JIMMY WEBB PERFORMING LIVE WICHITA LINEMAN ON JOOLS HOLLAND

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JIMMY WEBB PERFORMING LIVE WICHITA LINEMAN ON JOOLS HOLLAND

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This is Jimmy Webb on his fat behind performing live on 'Later With Jools Holland' 'Wichita Lineman' in 1998. He really does make a bloody meal of this song.Give me Glen's version anytime!!

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fantastic! ( 4 months ago by psychopompo)

fantastic!

he wrote the song, ... ( 4 months ago by xxbudw3is3rxx)

he wrote the song, he can sing it anyway that he wants

Just because you ... ( 4 months ago by OldHippie7320)

Just because you can write a song sure as hell don't mean that you can sing. This guy sucks. Momma should have aborted.

This is actually a ... ( 4 months ago by BOOGERMEAT)

This is actually a hard song to sing! There is a version of Jimmy singing MacArthur park and he's perfect. maybe he had an off day with his voice on this show date.

I love this ... ( 4 months ago by exxonerated)

I love this beautiful song. Last night I heard James Taylor perform this as only he can at the Mann Music Center in Philly. It was sp exquisitely performed by James and his Band of Legends it brought tears to my eyes. I so hope he records it so we can all enjoy it for "all time"

Very nicely ... ( 4 months ago by mokacode)

Very nicely piano-arranged.I don't know this guy(sorry...) but i like this song. I first heard the original in 82 (long after it was done!)

This man is a ... ( 4 months ago by IsabellaInc)

This man is a genius. Milestoneexpress, thanks so much for posting this. I have never gotten to hear Jimmy doing this song himself. I would like to dedicate my version of this song to this video in particular.

read ... ( 4 months ago by godwit7777)

read milestonexpress' comment with his posting. i am not going to complain when pompous asses post remarkable performances, so thank you for the post, milestonexpress!

What a genius. ( 3 months ago by boxfett)

What a genius.

Thanks for the post ... ( 3 months ago by rvcrvc2)

Thanks for the post, miles, negative commentary & all. Have you ever heard Burt Bacharach do "his" stuff? I think the composer should be cut some slack - he may have heard Glen, in this case, in his head as he wrote it.

When you take a ... ( 3 months ago by BloozeDaddy76)

When you take a great Jimmy Webb song and puts Glen Campbells' great voice to it, the result is a masterpiece. While Glen can outsing Jimmy any day, Webb still does a nice job with this great song that he wrote..

beautiful ... ( 3 months ago by zimmy81)

beautiful performance,ive never seen this before and im blown away,and it IS a hard song to sing ,piano outstanding,class all day long,

Jimmy Webb was the ... ( 2 months ago by DunhillHilton)

Jimmy Webb was the best !

It's usually good ... ( 1 month ago by ColdMountainWater)

It's usually good to hear the writer perform his or her own material. I have to admit that the vocals here are embarrassing: he simply does not have the voice for this material.
The last 7-8 measures of this performance sound like Laura Nyro's piano playing.
Other piano parts here sound like his song MacArthur Park -- perhaps too schmaltzy compared to the utter finesse of the vocals & arrangement of the Glen Campbell version.
Still, one of the greatest songs written in popular music.

Note to self: This ... ( 1 month ago by ColdMountainWater)

Note to self: This is tough song to sing.
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I just spent the last hour playing this song on my instrument and singing it. Not easy.
Glen Campbell just makes it sound so damned easy!

He's a great ... ( 1 month ago by 45chatburn)

He's a great American genius. Treasure him.

Array ( 1 month ago by paulprac)

tell me about it!
the chords don't match my ability vocally or on the guitar

Speechless. ( 1 month ago by nachodaddy)

Speechless.

i love it when i ... ( 3 weeks ago by courtenayguy11)

i love it when i can hear the writer do his own stuff, and in webb's case, this stuff is MAGIC. we're all used to the published versions, but i always like to hear how the writer sings it...it was his/her song, after all.

mileespress- why ... ( 2 weeks ago by willminkorea)

mileespress- why flame a video YOU posted?

Amen to that. ( 1 week ago by bcat44)

Amen to that.

I find it amusing ... ( 1 week ago by ColdMountainWater)

I find it amusing that some found my comments blasphemous. Perhaps, I need to ask for forgiveness to those who feel insulted.
Look, this guy is a pop song-writing genius. But not all songwriters perform their material well. That shouldn't startle people, but apparently it does.

P.S. Bert Bachrach ... ( 1 week ago by ColdMountainWater)

P.S. Bert Bachrach also proves the point about songwriters not suited to perform their own material. Like Webb, he struggles to hit the notes. That's why he always had very capable singers fronting his material.
Webb simply cannot hit the notes. If this wasn't Jimmy Webb - let's say it was your neighbor singing, instead - you'd be cringing.
When, in reality, it's really not that difficult to recognize vocal ability, I wonder why people are falling off their chairs about this performance.

The recorded ... ( 1 week ago by TLHobo)

The recorded version of this Webb did for I think Ten Easy Pieces is much nicer. Although an ailing Johnny Cash did well on it. I think people can have off days.

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