Re: lots of topics but mostly just a question about "use me" by bill withers


Jason Witherspoon (arzachel@best.com)
Thu, 13 Jan 2000 22:53:08 -0800



At 1:03 AM -0500 1/14/2000, Jaime Sin wrote:
>okay, my question is this: the first version i ever heard of bill
>withers' "use me" was the version by esther phillips and i
>immediately fell in love with it. what album of hers is this song
>on? i also have a wicked version by grace jones. i hear that
>there's also a version by lenny kravitz (icky, but i'd check it out
>anyway). i think i've also heard a vocal jazz type version. can
>anyone else name off a few more versions of this track? email me or
>something please!

Believe it or not, Scott Walker & Liza Minelli both cover this tune
(separately, phew). Neither version is awful, & the Minelli one is
kind of surprisingly good.

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Jason Witherspoon

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