No faithful female artist of "Hey Jude"?
Reed Richards
I am a collector of many things. Comic books, trading cards, that sort
of thing. Being a big fan of the Beatles and the song "Hey Jude",
believe it or not, I also collect different cover versions/takes of
the song.
What bothers me is I cannot seem to find one faithful version of the
song covered by a female artist. What is the big deal? One would think
women would be more likely to hit that bridge ("Better, better...oh!")
than men would, and the Beatles did not seem to have a problem with
it. Maybe I am just not making any sense. I don't know.
Whatever the case may be, I am so annoyed and frustated, I am *this*
close to asking for a woman to record herself singing it karaoke style
just so I can say I have it.
So, if anyone can help me with either the latter or the former (it
does not matter which), please let me know.
RBigbonita
>song covered by a female artist. What is the big deal
i picked up a cd that came out this year that is an all female tribute to the
beatles called "a beatles tribute; number one again" on a label called
reverberations. hey jude is sung by theo ray (who i'm not familiar with). hope
that helps.
rich n
paramucho
I found a cover by Shirley Bassy (haven't heard it though). It's
interesting when you think of some of the great female covers of
"Imagine", like Tori Amos or Eva Cassidy because our general
impression is that McCartney gets the covers.
Ian
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> That may be grammatically incorrect, but please read on:
>
> I am a collector of many things. Comic books, trading cards, that sort
> of thing. Being a big fan of the Beatles and the song "Hey Jude",
> believe it or not, I also collect different cover versions/takes of
> the song.
actually, i think this song would be one that very few artists would ever
attempt to cover.
firstly, its such a unique piece, what with the outro from hell etc.
secondly, how could you ever hope to put your own stamp on it?
come to think of it, i dont think i've ever heard a cover of it AT ALL....
Reed Richards
Would you by chance have an mp3 of that?
If you do, please e-mail it my way.
Thanks,
Matthew
Ehtue
>> I am a collector of many things. Comic books, trading cards, that
>> sort of thing. Being a big fan of the Beatles and the song "Hey
>> Jude", believe it or not, I also collect different cover
>> versions/takes of the song.
>
>
> actually, i think this song would be one that very few artists would
> ever attempt to cover.
>
> firstly, its such a unique piece, what with the outro from hell etc.
>
> secondly, how could you ever hope to put your own stamp on it?
>
> come to think of it, i dont think i've ever heard a cover of it AT
> ALL....
Elvis covered it. Sort of.
-Ehtue
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oh yeah, thats right.....now how could that have possibly slipped my
mind.:?)
Mister Charlie
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you're shittin me..?
Mister Charlie
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Nupe. A LOT of MOR folks covered the Fabs in the latter 60's when it
was apparent that they weren't a fad and they might plug into the hip
crowd.
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> it was a shit version.
>
> (and that's being KIND)
Amen. Any but Paul's would almost HAVE to be!
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Sir Barb
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Grammarian
Ella Fitzgerald covered it. She sang almost anything.
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Tunzter
>From: nowhere man
>>> Bing Crosby too.
>>
>> you're shittin me..?
>
>
>it was a shit version.
Crosby changed the "Nah, Nah"s to:
"Pom, Pom Pom, Pom Pom Pom Pom, Hey Jude"
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BlackMonk
> tun...@aol.compost (Tunzter) wrote in
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> >>Subject: Re: No faithful female artist of "Hey Jude"?
> >>From: nowhere man
> >
> >>>> Bing Crosby too.
> >>>
> >>> you're shittin me..?
> >>
> >>
> >>it was a shit version.
> >
> > Crosby changed the "Nah, Nah"s to:
> > "Pom, Pom Pom, Pom Pom Pom Pom, Hey Jude"
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> Beatles cover.
>
True. He should have stuck to "Helter Skelter" and "I Want You(She's So
Heavy)"
paramucho
Wilson Pickett
Greatful Dead
Robbie Williams.
The Temptations
The Shadows
Tiny Tim
Shirley Bassey
Hose Felciano
Elvis
and the usual hack orchestras
Ian
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man, i'm happy to have missed all of them!(esp. robbie williams and the GD)
paramucho
Strange, isn't it, because on paper "Hey Jude" (minus the outro) is a
very normal song -- one of the most normal things they did and they
did it very simply. It's parlour music and great to sing at home.
