I wouldn't care if I never heard the Supremes version again. But I never tire of the Vanilla Fudge version, and I was in high school when it first came out. It was fun watching your reaction. Thanks.
if he'd done 2 hits of LSD 10minutes before like my generation did, he'd be on the floor seeing the colours of that bass line- now that would be a fun reaction to watch; but totally agree about Carmine and Tim
Tell your Dad thank you! I have been trying to get someone to do exactly this. The same song done completely different but both great. Absolutely love the Vanilla Fudge version. I believe the Supremes did it in 66 and VF in 67. Kudos to you and your Dad. Great choice to react to. Made my day! Your Dad knows great music. Thanks!
I'm glad I found you I've always wanted responders to play the original and the covers. You do this intelligently and don't try be cool (not that you aren't cool) so please keep up these types of reviews
Daniel, the Supremes were a Motown R&B act, featuring Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson.Their version(1966) is rhythm & blues with a little funk with the Funk Bros. accompanying them instrumentally. Ross left the group and became more famous singing on her own and as a Hollywood movie star. Vanilla Fudge were a US Rock band, this cover is from 1967 and is considered psychedelic rock. These versions are very different although the same song. Kim Wilde covered it in 1986. Many artists did a version of this song over the years including Wilson Pickett, Rod Stewart, Jackie DeShannon and The Box Tops.
Dan Hartman I was a first year junior high school teacher in 1967...22 years old. I got the Vanilla Fudge album for free when my wife and I bought a cabinet model Fisher Philharmonic stereo, which by the way still plays all my vinyl. Still married to that same lady going on 54 years ( June 17 ). Wtf did all that time go???? It truly seems like only yesterday.
Vanilla Fudge came out with this cover in 1967 and turned the Motown hit by the Supremes into a Psychedelic song it’s an awesome psychedelic song from a time when bands were delving into psychedelic sound of Rock music ! Procol Harum “Whiter shade of pale” is another psychedelic rock song with heavy organ sound that is the catch of the song that came out in 1967 ! This band Vanilla Fudge is an American band but heavily influenced the future rock band Deep Purple ! This song is one of the heaviest songs during that time !
Very interesting hearing both versions back to back. The Supremes was more about liberation from a bad relationship, but Vanilla Fudge had much more angst about not being to break away from the hold his former love had on him. Wonderful contrast in styles and meaning. And very perceptive of you to notice the contrast. You need to more of these.
The Supremes version (1966) was intended for a pop/dance audience. Vanilla Fudge version (1967) was reworked for a psychedelic audience. The acid scene exploded in 1967 and ushered in the "summer of love". Hippie music!!!
Those two songs couldn't be more different in tone, but I've always LOVED Vanilla Fudge version. You might want to try The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows" and the version by Phil Collins from his Face Value CD. I think you'll love the arrangements; something really different.
One of my all time favorites. Reminds me of back in the day singing this in the shower as a 9-10 yr old. Without checking I believe this may have been released in the late 60s. This is classic psychedelic rock
Is your name Daniel? Another great song which you may have heard from that era , late 60s os The Animals- House of the rising sun Eric Burden has an amazing voice
Mark Stein (organ, lead vocal) and Tim Bogert (bass) heard the Supremes song in a car and discussed doing a longer, slower, heavier version. That was pretty much the origin of the Vanilla Fudge sound.
Diana Ross and the Supremes were the number one girl group in the 60's, and had TONS of hits! When the Vanilla Fudge did their take on this song I loved it so much I bought the album. That's what you did back then when you wanted to listen to a song at your convenience, you bought the album or record. No computers, UA-cam or downloads of any kind. Great interpretation of a classic Supremes song.
when both came out, i couldnt decide which i liked better-still cant. The Supremes rock more, the Vanilla Fudge is heavier and hypnotizes you. Both great versions
So much music to choose from. Looking forward to when you hit Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell. Both paint vivid pictures, but their meanings are open to interpretation or layers. Jump in anywhere. Simon & Garfunkel - "America" or "Scarborough Fair" or "Sounds of Silence" Paul Simon - "Graceland" or "Something So Right" or "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" Joni Mitchell - "Case of You" or "River" or "Hejira"
The 2 songs are only a year apart. Original 66, cover 67. At the time, it illustrated how the psychedelic period was coming in and changing tradition. 1965 was still regular 4/4 rock n roll, 66 was a transition year, and then by 67 everything new had a psych vibe
Also what needs to be taken into consideration when making a comparison - the Supremes' version had to be short enough to fit on a 45" single. Had their recording been seven minutes long, pop music radio stations at that time would have avoided playing it over the air.
