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Obscure version of "Spirit in the Sky" |
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BrufordFreak 
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 Topic: Obscure version of "Spirit in the Sky"Posted: March 02 2021 at 12:03 |
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Anybody here know a version of the hit "Spirit in the Sky" in which the song fades out with the singer(s) singing "row, row, row your boat, … " ?
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SteveG
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Posted: March 02 2021 at 12:11 |
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No I haven't, but musically it's a great song. Love the echoed guitar.
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Posted: March 02 2021 at 12:17 |
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The only other version I know is by Dr and the Medics and it's not that (unless it's been truncated on YouTube).
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Posted: March 02 2021 at 13:23 |
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Nope. I know the original which is probably one of the heaviest hit songs of it's era(in fact the guitar solo sounds a bit like Tony Iommi). I think I saw something on youtube once where they talked about how he got that buzzing sound on his guitar.
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Posted: March 02 2021 at 15:59 |
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Are we talking about the one hit wonder guy Norman Greenbaum from 1969...? Folky hippie rock tune about Jesus..?
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Posted: March 02 2021 at 16:00 |
Well, mostly because of that guitar solo.
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Posted: March 05 2021 at 15:07 |
I have the vinyl, which I bought at a used record shop out of curiosity because it was produced by Andy Partridge and the guy had a ridiculous hairdo. I was hoping for a hyper early XTC style take on it but it's the opposite, a slowed down lethargic take on it. It fades with a repeat of "Go to the place that's the best", not "Row row row your boat", so I can confirm that it's not it.
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Posted: March 05 2021 at 16:22 |
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I just listened to about 7 different covers, including Elton John, but could not find a version with row your boat in the fade out.
I only listened to versions that were on albums, not local cover bands etc. |
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Posted: March 15 2021 at 07:18 |
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It was Johnny Warman. With Larry Fast, Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta. And the "Row, row, row your boat" finish only happens on the final song of the album (his third, From the Jungle to the New Horizon) on a song called "Dream, Dream, Dream".
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Posted: March 16 2021 at 05:08 |
"on a song called "Dream, Dream, Dream"." So does that mean it wasn't Spirit in the Sky then or did that song just have an excerpt from it?
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