As a newbie to any FT related pop leagues, I had a LOT OF FUN doing the nail-biting than expected. And I'm thrilled to get a pass at all. I think I'm shocked overall that less people knew the song, or at least this version. Then again, it was a VERY distant second. (I definitely expected haterz though, heh.)
I liked all the songs in this category actually. I only knew Stevem's, because I picked up those Incredibly Strange Music comps in the U.S. as they came out. I discovered The Fall's cover upon getting Levitate a year or so later, and thought "wait, this couldn't be a cover of that song, is i... omg! Mark E. Smith is singing that song! HFS!"
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Anyway, whether I was going to be in or out of the Open, I was going to post a little recent YouTube-ography of the covers of the "Witchi Tai To" song...
Everything Is Everything (1971) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4jKF4LWViE) [homemade youtube video] -- This is the original version, written by Jim Pepper, a Native American saxophonist from Portland, OR. It was released as a 45 the same year as the Harpers Bizarre cover. Later on, it was released on EIE's first album in 1971. More on Pepper here: http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/pepper.html. I really like this version, but I think Harpers kinda trumped this version, as overlooked as the original is.
Ambulance (2005) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuZqwpH5aGE) -- Don't know too much about this band, but this is just a more teutonic rock version of the song that extends the song out. It doesn't really make it soar, just cruises it.
Live version by BMX Bandits with Evie Sands (early 2006) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4cEI6P22jo) -- This is my favorite cover of the song since the Harpers version. It still pales, but if you're going to do a plain rock version of the song, I guess this is the way to do it.
X-Press-2 (2006) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsHsPtX-1IQ) -- From their Makeshift Feelgood album. Almost the best recent version and DEFINITELY the best video. Any video featuring a MIX TAPE WITH TEEFF is going to win my heart.
I never heard the Brewer and Shipley version! I need to check that out!
And in case you were wondering what those Harpers boys looked like in the late 60s.
Jeff, if you disliked this song, I'm pretty sure you would have severely disliked the rest of their material. They completely twee'd out Simon & Garfunkel's "Feelin' Groovy", which is really extreme if you think about it. It was also their biggest hit.
And one of these men, Ted Templeman, would later go on to produce more bands of the haunted tiki pop pantheon like Van Halen, The Doobie Brothers, and Aerosmith. The end.
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Date: 2007-07-10 02:41 am (UTC)I liked all the songs in this category actually. I only knew Stevem's, because I picked up those Incredibly Strange Music comps in the U.S. as they came out. I discovered The Fall's cover upon getting Levitate a year or so later, and thought "wait, this couldn't be a cover of that song, is i... omg! Mark E. Smith is singing that song! HFS!"
...
Anyway, whether I was going to be in or out of the Open, I was going to post a little recent YouTube-ography of the covers of the "Witchi Tai To" song...
Everything Is Everything (1971) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4jKF4LWViE) [homemade youtube video] -- This is the original version, written by Jim Pepper, a Native American saxophonist from Portland, OR. It was released as a 45 the same year as the Harpers Bizarre cover. Later on, it was released on EIE's first album in 1971. More on Pepper here: http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/pepper.html. I really like this version, but I think Harpers kinda trumped this version, as overlooked as the original is.
I never heard the Brewer and Shipley version! I need to check that out!
And in case you were wondering what those Harpers boys looked like in the late 60s.
Jeff, if you disliked this song, I'm pretty sure you would have severely disliked the rest of their material. They completely twee'd out Simon & Garfunkel's "Feelin' Groovy", which is really extreme if you think about it. It was also their biggest hit.
And one of these men, Ted Templeman, would later go on to produce more bands of the haunted tiki pop pantheon like Van Halen, The Doobie Brothers, and Aerosmith. The end.
Now, hit me with yer best decade. Fire away. :)