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Name: Keno
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Subject: Underrated on LIB/Original vs Cover/Fab Lyrics
Date: Sunday, August 13, 2017
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Underrated on LIB/Original vs Cover/Fab Lyrics

We kick off the poll post as usual with the Stones weekly poll, as we enter week number 942 of polling. As we always do at this poll, we will vote in 2 poll questions this week. The first question will ask this: Which is the most underrated song on the Stones Let It Bleed album?

We return to asking this question for each studio album put out by the Stones, and this week we look to the great LIB LP, released in 1969. This one is going to be hard to make a pick from, since all the songs in the album were/are highly rated, other than maybe one song that I don't think most fans feel is underrated, either. But I've been wrong before.

So which song on this masterpiece do you think is underrated? To cast your vote in this first Stones poll, just click on: Stones Weekly Poll, and when you get to this page, choose “Poll 1” to vote on this question.

The second Stones poll is where we run the Stones album VS matchups, so the week's second poll will ask this: Between the Buttons vs Goats Head Soup, which album do you like the best?

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The return of "The Buttons Poll" this week, featuring the Stones 1967 LP Between the Buttons. BTB is right in the middle of the standings for these match-ups, tied in 14th place with an even record of 7-7. This week it takes on the 1973 release of Goats Head Soup, which is doing very well in this series, tied for 4th place and sporting a strong record of 10-3.

To see the song list for each album, for Between the Buttons, click on: BTB, and for Goats Head Soup, click here: GHS

To cast your vote in this second Stones poll, just click on: Stones Weekly Poll, and when you get to this page, choose “Poll 2” to vote on this question.

At the first Stones poll last week we answered this question: It's Only Rock n Roll vs Beggars Banquet, which album has the best drawing on its cover?

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Very close voting all week long in both Stones poll last week, with the first place spot changing every day it seemed. But on the last day for this first poll, IORR cover drawing pulled ahead by several votes for the first time all week, only to see that lead disappear to where both albums were tied again in the last 2 hours of voting. But in the end, there was a clear winner. To see which LP’s drawing came put on top, just click here::Stones Weekly Poll - week 941, poll 1. The results will also show up at the Stones VS List Page 2 .

Looking back at last week’s second Stones poll, the question was: Their Satanic Majesties Request vs England's Newest Hit Makers, which album do you like the best?

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Yes, as noted above, this poll like the first Stones poll, was close to being tied all week long it seemed. Yet in the last 2 hours or so that changed. To see the final results, just click here:Stones Weekly Poll - week 941, poll 2. Plus, I’ll add the results from this poll to the standings at the Stones VS Page 1, where at the top of the page you can check out the updated standings on how each album has done in these long running VS polls.

At the Classic Rock Poll, we enter week 582 of these polls, and just like as we do at the Stones poll, we vote in 2 poll questions a week at this one, too. The first poll’s question this week asks: What was the best cover song that was covered first by others, before its writer recorded or released the song?

It is very important that you pay attention to how this question is worded. We are looking for the best cover version of the song, not for the best original version of it. Plus, in the poll’s choices, you will see the word "original" repeated for each choice, but so nobody gets too confused, we don't mean the first release of a song by that, but of course, by "original" we mean the word's meaning when applied to a song's writer - the person (artist) who created the song directly and personally; in other words, a song that is not a copy or redone by another.

Now, a few more notes about a few of the songs listed. There are 2 or 3 cases here where the song was released first by the original artist but recorded first by the artist who covered it. Then in 2 different cases, 2 different artists were both the original writers. One of those cases involves the Stones and Leon Russell, as both versions of "Shine a Light (aka Get a Line on You)" are looked at as being originals. The Stones' SAL had the lyrics written by Mick Jagger, while the music was written entirely by Russell, who of course wasn't credited by Jagger/Richards on the Stones version when he should have been (what else is new?). Although Russell's version (untitled and without lyrics, and released years later and titled "Get a Line on You") was recorded first, the Stones version was released first.

"Superstition", written by Stevie Wonder, was covered and recorded first by Jeff Beck, and was supposed to be released first by Beck, as Wonder wrote the song for him. But a problem with Beck’s record company caused it to be released months late and after Wonder’s original was released…. For "Mr Tambourine Man", I debated a long time on if I should list this song or not, since my guess is it would receive a lot of votes if I listed it (including my own vote). But the problem was, while the Byrd's cover was recorded and finished before Dylan's release, Dylan not only released his original take first, but he first worked on the song in the studio a year earlier and abandoned it, then he worked on it again in the very same week that the Byrds were recording their cover of it. But he finished his master recording of the song after the Byrd's master was finished, yet his version was still released first. But again, look at the poll's question, we are looking for the final recorded song here, and the Byrd’s master was finished first and before Dylan's own release came out, so for that reason, the Byrd’s cover version is listed in the poll, and the wording to their listing in the poll notes that, too. So yes, it should be listed and is…. One last interesting fact/story, was that James Taylor's cover of "You've Got a Friend", which was written by Carole King, was that not only were the 2 songs recorded 2 days apart in the same studio, but both versions used the very same exact musicians on them, perhaps the only time that has happened.

To see the songs and artists listed for this poll, and to vote, just click here: Classic Rock Poll, and when you get to this page, choose “Poll 1” to vote on this question.

At the second Rock poll this week, known better as the Rock VS poll, we will vote on this question: 'Only You (And You Alone)': Cover by The Platters vs the cover by Ringo Starr, which version is better?

