Heck the Zutons writers have probably really appreciated the mega composer writer royalties that are far more lucrative than performance royalties !! They get the respect for writing but also richer for the much bigger hit it became. What writer wouldn’t love a fabulous interpretation of their song that makes it an internationally famous hit? And literally everyone loves it and knows their lyrics . Greatest honour!!
Amy's version is great. But damn this version is just pure heart and soul. That guitar works man its amazing, those stratocasting guitar style mixed with pentatonic scales at the chorus when the guitar got a bit distorted. And the whole band can actually sing. That vocalist has an amazing voice too. So many factors that you just dont get from amy's version. Sorry amy fans. I love amy too,but this will always be better than her version.
The song was written about a ginger haired American girl called you guessed it Valerie that the lead singer had a brief romance with. I love this song and I love that these boys are from my home city of Liverpool :)
ProsecutorGodot Mark Ronson's version is just another lazy song he made that sounds like something from the past, as in the dude has no original ideas. Mccabe's version has so much more heart. The way he strains his vocals convey a man who's heart is torn. Heart and soul.
ProsecutorGodot You need to see the Zutons sing this tune live from Abbey Road it's so raw. When MCcabe sings the bridge at the part "in my head I paint a picture", his vocals convey the song better because you can tell he's writing about specific person or a specific experience. His words from his mouth are so much more powerful than Amy's version, she sings it more of a chicago soul style where it's more about phrasing vocals but the lyrics more convey a southern soul like Otis Redding where vocals convey a sense of hurt.
Johnny Vulture can't seem to find the abbey road performance on youtube. listened to the zutons' studio version again, i feel like the bombast in the instrumental takes away from the emotion in the vocals.
Well sometimes I go out by myself And I look across the water And I think of all the things, what you're doing And in my head I paint a picture 'Cause since I've come on home Well my body's been a mess And I miss your ginger hair And the way you like to dress Won't you come on over Stop making a fool out of me Why don't you come on over Valerie? Valerie Valerie Valerie Did you have to go to jail? Put your house up on for sale, did you get a good lawyer? I hope you didn't catch a tan, I hope you'll find the right man who'll fix it for you Are you shoppin' anywhere, Changed the colour of you hair, are you busy? And did you have to pay the fine? You were dodging all the time, are you still dizzy? 'Cause since I've come on home, Well my body's been a mess And I miss your ginger hair And the way you like to dress Won't you come on over Stop making a fool out of me Why don't you come on over Valerie? Valerie Valerie Valerie Well sometimes I go out by myself And I look across the water And I think of all the things, what you're doing And in my head I make a picture 'Cause since I've come on home, Well my body's been a mess And I miss your ginger hair And the way you like to dress Won't you come on over Stop making a fool out of me Why don't you come on over Valerie? Valerie Valerie Valerie yeah Valerie
@WeirdFish101 I thought he was going for more of a Frank Zappa look, Phil Lynott had more of an actual afro. Oh and great vid, why is it that every time I watch Jools Holland I like none of the acts?
You do know that questions about what kinds of guitars people are playing rarely ever get answered, right? And you don't know how to spell Fender? Come on.
SuperMaarrk its all good.....both versions sound great......all this proves is that Winehouse had great taste to find it and to cover it......Bowie, Paul Young, Sting, preimimmently Sinead Oconnor all did the same......great hvehicle for her voice..i think she genuinely loved it..they did a nice horn and vocal arrangement on it too!!
Agree and that's taking nothing away from Amy who did a brilliant job but the original is the best. Note that Amy's version helped put them on the ma though lol Although I'd like to think that Activision's Guitar Hero had a part as well since a lot of bands featured ended up on playlists.
@@008Invisibleman Yes. She didn't write it, so her version is not the original. She did a cover, and the cover was excellent. But THIS is the original song and you can't REDO an original; there is only one. And the original is always the best because it IS the original.
The original and best version of this great song, sorry Amy Whitehouse fans, good though her version was, this one has such a great rhythm, hers didn't.
