Ghost Riders In The Sky

Original - Burl Ives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s7jJd8EjlA

Cover - The Outlaws
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhqD-ejBMyk

OMG - LOL - cannot take Burl Ives seriously.

the Outlaws on the other hand is my favorite version of this classic!

Ives should stick to singing "Little White Duck".

I bought the album Ghost Riders when it came out around 1980, and it has lots of great music on it. Still listen to it. I enjoyed at least hearing the Burl Ives version, but probably won't listen to it again. So:

I much prefer the Cover by The Outlaws.

What was I just saying in the last thread about getting a little bit of everything? Burl Ives?

Well, I have no problem with Burl Ives in general, but his voice just didn't seem to work for this song at all, original version or not. I'll cast another vote for the Outlaws.

The deal on Burl Ives is that the song was written in 1948 and he was playing to a more staid audience. This is a heavily covered song and I had a huge selection of artists I could have gone with.

I was surprised to find out that Burl Ives was the first one to do this, but what are ya gonna do?

Gotta go with Sam the Snowman on this one. I enjoy his pickin more than the charged up electos in the Outlaws version. Burl Ives for the win! Plus to me, The solo voice(while Ives' isn't the greatest voclaist) is definitely better than any sort of harmony on this tune, especially on the "yippie aye yay" part. And I hate the ending rip on the Outlaws version as well.

Oh, and did anyone else besides me think they were about to hear Burl Ives play the 007 theme when his version 1st starts up?

Burl Ives has the kind of voice that is great for folk tunes and christmas songs. It wasn't meant for this kind of song. Ugh, I hate voting for the Outlaws , so I'll go with Burl Ives anyway!

I lol'ed on that one

Tsk, all this Southern rock hatin'! Sometimes ya just gotta let things go man!

I've never heard the Burl Ives original before. I'm glad I clicked the link. Good stuff.

However, the cover by The Outlaws gets my vote.

I'm going with the Outlaws, here.

Still think you should have put up this cover. Tire irons aside, it's tight musically.

I'm barely into the song and I already hate the vocals. The musicianship is good but the vocalist can take a hike.

I knew you'd like it.

I'll stick with my Outlaws.