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The Polack MSgt

(13,192 posts)
Mon Dec 28, 2020, 11:48 PM Dec 2020

Diamonds and Rust. Who's version will reign supreme?

The original?




Molly Tuttle?



Or, the first version I ever heard?

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Joan Baez
7 (70%)
Molly Tuttle
0 (0%)
Judas Priest
3 (30%)
Does Nurse Jackie know that you're stealing her bit?
0 (0%)
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Diamonds and Rust. Who's version will reign supreme? (Original Post) The Polack MSgt Dec 2020 OP
Priest, all the way. CaptainTruth Dec 2020 #1
I had never heard MuseRider Dec 2020 #2
I was probably 23 before I found out that song was a cover The Polack MSgt Dec 2020 #12
The original is heart-twisting LisaM Dec 2020 #15
Priest. flying rabbit Dec 2020 #3
Yet another contender: Tanuki Dec 2020 #4
Thanks - 1st listen for me The Polack MSgt Dec 2020 #11
I've come back to this post a few times The Polack MSgt Dec 2020 #14
Joan Baez. Patterson Dec 2020 #5
Have to go with Joan Baez for this one. IcyPeas Dec 2020 #6
Joan Baez KT2000 Dec 2020 #7
Stormtroopers of death d_r Dec 2020 #8
Yes! BlueTsunami2018 Dec 2020 #10
Priest. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 2020 #9
First Aid Kit covered it back in 2012. BluesRunTheGame Dec 2020 #13
Joan would have won on one line alone-- ariadne0614 Jan 2021 #16

MuseRider

(34,120 posts)
2. I had never heard
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 12:03 AM
Dec 2020

Judas Priest do it and I like it!

I have to go with Joan Baez. This came out just after my love of 5 years called me to tell me he had gotten married and was moving to Hawaii. I was so immersed in working on my music degree I had missed all the clues, I was hit like I had been hit by a car. This song was important to me.

I do not know much about Molly Tuttle but I do not like her voice on this recording anyway. It seems too fragile and iffy. Whatever, that is just what I think.

Judas Priest, wow. When I saw that I had to listen to it first, I could not imagine.

The Polack MSgt

(13,192 posts)
12. I was probably 23 before I found out that song was a cover
Tue Dec 29, 2020, 02:13 PM
Dec 2020

I thought it was a Priest original for years.

I actually like the original quite a bit now though.

And as much as I love Molly (Spoiler alert, I love her a lot) I have to agree that her voice is too delicate & pretty to give this lyric the horsepower it needs.

Rob Halford on the other hand crushes it

LisaM

(27,830 posts)
15. The original is heart-twisting
Thu Dec 31, 2020, 02:39 PM
Dec 2020

The other two are fine - it's a good song - though I don't know why Molly Tuttle made subtle changes to the lyrics that weaken them slightly.

But the original is so strong I actually feel that I am standing in the snow at Washington Square with heartbreak lying straight ahead.

ariadne0614

(1,735 posts)
16. Joan would have won on one line alone--
Sat Jan 2, 2021, 01:03 AM
Jan 2021

“Speaking strictly for me we both could have died then and there”

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