@ZLUGGO The "horn" section on Amy Winehouses version is all computer generated. Winehouse is a good singer (when she's sober) don't get me wrong, but these guys have more talent because they play the instruments themselves and not computers and autotune
i cant even finish the song in my head i hear amy and than this. sorry they creat the song but amy make it very much better. only shes gone too soon. what songs from her we miss even covers .
Many people don't realize that Amy did the cover of this song and not the other way around.
I didn't know it 'til I saw a video of them playing this song.. Shame on me
That would include bruno mars. Otherwise he would have never sang that song on a tribute to amy.
Kristofer Ramirez It was her biggest hit. It would be retarded to not include it.
They made bank💰💰
Loved this song for years before Amy covered it, in personally think this version is miles better too.
I love this live version.
The fact that this song also sounds good in a totally different genre is a testament to Dave McCabe’s songwriting genius.
Absolutely brilliant original song!!
The better version 🎷🎸🥁
Amy is too u.u
Well, they wrote it!
Heck the Zutons writers have probably really appreciated the mega composer writer royalties that are far more lucrative than performance royalties !! They get the respect for writing but also richer for the much bigger hit it became. What writer wouldn’t love a fabulous interpretation of their song that makes it an internationally famous hit? And literally everyone loves it and knows their lyrics .
Greatest honour!!
Yes Amy made it her own, but nobody made it about Valerie like the Zutons.
Hear hear!
First time hearing the original... And I love it!
Not quite sure how the Amy wine house cover of this is more popular. This one is awesome
Amy Winehouse covered it after hearing this exact version. In fact, that's her at 1:28
Class tune. And nobody did it better.
The best live(non-Amy) version of this song ever. Love this performance.
Didn’t need to add the non Amy version, it’s better
Version? It's the original
Greatest video of all time for me What a voice and band
abi harding is wonderful
That sax.
Where are those guys?? Come back to us !!
Doing a gig in Glasgow soon I heard, just gonnae check it out and see if its true
First time hearing this band. fin awsome. And the girl is an angel.
Great track. Great performance.
Beautiful song!
Tremenda banda, un sonido impecable y contundente
They sound so good live, I am amazed Dave McCabe has a gift of a voice.
Goosebumps
Loved this from the first time I heard it.
Favorite band of Amy, and me.
Amy's version is great. But damn this version is just pure heart and soul. That guitar works man its amazing, those stratocasting guitar style mixed with pentatonic scales at the chorus when the guitar got a bit distorted. And the whole band can actually sing. That vocalist has an amazing voice too. So many factors that you just dont get from amy's version. Sorry amy fans. I love amy too,but this will always be better than her version.
Agreed
AGREED.
Respect.
Except there isn't a single stratocaster on that stage...
Zutons is much the better version to me. Sad that the Zutons version gets very little to no radio play but Amy's version is played so regularly.
This is defo the best ever version.
I do a version of this,It is an acoustic version,please spare 2 minutes of your life and have a listen,feel free to comment, STAY FRIENDLY : 0 )
Still my favourite
De mis bandas favoritas! Sin duda alguna
Not enough listening, Guy's you need this in your life, Trust!
What's the apostrophe about?
Simply the best
I first knew this song because of Amy Winehouse, but this band it's too damn good to have only 87.000 visits.
Best Cover of Valerie on RUclips!
Haha... You got triggered! :D
Ha! Nearly fell for it! :)
Russell Pritchard on bass, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds touring bass player!! Only just made the connection...
The song was written about a ginger haired American girl called you guessed it Valerie that the lead singer had a brief romance with. I love this song and I love that these boys are from my home city of Liverpool :)
This version is great.. And the band too.
The bridge. Is the best I’ve ever heard
Amy Winehouse was on the same show and decided to cover this after seeing this performance. That's her at 1.28.
killing it!
this is my song!!!
Wow Never heard the original before..nice. amy and mark ronson did a good job covering it :)
They are sokoto good
this version speaks more to the body, amy's speaks more to the heart. how's that?
