the top 500 songs of all time. " Love is a notion I can't forget."

bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 - 18:32
 
I notice that on RP that when a kind of unknown song becomes popular by another artist/band that: people (who comment) who liked the remake find out, they tend to attack the original; and those that dug the original, wage war against those that like the remake.

(I didn't care for either of them)

CamLwalk
(Albany NY)
Posted: Apr 27, 2010 - 18:25
 
Never noticed the dedication at the beginning, to the redundantly named Little Junior Parker.  Nice Al!

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Mar 30, 2010 - 07:16
 
Al Green's voice is such a beautiful instrument, beautifully played.

JBRare
(On a beach with a frosty beverage)
Posted: Feb 26, 2010 - 17:43
 
Wow! I had no idea he wrote the song (as I pull my head from out of the sand)!

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Feb 23, 2010 - 13:32
 
Sure is nice hearing the great original version instead of the Puking Heads raping it. {#Music}

ginniet
(Spokane, WA)
Posted: Feb 23, 2010 - 13:31
 
This one doesn't even make me think of the stupid fish! 

{#Dancingbanana_2}

raga
(Italy - Como)
Posted: Jan 26, 2010 - 06:21
 
 gumbo73039 wrote:
Ahh Bliss! What a song, excellent!
Still like "The Commitments version a lot too. 9

 YEAH!

Take me, take me take me to the riiiver

Take me, take me take me to the riiiver

 

Great!!



That_SOB
(The Dark Side of the Tune)
Posted: Dec 22, 2009 - 17:12
 

Thanks for the info Bill, you read my mind. The T.H.'s have a very likable version (cover) of this song, and
I was wondering which came first {#Think} when you answered my question. {#Clap} Another benie of listening to RP.{#Cheers}


gumbo73039
(Devon, England)
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 - 09:48
 
Ahh Bliss! What a song, excellent!
Still like "The Commitments version a lot too. 9

nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Oct 24, 2009 - 00:09
 
Pure class!

Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Oct 20, 2009 - 20:29
 
Count me as another vote for the Talking Heads version. It destroys this one.

cactus7709
Posted: Sep 22, 2009 - 10:14
 
{#Dancingbanana_2}yesssssss

sonofpick
(SoCal, Small College, My Office)
Posted: Jul 21, 2009 - 07:51
 
SYG

Wizzuvvoz
(Land of Nod. East of Eden on Route 66.)
Posted: Jul 21, 2009 - 07:50
 
One of my favorite songs of all time.  TH did get me on to it, but the original is tremendous (10).  I would nominate AG for the finest controlled scream yet recorded.