The "other versions" don't really fit into the traditional or the rock category, some of them feature ladies but all in all they are just a bit different.
Santa Esmeralda
This is a kind of club/dance version. It was a Top 20 Disco hit in 1977.
John Otway
If you've been here before, you know I am a big fan of John's. And I truly believe that this unique version ranks up there with the best of them. Too cool for school. Awesome.
Naomi Chiaki/ちあきなおみ
Naomi Chiaki (ちあき なおみ Chiaki Naomi, born September 17, 1947), is a Japanese singer and actress who worked from the late 1960s to the early 1990s. This was the only foreign language version I found.
Very nice voice and a different arrangement.
Duran Duran
at VooDoo Fest 2006 in New Orleans, LA circa 2006
Amanda Palmer & Nervous Cabaret
at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY on November 14th, 2009. It's Amanda Palmer, what else can I say. Enjoy.
Deep River Quartet
The Deep River Quartet are a Dutch group, I had never heard of them before but they do a great sould version. I have to wonder if they got the name from the Deep River Boys? Maybe as a tribute?
Princess Playdate
Jolie O'Dell, Star St. Germain, Bexie Brown, Ben Mulholland, and Ryan Ochs tackle House of the Rising
Sun at their gig at the Gig in June 2007.
I thought I was all done and then somehow this version popped up an it just had to be included.
Robotic Orchestra
Robotic Orchestra hung from the Ceiling We have had the honor to have designed and built more thatn 18 of the instruments used in the Pat Metheny Orchestrion project on tour now. I have recently been interviewed by the New York Times and Jazz Times. CBS Sunday morning has called to come here from New York to interview and film RagtimeWest for there show airing in March, 2010. [Kenquien]
