The earnest guitar of Paul Simon and the white fro of Garfunkel vs. the pop rock/new wave of the Bangles with the spunkiness of Susanna Hoff.
The song...A Hazy Shade of Winter. This was Simon & Garfunkel's second biggest hit on their Bookends album, after Mrs. Robinson. It has been described as one of their toughest, most rock-oriented songs.
Fast forward 20 years. On the heels of their breakthrough album featuring "Walk Like an Egyptian", the Bangles were a hot commodity and were asked to provide a song for the Less than Zero soundtrack. This is the result:
While I love Simon & Garfunkel, the Bangles version could easily be one of top 100 songs of all time...just love the drive and the energy. My vote to the Bangles.
So my vote doesn't change one bit, but I think SNL could bring back Bruce Dickinson to show the recording of the Bangles song in the studio.
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I feel like a traitor, but I like the Bangles version better too.
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