"Sing" Question

[Princeton]

Between the Lena Horne performance on TMS and the Alaina Reed version on Sesame Street, which version is closer to the original published version of “Sing”?

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

I'm not sure. I always thought it originated on "Sesame Street."

 

[Princeton]

I'm not sure. I always thought it originated on "Sesame Street."

It did originate on Sesame Street and that's where the version with Alaina Reed came from. But both versions I mentioned came out after the song was first published so liberties could have been taken.

 

[fuzzygobo]

Listen to both and you can judge for yourself. They're both on YouTube. All you need is ears.

 

[Princeton]

Listen to both and you can judge for yourself. They're both on YouTube. All you need is ears.

Yes, but I've never heard the very original version, which is what I need to compare it to.

 

[fuzzygobo]

The youtube clip of Bob, Susan, and Luis singing with some kids, with Luis playing guitar, is fairly close to the original. You can hear part of the backing track in the background.
Until someone posts the version from the Sesame Street 2 LP, this is as close as it comes.

 

[Princeton]

The youtube clip of Bob, Susan, and Luis singing with some kids, with Luis playing guitar, is fairly close to the original. You can hear part of the backing track in the background.
Until someone posts the version from the Sesame Street 2 LP, this is as close as it comes.

I looked up that very video and I think the final verdict is that the original version is an amalgam of the two versions I mentioned in the OP.

 

[Daffyfan4ever]

Listen to both and you can judge for yourself. They're both on YouTube. All you need is ears.

I don't know. My right one hasn't been working too well this weekend. Lol.