Hi, I've never written on your page before even though I have watched your channel's reactions a few different times and have found them very enjoyable. However, after watching your reaction to this one and seeing that you really liked it, you should watch them doing this song live. There is a live tv version from the Ed Sullivan from 1968 that I've seen quite a few people doing reactions for on this song, and these 4 guys are very good performers live. With myself being a songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist starting at the age of 12 years old, I thought these guys did a great job live on this song. The keyboard played does lead vocals while the guitar player, bass player and drummer do all the backing vocals. I played in the 80's and 90's so that's something that you used to see a lot of with more then one singer in the band. I was in two different bands where all of us could sing lead vocals, so we did all kinds of harmonies like these bands did. It was normal to see this in bands back then. But you won't see it now or even for the last 25 years or so. But I just thought it's something you would enjoy so I thought I would mention it when I saw your reaction to the audio version. Great work.
John Lennon when asked what was his favorite cover version of a Beatles song he answered instantly and said Vanilla Fudge’s version of Ticket to Ride. On the same album as this track. Also check out Take Me For A Little While and She’s Not There. All brilliant.
Yes the VANILLA FUDGE 4 MAN BAND. ACTUALLY WHAT WAS NOTED IN AN INTERVIEW. THIS COVER WAS A YEAR LATER. PSYCHEDELIC ROCK WAS COMING UNTO THE FOREFRONT. LIKE IRON BUTTERFLY, STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK, JIMMY HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, OF COURSE VANILLA FUDGE...😜✌ GROOVY REACTION...
this is such a great cover. there is a good live clip of Vanilla Fudge doing this...it's funny...the singer/kayboard player always struck me as a tad overdramatic (cheesy)....same with the bass player (although Bogert could PLAY), but the clip is worth it just to watch Carmine Appice attacking and slaughtering the drums....a monster player...very entertaining to watch
@@waynesworld7804 I believe Animal was inspired by Ginger Baker of Cream, note the red hair. Listen to Pressed Rat and Warthog from Wheels of Fire album. spoken by Baker. I can imagine him being guttural like Animal.
I’m definitely more of a vanilla fudge fan. Good comparison though. I’m not quite old enough to have appreciated this at the time but I remember it playing into the 70’s. There’s more than a lifetime’s worth of some great music ahead of you if you keep this up. I almost envy you. 😄
Great review buddy... I see this is a yr old but in case anyone hasn't mentioned it that is not a piano, it's a Hammond B3 organ..... If you've heard any classic music with an organ that is for sure the model they used..... Or an M3, which is basically the same but smaller
I was walking along First Avenue in Seattle 1 evening and walked into little bar when I heard music. . It turned out to be 'Vinalla Fudge". Fortunatly I had had a bit to smoke, and even though I had heard the Supreme's version on the radio and was quite familiar with it, when I first heard this one...I first had to get over the thought that something had happened to my hearing, but then I realized that this version was quite something else...and I liked it very much.
In 1966 we heard this song and so many others like it with the helicopters and body bags every night on THE six o'clock news. In 1967 we were so drugged out we could see the music. Apathy reigned.
Just heard this on a Playlist and was curious to see if you had done this. It came out in 1967, on the heels of The Supremes' original. The difference between declaring independence and begging for it. I grew up on Motown, and loved it, (still do) but this version is my favorite! It's early psychedelic for sure.
i love both these versions. I am a big Vanilla Fudge fan and the second album I bought with my own money was Vanilla Fudge 'Near the Beginning' so I really enjoy their creativity and musicianship on this cover. I enjoyed your reaction Daniel and I would suggest you do a comparison of 'I am the walrus' by the Beatles and cover by Spooky Tooth..
One of the all-time great one-hit wonders! Who would’ve ever thought a remake of a Motown song would become a psychedelic rock classic? Love it! (Just have to add … I laughed when you asked if the Supremes were three ladies. The Supremes were Motown royalty and had a string of hits for a number of years.) P.S. wish you had listened to the radio edit of the remake, rather than the longer extended version. I think the shorter version is more impactful.
It is interesting how much you look like a young Glen Frey of the Eagles. I am glad you enjoyed the two versions. If you have a chance, watch the Ed Sullivan show with Vanilla Fudge live. It is a classic, and they were experimenting with dramatic movements at that time. Big arm movements mostly. It is all part of rock history now. I was a teenager when this came out.
Supremes was more pop and Vanilla Fudge was just introducing psychedelic rock. I like the comparison angle. Since you are a huge Tool fan and I a huge Led Zeppelin fan, maybe do the double reaction to "No Quarter". I've not heard hardly any Tool songs, but I've seen many people have reacted to Tool's cover but have never viewed any. I'll be seeing it for the first time if you choose to give it a go.
@@DiconDissectionalReactions I'll be waiting. If you like, I can provide more copies to compare. Here is a link to a good live LZ version put together by someone on YT if you want to compare live versions: ua-cam.com/video/MnUbYyOc9JA/v-deo.html
I love your Dad and I don’t even know him! Sounds like an intelligent man with taste. Ask him about The Break Song from Near The Beginning album. Love the Fudge!
