Hard To Handle

[mamaroux]

Hi guys.
I'm new here and I hope I'm not asking too much, but I apply to you, because you're fans and experts (in a way- you know your stuff about classic rock, right?) and I wonder could you get round to listen to this rendition of Hard To Handle - by Gary Barlow? Of course it isn't any sort of self promotion , it isn't me. This is some English pop star. Recently I had a big argument about this rendition (on YT) because I think it's bad. But so many people (mainly pop fans) think it is en excellent performance. I'm very curious about your opinion.
This is actually in a style of The Black Crowes.
So he are two videos - by Gary Barlow



here is an original song by Otis Redding


and here is The Black Crowes cover version.

I dunno, maybe I'm wrong and Gary is good singing this genre. :-(
What do you think?
Thanks in advance for your time.

 

[Sunny]

NOTHING can compete with Otis Redding! The Black Crowes don't do it too badly but I don't think much of Gary's version.

 

[LG]

NOTHING can compete with Otis Redding! The Black Crowes don't do it too badly but I don't think much of Gary's version.

Totally agree, Otis was the man very few covers of his originals come close.

 

[Magic]

Gary Barlow's version is horrible, no contest. Maybe the reason why the Pop fans are digging this version is because the song itself is awesome not the singer

 

[TheSound]

I wasn't expecting to like the Gary Barlow, but it's not all that bad, and I'll give him a break anyways as I read he does a lot for charity etc. If his version was in the Rate the Song thread I'd have given it an 7/10.

 

[Magic]

I wasn't expecting to like the Gary Barlow, If his version was in the Rate the Song thread I'd have given it an 7/10.

you are very generous. I would give it a 5/10 for average. The vocals are bad, but the band does a fairly decent job.

 

[Sunny]

I don't know who Gary Barlow is but fair do's if he does a lot for charity

 

[Big Ears]

^ Gary Barlow is the lead singer/ main writer with a boy band, Take That, and he appears on The X Factor TV programme. You can hear him on Jeff Wayne's new version of War of the Worlds . . . and Justin Hayward he isn't. In fairness to him, I never liked the song anyway, so his version is no worse than I would expect.

 

[METALPRIEST]

 

[Tray73]

Gary's version is ok but nothing outstanding in the least, and doesn't begin to compare to the fantastic cover by The Black Crowes or the Mighty Otis' original.