Sweet 16: "I'm On Fire" vs "Take Me To The River" *CLOSED*

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Sweet 16: Best Covered Song?

Poll ended at February 16 17, 1:40 pm

#2: "I'm On Fire"
4
25%
#18: "Take Me To The River"
12
75%
 
Total votes: 16

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Sweet 16: "I'm On Fire" vs "Take Me To The River" *CLOSED*

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http://challonge.com/grb_cover_tourney has all the tourney info.

Sweet 16!

#2: The Third Man's "I'm On Fire" by Chromatics


Originally performed by Bruce Springsteen:


#18: InvincibleCakeEater's "Take Me To The River" by Talking Heads


Originally performed by Al Green:
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Re: Sweet 16: "I'm On Fire" vs "Take Me To The River"

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Talking Heads made a good song better. Springsteen's I'm On Fire was better than the cover.

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Gotta admit, I never knew "Take Me To The River" was a cover.

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I got to know "Take me to the river" when I listened to The Commitments soundtrack a whole bunch in HS. And now thinking of that soundtrack, there's a whole bunch of covers I forgot about.

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Re: Sweet 16: "I'm On Fire" vs "Take Me To The River"

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stlouie_lipp wrote:Gotta admit, I never knew "Take Me To The River" was a cover.

You should spend some time with Rev Al Green.

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I, also, did not know the Talking Heads song was a cover.

Trounced!

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