# Pick Your Favorite Version of a Song - #1: "Land of 1000 Dances" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 3, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056 "2017-06-03T23:18:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/1 "2017-06-03T23:18:54Z")
For no important reason, I’m doing a poll of what version of a popular song you like best. For this one, I’ve picked **“Land of 1000 Dances”**. There may be other similar polls if this goes well. Also, I don’t want to have a monopoly of this matter so feel free to put up your own polls of different versions of other songs. Anyway, here’s Poll #1 (with videos of each version). ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/2 "2017-06-03T23:41:16Z")
Danny & The Memories. (Later to be Crazy Horse featuring Danny Whitten.) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/53CSOJZ1bIs/hqdefault.jpg "Danny & The Memories") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53CSOJZ1bIs) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/3 "2017-06-03T23:56:07Z")
[J. Geils Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ4SWhp_OPE) ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/4 "2017-06-04T00:01:48Z")
Chris Cornell, [Nothing Compares 2 U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61XdPtGMErs) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/5 "2017-06-04T00:05:39Z")
Tina Turner live at the Camden Palace 30 years ago: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD2n80BAJss](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD2n80BAJss) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/6 "2017-06-04T00:33:04Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Chris Cornell, [Nothing Compares 2 U](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61XdPtGMErs) Well, I’ll agree that this is the strangest version of _Land of 1000 Dances_; I can’t even tell they’re the same song! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/7 "2017-06-04T00:39:04Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Well, I’ll agree that this is the strangest version of _Land of 1000 Dances_; I can’t even tell they’re the same song! :smack: I guess reading more than the OP would be of benefit. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/8 "2017-06-04T23:12:32Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [J. Geils Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ4SWhp_OPE) I didn’t know about that one. If I had, I would’ve included it. Good cover that mostly draws from the Wilson Pickett version. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/9 "2017-06-04T23:43:27Z")
I love a good cover of a good song. I have maybe five versions of [Dark End of the Street](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_End_of_the_Street) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/10 "2017-06-05T00:19:34Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > I didn’t know about that one. If I had, I would’ve included it. Good cover that mostly draws from the Wilson Pickett version. Aye; that’s why I like it. The arrangement and style have the crisp attack that Pickett’s version has, but the performance is so loose and joyous that it transcends, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/11 "2017-06-05T00:28:36Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [J. Geils Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ4SWhp_OPE) I fucked up my vote. I meant to vote “other” and it is the J. Geils Band. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/12 "2017-06-05T00:54:50Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [J. Geils Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ4SWhp_OPE) Yup. ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/13 "2017-06-05T01:57:38Z")
Patti Smith (it is a sequence of the larger piece “Land” on her first album) ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/14 "2017-06-05T02:36:29Z")
Wait. They did another one after Cannibal & the Headhunters? Why? ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/15 "2017-06-05T02:48:43Z")
Sorry but that J. Geils drummer is a lame. You can’t beat the Wicked Pickett! ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/16 "2017-06-05T04:14:35Z")
Of those guys, I picked Wilson Pickett. But, in my world, it is a marching band staple: Here is [UConn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR4LUc0RhEQ) playing it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/17 "2017-06-05T08:35:00Z")
> [@DLuxN8R-13](#): > > Patti Smith (it is a sequence of the larger piece “Land” on her first album) Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-your-favorite-version-of-a-song-1-land-of-1000-dances/788056/18 "2017-06-05T08:52:41Z")
> [@DLuxN8R-13](#): > > Patti Smith (it is a sequence of the larger piece “Land” on her first album) Beat me to it.