# Songs where the artists just throw themselves into it **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 16, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007 "2015-08-16T18:42:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/41 "2015-08-18T02:25:35Z")
Too many Sinatra songs to mention. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/42 "2015-08-18T02:31:30Z")
[Monkberry Moon Delight](https://youtu.be/O83CrS-KElk) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/43 "2015-08-18T02:56:36Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > [Monkberry Moon Delight](https://youtu.be/O83CrS-KElk) Ya’ know, I heard this on the radio maybe 6 months ago and was blown away. I did not know it was Paul McCartney at all. Of course now that I know it’s him it’s obvious, but holy shit this is a very good post-Beatles song my him. And I agree that he just nails it. “Oh Darling” as mentioned above, is also fantabulous… ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/44 "2015-08-18T03:06:02Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > [Nothing else even comes close.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoC8RTaUZMc) That’s what music is all about. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/45 "2015-08-18T03:20:47Z")
So, I was thinking of “Love, Reign O’er Me” by The Who, 'cause Daltry is just phenomenal: top of his singing career. And then I stumbled upon Heart with a live performance. I don’t know which of the Heart (Wilson) sisters sang this, but it is very impressive. Actually I’ll link both versions, 'cause I love The Who. [The Who](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDbAtWpoA6k) [Heart.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaK0fS8WhLg) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/46 "2015-08-18T05:28:48Z")
Jennifer Hudson’s [“And I Am Telling You” from Dreamgirls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0wU38NIzxo) is the first that comes to mind for me. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/47 "2015-08-18T16:30:11Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > John Lennon screaming “Twist and Shout.” He must’ve been hoarse for a month after that. Story goes, he was very hoarse BEFORE recording it. He’d had a bad cold and a sore throat, and wasn’t sure he could do the song that day. Finally, he smoked a cigarette, had a few cups of tea, and then nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/48 "2015-08-18T16:31:37Z")
Ian Gillan was always a screamer, but he really went all out on “Child in Time” from the \*\*\* Deep Purple in Rock\*\*\* album. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PfAWReBmxEs/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgWihZMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDx9myc2Fhz8ov32TfGe8gV5-PXFA "Deep Purple-Child in Time") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfAWReBmxEs) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/49 "2015-08-18T17:48:03Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > I was thinking of her, but with Just Like U Said It Would B [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qy5ZhDTxcFA/maxresdefault.jpg "SINÉAD O'CONNOR - just like u said it would b (1987)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy5ZhDTxcFA) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/50 "2015-08-18T18:11:20Z")
Merry Clayton’s role in the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/51 "2015-08-18T19:29:45Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Merry Clayton’s role in the Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” Oh, great call. Did she ever sing anything else of note? That reminds me, what about studio backup singer Clare Torrey, who improvised her vocals on Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig In the Sky”? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/52 "2015-08-19T02:35:35Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Even better > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSk6o5x5HlM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSk6o5x5HlM) > [@drad\_dog](#): > > I saw that live, (on tv). I did as well, but never having seen Cocker perform, I had no idea what Belushi was doing. Which made it a different kind of funny. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/53 "2015-08-19T02:43:40Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I did as well, but never having seen Cocker perform, I had no idea what Belushi was doing. Which made it a different kind of funny. He did that a lot in the 70s. Theres a video of Lemmings now on Youtube. P McCartney hired him to do it at a private party reputedly. PS Clare Torrey takes the trophy for me. That ends the controversy. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/54 "2015-08-19T19:17:03Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Harry Nilsson - [Jump into the Fire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siIukVsG3vs) I second that one. But… how come no one’s mentioned [Screamin’ Jay Hawkins](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orNpH6iyokI)yet??? On a different level, [“I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain”](http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=i+never+asked+to+be+your+mountain+youtube&qpvt=i+never+asked+to+be+your+mountain+youtube&FORM=VDRE#view=detail&mid=CDFDAA7DFDB59B508165CDFDAA7DFDB59B508165) by Tim Buckley, especially around the 5 minute mark. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/55 "2015-08-19T20:47:50Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I second that one. > > But… how come no one’s mentioned [Screamin’ Jay Hawkins](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orNpH6iyokI)yet??? > > On a different level, [“I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain”](http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=i+never+asked+to+be+your+mountain+youtube&qpvt=i+never+asked+to+be+your+mountain+youtube&FORM=VDRE#view=detail&mid=CDFDAA7DFDB59B508165CDFDAA7DFDB59B508165) by Tim Buckley, especially around the 5 minute mark. I hear screamin jay as devilish, but theres a lot of Craft in it, not emotionally extreme. ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/56 "2015-08-20T03:18:56Z")
[Here’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN5P9DileN4) the Dixie Hummingbirds closing out their set at the Newport Folk Festival with “I’ve Got So Much To Shout About”. The clip only shows the last three minutes of an extended version of the song, which starts off sedately, matching the recorded version, and gradually works itself into this clip ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/57 "2015-08-20T03:29:34Z")
[Joy Division - Transmission](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_zLxPNUIqw) Ian Curtis really gets into a frenzy at 1:50. And the drummer is just non-stop the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/58 "2015-08-20T06:41:32Z")
On the off chance that no one has mentioned this yet, here is the definitive example: Janis Joplin at Monterey singing Ball and Chain: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bld_-7gzJ-o) ---
**Author:** ![denquixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@denquixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/denquixote)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/59 "2015-08-20T06:55:30Z")
The modern day Janis: Beth Hart singing “I’d Rather Go Blind” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vCOIRmDi4w) ---
**Author:** ![BlueOhio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BlueOhio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueOhio)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007/60 "2015-08-20T12:06:23Z")
A cover, but Husker Du’s (sorry for the lack of umlauts) version of “Eight Miles High”: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xBKyBlJ_JN8/hqdefault.jpg "Husker Du - Eight Miles High") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBKyBlJ_JN8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-artists-just-throw-themselves-into-it/728007.md?page=4)