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Favorite Version Of Slipping Into Darkness

walter_chronwalter_chron 347 Posts
edited June 2010 in Music Talk
What's your favorite cover of this jam?



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  • AKallDayAKallDay 830 Posts
    ramsey lewis. hands down
  • G_BalliandoG_Balliando 3,916 Posts
    I dig the Ramsey version also.
  • walter_chronwalter_chron 347 Posts
    i agree. also love the version of 'People Make the World Go Round' on the same lp.

    i should have just titled this thread "Post some raer covers of Slipping into Darkness".
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts

    :game_over:
  • doisndoisn baleadas&pupuzas 303 Posts
    ^ i can??t see the post above here from work, but if it aint Carl Bradney



    then it??s :game_over: just NOW!
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    Dayton Sidewinders
  • Otis_FunkmeyerOtis_Funkmeyer 1,321 Posts
    Reynaldo said:
    Dayton Sidewinders
    :necessary:
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    i'm partial to the rhoda scott version on the "live from st germaine" album...
  • willie_fugalwillie_fugal 1,862 Posts
    i like the other versions mentioned above more, but i've always liked this one a lot too:

  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    what is the rest of that tony sherman album like?
  • SooksSooks 714 Posts
    I was just listening to the Fausto Papetti version the other day...
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
  • doisndoisn baleadas&pupuzas 303 Posts
    Otis_Funkmeyer said:
    Reynaldo said:
    Dayton Sidewinders
    :necessary:


    yep, that??s really a hot one, super nitty gritty funk right there, almost forgot about this. damn!
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    AKallDay said:
    ramsey lewis. hands down



    Yes. At its heels is Bradney's version.
    The lighter versions just don't work for me. I like it when covers put their own spin on the original, but the moody essence of this song should remain intact.
  • MjukisMjukis 1,675 Posts
    I sort of have to rep Sweden here:
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    Sooks said:
    I was just listening to the Fausto Papetti version the other day...

    The Fausto Pappetti version is surprisingly gritty. I like it a lot.
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    crabmongerfunk said:
    i'm partial to the rhoda scott version on the "live from st germaine" album...

    I just got this album recently in a trade, haven't given it a proper listen yet.

    To be honest, War's original version is really hard to top. That live version from Soul Train that was posted is nice too.
  • minimini 880 Posts


  • NiteKrawler45NiteKrawler45 1,062 Posts
    There's some super dubbed out reggae cover of this that blew my mind but I forget who did it offhand.

    I'm kinda partial to the Dayton sidewinder version as well.
  • DJ_WubWubDJ_WubWub 874 Posts
  • maocontentmaocontent 559 Posts
  • JazzsuckaJazzsucka 720 Posts


    :beerbang:

    No for real, the track is always good, the Dayton Sidewinders is the version for me.
  • walter_chronwalter_chron 347 Posts
    i forgot about this one...

  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,130 Posts
    I like that triplet bass drum *boom*---*boom*---*boom*---*baubuaBAPchaaaa* pattern that seemed to be so popular after this song first played. "Get Up, Stand Up" and "I'm Coming Out" are the best examples of radio hits I can think of at the time which use that same rhythm. "Warm The Pot (Till It's Good And Hot)" and "Queen Of The Highway" are a couple of lesser known ones that use it.
  • Phill_MostPhill_Most 4,594 Posts
    THE VERSION THAT MANDRILL DID LIVE IN 1967- FOUR YEARS BEFORE WAR'S VERSION WAS RELEASED ON WAX AND A FULL ONE YEAR BEFORE MANDRILL EVEN EXISTED :game_over: :game_over: :game_over: :face_melt:
  • analog_tapeanalog_tape 604 Posts
    Tony Sherman
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
    mini said:


    Finally found a copy of this LP... and it's quite a trip to listen to this on a blaring stereo.
  • ketanketan Warmly booming riffs 3,170 Posts
    m_dejean said:
    Sooks said:
    I was just listening to the Fausto Papetti version the other day...

    The Fausto Pappetti version is surprisingly gritty. I like it a lot.

    yeah, this is a fav of mine.



    hard to pick just one, though. it's a hard track that's been covered well many.

  • ElectrodeElectrode Los Angeles 3,130 Posts
    I've seen "American Me" for the first time (?!?) a few days ago. It will probably be a while before I disassociate this song from prison toilets. It's just that funky.
  • countmaculacountmacula 196 Posts
    Sly Dunbar does a nice reggae version!
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