This was one of the very early recorded rock songs (and one of the very early Doo-wop songs, too), as The Platters first recorded the tune in May of 1954, but the recording was not released until mid-1955. This #1 hit for The Platters was written by their manager and main songwriter, Buck Ram, who played the piano on the song - so some might argue that this was an original recording and not a cover. But since Ram wasn't a member of the group, it's still a cover, even if he did play on the tune.

John Lennon played guitar on the Ringo 1974 cover of this song, and he was the one to suggest to Ringo that he should record it. John also recorded the guide vocal for Ringo that he used when he sang the song. Harry Nilsson's beautiful backing harmony vocals heard throughout the song, helped to make this cover a hit for Ringo (it made it to #6 on the charts), something that can rarely be said about most backing vocals.

As usual, there will be links to the 2 songs at the voting booth if you need to hear them before you vote. Just remember, we aren’t rating the videos, only the song itself. To listen to the songs and vote in this poll, just click on Classic Rock Poll, and when you get to this page, choose “Poll 2” to vote on this question.

In last week’s first Rock poll, we asked: What was the most cheesy rock/pop song ever released? (Part 3 of 3)

Now that was a fun poll to run and vote in, wasn’t it? Just like the 2 Stones polls last week, this poll was also very, very close for 19 of the 22 songs and artists listed. The top pick kept changing, sometimes several times in one day, and that happened today (Sunday), too. It looked like “(You're) Having My Baby” by Paul Anka might win after it took the lead for the first time all week late Sunday, but no, it ended up in second place, with one of the worst pop songs ever recorded (IMO, but that wasn’t what we were looking for in the poll), “Disco Duck” by deejay Rick Dees took the honor – or should I say dishonor of coming in first by one vote! To close out the Top 3, both “Sugar, Sugar” by The Archies and “Yummy Yummy Yummy” by The Ohio Express tied for third.

To see the full final results, just click here: Classic Rock Poll 1, week 581. To see the Top 10 only, and other top 10 listings from our past rock polls, go here: Top Ten Lists, Page, 14

In last week’s VS Rock poll, we answered this question: 'One' by Three Dog Night vs 'One' by Metallica vs 'One' by U2, which one of these 3 songs with the same title, is better?.

One song clearly won this “One” poll, that being the Three Dog Night cover of the Harry Nilsson song. To see the poll’s final results, just click here: Rock Poll 2, week 581 You can also check out the final results at the VS Classic poll results page 2, at the Classic Rock site, by clicking here: VS Page 2, List Page 10.

Time to close out this poll post as usual with the Beatles poll, where we enter week 335, and the question is: What's your favorite lyrics from a Beatles song? (Part 4 of 4)

The final part/week of this question, and where we will finally learn which Beatles lyrics were the best ever. If Part 4 is as popular as the first 3 parts were, and I bet it will be, we should be in for a fun week with this one indeed.

Because of so many ties for 8th place (the final qualifying spot) in each week of the poll, we have 28 songs lyrics to choose from, and that's a bit more than I prefer to see for a final poll part, but that's the way it goes sometimes. Then because of all the ties for the last spot in Part 3 alone last week (4 of the 5 polls run last week were so very close indeed!), on Saturday morning there were actually 8 songs tied for that last spot, and that's the morning when I like to put the new week's polls together, so I had to wait and even considered only going with the top 7 songs from Part 3 at that point because of all those ties. But by this morning things were spread out just a bit more and that was when I finally was able to build the poll. Yet tonight I still had to change one listing since 2 songs changed spots in the final top 8 - in the last 2 hours of voting. A pain in the butt for sure to deal with, and something that I'm surprised doesn't happen more often with our multipart polls.

Of these top 28 lyrics chosen in the last 3 weeks, 20 were written by John, 7 by Paul, and one by George. So now it’s time to vote on these final lyrics, which one will you go with? To vote in the final part of this poll, go here: Beatles Weekly Poll.

In last week's Beatles poll we asked: What's your favorite lyrics from a Beatles song? (Part 3 of 4)

Last week for the first time all year, the Rock poll didn’t see the most votes cast. When that rare event does happen, it’s usually the Stones poll that beats it out, but last week it was the Beatles poll that just went wild with the voters. I guess this question is a great one indeed!

As far as the results went, we got 10 more song lyrics picked from last week from the top 8 spots to move on to the final round. To see the top lyrics chosen from Part 3 that will be voted on again in Part 4, just click here: Beatles Weekly Poll – week 334.

Well that does it for another poll post! I noted here last week that the kids here in town had another 2 weeks of vacation left until school starts. Being a parent of a school kid, well in my case a grandparent, you usually know their return to school date very well. Yet what do I know? I only found out tonight that I was mistaken, and school starts tomorrow morning for my grandson. So now I’m gonna have to do the laundry in the middle of the night so he has something clean to wear to school tomorrow. But just where did the summer go, hell, this afternoon it snowed heavily and stuck to the ground up on our mountains above 12,000 feet or so (while some of last winter’s snow is still up there). We had rain and hail down here in town, and I always worry about my garden when it hails, but all seemed okay after the storm hit and the sun came back out. But this was the second time in a week we saw snow come down up in the high country, so I guess summer is already over up there, and there can’t be too much left of it down here in the foothills. We really never see a hot August here anyway, just in June and July does it normally feel like a true summer here. Oh well, so goes life in this part of Colorado!

As always, I thank all of you who take the time to vote in our polls each week!

Keno

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