I'm going with the North, South, East, West version. The original (to me) could easily have been dismissed as a bit of fluff with a nice, danceable groove. The remake made me sit up and listen.
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I prefer the new version. But miss some parts of the old version. I'm a sucker for the "ohowhohoyea" part. Only present one time in the new version
I'm a sucker for the energy and tempo of the orginal. The new version is nice but I rarely think I'll feel like listening to it over the original. If I wanna hear "So Deep" then I probably want to dance around.
I really do like them both. I'm going to be all metaphorical now and say the Big Canoe version is "day" and the NSEW version is "night"...that works for me.
I love both versions, but I voted for the original. The new version is very atmospheric and sucks you into its slow groove. And yet even tho the original has a slightly eighties feel to it, it's got a great hook and beat and Tim's vocals are on fire. I think that vocally Tim was at his most powerful on Big Canoe.