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


Mike Rosales (m.rosales@weservphil.com)
14 Jan 2000 17:54:00 +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.

Al Jarreau also has a cover, along with other Bill Withers songs.

Best regards,
Mike



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