Loved the Supremes and their version, but it was 1966, I was in 6th grade and it was Motown pop! What did I know about blues? Nothing. That version was driving forward in a happy upbeat fling. The music didn't match the mood of the lyrics at all. Vanilla Fudge, on the other hand, (in 1967) slowed it down to a proper bluesy pace and brought out the pain inferred by the lyrics. Great rockin' blues; a proper treatment for these lyrics. I keep the Vanilla Fudge version on my playlist to repeat often. LOVE IT!
Check out Rare Earth ! They did covers of Motown hits and turned them into epic rock songs! Usually extended also! In fact they were on the Motown label!
I've loved both versions since they came out. The Supremes have a list of hits that could knock you out. Vanilla Fudge was mostly considered an "underground band", but were pretty popular too. Nice to hear both songs together. Thanks for the reaction.
They made some heavy covers of other band's songs such as the Beatles' 'Ticket to Ride' and Donovan's 'Season of the Witch'. Similar groups like the Electric Prunes, Rare Earth and early Deep Purple sounded like this too. Listen to the latter's cover of the Beatles' song 'Help'. Another good comparison song would be 'Every Little Thing' by the Beatles then covered by Yes. And Yes also did a cover of the song 'America' originally by Simon & Garfunkel. Yes made a short and a long version.
w00t! So you do compare and contrast reactions. Awesome! I love all of the suggestions in these comments, but I'll still pull for a compare and contrast of Simon and Garfunkle's America with the cover of same by Yes.
Daniel...look up Vanilla Fudge Jimmy Fallon...they were on not too long ago...you can get a good look at the keyboard player and Carmine Appice the drummer is very entertaining to watch...enjoy.
This came out around 1967. My band in the late 60s did this song & other covers by Vanilla Fudge like .. "Take Me For A Little While" & the Beatles "Ticket To Ride"
The PC (and console) game 'Mafia 3' (2016), which is set in 1968 (in a fictionalized version of New Orleans, Louisiana, called "New Bordeaux"), served as a 'backdoor' of sorts to a bunch of 60's songs I would've otherwise never have bothered listening to. And while I am familiar with the obvious hits, there were some obscure ones that really deserved more recognition than what you might see on a Time-Life music CD infomercial on TV, from the 90's to mid 2000's. They probably still do those, but I know they don't show them as much anymore. This song is a perfect example of what I just said: I grew up, only knowing the Supremes' original....... then I pick up 'Mafia 3' for my computer, which features this song when you play the radio (in-game). I was blown away the first time I heard it. Later on in the game, they also actually include the Supremes' original version of the song as well! Yep...... best purchase I've made all year. Great music, all around!
9 - Do yourself a big favor and listen to the whole VF album. It's all covers and all unique. To put some perspective on Vanilla Fudge and their influence in the late 60s, Led Zep opened for them. Your father was lucky enough to live in a era of such good rock music. Spend some time with him discussing...
Vanilla Fudge. The drummer and bass player went on to form Cactus, a band sometimes called the American Led Zeppelin. You might check them out. Songs... “Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover”, or “One Way or Another”. Okay, what you heard here is the evolution of the concept of “heavy” music. Supremes = pop music, and they were masters! Fudge = heavy music. Slower, punchier. Fudge released their take of this in August ‘67, but had evolved it playing in New York in earlier ‘67. The original song still had public awareness. ‘67 and ‘68 were MASSIVE musical change years. Just to be a pest, I think I’ll suggest some Blue Cheer. You seem to like the heavier stuff. You know Cream, Hendrix; Blue Cheer would be the third power trio of the age. Maybe try “Next Time Around” from Vincebus Eruptum, or, my preference, “Sun Cycle” from Outside Inside. Well, thanks for all you do. I’ll just hang around, man. 😉
So different from the Motown/R&B sound of the Supremes. Note the simulated sitar sound in the intro. The generation attached to this song did a deep dive into Eastern philosophy and Eastern music. So much so, that you might even consider a reaction to one of Ravi Shankar's (George Harrison's sitar mentor and Nora Jones's father, incidentally) ragas. That influence on sixties music cannot be understated. An example would be The End by the Doors. (I'm about to check out your reaction).
Vanilla Fudge also does a strange cover version of The Beatles "Eleanor Rigby" and early metal band Deep Purple does a great cover of The Beatles "Help". Sometimes, the most interesting covers are the ones that sound completely different from the original.
Daniel, you should do a back to back comparison for All alone the Watch tower. Bob Dylan original the Jimmy Hendrix version. Not that is a match up👍🏻. Great job discovering some real classics.
I had just rekindled my appreciation for this Vanilla Fudge version and had thought is there a better cover of a song than this. That overshadows the original so noticeably. The only one that came close in my thinking was Watchtower.