ProsecutorGodot Mark Ronson's version is just another lazy song he made that sounds like something from the past, as in the dude has no original ideas. Mccabe's version has so much more heart. The way he strains his vocals convey a man who's heart is torn. Heart and soul.
i suggest you watch the DL version that amy did. to me that's the definitive version.
ProsecutorGodot You need to see the Zutons sing this tune live from Abbey Road it's so raw. When MCcabe sings the bridge at the part "in my head I paint a picture", his vocals convey the song better because you can tell he's writing about specific person or a specific experience. His words from his mouth are so much more powerful than Amy's version, she sings it more of a chicago soul style where it's more about phrasing vocals but the lyrics more convey a southern soul like Otis Redding where vocals convey a sense of hurt.
That cover is not respecting the song at all. Original is always better.
Johnny Vulture can't seem to find the abbey road performance on youtube. listened to the zutons' studio version again, i feel like the bombast in the instrumental takes away from the emotion in the vocals.
Underrated.
That new Alexa commercial, with the young guy taking care of his grandfather brought me here.
Que perfeitooo
Dave McCabe is an under-appreciated modern R&B genius
Nah. He's not "underappreciated.' Nah.
original and the best
I like both Versions but this one's just rhythmically more fun
awesome
Excellent tune.
Well sometimes I go out by myself
And I look across the water
And I think of all the things, what you're doing And in my head I paint a picture
'Cause since I've come on home
Well my body's been a mess
And I miss your ginger hair
And the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over
Stop making a fool out of me
Why don't you come on over Valerie?
Valerie Valerie Valerie
Did you have to go to jail?
Put your house up on for sale, did you get a good lawyer?
I hope you didn't catch a tan, I hope you'll find the right man who'll fix it for you
Are you shoppin' anywhere,
Changed the colour of you hair, are you busy? And did you have to pay the fine?
You were dodging all the time, are you still dizzy?
'Cause since I've come on home,
Well my body's been a mess
And I miss your ginger hair
And the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over
Stop making a fool out of me
Why don't you come on over Valerie?
Valerie Valerie Valerie
Well sometimes I go out by myself
And I look across the water
And I think of all the things, what you're doing And in my head I make a picture
'Cause since I've come on home,
Well my body's been a mess
And I miss your ginger hair
And the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over
Stop making a fool out of me
Why don't you come on over Valerie?
Valerie Valerie Valerie yeah Valerie
Zutons are the original composers, the best. Live on Jools awesome.
English do it best, the best sound production!!!
Good song. It's a standard folks.
that's me !!!
i like both
the original version was sung by the zutons and Amy made a cover of this song, because this one was of her favorites...
You can't beat the zutons version by far the best
Fuckin incredible
Abi’s gorgeous but could definitely come over to the states awhile so we could plump her up a bit.
Today I learned about the Zutons and I’m pretty okay with that fact.
LRB Favorite song n_n/
You're waaaaaaaaaaaay off the mark all royalties got to Mcabe the guy singing on this video he 100% wrote this song. Its a Zutons Original.
Abi Harding, Dave McCabe, Boyan Chowdhury, Sean Payne, Russell Pritchard, looks like shared royalties to me=)
Kyloooo Reeen
you cant go on jools hollands show and mime, but you do get the best sound engineers in the business
i would kill to be that saxophone!!
In my spare time I sometimes read you tube comments.
@TheViolentTeddy Sorry, I think Amy did a fabulous job with it!!!
......how many know Winehouse didnt write this.....i love her version to be absolutey sure......
every time someone mentions this song i always say origanly by the zutons
@WeirdFish101 I thought he was going for more of a Frank Zappa look, Phil Lynott had more of an actual afro. Oh and great vid, why is it that every time I watch Jools Holland I like none of the acts?
you are wrong, the original version is from The Zutons, that version that you are talking about that sounds from St. Kitts Nevis is a scam...
wow! This is an epic performance. I can really feel the heart of the vocals while singing. The whole band was great.
