Great cover, it respects the original, but takes it to a completely different place.
The Kinks version is brilliant, too. If they didn’t have so many other great songs, that would be better remembered. The chorus has the secret sauce, the great Dave Davies, but also, the under-appreciated Raisa Davies, Ray’s wife at the time, who could be relied upon to hit the high notes.
The problem for me with the Fluid was that I heard their Troggs cover before I heard anything else they did — and it was just so perfect that none of their own stuff ever came close to touching it.
DMZ killing it!
Great cover, it respects the original, but takes it to a completely different place.
The Kinks version is brilliant, too. If they didn’t have so many other great songs, that would be better remembered. The chorus has the secret sauce, the great Dave Davies, but also, the under-appreciated Raisa Davies, Ray’s wife at the time, who could be relied upon to hit the high notes.
Exactly! And yeah, the og version is supremely cool.
The problem for me with the Fluid was that I heard their Troggs cover before I heard anything else they did — and it was just so perfect that none of their own stuff ever came close to touching it.
I remember you mentioning that to me once—too true!