I love both of these songs. But what's crazy is that i never would've known about either of them if i wouldn't have played mafia 3 haha i'm so glad i do now though. Also great reaction 👍
Take a gander at "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," done by soul superstar Marvin Gaye and covered by rock legends Creedence Clearwater Revival. And come to think of it, "Rolling on the River," done by Creedence and covered by R&B stars Ike & Tina Turner.
I'd love to see a reaction to the song Walk On By with contrasting versions by Dionne Warwick and The Stranglers. Warwick's original of the Bacharach/David composition sounds just like what you would expect of a 1964 pop hit with Dionne's great vocals, a great piano track, complimentary horn and string sections and then The Strangles cover takes a lament and turns it into an aggressive post-punk accusation with a great driving bass carrying the song, plus Greenfield's organ and Cornwell's guitar solos stand out. Walk On By has been covered a lot but The Stranglers version is the stand out for me.
Oh, and as to this. One of the things I love about Vanilla Fudge is that they tended to slow things down and really draw the raw emotions out of the lyrics and music. In this case, the Supremes did a nice, poppy little tune, and Vanilla Fudge turned it into this beautifully ponderous and heavy plea for relief.
In the Supremes version, the singer(s) are angry and scolding. In the Vanilla Fudge version the singer(s) is devastated and literally, hanging by a thread, hurting so hard he can barely believe it.
Not sure you get this it being review a year ago .... So VF used to slow down music they admired from all sorts of artist and writers including jazz, blues and Motown SO they could learn the music (note or note ).....In the process they discovered their SOUND.
The Supremes tried to go psychedelic with the Happening and a couple others I can't think of right now. If you want more psychedelic songs try the Chamber Brothers time has come today make sure you get the long version Thank you
Great song choice, loved the comparison. Would love to hear some more of your reactions to Jethro Tull maybe the "Baker Street Muse medley", I think you would love it, it's in the line of thick as a brick, but not nearly as long. And some Iron Butterfly ina-goda-davida, was good but it's not the best of Iron butterfly. Check out there album "Ball", songs like "In the crowds", "soul experience", or maybe, " in the Time of our lives" they have so many great songs you'll be as amazed as you were at Jethro Tull
1966 for the Supremes happy, too-fast, dance version of this painful breakup lyri?!?! 1967 for Vanilla Fudge's slowed down, psychedelic, hard rock, bluesy, properly treated version of a painful break-up song.
That is about as 60s sounding as you get .The organ sound is what makes it i love it
I wouldn't care if I never heard the Supremes version again. But I never tire of the Vanilla Fudge version, and I was in high school when it first came out. It was fun watching your reaction. Thanks.
lol agree!
1967. Tim Bogart one of the greatest Rock Bassists and Carmine Appice one of the greatest Rock Drummers of all time were members of this Band.
if he'd done 2 hits of LSD 10minutes before like my generation did, he'd be on the floor seeing the colours of that bass line- now that would be a fun reaction to watch; but totally agree about Carmine and Tim
Tell your Dad thank you! I have been trying to get someone to do exactly this. The same song done completely different but both great. Absolutely love the Vanilla Fudge version. I believe the Supremes did it in 66 and VF in 67. Kudos to you and your Dad. Great choice to react to. Made my day! Your Dad knows great music. Thanks!
Watched this and thought of you! 😀
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I'm glad I found you I've always wanted responders to play the original and the covers.
You do this intelligently and don't try be cool (not that you aren't cool) so please keep up these types of reviews
Daniel, the Supremes were a Motown R&B act, featuring Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson.Their version(1966) is rhythm & blues with a little funk with the Funk Bros. accompanying them instrumentally. Ross left the group and became more famous singing on her own and as a Hollywood movie star. Vanilla Fudge were a US Rock band, this cover is from 1967 and is considered psychedelic rock. These versions are very different although the same song. Kim Wilde covered it in 1986. Many artists did a version of this song over the years including Wilson Pickett, Rod Stewart, Jackie DeShannon and The Box Tops.
I think Diana Ross may have been Michael Jackson’s muse for a while (not to diminish his own artist skills).
One of my first rock albums . Jr high years . 1967 oh the memories .
Dan Hartman I was a first year junior high school teacher in 1967...22 years old.
I got the Vanilla Fudge album for free when my wife and I bought a cabinet model Fisher Philharmonic stereo, which by the way still plays all my vinyl. Still married to that same lady going on 54 years ( June 17 ). Wtf did all that time go???? It truly seems like only yesterday.
Oh yeah, and and 13 years old, I still hadn't smoked any herb yet, but I had an idea of "psychedelic" when this came out!
This was the first album that I bought!
Vanilla Fudge came out with this cover in 1967 and turned the Motown hit by the Supremes into a Psychedelic song it’s an awesome psychedelic song from a time when bands were delving into psychedelic sound of Rock music ! Procol Harum “Whiter shade of pale” is another psychedelic rock song with heavy organ sound that is the catch of the song that came out in 1967 ! This band Vanilla Fudge is an American band but heavily influenced the future rock band Deep Purple ! This song is one of the heaviest songs during that time !
the fudge didn't do "covers"......they did "interpretations".