But it's an almost impossible song for someone else to own on record
and that's because of the quality of the original version I think.
Ian
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yeah, i was consideringed doing up a quick version for the first RMB CD, the
idea being to have a"band" work up the backing/basic track ,and then give
everyone on RMB a chance to contribute to the end vocal "na na na"s using a
lite version of CoolEditPro.
Chris Brown
>
> Strange, isn't it, because on paper "Hey Jude" (minus the outro) is a
> very normal song -- one of the most normal things they did and they
> did it very simply. It's parlour music and great to sing at home.
Uh-huh. I think that's part of the reason why it appeals so much to
nightclub singer types. Also, it's fairly uncontroversial: at the time at
least, some of the more raucous numbers might have been a little bit
controversial to non-rock audiences, but Hey Jude wouldn't present that
problem.
> But it's an almost impossible song for someone else to own on record
> and that's because of the quality of the original version I think.
Although that's true of virtually every original the Beatles recorded (and
maybe even a couple of the covers), I think it's especially the case here.
Maybe it's because of the lightness of touch with which the Beatles
originally did it. It's a bit like The Long and Winding Road - easy to do,
very hard to do well.
Mind you, I think Hey Jude has to be one of the Beatles' most
plagiarised/imitated songs. I still can't quite believe nobody sued Wet Wet
Wet.
Chris
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RBigbonita
>>> this Beatles cover.
>>>
>>
>> True. He should have stuck to "Helter Skelter" and "I Want You(She's
>> So Heavy)"
>
>lol
>
>Seriously tho, what would have been a good Beatles track for the old
>crooner to cover? Anyone?
>
ironically, i just recieved/watched a tape of that parkanson's show from a
couple of years ago (where he introduced 'loving flame', given the title on
this board as 'chase my blues away' and that version of 'the long and winding
road' with just him on piano) when he played that song 'suicide' (of which a
small blip can be heard on the macca 1 lp and full version on one hand
clapping). he said it was for bing crosby or sinatra (i forget which) and that
they (he) turned it down.
Mister Charlie
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Sinatra. And of course when Frankie finally covered a Beatle song
(Something) it signalled that the last hold out was finally in the club.
paramucho
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>>
>> Strange, isn't it, because on paper "Hey Jude" (minus the outro) is a
>> very normal song -- one of the most normal things they did and they
>> did it very simply. It's parlour music and great to sing at home.
>
>Uh-huh. I think that's part of the reason why it appeals so much to
>nightclub singer types. Also, it's fairly uncontroversial: at the time at
>least, some of the more raucous numbers might have been a little bit
>controversial to non-rock audiences, but Hey Jude wouldn't present that
>problem.
>
>> But it's an almost impossible song for someone else to own on record
>> and that's because of the quality of the original version I think.
>
>Although that's true of virtually every original the Beatles recorded (and
>maybe even a couple of the covers), I think it's especially the case here.
>Maybe it's because of the lightness of touch with which the Beatles
>originally did it. It's a bit like The Long and Winding Road - easy to do,
>very hard to do well.
>
>Mind you, I think Hey Jude has to be one of the Beatles' most
>plagiarised/imitated songs. I still can't quite believe nobody sued Wet Wet
>Wet.
Hmmm. Check out "Remember to let her into your heart" and "don't
forget whose taking you home and in whose arms your gonna be" from
"Save The Last Dance For Me". "Hey Jude" is a member of a very well
respected style of song. "Ob La Di" ain't far way. Neither is "Lili
Marlene".
Ian
Son of Jones
the experiential POV to cover it. It's like there's not a lot of guys
covering Stevie Nicks' "Rhiannon". Now that I think about it, Hey Jude
is sort of the son of "Anna".
SO Jones
Ehtue
>>>> Bing Crosby too.
>>>
>>> you're shittin me..?
>>
>>
>>it was a shit version.
>
> Crosby changed the "Nah, Nah"s to:
> "Pom, Pom Pom, Pom Pom Pom Pom, Hey Jude"
LOFL!!
Ehtue
> tis true.
Oh, I don't doubt it at all. Just sounds funny in my mind's ear.
-Ehtue