Yes, Russell Pritchard :)
What kind of Fender guitar is that hollow body or is he just using the neck or headstock of a Fendder?
You do know that questions about what kinds of guitars people are playing rarely ever get answered, right? And you don't know how to spell Fender? Come on.
Damm good the scousers
They slow down by roughly 4 BPM in the pre choruses.
Yep. Blame the drummer. The instrumentalists keep the same tempo and have to adjust. Every. Time.
Brilliant, you come up with that one yourself?
sexy sax. Nice version!!!
Version? It's the original. They wrote it.
So who sings the original version?
Zuton version better just because. Winehouse didnt need to cover this song to prove herself.
SuperMaarrk its all good.....both versions sound great......all this proves is that Winehouse had great taste to find it and to cover it......Bowie, Paul Young, Sting, preimimmently Sinead Oconnor all did the same......great hvehicle for her voice..i think she genuinely loved it..they did a nice horn and vocal arrangement on it too!!
fess04 remember the Zutons probably got some nice royalties on it too... : )
+fess04 Winehouse covered it but i would`ve thought it was Mark Ronson who chose the song and chose her to sing it.I might be wrong though.
@paul gorst you are wrong winehouse love that song and she brought up to mark :-)
Nail the ass off it boys , why dont ya? . . Lol . . great song ,
Much better than Amy's. Original version is great!
Nah.
ace
Much better than Amy, in despite of I really enjoy her. =)
lol hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha NO
Agree and that's taking nothing away from Amy who did a brilliant job but the original is the best. Note that Amy's version helped put them on the ma though lol Although I'd like to think that Activision's Guitar Hero had a part as well since a lot of bands featured ended up on playlists.
@@008Invisibleman Yes. She didn't write it, so her version is not the original. She did a cover, and the cover was excellent. But THIS is the original song and you can't REDO an original; there is only one. And the original is always the best because it IS the original.
vee kay Crazy statement. There are a shit ton of covers that are better than the originals.
Amy winehouse was on this show on the same night hence....
Meaning what exactly? That she heard the song and then made it 'hers'? Interesting....
The original and best version of this great song, sorry Amy Whitehouse fans, good though her version was, this one has such a great rhythm, hers didn't.
Nah.
both versions are great but whilst this one is more instrumental, amy's version has much more soul -which I think really fits the scheme.
The "scheme?" Whatever. An original is always the one and only. Amy did a great version. That's all.
Amy's version is alright, but you can't beat the original....
Amy's is great too. I dig Amy's version...two different genres.
@musiclineproduction Glee???!! God no, not talking about them!! I'm talking about Amy Winehouse.
NG'sHFB bass player
Thank you for making amy winehouse famous
I'm valery jajajajaja
does anyone else think the other guitarist looks like the guy from thin lizzy
I think Amy's version is the best. While the Zutons are amazing, Amy brought some serious soul and passion, i felt her in that song man.
Amy's is a COVER. Regardless of what you think, hers is a cover.
Yaaaassss!
@ZLUGGO The "horn" section on Amy Winehouses version is all computer generated. Winehouse is a good singer (when she's sober) don't get me wrong, but these guys have more talent because they play the instruments themselves and not computers and autotune
i cant even finish the song in my head i hear amy and than this. sorry they creat the song but amy make it very much better. only shes gone too soon. what songs from her we miss even covers .
I do not agree.
Your English is hurting me.
@juliwinehouse
I think Amy Winehouse's version is a whole lot better though. Especially when it comes to the horn section.
WTH are you talking about?
Originals are always better
Not always.
Same with remakes of movies. Probably no reply cuz 6 year old comment
@@documentaryworld3828 hello from me 6 years later.... Some movie originals are better
... Last 6 years has some examples haha
@@PureBassO Wow, even if there was a reply. I didn't expect it to be so quick. Should we start a replying conversation
@@documentaryworld3828 its safe to say i didnt remember making this comment haha
cindy dufler
fender coronado...
Those legs. :(
@ZLUGGO
Prefer the real Mcoy, this is much better.