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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic
A lot of really good songs and some amusing reviews in this thread. Well done, MBers. 
If they did, the song would have to go: I think I could love him, Crimson and clovhim. |
Ha ha!
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Today I heard the song
"The Good Life" for the first time while starting to watch the movie "Nothing But Trouble." I felt the song offers wise words about love, relationships, and life choices, so I became curious about it. I looked up the song (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Life_(1962_song) and learned that numerous covers exist.
I won't be able to rank all the covers in one sitting, but here's a start:
THE ORIGINAL:
"La Belle Vie" sung by Sacha Distel and composed by Jack Reardon (1962)
A nice, stereotypical, crooning love song...in French!
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COVER #1: "The Good life" by Frank Sinatra (1964)
He sings this peppy version very clearly.
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COVER #2: "The Good Life" by Tony Bennett (1963)
Slower and a little schmaltzier, but still nice.
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COVER #3: "The Good Life" by Ray Charles
I had difficulty understanding all his words in this recording, in which he sings the song much faster than the original. This version sounds a little more humorous than the other covers.
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A surprising number of additional covers (more than twenty) exist. Maybe in time I'll rank a few more besides those I've done.
Seeing how many covers of "The Good Life" exist made me wonder which song has been covered the most in all of human history. If the number of covers is a good measure of a song's popularity, then "The Good Life" seems to be an extremely popular song!