Your absolute, favorite song

[SFIND]

Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Same No. 1 ranking it has held for 53 years.

Who performed it better: Paul or Elvis?

 

[SFIND]

It's tough for me to pick my absolute favorite out of my top 10; like others have said, it can change with my mood.

I would say either The Weight by The Band or Doctor, My Eyes by Jackson Browne.

The Pretender and These Days by Browne are also in contention.

Duncan, a Paul Simon solo, is also in contention, as is The Boxer, IMO far and away S&G's best.

(And for the record, I'm still in my 30's. But 60's/70's folk rock is my jam).

 

[MisterCreosote]

More candidates:

— My Morning Song, Black Crowes
— Scar on the Sky, Chris Cornell
— Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Metallica
— Scratch, Morphine
— Spread Your Wings, Queen

 

[justgladtobehere]

If we are going broad, anything off of Honky Tonk Heroes except for the last song, If I give my soul, Sunday Morning Coming Down.

 

[Webster]

Who performed it better: Paul or Elvis?

The most spiteful thing which Paul Simon ever did was take that song away from Artie on the last tour they did.

 

[justgladtobehere]

In his later stages, Elvis was incredible.

 

[Slacker]

Who performed it better: Paul or Elvis?

Artie.

 

[Slacker]

"Fountain of Sorrow" and "The Pretender" will forever be locked in a dead heat as my favorite Jackson Browne songs.

 

[UNCGrad]

My mom's favorite all-time song was "Bridge Over Troubled Water." I picked the music for her funeral 18 years ago (and, somehow, spoke at it). Made sure that was played.

 

[Slacker]

Who performed it better: Paul or Elvis?

Elvis took that song, too? Good god, the man was such a vulture.
A lot of that goes on in Nashville, I guess. Johnny Cash did it, too.

And the remakes often are inferior renditions. Poorly stylized and distorted badly, which I rarely like.

 

[SFIND]

I asked the question, because Simon himself thought Elvis' version was the best, and superior to his performance.

I agree.

A live version:



I also prefer Elvis' version of My Way over Sinatra's.

 

[Tighthead]

Elvis took that song, too? Good god, the man was such a vulture.
A lot of that goes on in Nashville, I guess. Johnny Cash did it, too.

And the remakes often are inferior renditions. Poorly stylized and distorted badly, which I rarely like.

The Gambler was cut by someone (Bobby Bare or Cash) a couple of years before Kenny Rogers, it just didn't click. All those guys copied/borrowed/covered songs to round out albums back then.