Hoo'd Win Part Wendy Melvoin on Guitar.

[thebitterguy]

Anyway, one of the great pop ditties of our time (for those of us over 30) has been Kiss, performed by Prince & the Revolution and by Tom Jones w/ Art of Noise.

I'd truly hoped to make this a video Hoo'd Win, but apparently that's a bit much to ask. Dammit*.

Anyway, this brings us to one of the great debates of our time, what's better, the cover or the original**? Both are enjoyable pop ditties, but only one can reign supreme! Who will it be, the purple prince of Paisley Park, or the Welsh Sex Machine who made your Mama Scream, so you may want to look into some Paternity Issues?

[Poll #1070173]

Apparently, the woman wearing clothes in the Prince original, Wendy Melvoin, now does scoring for Heroes. Nerd content, folks!

*No, this is not a request for some keener to find videos of the songs online. Youtube came up dry, and I'm at work.

** The paternity of the song is a little more convolute than that, since according to Wikipedia although Prince wrote the song, he didn't release it first***. But we'll count him as the original, to save time.

*** Upon reading for comprehension, he DID release it first. Fuck a chicken!

edit: And why the hell did I get Tom Jones' name wrong?

Comments

[rbowspryte.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember a dance version of this. I think that is the best version of "Kiss" of all.

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

I have to give Prince the nod for this, as he's singer, musician, and songwriter all wrapped up in one very odd package. Tom Jones is just a (very good) singer with a package.

Isn't Wendy Melvoin also Wendy of Wendy and Lisa of Prince's "Purple Rain" days? Leads to wonder what Lisa is up to these days...

Ha Ha Tom Jones Penis Joke

[thebitterguy]

The very same.

Re: Ha Ha Tom Jones Penis Joke

[papajoemambo.livejournal.com]

Lisa is still Wendy's writing partner, and works with her on HEROES as well...

(I had to go with the little Detroit man, as much as THE VOICE deserved his props for this one if only for his logubrously Welsh "Think I'm Gonna DAYNCE now!")

[mikester.livejournal.com]

I like the Age of Chance version, myself.

[ghostwes.livejournal.com]

Indeed... that was a good cover.

[gurudata.livejournal.com]

Hiho,

"You don't have to be Prince if you want to dance,
You just have to get down with the Age of Chance!"

Cu,
Andrew

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

I *think* Wendy Melvoin also worked on the Crossing Jordan theme... not sure but the name rings a bell for me.

[creativedv8tion.livejournal.com]

I picked Tom Jones b/c his version is more fun. I didn't give Prince points for writing the song in the first place or anything, just which performance I like mo betta.

I like Prince's too, but still. Trent wrote "Hurt", but Johnny owns that song.

[doc-mystery.livejournal.com]

Tom Jones for me, too.



::B::

[granolademonic.livejournal.com]

If Tom Jones wins this poll, I aim to de-Friend the holy fuck out of you.

[thebitterguy]

There appears to be very little danger of that.

[rdansky.livejournal.com]

What? You're leaving out the Richard Thompson version? No video, but deeply, deeply messed up.

Mind you, on the same album he also did a version of "Oops! I Did It Again". Be afraid.

[bcwalker.livejournal.com]

Prince may've done it first, but Tom owns that song now.

[optimussven.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised at how close this is. Also, I didn't think that Tom Jones' cover was popular outside of Europe.

[thebitterguy]

I'm surprised that TJ caught up as well as he did. It looked like Prince would run away with it at the beginning.