Yes, it is better.
I'd understood that he wrote it with them in mind, but didn't know (until just now) that it was because they rejected his first offer of Suffragette City:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Young_Dudes_(song)
Yes, it is better.
I'd understood that he wrote it with them in mind, but didn't know (until just now) that it was because they rejected his first offer of Suffragette City:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Young_Dudes_(song)
yeh, wiki says he wrote it specifically for them. That's probably right. They had choice of a tune and didn't like Sufferagett City. That's probably what I heard and the many years have rearranged the furniture in my brain.
The Manfred Mann version just reminds me to listen to early Springsteen like:
"Spirit in the Knight" from 1973. The Big Man (Clarence Clemons) wails.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyB-L4Jb0m4&playnext=1&videos=nPRovuwZFJA
apologies if this has been said but crazy crazy Knights by kiss.