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Cover versions of Wichita Lineman?

The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
edited May 2007 in Strut Central
Feeling the chune. Like The Meters and Bobby Pierce's covers. Add on!
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  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
    I really like Freedy Johnston's version.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • FunkoffFunkoff 65 Posts
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdyFL681Wyg

  • FunkoffFunkoff 65 Posts
    there is also quite boring cover done by Shawn Lee on his recent 'Soul Visa' album
  • DocMcCoyDocMcCoy "Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
    Kool & The Gang.
    Bobby Hutcherson.
  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts
    Johnny Harris

  • sabadabadasabadabada 5,966 Posts


    i love that chick with the brown hair, but i hate the high pitched squeel on the track.
  • Rich45sRich45s 327 Posts
    O.C Smith's

    Glad this threads cropped up, the GC version has been on the radio three times today
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts


    i love that chick with the brown hair, but i hate the high pitched squeel on the track.

    The song's lyrics lose something when sung in the third person like that - "HE is a lineman for the county"???
  • Rich45sRich45s 327 Posts
    Me again.

    The Dennis Brown version is good as is the Tony Joe White one
  • froz1froz1 154 Posts

    Dee Felice Trio
  • NocentelliNocentelli 29 Posts
    Freddie Hubbard, in a smooth jazz style:

    http://download.yousendit.com/F1D99AE72C01B738
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,174 Posts
    Tony Joe White
  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,391 Posts
    John Bishop for a nice lush, funky instrumental take.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,028 Posts
    What are the best VOCAL versions of the song?

    Listening to Cassandra Wilson's right now. Not bad at all.
  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts


    Killer version.
  • SupacatSupacat 46 Posts
  • luckluck 4,077 Posts
    The Mark IV - My Everything You Are
  • BusCrates78BusCrates78 159 Posts
    Frank Cunimondo has a nice cover of this tune.
  • hendravishendravis 689 Posts
    luv this trak! i hve heard the walk on by cover compilation, arte thaer any others with different songs such as wichita lineman or smiling faces ect. ect ????
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,025 Posts
    luv this trak! i hve heard the walk on by cover compilation, arte thaer any others with different songs such as wichita lineman or smiling faces ect. ect ????

    22 Versions of "Witchita Lineman"
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,028 Posts
    For the longest time, I figured that if this song was a hit with Glen Campbell, it had to be wack. I mean, really some bullshit toy-ass logic on my part but I'll cop to that.

    I was listening to The Meters' version of this earlier tonight and that got me curious to dig around into the song's history and what not and I came across a review that described the song as the most perfect pop song ever (or something to that effect). I don't know about it being THE best? But it's pretty fucking perfect, regardless. I think the fact that it can be covered in practically any genre and still sound great is a testament to Webb's songwriting genius with it.

    And going back through this thread, I do have to concur that Sammy Davis kind of kills it here.

  • dollar_bindollar_bin I heartily endorse this product and/or event 2,326 Posts
    I love this song. The Meters version is pretty tremendous, but Smokey Robinson also has a great version. The Sammy version is a little too busy for my tastes, the song has all of these nice minor key build ups that I think he adds too many rococo Sammy touches to.
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Whilst the Glen Campbell can't be bettered, Brian Bennett did a very nice faux-funky-lite version that pops up delightfully on my iPod at opportune moments and I have a soft spot for the Feliciano vocal histrionic take.
  • sellout1sellout1 83 Posts
    nice version sung in german:



    dennis brown:

  • parallaxparallax no-style-having mf'er 1,266 Posts
    I really like Ray Charles' version best. Has a country feel to it.

    Kindly,
    parallax
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,987 Posts
    skel said:
    The Glen Campbell can't be bettered,

    Agreed

  • GatorToofGatorToof 582 Posts
    Jack Greene - Witchita Lineman from the album "Until My Dreams Come True"

  • TheKindCromangTheKindCromang 1,463 Posts
    mannybolone said:
    the fact that it can be covered in practically any genre and still sound great is a testament to Webb's songwriting genius



    One of my favorite songs... "for all time"

    Friends of Dean Martinez version rulez:


    An incomplete list of cover versions:
    http://www.secondhandsongs.com/performance/10335

    I can be spotted murdering this song at Karaoke on the regular.
    Love it so much I even got this tattoo:
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,028 Posts
    "I hear you singing in the wire" = incredible incredible line.
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