James Brown: Different versions of the same song

Different versions of the same song can give very different experiences.  Here are three excellent versions of James Brown's 1966 single "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (written by Brown and Betty Jean Newsome) - the first you can say is "happy", the second "grand", and the third "hot":

2005 - James Brown & (18 years old!) Joss Stone:

    
2002 - James Brown & Luciano Pavarotti:

 1981 - James Brown: 

This last video is an example of what a master James Brown was - creating intense music while nothing much seems to be happening.