Outstanding Versions of Spafford Songs, Best Performances, Recommended Versions of Songs, etc...

[GeorgeBailey]

@SassyPete said in Best versions of songs:

@GeorgeBailey
I'm not nearly obsessed enough to list best versions of songs (I don't know how you Nerds do it!), but I think the idea of a song needing at least two recommendations is a good one. So many shows and so many Nerds! This'll just be a random list if there's not some consensus.
And I want the fire!

I agree, seems like the best way to go. I'm not going to go back and take off the ones that I had already posted unless anyone makes a case against one of them. Right now we have the following suggested:
Weasel>Palisades: 5/24/14 (although this would need to be voted on for both songs).
On Fire: 3/8/15
Windmill: 9/6/15
Postman: 3/12/15

So just to make this thread simple and not pages and pages of confusion, if you're nominating a song just put the song, date, and link in your post like Frito Pie and Lopez did. And if you're cosigning, just quote the song and put cosign like Cody did.

[GeorgeBailey]

Ain't That Wrong - 10/8/17

[Lopez]

The 5/24/14 Weasel > Palisades has my vote for sure.

Some of the bands finest work of all time IMO.

[A Former User]

@Lopez what do you think Nerds?

THE Weasel

[Lopez]

@Frito-Pie said in Outstanding versions of songs:

@Lopez what do you think Nerds?

THE Weasel

Careful, this is how people lose faces....

[A Former User]

@Lopez it's time.

[leftyfender]

I'm brand new here. Don't know if you guys check out live music archive.. https://archive.org/details/Spafford2012-08-24

[damian]

@leftyfender said in Outstanding versions of songs:

I'm brand new here. Don't know if you guys check out live music archive.. https://archive.org/details/Spafford2012-08-24

We definitely do. Here's a link to the same show in the spaffbase:
https://spaffnerds.com/shows/2013-08-24
(Yes, the date is wrong on the Archive show)

[dontjudgedave]

Good recommendation on a Legend? Listening to the Asbury show and am remembering that I really dig it and havent really searched out other versions

Also, Ive listened to all of Asbury so many times but finally heard between Legend and Eyes the dude that was standing not too far from me yelling "Play Margaritaville! I love that song!" ...forgot about that

[A Former User]

@dontjudgedave Probably not in the "best of" category, but I've always loved this one:

https://archive.org/details/sp2015-11-07/05-legendWPaulRuffner.flac

[Cody]

@Frito-Pie said in Outstanding versions of songs:

2014-05-24 Weasel > Palisades > Weasel

Yup, this is sick!

@GeorgeBailey definitely put the Postman from 3/12/15 as recommended by @Lopez. I'm also down with the LTLO being added from that same show. Definitely a must-listen!

The Virtual Bean Dip from 9/29/16 should be added too!

[dontjudgedave]

@Frito-Pie funky legend with sax? I'm sold

[A Former User]

@Cody LTLO is going to be tough, there are a lot of good versions. 8/9/14 and 5/1/15 come to mind offhand.

[Cody]

@Frito-Pie said in Outstanding versions of songs:

@Cody LTLO is going to be tough, there are a lot of good versions. 8/9/14 and 5/1/15 come to mind offhand.

I know, I was afraid to make a recommendation of my own because I know there's some deep ones out there! Lol

[A Former User]

Off the top of my head...
10/30/15 - Electric Taco Stand
5/8/15 - Backdoor Funk
3/8/15 - On Fire
8/9/14 LTLO, also, IMO, the most underrated show in their history.
5/24/14 - Weasel
5/25/13 - On Fire>Electric Taco Stand

[damian]

@Zach-Stouse said in Outstanding versions of songs:

Off the top of my head...
10/30/15 - Electric Taco Stand
5/8/15 - Backdoor Funk
3/8/15 - On Fire
8/9/14 LTLO, also, IMO, the most underrated show in their history.
5/24/14 - Weasel
5/25/13 - On Fire>Electric Taco Stand

Yeah!!! @Zach-Stouse represent!!!

[Lopez]

@Zach-Stouse said in Outstanding versions of songs:

Off the top of my head...
10/30/15 - Electric Taco Stand
5/8/15 - Backdoor Funk
3/8/15 - On Fire
8/9/14 LTLO, also, IMO, the most underrated show in their history.
5/24/14 - Weasel
5/25/13 - On Fire>Electric Taco Stand

Oh man yeah the 10/30/15 Hollywood > Taco Stand is absolute money.

[SweetDevo2]

@GeorgeBailey this thread is outstanding!!!!!

I got put it out there that the absolutely best Funkadelic 3/28/15!!!!!!

This was the opener for the 2nd night of WSP after-shows in Las Vegas and it clocks in at over 20 minutes AND transitions smoothly into Walls!!!!!! Free SBD copy available on SoundCloud.

[Wichita Clem]

my one contribution will be Alternate Ending contained in an amazing sandwich:
Electric Taco Stand>
Alternate Ending>
Electric Taco Stand...........and from there goes on to
Weasel>
Red's Jam>
Weasel.
Last Exit Live 10-28-2016
Great stuff.

[myanruth]

The It's A Bunch from last night is worth consideration.