Screw everything

[_Some Schmo]

Biggest Loser: Shut up, McCartney. You stink at it.

I have never seen such wanton, irresponsible, flagrant disrespect. Next you'll be dissin' Mozart.

[_Nomomo]

Thread title makes no sense.

[_huckelberry]

medotorg,

In my view and it is a view I feel confident in, there is only one Dylan song which somebody else performed better than Bob. Hendrix nailed All Along the Watchtower.
A possible second would be Joan Baez singing Farewell Angelina. It is possible that the song was written for her to sing as Bob did not release a version officially. There is a bootleg version of Bob singing the song however.

[_Jersey Girl]

Let's not forget that this song was composed by Phil Everly. Who can forget the perfection that was the harmony of the Everly Brothers? This song was born out of the Rockabilly cross over style from which Rock sprang forth. And the lineage goes something like this,

And Gospel/Spirituals begat the Blues and the Blues begat Rockabilly and Rockabilly begat Rock n' Roll. And it Rock n' Roll had a good beat and was easy to dance to, I'll give it an 85, Dick". And it was good.

To be fair, the Everly Brothers birthed this song but when Ronstadt got hold of it, she lit it up like a Christmas tree and all others that followed are basically imitations of Rondstadt.

That said...

Everly Brothers "When Will I Be Loved" 1960
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI0ll5SexV0

When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt (Live).wmv (Has to be 70's)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScOpzm-BYX4

Linda Ronstadt: "When Will I Be Loved?" (USA; "Midnight Special", 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-lP5oHU6E4

Cher - When Will I Be Loved (Live on The Cher Show, 1975)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-nV98mails

Everly Brothers - When Will I be Loved 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfMksTSaU3w

Vince Gill - When Will I Be Loved 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk8oHcgA6TQ

Martina McBride - When Will I Be Loved - April 22, 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek0ulOCKjdM


Performance of Linda Ronstadt's "When Will I Be Loved" at the 2014 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsPamhEbw6A

John Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen: "When Will I Be Loved"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpeaMoCWNNg

Winner: Linda Ronstadt
Runner Up: Vince Gill because we love us some Vince Gill.

Loser: Cher step away from the mic. You trivialized a standard. Go back to Vegas, girl.

[_Jersey Girl]

Thread title makes no sense.

If you don't know how to drug yourself with music, get off the thread.

[_Jersey Girl]

Biggest Loser: Shut up, McCartney. You stink at it.

I have never seen such wanton, irresponsible, flagrant disrespect. Next you'll be dissin' Mozart.

McCartney is no Mozart. He doesn't have the depth of voice needed to pull off the song. There's no "gut" in his voice. So there.

[_Jersey Girl]

So. I fell down the Who rabbit hole. Because Daltrey. We like Daltrey.

An anthem...


Then

The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (Shepperton Studios / 1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDfAdHBtK_Q


Won't Get Fooled Again -The Who Live at the Royal Albert Hall with Noel Gallagher 2000 Zak Starkey*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V1K9pMlimE

Now-ish

The Who: Peter Townshend, Roger Daltrey Live | Music-News.com
https://youtu.be/94jVZHHdH3o?t=708

*Zak Starkey replacing his godfather Keith Moon on drums.

Winner: First and Last.
Honorable mention: Zak Starkey. He's no Keith Moon but he lands in all the right places. And he's better than his Dad.*


Bonus: The Who - Superbowl Halftime Show HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se9yXNWq0u4

*Get away from me Schmo.

[_Jersey Girl]

For Schmo: Why McCartney sucks at it.

McCartney doesn't have a blues voice. No gut. No grit.

Blues voices:

Elvis Presley - Lawdy Miss Clawdy ('68 Comeback Special 50th Anniversary HD Remaster)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALHWkx7J_lA

Roger Daltrey and James Burton (guitar): Lawdy Miss Clawdy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R-z1KeKlwE

Now watch McCartney entirely blow the same song:

Paul McCartney Lawdy Miss Clawdy - 1987 Hi-Fi!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0gH-2EyYiw


Case made. McCartney couldn't wail or belt out a song with grit if his life depended on it. McCartney sucks at it. He has no soul.

[_Some Schmo]

Case made. McCartney couldn't wail or belt out a song with grit if his life depended on it. McCartney sucks at it. He has no soul.

You've made no case. All you're doing is pissing at one of the greatest song writers of the last century.

Elvis and The Who... please. You're embarrassing yourself.

[_Bret Ripley]

medotorg,

In my view and it is a view I feel confident in, there is only one Dylan song which somebody else performed better than Bob. Hendrix nailed All Along the Watchtower.

I bear my testimony that this is true. Selah.