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This Woman's Work
God, I love both of these versions. Such a beautiful song. Maxwell does a tremendous job of capturing the essence. Remarkable since he's a male, naturally. His falsetto gives the song a more soulful & seductive sound. But Bush's warmth & tender beauty keeps drawing me in. If I want sleak & sexy though, I'd go with Maxwell.
- Matt, New York, NY, United States, 21.11.2005
Maxwell
2001 |
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Kate Bush
1989 |
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Comments about This Woman's Work:
I would like to give a different perspective. I first heard Maxwell's version, and I fell in love with the song. I believe that if you write a good song, a great number of people can do it and hopefully add something to it. I also give "props" to the original creator always, because the greatest gift is to bring forth something original that "hands-down" touches something in our inner-most emotions. I covered the song myself because I fell in love with it, then I saw the movie "She's having a baby" ... I had no clue that the original was in the movie and performed by Kate Bush. I've always felt that Maxwell has the 'voice of an angel' and is very very talented. But when I heard Kate's lilting, sweet voice coupled with the visual of Kevin Bacon there in the Hospital ... like him I too was driven to tears. My wife and I generally flip channels on Sundays, and anytime that movie comes on we leave it on just to re-live that moment on the movie. When I perform live, I always set the song up by discussing the Maxwell / Bush thing, giving appropriate credit where credit is due. I would appreciate it very much for those of you that love this song, please go to my web-site www.nosweatrecords.com for a soundbyte, or go to www.cdbaby.com for a digital download of my version. You can even download a listen of the whole song for a couple of pennies. I also have other cover songs on my CDs ... Xotica (sometimes spelled Exotica) is my latest and has everything I've recorded recently. All songs are recorded in my home studio, produced and packaged by me. I would consider it a great honor to be aligned with the above two artists for this song, and I would appreciate any feedback you add to this web site. Thanks so much for taking the time to read this. Stay well.
- Reginald Van Carreker, Stafford, United States, 11.01.2007 |
No question... Kate Bush's original is one of the most hauntingly beautiful and captivating songs I've ever heard. Maxwell makes it sound like another derivative of so much bland r&b music, whereas Kate's original in it's simplicity is utterly gorgeous. Kate Bush hands down.
- Stephen, Tacoma, United States, 12.12.2006 |
That was horrible.
Kate Bush, definitely.
- Alex, Vancouver, Canada, 30.11.2006 |
Maxwell wins
- Toni, Pickering, Canada, 22.11.2006 |
I'm sorry but I just listened to the Kate Bush original version and I have to say that Maxwell sounds a million times better than her. I actually think Mrs Bush' version is horrible.
- Travis Smith, Zebulon, United States, 12.08.2006 |
Maxwell's neo soul touch is refreshing and the sound is more please to this generations ears, bet in reality there's no beating kate bush's original. words tempo and pitch where virtual this same in maxwell's version. He basically pays tribute to her, well done might i add. So while i like maxwell version better, without kate bush i wouldn't be hear writing this.....
- evan, nyc, United States, 01.08.2006 |
Maxwell's neo soul touch is refreshing and the sound is more please to this generations ears, bet in reality there's no beating kate bush's original. words tempo and pitch where virtual this same in maxwell's version. He basically pays tribute to her, well done might i add. So while i like maxwell version better, without kate bush i wouldn't be hear writing this.....
- evan, nyc, United States, 01.08.2006 |
Maxwell's version killed Kate Bush's version. Kate Bush is great but Maxwell makes her sound soooooo bad. Partly due to the fact he has the greatest voice of all time. Maxwell hands down.
- Kon, Liverpool, England, 07.07.2006 |
I think Maxwell's version is better, Hands down! Maxwell's version is smooth and soothing and loving. While kate's seems to focus so much on pronouncing every letter and every syllable! Maxwell won this.. Hands DOWN!
- Leslie, Macon, United States, 18.06.2006 |
Although Maxwell did a good job on this classic, it's Kate hands down as only she can sing her own song with such passion and emotion that it leaves you blown away each time you hear it.
- Lynn, vancouver, Canada, 28.05.2006 |
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