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Posted: March 08 2014 at 02:48
Atavachron wrote:
Dean wrote:
Atavachron wrote:
That 1-2-3 version is incredible, I didn't know they were that good (and thank god for quiet English audiences)
some might say too quiet, even for English audiences
I'd say any BBC studio sesh qualifies there-- just added this to my wishlist :
it does have 'America', though not the live version presumably
You may need to hear more of it before you buy, 1-2-3 never recorded anything, by the time they'd become Clouds the music had become a lot less "prog". The version of America is on that box-set is the same one, it is the only one. I have very strong suspicions that their version is neither a modern recording, nor is it live.
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Posted: March 07 2014 at 23:21
Dean wrote:
OOOOooooo, you're going to get in trouble with the 1-2-3/Clouds webarmy for not putting their version in the poll.
This version is remarkable because 1-2-3 played it live on stage months before Simon&Garfinkel released it...
Anyway, I voted Bowie
Hoh crap! I never heard of 1.2.3 band before Dean. I always thought that this song was written by Paul Simon. Thanks for letting me know, I would add them on the poll above for sure if I had known and could :) anyway all the above I mentioned, I love them all, each is different and it's hard to compare one to another really considering that their approach is so different yet brilliant. I love Bowie's most too, I cannot imagine anyone else singing as he did and being able to pull it of too. hugs
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 22:25
Kati wrote:
All are so different and I really like all three. My personal favourite without a doubt is Bowie's version (if you have not heard it before,please do listen to David Bowie - America - Concert for New York, find the link below) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggTjqja8bRQ&list=PLMyHPEAFkfwOUitOZjeDTu5msYbP3FsXK&index=27 Hugs to all P.S. This was for benefit the concert for New York after 9/11. xxxx
Nevermind my spelling mistakes at the end what I meant to say is that David Bowie sang his own version during and for Concert for New York. hugs again
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Posted: March 06 2014 at 22:22
All are so different and I really like all three. My personal favourite without a doubt is Bowie's version (if you have not heard it before,please do listen to David Bowie - America - Concert for New York, find the link below) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggTjqja8bRQ&list=PLMyHPEAFkfwOUitOZjeDTu5msYbP3FsXK&index=27 Hugs to all P.S. This was for benefit the concert for New York after 9/11. xxxx
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Atavachron wrote:
I never heard of 1.2.3 band before Dean. I always thought that this song was written by Paul Simon. Thanks for letting me know, I would add them on the poll above for sure if I had known and could :) anyway all the above I mentioned, I love them all, each is different and it's hard to compare one to another really considering that their approach is so different yet brilliant. I love Bowie's most too, I cannot imagine anyone else singing as he did and being able to pull it of too. 
hugs 
