same name/different song - No. 16 SOMEBODY TO LOVE [Archive]

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VelvetGuru9

11/17/2009, 10:10

A while ago we had another musical showdown that featured songs with the same name but different writers/performers. They were one-offs and not done in conjunction with the Rock Wars. Please listen to all the songs, even the ones that you haven't necessarily heard before and then pick your favorites. Some songs may only have two competitors and some may have as many as four or five or even six. I'll try to weed out the pretenders from the contenders.

Our sixteenth match-up is SOMEBODY TO LOVE.

As usual, there are a lot of songs on this one, but this will make for a nice time killer while you're working or blogging or whatever it is you do. Just sit back and listen. Give each song a chance, then decide.

Bobby Darin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypjzf2MK44g)
Vs.
Nelly Furtado (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOWt0gZFzkA)
Vs.
Jefferson Airplane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIkoSPqjaU4)
VS.
Leighton Meester (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQHxvLgKCW0)
Vs.
Queen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxbFLYa0_bw)

In the immortal words of DTM - "So what say you all." Who will be the winner in this latest match-up of Same Name/Different Song? Rank the songs from favorite to least favorite as there'll be a points system to decide winners & losers. Also, if you like, put in comments about the songs - good or bad, it's all cool.

As always, if you have suggestions for future match-ups please list those in your reply.

upcoming titles so far:
#17 - Hold On (Final match)
#18 - Perfect Day
#19 - Born to Run
#20 - Those Were the Days

Match #1 Wild Horses - Rolling Stones beat Natasha Bedingfield and Garth Brooks

Match #2 Celebration - Kool and the Gang beat U2, Madonna and Kanye West.

Match #3 Ship of Fools – World Party (32) beat Robert Plant (31), Erasure (30), John Cale (25), Bob Seger (25), Grateful Dead (18) and the Doors (14). (*John Cale and Bob Seger tied for fourth)

Match #4 Bed of Roses – Screaming Trees (19) beat Radio Active Cats (14), Bon Jovi (12), Bette Midler (9)

Match #5 You Belong to Me – Elvis Costello (29) beat The Duprees (22), Carly Simon (21) and Taylor Swift (18)

Match #6 Since You Been Gone – Rainbow (42) beat Kelly Clarkson & Four Tops (tie 30), Theory of a Deadman (15), Weird Al (13) Bobby Darin (6)

Match #7 Come Together – Beatles (46) beat Kool and the Gang (35), Primal Scream (26), Blur (22), Macy Gray (19), Peter Tosh (14)

Match # 8 A-E Hold On – Finalists are: Sam Cooke, Ian Gomm, The Hollies, Triumph and Wilson Phillips. Final Match for this will be #17 on the list.

Match # 9 Low - Cracker (31) beat R.E.M. (25), Foo Fighters (22), Kelly Clarkson (19), Coldplay (16), Flo Rida (13)

Match # 10 All Night Long - CLOSEST MATCHUP YET, Rainbow (24) beat Lionel Richie (23), Skip James (22), Curtis Mayfield (12), Mary Jane Girls (9), Peter Murphy (6).

Match # 11 Dreams – Fleetwood Mac (35) beat The Cranberries (31), Barry Goudreau (23), Van Halen (22), Allman Bros (19), Kylie Minogue (17)

Match # 12 Creep – Radiohead (29) beat Stone Temple Pilots (21), The Fall (14), TLC (13), Lambretta (10)

Match # 13 Money – Pink Floyd (29) beat The Beatles (24), Buzzcocks (17), The Doors (11), Mindless Self Indulgence (9)

Match # 14 Flesh and Blood – Solomon Burke (23) beat Roxy Music (20), Johnny Cash (18), Gary Moore (15), George Lynch (14)

Match # 15 Holiday – Bee Gees (22) beat Madonna (20), Nazareth (19), Green Day (15), Scorpions (14)

Surfer13

11/17/2009, 13:50

1) Jefferson Airplane.

2) Bobby Darin. Maybe I shouldn't do this, but I think with a cleaner recording, it is a better song than...

3) Queen. Not even close to being my favorite Queen song, but certainly better than...

4) Nelly Furtado. Who I thought was a shoe-in for last place until I heard...

5) Leighton Meester.

readyeddy?

11/17/2009, 14:37

1. Jefferson Airplane

2. Queen

3. Bobby Darin
4. Leighton Meester
4. Nelly Furtado

The gaps are to show the difference in how much more I like each song.

hail_eris

11/17/2009, 15:11

Let's rank 'em!

Jefferson Airplane (Ah, back when they were making music and not suing each other over the rights to the band's name.)
Queen ("Just okay" Queen is still better than most other choices.)
Bobby Darin (That's some mono...)
Leighton Meester (And yet it still sounds better than the unholy Auto-Tuned union of the child of dad from Growing Pains and the chick from Gossip Girl.)
Nelly Furtado (It's still playing, and already it's kind of forgettable.)

AlienFlanders

11/17/2009, 16:57

1. Queen
2. Jefferson Airplane
3. Bobby Darin
4. Nelly Furtado
5. Leighton Meester

VelvetGuru9

11/17/2009, 21:58

Jefferson Airplane - Darby Slick wrote this pre Jefferson Airplane and I'm grateful the JA resurrected this one from The Great Society (Grace's band in the mid 60s)

Queen - Freddie's just so talented

Bobby Darin - Not everything can be Mack the Knife

Nelly Furtado - meh

Leighton Meester - meh times 2

DTM

11/17/2009, 22:59

1. Queen (Another great Queen song, which I think Ill vote as #1 just to help even it out with the equally great JA tune here)
2. Jefferson Airplane (Very cool song - wouldnt have nominated it for RW13 if I didnt think so)
3. Bobby Darin (eh, OK, nothing special really)
4. Nelly Furtado (eh, another OK, nothing special, for me)
5. Leighton Meester (yeah, this is blah to me)

flyingicarus

11/18/2009, 18:57

Don't know if I can play but it was kinda suggested by VelvetGuru.

If I can here's my order:

1.) (By a slight margin) Queen

2.) Jefferson Airplane

3.) Bobby Darin

4.) Leighton Meister

5.) Nelly Furtato

FrankCastle80

11/18/2009, 19:25

Jefferson Airplane (though Jim Carrey karaoke from "Cable Guy" was even better than THAT)

Leighton Meister

Bobby Darin

Queen

Nelly Furtado

Surfer13

11/18/2009, 21:57

Don't know if I can play but it was kinda suggested by VelvetGuru.

If I can here's my order:

Of course you can play.
Why wouldn't you be allowed to play?

You have certainly posted enough to be considered a real person and not the alter-ego of someone that just wants to stuff the ballot box. :cool:

VelvetGuru9

11/19/2009, 15:53

Of course you can play.
Why wouldn't you be allowed to play?

You have certainly posted enough to be considered a real person and not the alter-ego of someone that just wants to stuff the ballot box. :cool:

:ermm: Don't tell me you're really Kiwigirl?

VelvetGuru9

11/19/2009, 15:55

flyingicarus

11/19/2009, 15:55

Looks down there. Definitely not, Kiwigirl.

Thanks for the invite btw---this one has potential, almost as much as the 50s/60s one (which is soooo making me revisit those).

VelvetGuru9

11/19/2009, 16:27

Looks down there. Definitely not, Kiwigirl.

Thanks for the invite btw---this one has potential, almost as much as the 50s/60s one (which is soooo making me revisit those).

Not Kiwigirl, I bet that's a relief to DTM :speechles

DTM

11/19/2009, 22:16

You aint kidding, buddy.