"Sadly, Beautiful" by Glen Campbell

[thompsonlake]

Wow!!! What a song! And Glen is ALWAYS so GREAT.

[11xzxzxz]

Nice but Paul's sparse version is better, of course.

[WandaFayeMusic]

Hey Glen, it's Wanda Faye, I am 81 years young now and have lots to talk to you about. I hope you will contact me before I pass away. Guess you know that Weldon Rogers died a few years back. I can still remember you playing lead guitar on our" record. find me on facebook, myspace, and nelson-rogers dawt com /wanda

[alexharvey]

Paul Westerberg is the greatest songwriter of all time and that is a fact!

[rbweinbaum1]

@alexharvey richard rodgers? jimmy webb? stephen sondheim? paul simon? just to name a few who might disagree. is there really one greatest??

[TheBrevo]

Who ever would've thought that Westerberg and Campbell would hook up? I still have my first Campbell Album (got it when I was 7) and I still got my first Replacements tape (got it when I was 16). Now all I need is Bob Seger and Steve Perry to do an album...MINT!

[CNCisco3]

Paul is one of my Favorites and its so great to hear a Legend like Glen honor that. Lovely- C

[TheKanaraja]

Not too shabby.  But I do prefer Paul Westerberg's original over this. That being said...with Paul's voice in my ear...the pictures are fantastically sadly beautiful. I like!

[11xzxzxz]

This is a REPLacements song ... Sadly Be.. not Sadly, bea..

[bishopaz]

your photographs are breathtaking,just beautifull

[daleonsouth]

Thank you very much. I really appreciate you saying that and for taking the time to view.

[kendouble]

He switches the gender of the lyric, from "you've got your father's hair..." to "you've got your MOTHER'S hair". Totally removes the emotional conflict and ambiguity from the song and makes it more ... well ... Christian. Bah!

[daleonsouth]

Interesting. I never knew that... yeah, I see no need to have changed it.

[lonsterdawg]

@kendouble oh no!! not Christian!!! OOOOOOooohhh NOOOoooooooo!! yeesh.

[Msaprilconquest]

@kendouble noticed that right away...grrrrr

[JanaDrilling]

I know that is so true.

[JanaDrilling]

You have a great gift Dale. Your photos with the song are beautiful.

[daleonsouth]

Hey Jana... thanks, good to see you on here. Both my YouTube and Facebook accounts see very little of me lately... not enough hours in the day. :-(

[BigAndFatBoy]

old lincon school in waterloo, IA that's cool

[daleonsouth]

That's where I went to school... "Back in the day".

[tcrussell2000]

Comparing Paul to Glenn is Silly, they r both heavenly

[DeetroitRocker]

So true, just silly comparing two American treasures. They are BOTH amongst the best we have to offer, and this version makes me happy. Happy to hear one of the finest singers ever do a song by one of the finest songwriters ever. Bet even Jimmy Webb wishes he'd written this!!

[animims]

This is not the greatest song, but Glen sings it better than Paul for sure. Not bad I'd say for a 72 year old...how many can sing this good at his age! Great job Glen....he remade coupla other songs too, they sound better than the originals also!

[chrisdj614]

Great version of a song written by the greatest American songwriter alive today-Paul Westerberg. I hear Paul wants to write new ones now for Glen.

[ana1sninja]

@chrisdj614 Well he'd better get on that before the dementia takes over.

[wcs34741]

Glen Campbell is a national treasure!!His voice ages like fine wine.A song stylist supreme.

[KCVROCKS2008]

my favorite lp of the year, unexpectedly i must say. he didn't ruin the song. it's a lovely version. if anything it gives it new life.

[thethresh]

Meet Glen Campbell is the new album. I think it deserves a full listen. Great song and very nice photography btw. :)

[freepussy]

This is not a very good song to begin with, but Glen's voice is always comforting.

[NoFretts]

I think its sadly beautiful!

[CofCGuy]

Magnificent song! Great video! Well done all around.

[rustedrainbow]

He's kind of ruined it though really...he's made it all jangly and cheesey instead of really raw like the original.

[daleonsouth]

Well, I think it's more a case of making a version more assessable to a different audience. I can understand your sentiment though. I tend to be partial to originals I'm familiar with.

[elscoho]

It's hard for me not to prefer the original, but it's a kick to hear Glen Campbell sing it. I'd like to hear him sing it live without the overproduction.

[Brianjonestown]

Thanks for posting this, wonderful photos too. Westerberg wrote the song for Marianne Faithfull but she didn't end up recording it so the Replacements did a version instead. It's great to hear Campbell trying it.