Damn, they really did.
Well said my friend!
Marvelettes vs. The Beatles: "Please Mr. Postman"
Glad you heard both versions. Tim Bogert on bass and Carmine Appice on drums for Vanilla Fudge. So cool.
I’m surprised that no one has reacted to their next band, Cactus which put out 2 great and one okay album…
Very interesting hearing both versions back to back. The Supremes was more about liberation from a bad relationship, but Vanilla Fudge had much more angst about not being to break away from the hold his former love had on him. Wonderful contrast in styles and meaning. And very perceptive of you to notice the contrast. You need to more of these.
The Supremes version (1966) was intended for a pop/dance audience. Vanilla Fudge version (1967) was reworked for a psychedelic audience. The acid scene exploded in 1967 and ushered in the "summer of love". Hippie music!!!
Those two songs couldn't be more different in tone, but I've always LOVED Vanilla Fudge version. You might want to try The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows" and the version by Phil Collins from his Face Value CD. I think you'll love the arrangements; something really different.
The Vanilla Fudge version was released in 1967. -One of my favorite songs in that era.
Grand Funk Railroad and Rare Earth are other bands of same time frame and music similarity . Ask your dad about them .
Both songs had an urgency and intensity that is propelled by the organ. But the vanilla fudge one was composed with an audience high on acid in mind.
The supremes song fades out this is the first time Ive heard this ending.
One of my all time favorites. Reminds me of back in the day singing this in the shower as a 9-10 yr old. Without checking I believe this may have been released in the late 60s. This is classic psychedelic rock
Is your name Daniel?
Another great song which you may have heard from that era , late 60s os The Animals- House of the rising sun
Eric Burden has an amazing voice
Mark Stein (organ, lead vocal) and Tim Bogert (bass) heard the Supremes song in a car and discussed doing a longer, slower, heavier version. That was pretty much the origin of the Vanilla Fudge sound.
Diana Ross and the Supremes were the number one girl group in the 60's, and had TONS of hits! When the Vanilla Fudge did their take on this song I loved it so much I bought the album. That's what you did back then when you wanted to listen to a song at your convenience, you bought the album or record. No computers, UA-cam or downloads of any kind. Great interpretation of a classic Supremes song.
when both came out, i couldnt decide which i liked better-still cant. The Supremes rock more, the Vanilla Fudge is heavier and hypnotizes you. Both great versions
You Might enjoy Vanilla Fudge's live video of this. Awesome but funny at the same time.
So much music to choose from.
Looking forward to when you hit Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell. Both paint vivid pictures, but their meanings are open to interpretation or layers. Jump in anywhere.
Simon & Garfunkel - "America" or "Scarborough Fair" or "Sounds of Silence"
Paul Simon - "Graceland" or "Something So Right" or "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes"
Joni Mitchell - "Case of You" or "River" or "Hejira"
There’s that Hammond and Leslie Speaker again! 😎
The 2 songs are only a year apart. Original 66, cover 67. At the time, it illustrated how the psychedelic period was coming in and changing tradition. 1965 was still regular 4/4 rock n roll, 66 was a transition year, and then by 67 everything new had a psych vibe
More comparisons please! Beatles' "With a Little Help from My Friends, covered by Joe Cocker.
YES YES YES! You can include John Belushis snl cover which imo might be one of the best cover/ impressions ever recorded!
Also what needs to be taken into consideration when making a comparison - the Supremes' version had to be short enough to fit on a 45" single. Had their recording been seven minutes long, pop music radio stations at that time would have avoided playing it over the air.
The VF also released a shorter version for a 45 rpm single.
Hi, I've never written on your page before even though I have watched your channel's reactions a few different times and have found them very enjoyable. However, after watching your reaction to this one and seeing that you really liked it, you should watch them doing this song live. There is a live tv version from the Ed Sullivan from 1968 that I've seen quite a few people doing reactions for on this song, and these 4 guys are very good performers live. With myself being a songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist starting at the age of 12 years old, I thought these guys did a great job live on this song. The keyboard played does lead vocals while the guitar player, bass player and drummer do all the backing vocals. I played in the 80's and 90's so that's something that you used to see a lot of with more then one singer in the band. I was in two different bands where all of us could sing lead vocals, so we did all kinds of harmonies like these bands did. It was normal to see this in bands back then. But you won't see it now or even for the last 25 years or so. But I just thought it's something you would enjoy so I thought I would mention it when I saw your reaction to the audio version. Great work.
The Fudge were masters at drawing out a song's latent power. Their first (from which this is taken) and third LPs are extraordinary!
