{"id":4701,"date":"2010-12-09T11:51:06","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T15:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=4701"},"modified":"2010-12-10T20:25:01","modified_gmt":"2010-12-11T00:25:01","slug":"mach-schau-showdown-roy-head-vs-tom-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/mach-schau-showdown-roy-head-vs-tom-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Mach Schau\u2026 SHOWDOWN! Roy Head vs Tom Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings, fellow townspeeps!\u00a0 Readers familiar with our ongoing <em>Mach Schau<\/em> series will know what the drill is here.\u00a0Essentially, we&#8217;re looking to <em>you<\/em> to help explain why the performances we post are as compelling as we think they are.\u00a0And by <em>we<\/em>, I mean <em>me<\/em>, of course.\u00a0This time around, though&#8230; there&#8217;s a twist!<\/p>\n<p>Following are three clips&#8211;all featuring the same song, &#8220;Treat Her Right&#8221;&#8211;a big hit in the early &#8217;60s.\u00a0The first two versions you&#8217;ll see are performed by the man who originally made the song a hit, <strong>Roy Head<\/strong>.\u00a0Head was a white Southeast Texas soul man who got his start&#8211;very unusually for that time and region&#8211;playing in black clubs and juke joints.\u00a0He was so convincingly &#8220;black&#8221; on record, in fact, that he would routinely shock audiences when the curtain rose.\u00a0Then he&#8217;d get to moving and grooving, and, well, the following two clips will explain why the color of his skin no longer mattered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treat Her Right by Roy Head\u00a0#1<\/strong><\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2BLQgQNuN-M?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p><strong>Treat Her Right by Roy Head #2<\/strong><\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A1WlZ1FNv2c?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>Anyhow, the third clip is of the same song, this time as performed by perennial Schau-Stopper and RTH fave <strong>Tom Jones<\/strong>.\u00a0You&#8217;ll see a different interpretation on display, but one which I venture to say is no less compelling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treat Her Right by Tom Jones<\/strong><\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1UxU8s7Au0A?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>In any case, the drill remains the same: Discuss.\u00a0Explain.\u00a0Elaborate.\u00a0Pick a favorite if you must.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-28\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_28\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blogs\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_28_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"ffeadfd670\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"28\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SHOWDOWN (choose one): Which version of \"Treat Her Right\" is the Mach Schau-est of all?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-28-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-134\" name=\"poll_28\" value=\"134\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-134\">Roy Head version #2<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-135\" name=\"poll_28\" value=\"135\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-135\">Tom Jones version<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-133\" name=\"poll_28\" value=\"133\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-133\">Roy Head version #1<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(28);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(28); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-28-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<p>I look forward to your responses.<\/p>\n<p>HVB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings, fellow townspeeps!\u00a0 Readers familiar with our ongoing Mach Schau series will know what the drill is here.\u00a0Essentially, we&#8217;re looking to you to help explain why the performances we post are as compelling as we think they are.\u00a0And by we, I mean me, of course.\u00a0This time around, though&#8230; there&#8217;s a twist! 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