For along time I was under the mistaken impression that Bang Bang was originally recorded by Nancy Sinatra and it wasn't until about 1999/2000 with the aid of the internet that I discovered that it was written for Cher by Sonny Bono and released early the same year that Sinatra would cover the track, 1966.
I prefer Nancy's interpretation there is something really beguiling about her version, the almost whispered vocals and the tremelo effect is a lot subtler than the inferior Sonny and Cher version which kind of loses it half way through when it goes all gypsy campfire stylee.
Therre is a rather good version of the song by Isobel Campbell whose soft vocals and sparse instrumentation basically mirror the Sinatra version. I also quite like the Audio Bullys track from 2005 which samples the vocal. However the "original" Sinatra version would be my preference any day.
Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
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Nancu Sinatra = goddess.
Er, and Nancy.
Nancusinatra may well have been an ancient Sumerian goddess, there are probably marbles depicting her face in the British Museum.
Perhaps not.
The Nancy version is definitely way better but when I heard the original was by Sonny and Cher (and that Sonny actually wrote it) it threw me a bit. Not enough to actually investigate their back catalogue. But last week I saw on Delta Swamp Rock that Cher had done a cover of I Walk On Gilded Splinters. So, quite cool really.
That said my favourite track of theirs is still Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
Never listen to the Weller version of Bang Bang, it's not very good.
Nancy's Dad also had a go at it, saloon stylee, on one of his final albums.
PS: Artog - arf and arf again, very good.
Sometimes I'll put on Steve Wright for an integrity test. How much can I take before I retune? Usually two tunes tops. However last year on the way to Norfolk (23rd August - In know, as I Shazzed it). He played a cracker - which turned out to be Nancy Sinatra Highway Song. Almost 9 months on I still haven't grabbed it though..
That's not terribly good is it Mr H?
Simon, a lot of Weller's covers are woeful
Artog - Cher's version of Walking On Gilded Splinters is very good.
Mondo - here you go
http://www.box.net/shared/s414peykgr
Drew you're a star - what a backbeat. Although I could imagine Benny Hill doing an opening song/skit based around a refit of it
No, it's not terribly good. But interesting for you to hear, I thought.
Everything is probably worth listening to once unless it's by that oirish band from Dublin City Irland.
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