Beatles Greatest Hits BOTB series: “HELLO, GOODYBYE” Showdown
I’m ushering in the new year with another edition of my Beatles Greatest Hits series. Today’s feature song is the 1967 hit, “Hello, Goodbye“, a song written through an exercise of word association. I came across a half a dozen versions of the song to consider in this battle showdown, most sounded too much like the original. Not that that’s a bad thing but honestly I wanted something a little more and so I settled on two acts I felt put their own signature spin on “Hello, Goodbye”.
First is Jump 5 (1999-2007), an American Christian pop band . I have a vague remembrance of this band perhaps from my daughters’ music library in the early years of the millennium. Please turn your attention to contender #1.
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I’ll go out on limb in saying the next band needs no introduction, the American pop group, Jonas Brothers. Please listen now to contender #2!
These bands are different from the classic original. Which group did it better, Jump 5 or Jonas Brothers? Hey, I just noticed both groups start with “J”. How cool is that? 🙂
Polls close at 12(noon) on Jan. 7th!
New year’s often mean changes. For 2024, my plan is to scale back to doing only the 1st of the month battles. I may do this all year or if catch my second wind, then I may decide to jump back in for both battles. My goal for the new year is try to spend less time blogging and more time doing other things. I need to reset my energy and enthusiasm.
I invite you to check out more battle showdowns underway. You can find the participants listed in my side bar beneath the BOTB banner. That’s it for now, please join me on Jan. 8th to find out whose crown victor in this battle round. I pray for blessings of good health, happiness, love, and prosperity follows you throughout this new year, dear friends. Until next time, have a bandtastic day! X💋X💋, Cathy
19 Comments
Stephen T. McCarthy
CAThy! It’s That YOU!!
I nearly missed this Battle because I never saw it pop up on my blog’s sidebar. Glad I scrolled down a bit on your blog.
I thought both versions were pretty good, but Jump 5 was just a tad too “Techno-sounding” for my tastes, so I am voting for the harder rocking version by THE JONAS BROS.
Funny thing is that as you are about to bypass the mid-month BOTB contests, I am suddenly seriously thinking about doing mid-month Battles again.
May The Good Lord (He whose powerful, almighty Love is limitless, and whose “mercy endures forever”) greatly bless you and your family throughout 2024!
~ D-FensDogG
Cathy Kennedy
Stephen,
I guess when my second post on the 1st published it knocked off my BOTB that published earlier, so I can see how you might have missed it. To make things simple, I have a list of my last 7 posts in my sidebar to help folks. Anywho, I’m glad you came by to listen and vote for your favorite band, THE JONAS BROTHERS, now with 4 votes. 🙂
Yea, I need to step back a little with blogging or at least I’m going to try. Thank you for your lovely greetings and hopes for the new year. With God in control, I know I’m in good hands. I pray that God is good to you as well throughout 2024, dear friend!
diedre Knight
Great song choice for the first of a new year! It’s one of the few songs by the Beatles that I really really liked. I felt like the Jonas boys were trying too hard – not such a bad thing – however, I liked Jump 5 better 😉
Cathy Kennedy
JUMP 5 captures their 6th vote. Awesome! Thanks for voting, Diedre.
John Holton
They were both OK, but Jump 5 was just a little better. They get my vote.
Cathy Kennedy
JUMP 5 takes the lead with their 4th vote. Thanks, John!
Arlee Bird
I like both of these pretty well. Jump 5 appeals to me more.
Lee
Cathy Kennedy
JUMP 5 IS ties the Jonas Brothers. Thanks for voting, Lee!
Mary Burris
Happy New Year Cathy!
This is a great battle for the first of the year!
I think I’m going to go with the first group. Both were y, but I kinda liked the way they sound.
-Mary
Cathy Kennedy
JUMP 5 gets a second vote! Thanks, Mary!!
messymimi's meanderings
Hello! I liked Jump 5. Good-bye!
Cathy Kennedy
LOL 😀 JUMP 5 gets a vote!
Brian's Home Blog
Yes, I think the Jonas Brothers did it better but it was pretty close!
Cathy Kennedy
The JONAS BROTHERS now has three votes! Thanks for voting, my friend.
Eugi
Happy New Year, Cathy! 🥳 My vote goes to the Jonas Brothers.
Cathy Kennedy
Eugi,
Happy New Year to you, too! The JONAS BROTHERS gets a second vote. 😉
Eugi
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Debbie D.
Happy New Year, Cathy! 🎉 As a Beatles fan from way back, I can’t honestly say either of these covers attracted me. That said, I thought The Jonas Brothers version was somewhat better, so I’ll vote for them.
Cathy Kennedy
Debbie,
I didn’t have a lot of good alternatives for this song but I really wanted to run with it since it’s the perfect one to start the new year off. Thanks for taking part in my battle round. The first vote goes to JONAS BROTHERS!