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Wichita Lineman


Pick your poison

Favorites, I like the original, but the Sammy Davis version linked below is good, and of course Johnny Cash makes it his own in a way that none of the others could. Least favorites, Tom Jones is trying way too hard to ham it up, and Stipe isn't really doing anything at all with it, mostly just phoning in a copy of what Campbell was doing.

Original by Glen Campbell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKeqXyY-9xA

Sammy Davis on Dean Martin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeZDge98Vuk

Kool & The Gang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZS7_jDSCnc

James Taylor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbZYLu8bNBU

Johnny Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwG9mypJhoU

Tom Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXQFG-qk6X4

REM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QutLsCCY2yw

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Oh Jeebus! A horrible hatchet job by Baez, but I can't stand her voice in any case.

"The mind is like a parachute, it doesn't work if it's not open." - Frank Zappa

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