And thanks for all your comments so far guys and girls. It's fun to discuss a video in such detail with you.
Mike, I think you're spot on with this comment:
And it fits in perfectly with Randy's comment:I like it especially for the very relaxed feel to it. Very much in the style of the original record. Sometimes people try to sing it with too much emotion and over cook it. As Glen said once, if the lyrics and the song is good don't get in the way of the words.
I think the reason practically no-one is able to sing it well, is that unless you are able to sing it with subdued emotion, it just doesn't come across the right way. Case in point (for me anyway), is Billy Joel's cover of the song on Jimmy's Just Across the River album.Witchita is a song to me that is difficult to sing well unless u are an A team singer. In fact, I've never heard anyone come close to Glen on it.