Knock on Wood- Which was the best rendition...

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Otis Redding, Eddie Floyd or Amii Stewart

― startrekman, Wednesday, 30 November 2005 05:40 (twenty years ago)

it's hard to fuck this song up.

― like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 05:43 (twenty years ago)

This is where I tell the story about how I was in love with Amii Stewart when I was about seven and used to stare at her picture on that album cover for practically minutes at a time.

Um, that's the story.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 06:11 (twenty years ago)

This is where I tell the story about how my friend once saw Ray Charles do "Knock on Wood". As he was introducing the song, he said, "Aren't those Raylettes somethin'? When I hear them sing so pretty like that, it makes me wanna go home and knock on wood."

― casey (t. fiend), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 06:19 (twenty years ago)

It may be only simple nostalgia that compells me to choose Amii over Eddie (never heard Ray's version), but so be it. Love those drums - like fists pounding on a corrugated tin shack.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 11:03 (twenty years ago)

Yep, those drums do it for me too, one more vote for Amii.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 12:33 (twenty years ago)

I third the love for the drums on Amii Stewarts version, but overall i'll take the Otis Redding version; it makes most other versions seem soooo slllllooooowwwww...

― LRJP! (LRJP!), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 13:15 (twenty years ago)

Like the Bowie version, too.

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 13:36 (twenty years ago)

I too love Amii's version (and the video). The original is the best, though, pretty much definitive Stax in every way and probably the Stax track I'd play for a Martian who wanted an idea of the idiom.

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

Man, gimme Ike&Tina circa Black Man's Soul. That's a fuckin' killer version.

― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 19:21 (twenty years ago)

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