Today is the Results post from my most recent battle featuring The Zombies’ “She’s Not There” against Santana’s cover. I’m going to keep this short today because I touched a super hot burner on the stove last night and severely burned three fingers on my left hand — and I’m left-handed, naturally — so it’s making it hard to type.
The really cool thing about this battle is that our own Stephen McCarthy did the same battle two years ago! His battle ended in a tie. Mine did not. The votes that came in for my battle favored the Zombies, yielding them 12 of the 19 votes (Zombies 12, Santana 7).
I definitely liked the Santana cover and their percussion just added so nicely to the song, but my vote went to the Zombies. I like this song in its purest form, done by the original artist.
In closing, here is another of my Zombies favorites, Time of the Season with some great vintage video. Enjoy!
As always, thanks for participating in my battle. See you on September 1st for the next round!
Angels Bark 
Hi, Michele!
Good golly, Miss Molly! I’m sorry to find out that you burned yourself. I hope you received the proper treatment and are going to be okay. I’m left handed, too. How’s that for another coincidence?
I’m happy to learn that the Zombies original won the battle and that your ears matched mine. I also enjoyed the nostalgic “Time of the Season” upload. “Tell Her No” is another great hit by the Zombies.
Please take good care of yourself and have a wonderful week, dear friend Michele!
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Thanks Shady. My fingers are just fine now. I kept them wrapped really tightly with gauze and tape for two days and I think that did the trick, along with the good amount of time that I iced them. I’m excited that I have my fingers back. You take them for granted until you don’t have them!
Here’s to you, my lefty friend! Hope you have a great week…
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I am very relieved to know you’re okay, Michele. 🙂
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Thanks Tom!
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I like The Zombies. I’m glad they won. Santana didn’t seem quite right for me–on this particular song.
Love,
Janie
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Loved the throwback song for Time of the Season! am really happy that the Zombies won this one. I’ve enjoyed a few of their tunes. Are you treating your burns responsibly? Take care of yourself!
Mary
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thanks Mary. I did good treating my burns. They turned white and looked like they were going to blister and they may have, but I think because I had them wrapped with gauze and tape, they may have blistered up and then the water reabsorbed because after two days of keeping them wrapped, I took off the tape and they were just fine for the most part. Red, but fine.
So glad you liked the Time of the Season video. Wasn’t that some fun fashion?!
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Yeah….glad they won! I love this song as well. Great battle
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After a while, you get used to typing with one hand… but it’ll heal quickly.
Both versions of “She’s Not There” are great, so I’m not upset my choice didn’t win. Great battle!
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Thanks John. I never did get used to typing with one hand so I just stayed off the computer. 😦
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Painful burn! I hope it heals fast, Michele. I’m not surprised The Zombies won this battle, even though I chose Santana. They were a great band. Loved the vintage video, here. Have a good week.
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Glad you liked the vintage video. The fashion and hairstyles were fun, weren’t they?
Burns have healed nicely. Thanks!
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so sorry about the burn Michelle – hope it heals well soon. Hope to participate in next BoB –
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Thanks Susan. My burns healed nicely and I’m back to the computer now. Thanks for stopping by!
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Get some aloe vera gel to put on your fingers – I can’t imagine how frustrating that is to have burned fingers when you spend so much time typing. Heal quickly.
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Thanks Pamela. I didn’t have any aloe but sure wished I would’ve. I had burns in the past and used aloe vera right from the plant and it worked tremendously…and amazingly! I wrapped my fingers and stayed off the computer for 2 or 3 days, but I’m back in business now. Thanks!
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Yay Zombies! Their Odyssey and Oracle album which yielded “Time of the Season” is one of my all time favorite albums. Such a classic!
Great do over battle. Your outcome was as it should have been. Not that the Santana version was bad or anything, but the Zombies version was just better.
Arlee Bird
Tossing It Out
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It was cool to be part of a do-over battle!
I’ll have to check out Odyssey and Oracle… Thanks for the recommendation…
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>>… The really cool thing about this battle is that our own Stephen McCarthy did the same battle two years ago! His battle ended in a tie. Mine did not.
Well, MICHELE, you know what they say about great minds…
Yours, actually, wasn’t really EXACTLY like mine because the Santana cover I used was the one that came from their great ‘MOONFLOWER’ album which featured Greg Walker (utterly fantastic, soulful voice) on the vocals, and the guitar work by Santana was more concise — less of a “live jam” feel to it.
So, maybe there are multiple reasons why we both got different results when trying this same ‘She’s Not There’ artist match-up. But then there will always be a mysterious component to BOTB, I believe.
See ya on 9/1, my friend.
~ D-FensDogG
‘Loyal American Underground’
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Hey Stephen, Yeah, it definitely wasn’t the same exact battle, but it was just cool to be doing the same song with the same artists in a battle 2 years later…
There is definitely a mysterious component to BOTB, you are right there…
talk soon. I still have company but will get back with you soon…
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Hope your hand gets better soon!! Burns suck! I am glad the Zombies won.
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Thanks Paula! My fingers are all healed now, already. Thanks for your well-wishes!
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