John Lennon when asked what was his favorite cover version of a Beatles song he answered instantly and said Vanilla Fudge’s version of Ticket to Ride. On the same album as this track. Also check out Take Me For A Little While and She’s Not There. All brilliant.
Long Island Band. Best Drummer and Bass Player Ever. Everybody was great! Saw them at St. John Terill's in New Jersey in the late 60's.
Yes the VANILLA FUDGE 4 MAN BAND. ACTUALLY WHAT WAS NOTED IN AN INTERVIEW. THIS COVER WAS A YEAR LATER. PSYCHEDELIC ROCK WAS COMING UNTO THE FOREFRONT. LIKE IRON BUTTERFLY, STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK, JIMMY HENDRIX EXPERIENCE, OF COURSE VANILLA FUDGE...😜✌ GROOVY REACTION...
Fudge appeared on the Tonight Show wit Jimmy Fappon and still sound great !! Give it a view...
this is such a great cover. there is a good live clip of Vanilla Fudge doing this...it's funny...the singer/kayboard player always struck me as a tad overdramatic (cheesy)....same with the bass player (although Bogert could PLAY), but the clip is worth it just to watch Carmine Appice attacking and slaughtering the drums....a monster player...very entertaining to watch
Yes, great comments and love the version you speak of. The drummer was apparently the inspiration for Animal in the Muppets. It’s a good story anyway.
@@waynesworld7804 I believe Animal was inspired by Ginger Baker of Cream, note the red hair. Listen to Pressed Rat and Warthog from Wheels of Fire album. spoken by Baker. I can imagine him being guttural like Animal.
@@h.w.hilton6819 yes, I have that album and am familiar with the song/s.
I’m definitely more of a vanilla fudge fan. Good comparison though. I’m not quite old enough to have appreciated this at the time but I remember it playing into the 70’s.
There’s more than a lifetime’s worth of some great music ahead of you if you keep this up. I almost envy you. 😄
Great review buddy... I see this is a yr old but in case anyone hasn't mentioned it that is not a piano, it's a Hammond B3 organ..... If you've heard any classic music with an organ that is for sure the model they used..... Or an M3, which is basically the same but smaller
My drummer knows both brothers Carmine and Vinny Appice, got lessons from both. I have met Vinny.
In interesting comparison would be Bob Dylan and the Byrds versions on Mr Tamborine Man.
You want to hear DIFFERENT? Vanilla Fudge cover The Beatles song "ELEANOR RIGBY" It is really really good!!
I was walking along First Avenue in Seattle 1 evening and walked into little bar when I heard music. . It turned out to be 'Vinalla Fudge". Fortunatly I had had a bit to smoke, and even though I had heard the Supreme's version on the radio and was quite familiar with it, when I first heard this one...I first had to get over the thought that something had happened to my hearing, but then I realized that this version was quite something else...and I liked it very much.
In 1966 we heard this song and so many others like it with the helicopters and body bags every night on THE six o'clock news. In 1967 we were so drugged out we could see the music. Apathy reigned.
Just heard this on a Playlist and was curious to see if you had done this. It came out in 1967, on the heels of The Supremes' original. The difference between declaring independence and begging for it. I grew up on Motown, and loved it, (still do) but this version is my favorite! It's early psychedelic for sure.
i love both these versions. I am a big Vanilla Fudge fan and the second album I bought with my own money was Vanilla Fudge 'Near the Beginning' so I really enjoy their creativity and musicianship on this cover. I enjoyed your reaction Daniel and I would suggest you do a comparison of 'I am the walrus' by the Beatles and cover by Spooky Tooth..
But the best version was the paired down live version on Ed Sullivan. One of the best live performances ever. So much passion went into it.
One of the all-time great one-hit wonders! Who would’ve ever thought a remake of a Motown song would become a psychedelic rock classic? Love it! (Just have to add … I laughed when you asked if the Supremes were three ladies. The Supremes were Motown royalty and had a string of hits for a number of years.) P.S. wish you had listened to the radio edit of the remake, rather than the longer extended version. I think the shorter version is more impactful.
It is interesting how much you look like a young Glen Frey of the Eagles. I am glad you enjoyed the two versions. If you have a chance, watch the Ed Sullivan show with Vanilla Fudge live. It is a classic, and they were experimenting with dramatic movements at that time. Big arm movements mostly. It is all part of rock history now. I was a teenager when this came out.
This came out in '67.
They broke up in '70 but have had reunions.
Supremes was more pop and Vanilla Fudge was just introducing psychedelic rock. I like the comparison angle. Since you are a huge Tool fan and I a huge Led Zeppelin fan, maybe do the double reaction to "No Quarter". I've not heard hardly any Tool songs, but I've seen many people have reacted to Tool's cover but have never viewed any. I'll be seeing it for the first time if you choose to give it a go.
