Head East - Since You Been Gone

bill64able Says:

Feb 15, 2012 - The Rainbow version is so so much better than this.This version is ok but its missing 2 key factors......Ritchie Blackmore and my man and one of my biggest influences Cozy Powell........RIP Cozy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

whatthefunkbiotch Says:

Feb 15, 2012 - This version blows the Rainbow cover version away!! The original always sounds better. BTW, why did Rainbow cover a Head East song just a year after it was released? That sounds pretty desperate to me, to take another band's hit song and try to bank off of it so soon after it was released. If someone did that today they would get ridiculed. I mean, what if Usher covered the Black Eyed Peas song "I Gotta Feeling"? People would think Usher was leeching off of their success with the song. 

ckelley63 Says:

Feb 22, 2012 - No fucking way!!! You need to adjust your hearing aid!!! There is no comparison!!!

whatthefunkbiotch Says:

Feb 22, 2012 - That's like saying an Elvis impersonator is better than Elvis - lol. They might sing a mean Blue Suede Shoes, but any way you look at it they are still singing a cover song.Don't get me wrong - I love Rainbow. I just think that #1. The Head East version was just fine without needing to be covered; and #2. It was an insult for Rainbow to cover a song that was only a year old and still on the charts.

whatthefunkbiotch Says:

Feb 22, 2012 - I mean, think about it for a moment... what if Dokken covered a Ratt hit song back in the 80's... that would have been a real WTF moment just like this is.

MASTERBLASTERSOUND Says:

Feb 26, 2012 - I still have a Guitar pick with HEAD-EAST TONY GROSS on It from back in the day. I remember the Head East road truck being parked in lonedell, missouri when i was in high school.

AGroovie1 Says:

Feb 28, 2012 - Got news for you ... the Head East version WAS a cover, not the original. Since You Been Gone was a song from Russ Ballard and his 1976 album - 2 years before Head East's version. So really all you are arguing is which Elvis impersonator is better.

MrShaneKarl Says:

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MrShaneKarl Says:

Mar 1, 2012 - They are from Wisconsin, Awesome:P

nitedove2010 Says:

Mar 7, 2012 - How about Boogie? He was a driver for them and once I came home from school and there the big rig sat in the drive by my house. I about flipped out. I love Head East and see them as often as possible.

frank47hammer Says:

Mar 10, 2012 - I liked Green Bay, good town

PMF1603 Says:

Mar 12, 2012 - Thank them for me. I was in Galesburg at the time for a show that makes ME still talk about that shit like it was yesterday.

grosklos63 Says:

Mar 17, 2012 - Man...I partied with these guys in the early 80's. Great group and I will never forget the good times!!

adnieman Says:

Apr 18, 2012 - You would begrudge your father and his friend their fond memories of good times past?

calliepearson Says:

Apr 18, 2012 - I saw them in a barn turned nightclub in Silver Lake, Wisconsin..........Oh way back when.....

cbarsonfire Says:

Apr 18, 2012 - I like the version by Head East. I also love the babe at 1:02.

2breezyjane Says:

Apr 20, 2012 - Gotta love any band with a Hammond B3 (or C3)...

stringbender11672 Says:

Apr 21, 2012 - no i meant it in a positive manner. i love hearing those stories over and over again!!! :)

ivorybluesky Says:

Apr 29, 2012 - yep the boys of st louis that i grew up with.

darvon63 Says:

May 3, 2012 - My Bong bubbles loudly. Anything to go back. ah shit

demonhoopa Says:

May 4, 2012 - LOL. Classic.

majplazma Says:

May 24, 2012 - John Schlitt is one of the greatest vocalist of all time, IMO. The songs he recorded with Petra are well, Beyond Belief...D

dc4580 Says:

May 28, 2012 - Good band! They had a number of gigs in So. Wisconsin....You sure it was Silver Lake?