http://www.buzzsugar.com Entertainment hourly. en http://www.buzzsugar.com/1772648 <a href="http://www.buzzsugar.com/1772648"><img width=160 height=106 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/upl1/1/13839/28_2008/petty-for-web.large.jpg'></div></a><p><span class="inline left"></span><br /> Last week's release of <a href="http://buzzsugar.com/1751244" >John Mayer's live performance</a> at L.A.'s Nokia Theater included an acoustic cover of Tom Petty's classic song "Free Fallin," and at first I thought I would probably enjoy it. Because what's not to like? At first blush it sounds pretty, I already know the lyrics, etc. </p> <p>But then I happened to hear the original version on the radio the other day and was reminded of how great it is, and I started to have sour feelings toward Mayer for laying his paws on such a classic. But <i>then</i> I thought, "Maybe it's just different and maybe that's OK." So, now I'm torn.</p> <p>Take a listen for yourself and weigh in!</p> <p><center><br /> <div style="float:left"><object width="260" height="237"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/726Zf-zin-s&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/726Zf-zin-s&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="260" height="237"></embed></object></div> <div style=float:left;margin-left:10px><object width="260" height="237"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zFOCvuii96w&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zFOCvuii96w&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="260" height="237"></embed></object></div> <p></center></p> <p><a href="http://pro.imdb.com" target="_blank">Source</a></p> <!-- no strip poll --><form action="/1772648" method="post" id="epoll_view_voting"> <div><div class="poll"> <div class="vote-form"> <div class="choices"><div class="form-item"> <label>Did John Mayer Ruin Petty&#039;s &quot;Free Fallin&quot;?</label> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-0-1772648" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-0-1772648" name="edit[choice]" value="0-1772648" class="form-radio" /> Yes! He completely sucked the soul out of that song.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-1-1772648" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-1-1772648" name="edit[choice]" value="1-1772648" class="form-radio" /> No! It's just his own creative take on a classic.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-2-1772648" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-2-1772648" name="edit[choice]" value="2-1772648" class="form-radio" /> Meh, I don't care too much about the original.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-3-1772648" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-3-1772648" name="edit[choice]" value="3-1772648" class="form-radio" /> Other (I'll tell you below)</label> </div> </div> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[nid]" id="edit-nid" value="1772648" /> <span class='button'><span><input class='fancybutton' type='submit' name="op" value="Vote" class="form-submit" /></span></span> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[form_id]" id="edit-form_id" value="epoll_view_voting" /> </div> </div></form> <!-- no strip poll --> http://www.buzzsugar.com/1772648#comment Buzz Poll John Mayer Tom Petty Free Fallin Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:30:13 -0700 BuzzSugar http://www.buzzsugar.com/1772648