Great idea:)
@@DiconDissectionalReactions I'll be waiting. If you like, I can provide more copies to compare. Here is a link to a good live LZ version put together by someone on YT if you want to compare live versions: ua-cam.com/video/MnUbYyOc9JA/v-deo.html
Your dad has really good taste in music!
I love your Dad and I don’t even know him! Sounds like an intelligent man with taste. Ask him about The Break Song from Near The Beginning album. Love the Fudge!
The Vanilla Fudge version is darker and more haunting; like a plaintive wail on desperation's doorstep. One of the best covers of all time.
Great pick.....enjoy your reactions....keep it up.........Thanks Dad
Loved the Supremes and their version, but it was 1966, I was in 6th grade and it was Motown pop! What did I know about blues? Nothing. That version was driving forward in a happy upbeat fling. The music didn't match the mood of the lyrics at all.
Vanilla Fudge, on the other hand, (in 1967) slowed it down to a proper bluesy pace and brought out the pain inferred by the lyrics. Great rockin' blues; a proper treatment for these lyrics. I keep the Vanilla Fudge version on my playlist to repeat often. LOVE IT!
Loved both versions of this classic 60's tune. Great reaction job!
These are the Supremes. Fan of them. Motown music. Like them a lot😊❤🥰👍😊👍👍
The Vanilla fudge cover is from 1967, from their first album.
Check out Rare Earth ! They did covers of Motown hits and turned them into epic rock songs! Usually extended also! In fact they were on the Motown label!
I've loved both versions since they came out. The Supremes have a list of hits that could knock you out. Vanilla Fudge was mostly considered an "underground band", but were pretty popular too. Nice to hear both songs together. Thanks for the reaction.
They made some heavy covers of other band's songs such as the Beatles' 'Ticket to Ride' and Donovan's 'Season of the Witch'. Similar groups like the Electric Prunes, Rare Earth and early Deep Purple sounded like this too. Listen to the latter's cover of the Beatles' song 'Help'.
Another good comparison song would be 'Every Little Thing' by the Beatles then covered by Yes.
And Yes also did a cover of the song 'America' originally by Simon & Garfunkel. Yes made a short and a long version.
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So you do compare and contrast reactions. Awesome!
I love all of the suggestions in these comments, but I'll still pull for a compare and contrast of Simon and Garfunkle's America with the cover of same by Yes.
Favorite song from the '60s.
The song that plays while -Spoiler- from Once upon a time in Hollywood
Brad Pitt beats a load of hippies to death
Daniel...look up Vanilla Fudge Jimmy Fallon...they were on not too long ago...you can get a good look at the keyboard player and Carmine Appice the drummer is very entertaining to watch...enjoy.
This came out around 1967. My band in the late 60s did this song & other covers by Vanilla Fudge like .. "Take Me For A Little While" & the Beatles "Ticket To Ride"
I can remember dancing to those Motown songs, even “Love Child” we didnt care about the lyrics.
One of my all time favoured songs. The VF version - also I like the Supremes version too.
The PC (and console) game 'Mafia 3' (2016), which is set in 1968 (in a fictionalized version of New Orleans, Louisiana, called "New Bordeaux"), served as a 'backdoor' of sorts to a bunch of 60's songs I would've otherwise never have bothered listening to. And while I am familiar with the obvious hits, there were some obscure ones that really deserved more recognition than what you might see on a Time-Life music CD infomercial on TV, from the 90's to mid 2000's. They probably still do those, but I know they don't show them as much anymore. This song is a perfect example of what I just said: I grew up, only knowing the Supremes' original....... then I pick up 'Mafia 3' for my computer, which features this song when you play the radio (in-game). I was blown away the first time I heard it. Later on in the game, they also actually include the Supremes' original version of the song as well! Yep...... best purchase I've made all year. Great music, all around!
9 - Do yourself a big favor and listen to the whole VF album. It's all covers and all unique. To put some perspective on Vanilla Fudge and their influence in the late 60s, Led Zep opened for them. Your father was lucky enough to live in a era of such good rock music. Spend some time with him discussing...
DAD ROCKS !!
The 60s was an explosion of great music of all types ! British invasion,motown,California sound,folk,etc!
You got it Right Again!!!!!!
Vanilla Fudge. The drummer and bass player went on to form Cactus, a band sometimes called the American Led Zeppelin. You might check them out. Songs... “Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover”, or “One Way or Another”.
Okay, what you heard here is the evolution of the concept of “heavy” music. Supremes = pop music, and they were masters! Fudge = heavy music. Slower, punchier. Fudge released their take of this in August ‘67, but had evolved it playing in New York in earlier ‘67. The original song still had public awareness.
‘67 and ‘68 were MASSIVE musical change years.
Just to be a pest, I think I’ll suggest some Blue Cheer. You seem to like the heavier stuff. You know Cream, Hendrix; Blue Cheer would be the third power trio of the age. Maybe try “Next Time Around” from Vincebus Eruptum, or, my preference, “Sun Cycle” from Outside Inside.
