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Round 1: "The Ghost of..." vs "The Valley Road" *CLOSED*

Posted: February 19 18, 10:50 am
by Swirls
http://challonge.com/GRB_cover_tourney_20 has all the tourney info.

Round 1: Round of 32!

#14: stlouie_lipp's "The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Rage Against the Machine


Originally performed by Bruce Springsteen:


#19: wart57's "The Valley Road" by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band


Originally performed by Bruce Hornsby:

Re: Round 1: "The Ghost of Tom Joad" vs "The Valley Road"

Posted: February 19 18, 12:26 pm
by wart57
Hornsby's piano work in the cover is just amazing. The ending of the song is just sublime.

Re: Round 1: "The Ghost of Tom Joad" vs "The Valley Road"

Posted: February 19 18, 1:45 pm
by lukethedrifter
I’ve never heard Queen do Valley Road.

Re: Round 1: "The Ghost of Tom Joad" vs "The Valley Road"

Posted: February 19 18, 2:15 pm
by wart57
lukethedrifter wrote:I’ve never heard Queen do Valley Road.
Ok

Re: Round 1: "The Ghost of Tom Joad" vs "The Valley Road"

Posted: February 19 18, 8:05 pm
by Radbird
I can’t believe I’m voting for wart.

Re: Round 1: "The Ghost of Tom Joad" vs "The Valley Road"

Posted: February 19 18, 8:42 pm
by wart57
Radbird wrote:I can’t believe I’m voting for wart.
You are not voting for me. You are voting for a great piece of music. I just happen to be the idiot who submitted it.

Re: Round 1: "The Ghost of Tom Joad" vs "The Valley Road"

Posted: February 20 18, 7:46 am
by Swirls
wart57 wrote:
lukethedrifter wrote:I’ve never heard Queen do Valley Road.
Ok
Just a copy/paste error, it's been fixed.

Re: Round 1: "The Ghost of Tom Joad" vs "The Valley Road"

Posted: February 20 18, 10:42 am
by lukethedrifter
I had that NGDB album. Listened to it a ton back in the 90s. Some really great versions of country/folk/bluegrass songs on there.

Re: Round 1: "The Ghost of Tom Joad" vs "The Valley Road"

Posted: February 20 18, 11:47 pm
by BottenFieldofDreams
That's never been one of my favorite Rage songs.
The 80s are a goddam travesty. There's a beautiful song buried under all that synth in the Hornsby song. I

Re: Round 1: "The Ghost of Tom Joad" vs "The Valley Road"

Posted: February 21 18, 6:12 am
by lukethedrifter
BottenFieldofDreams wrote:That's never been one of my favorite Rage songs.
The 80s are a goddam travesty. There's a beautiful song buried under all that synth in the Hornsby song. I

True. That synth does nothing but date the song.