The Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuUhZxkr194
Or
Steve Harley and the Cockney rebel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VaSwrqdaAs
2007-09-23 02:56:53 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
There must be a muso out there on the net(just one:-() who likes Steve's version!
2007-09-23 03:16:34 · update #1
D. R beleive me, although it's the same song, they do what I like in cover versions and make it different!
2007-09-23 03:18:44 · update #2
Zarena F: sos was only performance I could find
2007-09-23 03:20:27 · update #3
D. R if you are of a religeous nature I think Steve Harley will be of interest as he is a very spiritual person
2007-09-23 03:24:02 · update #4
Elric, even though Steve Harley has made the song more upbeat and edgier, I still have to pick my boys from Liverpool.
For me that song takes me back to a place I can't physically return to. Most remakes now are okay, but it is a feeling that I get when I listen to the original. The smells; the person I was with; the situations I was going through; the era itself. It is more to me than just a song. I was one of the few on my street that had a TV when I was a kid. I was in front of it when the Beatles made their debut in America. I remember, vividly I might add, every moment of that experience. I was a Beatles fan. Die hard. When John was murdered I mourned as hard as his wife. I hope this gives you a feel of the passion some of us had for those boys! Nana
2007-09-23 06:35:40 · answer #1 · answered by nanawnuts 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I must admit that I've never heard of Steve Harley & the Cockney Rebel, much less their version of the classic "Here Comes The Sun". But I do know that when George Harrison wrote the song, he was undergoing a religious transformation like none he'd ever known before. By far the most spiritually enlightened of the Beatles, George uses this as a metaphore for the glory of the 'Son' rising in the morning. However, he was fairly involved in Hinduism at that point and doesn't stipulate who the 'Son' is? It could be Jesus or possibly Ganesha, or even as the American Indians once worshipped the sun......it could just be the sun. In any event, it paints a wonderful mental picture of "the ice is slowly melting...it seems like years since it's been here". Then caps it off with such a human quality of "and I say....It's alright"!! Just makes you smile.....if not thankful even. I'll try to listen to Steve Harley's version though. Seldom do I think re-makes really do justice to the original, but I'll try to keep an open mind.
2007-09-23 10:15:04 · answer #2 · answered by D. R 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Goddangit I used to like Steve Harley but his hair's all goooooorn! (Okay I'm shallow). To be fair that was a crap performance but I do like his version, maybe prefer it to the beatles even. Umm yeah..think so.
Actually I found another version of 'here comes the sun' but it was just cockney rebel without steve harley. Why don't you ask an alex harvey band vs tom jones version of 'delilah' question, lol? I can't be arsed to find the youtube links.
2007-09-23 10:15:15 · answer #3 · answered by porkchop 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Beatles. George Harrison sings it beautifully.
2007-09-23 10:19:25 · answer #4 · answered by Chipmunk 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Beatles one of my all time favourite songs.
2007-09-23 12:05:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beatles. Always.
2007-09-23 10:01:32 · answer #6 · answered by Superdude 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Beatles of course!!!
2007-09-23 10:02:14 · answer #7 · answered by adémo 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Of course the original artist, non other than The Beatles.
Here Comes the Sun is one of their best song (for me).
2007-09-23 10:03:37 · answer #8 · answered by batman 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I prefer the Beatles!!!
2007-09-24 04:31:35 · answer #9 · answered by Baboushka 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Beatles. And I have listened to both.
2007-09-23 15:37:43 · answer #10 · answered by fizzywo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