Well, thanks for all you do. I’ll just hang around, man. 😉
House of the rising sun, the animals, and Frijid Pink
Or The Animals and Santa Esmeralda.
The Vanilla Fudge version was a two joint song! What a difference when pot hit the campuses.
You HAVE to react to the newly uploaded live version on Ed Sullivan! Vanilla Fudge KILLS IT!!!! You have to see it if you haven't already.
So different from the Motown/R&B sound of the Supremes.
Note the simulated sitar sound in the intro. The generation attached to this song did a deep dive into Eastern philosophy and Eastern music. So much so, that you might even consider a reaction to one of Ravi Shankar's (George Harrison's sitar mentor and Nora Jones's father, incidentally) ragas. That influence on sixties music cannot be understated. An example would be The End by the Doors. (I'm about to check out your reaction).
Tubes. "White punks on Dope". Must listen
Vanilla Fudge also does a strange cover version of The Beatles "Eleanor Rigby" and early metal band Deep Purple does a great cover of The Beatles "Help". Sometimes, the most interesting covers are the ones that sound completely different from the original.
The vanilla fudge version was released in 1970.
Check out Edgar winter Frankenstein live! It's amazing!
Daniel, you should do a back to back comparison for All alone the Watch tower. Bob Dylan original the Jimmy Hendrix version. Not that is a match up👍🏻. Great job discovering some real classics.
I had just rekindled my appreciation for this Vanilla Fudge version and had thought is there a better cover of a song than this. That overshadows the original so noticeably. The only one that came close in my thinking was Watchtower.
Bantam loved Carmines drumplay and carmine ask Ludwig to get him a set like his...the rest is history
I love both of these songs. But what's crazy is that i never would've known about either of them if i wouldn't have played mafia 3 haha i'm so glad i do now though. Also great reaction 👍
1967 I think....you should watch them live..it's a site to see
Take a gander at "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," done by soul superstar Marvin Gaye and covered by rock legends Creedence Clearwater Revival. And come to think of it, "Rolling on the River," done by Creedence and covered by R&B stars Ike & Tina Turner.
1966 Supremes,, 1967 Vanilla Fudge
I'd love to see a reaction to the song Walk On By with contrasting versions by Dionne Warwick and The Stranglers. Warwick's original of the Bacharach/David composition sounds just like what you would expect of a 1964 pop hit with Dionne's great vocals, a great piano track, complimentary horn and string sections and then The Strangles cover takes a lament and turns it into an aggressive post-punk accusation with a great driving bass carrying the song, plus Greenfield's organ and Cornwell's guitar solos stand out. Walk On By has been covered a lot but The Stranglers version is the stand out for me.
Oh, and as to this. One of the things I love about Vanilla Fudge is that they tended to slow things down and really draw the raw emotions out of the lyrics and music. In this case, the Supremes did a nice, poppy little tune, and Vanilla Fudge turned it into this beautifully ponderous and heavy plea for relief.
In the Supremes version, the singer(s) are angry and scolding. In the Vanilla Fudge version the singer(s) is devastated and literally, hanging by a thread, hurting so hard he can barely believe it.
Just for fun, not for cideo reaction, you should watch the live video recordings of this. They're phenomenal performers....not just great musicians.
60's radio required short concise songs, 3 min or there abouts. Vanilla Fudge didn't care, and FM was the thing.
Released October of 1966..
Not sure you get this it being review a year ago .... So VF used to slow down music they admired from all sorts of artist and writers including jazz, blues and Motown SO they could learn the music (note or note ).....In the process they discovered their SOUND.
I personally like the cover from the South African band..The Flames..take a listen !
The Supremes tried to go psychedelic with the Happening and a couple others I can't think of right now.
If you want more psychedelic songs try the Chamber Brothers time has come today make sure you get the long version
Thank you
Their cover of Sonny and Chef's, "Bang Bang" is excellent too. Same album. Got me through 10 th grade!!
The album came out in 1967
Great song choice, loved the comparison. Would love to hear some more of your reactions to Jethro Tull maybe the "Baker Street Muse medley", I think you would love it, it's in the line of thick as a brick, but not nearly as long. And some Iron Butterfly ina-goda-davida, was good but it's not the best of Iron butterfly. Check out there album "Ball", songs like "In the crowds", "soul experience", or maybe, " in the Time of our lives" they have so many great songs you'll be as amazed as you were at Jethro Tull
Supremes have a sweet Motown tone whereas Vanilla Fudge has a much more in your face rock. Each is great in their own respect!
Gotta smoke some bud then groove to this jam.
1966 for the Supremes happy, too-fast, dance version of this painful breakup lyri?!?!
1967 for Vanilla Fudge's slowed down, psychedelic, hard rock, bluesy, properly treated version of a painful break-up song.
I REALLY LIKE THE VANILLA VERSION . AAAAA+++👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